i mean, i really REALLY hate thieves...

a few weeks ago, i got a brand new credit card with a nifty $4k limit... i had about a hundred bucks on it, just to make sure everything was working on it, as i intended to use it only for emergencies and on the relatively rare occasions i need to buy something for work and expense it... turned out today was one of those times, i was purchasing a new computer for work, and the card came back declined...

i thought maybe something was flaky with the card, so i put the purchase on one of my other cards, and right away called the card's issuer... the automated system always gives your remaining credit available before transfering you to an operator, and it said something in the neighborhood of $32... thats when i started to get a sinking feeling that it was more than just a simple error...

the rep looked at my account, then asked me if i had made an order for $3800 (!!) worth of sporting goods earlier this morning... i was like, HELL NO i didnt order any sporting goods! im the laziest, most sedentary person i know... if it were like $3800 worth of video games or cds or computer hardware, i maight have to stop and go "hmm... did i buy a bunch of shit and just forget about it?" but sporting goods? nuh uh, no way jose...

its like one of those commercials on tv... picture my fat ass in a recliner in front of the tv with half a ham sandwich perched on my huge gut, saying in an AHH-nold-like voice (obviously not mine):

"ja, i make purchase of bowflex and two tons of iron to pump mit ein shtolen credit cahd! ich liebe das inta-net!"

its almost too wierd to be true... but then, thats the way my luck runs... like everything else in my life, it has no grey area, its either really bad (someone charging almost $4000 on a brand new card) or really good (me finding out about it just an hour after it happens when i MIGHT not have known for weeks)...

anyhow, the card is cancelled, but now i have to put a fraud alert on my social just in case its more than a one-time thing, and its full-blown identity theft... in that event, im sorely tempted to do something really bad with some really bad people, and let them find out how much fun it is to be stuck with my identity then :)