{"id":274,"date":"2008-12-30T13:25:41","date_gmt":"2008-12-30T21:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/funcage.com\/blog\/?p=274"},"modified":"2008-12-30T13:25:41","modified_gmt":"2008-12-30T21:25:41","slug":"spider-as-payment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/spider-as-payment\/","title":{"rendered":"Spider as Payment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below is the complete email conversation that Adelaide man David Thorne claims he had with a utility company chasing payment of an overdue bill.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From: Jane Gilles<br \/>\nDate: Wednesday 8 Oct 2008 12.19pm<br \/>\nTo: David Thorne<br \/>\nSubject: Overdue account<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dear David,\u00a0<br \/>\nOur 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.<\/p>\n<p>Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles<br \/>\n<strong>From: David Thorne<br \/>\nDate: Wednesday 8 Oct 2008 12.37pm<br \/>\nTo: Jane Gilles<br \/>\nSubject: Re: Overdue account<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dear Jane,\u00a0<br \/>\nI 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.<\/p>\n<p>Regards, David.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.ninemsn.com.au\/img\/2008\/national\/spider.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>From: Jane Gilles<br \/>\nDate: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 10.07am<br \/>\nTo: David Thorne<br \/>\nSubject: Overdue account<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Dear David,\u00a0<br \/>\nThankyou 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.<\/p>\n<p>Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles<br \/>\n<strong>From: David Thorne<br \/>\nDate: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 10.32am<br \/>\nTo: Jane Gilles<br \/>\nSubject: Re: Overdue account<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Dear Jane,\u00a0<br \/>\nCan I have my drawing of a spider back then please.<\/p>\n<p>Regards, David.<br \/>\n<strong>From: Jane Gilles<br \/>\nDate: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 11.42am<br \/>\nTo: David Thorne<br \/>\nSubject: Re: Re: Overdue account<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Dear David,\u00a0<br \/>\nYou emailed the drawing to me. Do you want me to email it back to you?<\/p>\n<p>Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles<br \/>\n<strong>From: David Thorne<br \/>\nDate: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 11.56am<br \/>\nTo: Jane Gilles<br \/>\nSubject: Re: Re: Re: Overdue account<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Dear Jane,<\/p>\n<p>Yes please.<\/p>\n<p>Regards, David.<br \/>\n<strong>From: Jane Gilles<br \/>\nDate: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 12.14pm<br \/>\nTo: David Thorne<br \/>\nSubject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Overdue account<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Attached<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.ninemsn.com.au\/img\/2008\/national\/spider.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>From: David Thorne<br \/>\nDate: Friday 10 Oct 2008 09.22am<br \/>\nTo: Jane Gilles<br \/>\nSubject: Whose spider is that?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Regards, David.<br \/>\n<strong>From: Jane Gilles<br \/>\nDate: Friday 10 Oct 2008 11.03am<br \/>\nTo: David Thorne<br \/>\nSubject: Re: Whose spider is that?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>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.<\/p>\n<p>Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles<br \/>\n<strong>From: David Thorne<br \/>\nDate: Friday 10 Oct 2008 11.05am<br \/>\nTo: Jane Gilles<br \/>\nSubject: Automated Out of Office Response<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Thankyou for contacting me. I am currently away on leave, traveling through time and will be returning last week.<\/p>\n<p>Regards, David.<br \/>\n<strong>From: David Thorne<br \/>\nDate: Friday 10 Oct 2008 11.08am<br \/>\nTo: Jane Gilles<br \/>\nSubject: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>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.<\/p>\n<p>Regards, David.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.ninemsn.com.au\/img\/2008\/national\/spider8.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>From: Jane Gilles<br \/>\nDate: Monday 13 Oct 2008 2.51pm<br \/>\nTo: David Thorne<br \/>\nSubject: Re: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>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.<\/p>\n<p>Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles<br \/>\n<strong>From: David Thorne<br \/>\nDate: Monday 13 Oct 2008 3.17pm<br \/>\nTo: Jane Gilles<br \/>\nSubject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>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.<\/p>\n<p>Regards, David.<br \/>\n<strong>From: Jane Gilles<br \/>\nDate: Tuesday 14 Oct 2008 11.18am<br \/>\nTo: David Thorne<br \/>\nSubject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Attached<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.ninemsn.com.au\/img\/2008\/national\/spider8.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.ninemsn.com.au\/article.aspx?id=665847\">via<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is the complete email conversation that Adelaide man David Thorne claims he had with a utility company chasing payment of an overdue bill. 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