Adventures in Banking Part the Second

We all know that Citibank is awful, right? I didn't need more proof myself, but they happily provided it. Suffice to say that even the lovely Citibank office down in Ginza couldn't help me turn my card on. They helpfully suggested that I could get a cash advance at any bank in Tokyo by providing two forms of ID with the card. Quite friendly. Entirely untrue, but friendly nonetheless. Another option they suggested was to mail me a card (dispite them having yet to prove they can mail anything to me over here) on which I could write down my favorite numbers, send back in to them and they would magically turn those numbers into a PIN for my card. They said that it would only take two weeks after they recieved the card back from me to get it activated. By which time I would no doubt be back in the US. Still, neat trick though.

Oh, and my bank card locked up on me too. I wonder where one goes to apply for a Japanese sugar mama?

Adventures in Banking

No time for a full update, as I:m still internetless at home and having to deal with internet cafes and apparantly a keyboard with no appostrophy. Odd.

n any case, I thought I should share the joy of Citibank:s reply to my request that they send my credit card infro to my new address in Japan so I can, ya know, eat and stuff.

They:d be happy to send it to my home address

ok - I:ll change my home address to Japan. I wrote them my new address and here is the reponse in all its glory:

We are unable to change your address as requested as we are limited to 24
characters on each of the first two lines and 20 characters on the third line,
including spaces. Please provide us with an abbreviated or alternate address.
You may send your change to the above address or call us.

Hmmm... So it:s only ok to live in places with short addresses. Unfortunate. I:m now wondering if I drop the prefecture off the address if it will still get to me. Adventures in banking, indeed.