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So you just kick the can down the road to the next person? Imagine if we treated bug reports that way? “Oh, my software doesn’t work on a Tuesday that also happ

So you just kick the can down the road to the next person? Imagine if we treated bug reports that way? “Oh, my software doesn’t work on a Tuesday that also happens to coincide with a full moon? Well, that’s your fault. Wait until Wednesday to do your work” This learned helplessness is not helping anyone. There are still regulations, laws and rules that empower you as a consumer and business partner. Use them or lose them!

irjustin 5y ago
But it's not free. Small claims court still costs money. You're asking the article writer to spend their own money/time by skipping the free attempt to "show the big giant they're wrong and save the next person time". Personal choice for sure. Would I do it? Not by choice.
- ipython 5y ago
  It’s free to file complaints with the state licensing agencies. Also fees to file a small claims action are usually less than $100. And you can ask for that as part of your renumeration if you win your case.
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techsupporter 5y ago
Well, for one, I'm not a software engineer. I do system administration work and, yes, it happens a lot that there's the "bang my head against it for weeks to make it Be Correct" outcome or the "I've beaten my head against it for a week and the user or my boss or both are mad and time to do the obvious workaround." They've told him what they want: a bank account. So...give them another one? If the author wants to keep spending hours trying to get $2,300 to go exactly where he wants and debugging Amazon's system, he is of course free to do so. Me, I would have done one thing he did--remove Amazon Pay--and gotten my $2,300 four weeks ago. That's not a criticism, just a difference in tactics.
- ipython 5y ago
  I guess we may not be too different in opinion. I definitely think the OP should NOT try and “diagnose” the issue. It’s not their problem to fix and in the worst case, trying different account numbers as others suggest in this thread may end up with your money in someone else’s account - now you have two problems instead of one. Imagine trying to explain why you took those actions to a non technical peer (maybe a judge). “Well your honor, the luhn check digit algorithm…”

irjustin 5y ago

But it's not free. Small claims court still costs money. You're asking the article writer to spend their own money/time by skipping the free attempt to "show the big giant they're wrong and save the next person time". Personal choice for sure. Would I do it? Not by choice.

ipython 5y ago
It’s free to file complaints with the state licensing agencies. Also fees to file a small claims action are usually less than $100. And you can ask for that as part of your renumeration if you win your case.

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techsupporter 5y ago

Well, for one, I'm not a software engineer. I do system administration work and, yes, it happens a lot that there's the "bang my head against it for weeks to make it Be Correct" outcome or the "I've beaten my head against it for a week and the user or my boss or both are mad and time to do the obvious workaround." They've told him what they want: a bank account. So...give them another one? If the author wants to keep spending hours trying to get $2,300 to go exactly where he wants and debugging Amazon's system, he is of course free to do so. Me, I would have done one thing he did--remove Amazon Pay--and gotten my $2,300 four weeks ago. That's not a criticism, just a difference in tactics.

ipython 5y ago
I guess we may not be too different in opinion. I definitely think the OP should NOT try and “diagnose” the issue. It’s not their problem to fix and in the worst case, trying different account numbers as others suggest in this thread may end up with your money in someone else’s account - now you have two problems instead of one. Imagine trying to explain why you took those actions to a non technical peer (maybe a judge). “Well your honor, the luhn check digit algorithm…”