Man tries to pay Virgin Media bill with spider drawing

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Man tries to pay Virgin Media bill with spider drawing

Friday, November 14, 2008
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Below is the complete email conversation that Adelaide man David Thorne claims he had with Virgin Media chasing payment of an overdue bill.
From: Jane Gilles
Date: Wednesday 8 Oct 2008 12.19pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Overdue account

Dear David,

Our records indicate that your account is overdue by the amount of £233.95. If you have already made this payment please contact us within the next 7 days to confirm payment has been applied to your account and is no longer outstanding.

Yours sincerely,

Jane Gilles

From: David Thorne
Date: Wednesday 8 Oct 2008 12.37pm
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Re: Overdue account

Dear Jane,

I do not have any money so am sending you this drawing I did of a spider instead. I value the drawing at £233.95 so trust that this settles the matter.

Regards, David.




From: Jane Gilles
Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 10.07am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Overdue account

Dear David,

Thank you for contacting us. Unfortunately we are unable to accept drawings as payment and your account remains in arrears of £233.95. Please contact us within the next 7 days to confirm payment has been applied to your account and is no longer outstanding.

Yours sincerely,

Jane Gilles


From: David Thorne
Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 10.32am
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Re: Overdue account

Dear Jane,

Can I have my drawing of a spider back then please.

Regards,

David.

From: Jane Gilles
Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 11.42am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Overdue account

Dear David,

You emailed the drawing to me. Do you want me to email it back to you?

Yours sincerely,

Jane Gilles

From: David Thorne
Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 11.56am
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Overdue account

Dear Jane,

Yes please.

Regards,

David.

From: Jane Gilles
Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 12.14pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Overdue account

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From: David Thorne
Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 09.22am
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Whose spider is that?

Dear Jane,

Are you sure this drawing of a spider is the one I sent you? This spider only has seven legs and I do not feel I would have made such an elementary mistake when I drew it.

Regards,

David.

From: Jane Gilles
Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 11.03am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Whose spider is that?

Dear David,

Yes it is the same drawing. I copied and pasted it from the email you sent me on the 8th. David your account is still overdue by the amount of £233.95. Please make this payment as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely,

Jane Gilles

From: David Thorne
Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 11.05am
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Automated Out of Office Response

Thank you for contacting me. I am currently away on leave, traveling through time and will be returning last week.

Regards,

David.

From: David Thorne
Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 11.08am
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?

Hello, I am back and have read through your emails and accept that despite missing a leg, that drawing of a spider may indeed be the one I sent you. I realise with hindsight that it is possible you rejected the drawing of a spider due to this obvious limb ommission but did not point it out in an effort to avoid hurting my feelings. As such, I am sending you a revised drawing with the correct number of legs as full payment for any amount outstanding. I trust this will bring the matter to a conclusion.

Regards,

David.

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From: Jane Gilles
Date: Monday 13 Oct 2008 2.51pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?

Dear David,

As I have stated, we do not accept drawings in lei of money for accounts outstanding. We accept cheque, bank cheque, money order or cash. Please make a payment this week to avoid incurring any additional fees.

Yours sincerely,
Jane Gilles

From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 13 Oct 2008 3.17pm
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?

I understand and will definately make a payment this week if I remember. As you have not accepted my second drawing as payment, please return the drawing to me as soon as possible. It was silly of me to assume I could provide you with something of completely no value whatsoever, waste your time and then attach such a large amount to it.

Regards, David.

From: Jane Gilles
Date: Tuesday 14 Oct 2008 11.18am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?

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[Russ]

Originally Posted by funcard_4

Man tries to pay Virgin Media bill with spider drawing

No he didn't, seeing as Adelaide is in Australia.

[on in an hour!]

Originally Posted by Russ B

No he didn't, seeing as Adelaide is in Australia.

all the same,it made me chuckle!!

[Russ]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...r-drawing.html

The design director from Adelaide, Australia, insists that all the exchanges on on his site actually took place.

[funcard_4]

Originally Posted by Russ B

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...r-drawing.html

LOL you spoiled the joke. cheer up have a bear or something, you seem like a grumpy old man.

[Russ]

Originally Posted by funcard_4

LOL you spoiled the joke. cheer up have a bear or something, you seem like a grumpy old man.

It's a joke? I'll move it to the humour section for you

[moaningmags]

Originally Posted by funcard_4

LOL you spoiled the joke. cheer up have a bear or something, you seem like a grumpy old man.

Russ likes a bear or two, so I've heard

[funcard_4]

Originally Posted by Russ B

It's a joke? I'll move it to the humour section for you

if there is one,

LOL good to see you got a smile now,

[Xaccers]

I had wondered until I saw today that it was from a downunder prankster why it was referring to $ and "cheque" rather than "check" (wish the yanks would learn to spell).

[LSainsbury]

Yawn....it's been doing the rounds for a while now in various forms....

[Raistlin]

Haven't we already seen this on CF recently?

[altis]

Yes:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/34...-post2198.html

[Maggy J]

Ah as our friend Graham M is away for a while then this no doubt why he hasn't reminded us..

[tweetypie/8]

nice one i like it.

[Raistlin]

Originally Posted by altis

Yes:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/34...-post2198.html

Thought so.

Despite the fact that the OP's editing to try to pass this off as something linked to VM obviously makes this thread sooooooooooooo much more funny.....

Link to original provided - highly amusing, side splittingly funny, duplicate thread closed.