WTF?

I just tried to use my credit card, and it was declined. So I went to the website to find out what's up. My account has been sold to another company. I went to their website, but when I try to log in, it says my card number is wrong.

Their phone number offers NO way to get through to a human without having the card number, which it tells me is incorrect. I am PISSED OFF.

Edit: I finally got through to a human. Providian sold my account to Columbia (I really wish they wouldn't do shite like that), and my new card hasn't arrived yet, largely because the United States Postal Service are a bunch of incompetent fucktards who have TOTALLY SCREWED my mail for the last two weeks or more.

USPS: Universally Stupid Postal Shite-for-brains

So before Elli and I moved, I put through forwarding orders for both our names.

For the first couple of weeks, we got our mail just fine.

Then we got nothing. At all. Ever. We called the post office, and they said everything's fine, there just probably wasn't any mail for you, the postman for your neighborhood knows the names for that house, no problem.

Then we find out that a package my aunt sent to Elizabeth Johnston got returned: Addressee Unknown. So we called, and they tell us that "Oops, he messed up, we'll tell him anything for Long or Johnston should be delivered."

Then we find that somehow, the mail sent to our old address is getting returned without forwarding, marked "Unable to Forward." So we call again, to find that somehow the forwarding order now says that only mail to Valentin Long should be forwarded. So we tell them to fix it.

Then we get a phone call from Allied Interstate: one of those "You Must Call Us" calls. So I call back, and find they're looking for a Valentin Zamora, who used our phone number for an application. I explain to the guy that no, we've had this number for over a year now, and we've never heard of said person.

Either someone is fucking with us or that's an incredible coincidence. Whichever, I'm long past amused and right into frustrated and angry. Our former landlords mailed us our deposit refund last week -- and we never received it. I just spoke to the woman there, and she said she's going to try to get a new check reissued today and hold it for my pickup. Let's hope that works.

And let's hope the packages Elli ordered will arrive.