MetaTalk posts tagged with finance

Insert clever "Keane" pun here.

jozxyqk — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:38:01 -0800

Followup to my Keane question. The money wasn't as exciting as I thought, but what a painful experience! So you'll remember that I was contacted by this mysterious Keane company who said they were handling a case involving a significant amount of "unclaimed" money with my name attached to it. The very long story, very very short, comes down to this: Keane is a "legitimate" company. They were contacted by a holder of one of my accounts who had gotten a Return To Sender notice. This was my money. The account, however, was one that I knew about, and the reason that my address was incorrect were unclear. Seems like an accounting/paperwork error. Unfortunately, I didn't know that this was the account in question until after I signed something (following the advice of askmefi, including a couple of Keane employees). When I called the account holders to find out what was going on, they fixed my address over the phone, told me that this was the end of it, and they'd contact Keane to close the case. It wasn't that easy. It took me several months to clear this issue up; I was pretty convinced that I was going to get sued or sent to collections; even my lawyer friend said that I signed a pretty airtight contract. And Keane's case rep was really pushy and unwilling to negotiate, despite this obviously being a mistake. But the end of the story is a positive one. Phone calls were made, and they finally closed the case, releasing me from my burden. Lesson learned: If you are contacted by a company like this, don't ignore it, but immediately review all of your records, even the unlikely ones, to see if you can figure out what's going on before you sign anything.

e pluribus unum

klarck — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:13:35 -0800

Has anyone else noticed those boring finance/economy fpps... ...have been spawning some of the best damn discussion threads on Metafilter lately? Apparently the community has some players who work with this stuff and have a way of making it understandable. Thick skin and some sort of tacit respect among the commenters keep several viewpoints in play - and keep the threads good and rowdy. So, for those who usually scroll past those arcane wall streety posts, this is a callout to start checking them out. (I really wish I could link to more examples, but the tags seem to fail me.)

MetaFilter Fundraising for Fun

mathowie — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 16:07:43 -0800

Announcing the new MetaFilter Fundraising for Fun project. dios and rothko/AlexReynolds have agreed to let you guys vote with your dollars, for charity. Throw some cash into the till for the guy you want to take a break for a week, and in the end it all goes to Creative Commons' fundraiser. Think of it as a charity dunk tank: you put down five bucks to toss a few at the guy you love to hate. It'll run for a week, so let's make the fun last.