Can you hear me now?

[wondersofwine]

Similar to my experience with American Express when I lived in Germany. After years of paying my AE bill to a Florida bank, they made me switch to a bank in England even though I received mail through APO (US Armed Forces mailrooms). Now my AE bill was coming to my German apartment address and I had to pay extra postage to mail payment from Germany to England. When I moved to another city within Germany, the bill didn't get forwarded to me. The only charge was like $25-$30 for a dinner my brother-in-law had on a gift card I gave him for Christmas. I wrote and asked about the charge around the same time that American Express decided I was delinquent and cut off my privileges. I had a professional trip to Italy and a pleasure trip (England? Switzerland?) where I could not use my American Express card because they had cut it off). When I found out what I owed, I sent them a check and asked them to
reinstate my card. They returned the check saying it had been turned over to a bill collector! (less than $30)and didn't reinstate my card. I never cashed the returned check (I did owe the money) and also never did personal business with American Express credit cards again (only the Government Purchase Card where I don't choose the banker). They periodically send me offers to enroll but until I get a profusive apology from an officer of the company (yeah, like that's going to happen), I will not enroll ever!