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Stuff with the Perl Foundation. A couple of patches in the Perl core. A few CPAN modules. That about sums it up.
The saga continues ...
Well, you knew I would have another entry on this. First Qwest Communications, on behalf of MSN, started billing me for services that I didn't have. After many phone calls, Qwest agreed that I didn't owe the money and then sent me to collections for it. After I got fed up and filed a complaint with the Oregon Department of Justice, my account was credited with too much money. Today, I just received a "Final Account Notice" for these charges. I must pay now to avoid being sent to collections for this fictitious bill.
After another tiring phone call where they couldn't seem to figure out which department to shuffle me to, I talked to a very pleasant lady who explained that, due to them posting some of the credit to the wrong account, I actually do owe them twenty-three dollars, but not for the MSN charges that they sent me the final notice for. That, apparently, was a mistake which the lady solemnly assured me would not happen again.
I didn't curse. I didn't raise my voice. Nevertheless, she was less than thrilled with my response.
--Larry Wall in cons.c from the perl source code
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If they're a company with good policies about such things, they'll be able to cash it in to an office petty cash account, but they probably
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For those contemplating this, a merchant is not actually required to accept more than (a dollar or 26 cents, I forget which) in change other than quarters. So if you want to pull this kind of stunt, use quarters.
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