{"id":9406,"date":"2009-11-09T20:00:33","date_gmt":"2009-11-10T00:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.askmrcreditcard.com\/news\/?p=9406"},"modified":"2009-11-09T20:00:33","modified_gmt":"2009-11-10T00:00:33","slug":"citibank-sends-me-a-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.askmrcreditcard.com\/news\/citibank-sends-me-a-check\/","title":{"rendered":"CitiBank Sends Me A Check"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bellow is the funniest letter I have ever received.\u00a0\u00a0 The story is that I recently canceled a CitiBank card that I had.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Apparently, I had overpaid my last bill by the princely sum of $0.01.<\/p>\n<p>I have seen this phenomenon before, sort of.\u00a0\u00a0 Years ago, when I had a roommate, we used to split our utility bills half and half.\u00a0\u00a0 Inevitably, we both rounded an odd number down to the next cent.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One day I got a bill for an outstanding balance of $0.01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We had the greatest time calling the company up and telling them we couldn&#8217;t come up with the money, and would like to pay in installments!<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I can&#8217;t really think of a way around this.\u00a0\u00a0 If they did not send out checks, then they would be accused of profiting in small increments, like in the movies Superman III and Office Space.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think, should I frame it?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9411\" title=\"1 cent\" src=\"\/\/www.askmrcreditcard.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-cent4-1024x903.jpg\" alt=\"1 cent\" width=\"716\" height=\"631\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bellow is the funniest letter I have ever received.\u00a0\u00a0 The story is that I recently canceled a CitiBank card that I had.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Apparently, I had overpaid my last bill by the princely sum of $0.01. 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