*Be sure and cancel your credit cards before you die. This is so
priceless, and so so easy to see happening, customer service being what it is today.
*A lady died this past January (2013), and Citibank billed her for February
and March for their annual service charges on her credit card, and added
late fees and interest on the monthly charge. The balance had been $0.00, now was somewhere around $60.00.
*A family member placed a call to Citibank. Here is the exchange:*
*Family Member:* "I am calling to tell you she died in January."
*Citibank:* "The account was never closed and The late fees and charges still apply."
*Family Member:* "Maybe, you should turn it over to collections."
* Citibank:* "Since it is two months past due, it already has been."
*Family Member:* "So, what will they do when they find out she is dead?"
*Citibank:* "Either report her account to frauds division or report her
to the credit bureau, maybe both!"
*Family Member:* "Do you think God will be mad at her?" (I really liked
this part!!!!)
*Citibank:* "Excuse me?"
*Family Member:* "Did you just get what I was telling you? The part
about her being dead?"
*Citibank:* "Sir, you
(Duh!)
*Supervisor gets on the phone:*
*Family Member:* "I
*Citibank:* "The account was never closed And late fees and c harges
still apply." (This must be a phrase taught by the bank!)
*Family Member:* "You mean you want to collect from her estate?"
*Citibank:* (Stammering) "Are you her lawyer?"
*Family Member:* "No, I
(Lawyer info given)
*Citibank:* "Could you fax us a certificate of death?"
*Family Member:* "Sure."
(Fax number is given)
*After they get the fax::
*Citibank:* "Our system just isn
more I can do to help."
*Family Member:* "Well, if you figure it out, great! If not, you could
just keep billing her. I don
*Citibank:* "Well, the late fees and charges do still apply."
(What is wrong with these people?!?)
*Family Member:* "Would you like her new billing address?"
*Citibank:* "That might help."
*Family Member:* "
*Citibank:* "Sir, that
*Family Member:* "What do you do with dead people on your planet?"
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