You may think this dog is cute, but that’s bullshit. This dog is a deadbeat that doesn’t pay its Verizon bill.
Meet Andy Fanelli. He’s a Lhasa Apso who apparently doesn’t have enough personal responsibility to pay his debt to Verizon. Sure, Andy’s owners, Steve Fanell and Shawn Donovan, say that Andy has never been a Verizon customer, but should we believe them?
From KCRA:
“The point is that Andy has never had a Verizon account. We were just curious why this showed up,” Steve Fanelli said.
KCRA says the debt actually belongs to another Andy Fanelli who lives on the east coast. So how did the bill end up at the wrong Andy’s doorstep? Well, it’s probably because Andy has his very own American Express Card.
“It’s an active card. From time to time I take my girlfriends to lunch on Andy,” Donovan said. The dog’s debt has been canceled by Verizon, but it seems there are lots of complaints (to the Illinois Attorney General and posted online) about the debt collector, AFNI, trying to collect outdated or incorrect debts. AFNI says that it is diligent about debt verification.
$142 Collection Bill Sent To Couple’s Dog [KCRA](Thanks, Anna!)
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My Bassett says that stud duty is an excellent job and he should be allowed to have his own CC.
@MissTicklebritches: I like the way your mind works!
@o0beaner, valarmorghulis: My boyfriend and I have the Costco AmEx card, one primary cardholder and the other the additional cardholder. When I applied, it asked for both of our SSNs. I don’t know if this applies to just that particular AmEx card though. However, on our WaMu card, I don’t remember being asked for the additional SSN, but it might have been there as well.
I know for a fact that certain banks such as Capital One, HSBC etc do not ask for the SSN of secondary card holders. So if indeed the dog does have a card thats probably how he got one. And I assume its not a joke, because the name has to be ‘registered’ somewhere for the shady collectors to even try and send something.
That’s what might happen when you give dogs human names.
Come! Arfahrf!
Wait, you can get a credit card in your dog’s name?
I knew that you could get extra cards off your account for yourself, your spouse or your kids, but your dog?
Do credit card companies just not care what name is on the front anymore?
You do not need a social security number to get a credit card. I know the GM card allows this for sure, so American Express probably does as well. It does take longer for them to verify identity though.
@MissTicklebritches: Nah. The dog definitely looks better.
Ugliest dog ever.
But on a similar note, we use our NORMAL yellow lab’s names to send into Margaritas restaurant for their birthday coupons! $10 off your meal on their birthday. One of us just has to pretend to be “Cody” or “Riley” when we go out.
So, you give a dog first and last name, an Amex card and then act all surprised announce it to the world that it got an collection bill?
My Lhasa has been gone 3 years now and we still get junk mail and credit card offers. . . . in her name.
It has been said here more than once, but I can’t help but chime in.
You can get a credit card in ANY name if you add it to an existing account as an authorized user. You may recall a few years ago, someone hoaxing newspapers into believing that Michael Jackson was going to show up at a hotel in Boston. This was done with a credit card added to an existing account.
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@B: I knew someone who used to say that “Lhasa Apso” translates to “Dustmop In Search Of A Handle”
im one of the collectors…i am sick and tired of the dead beats that think they need customer service on their dead beat accounts…if you owe the bill…pay it…just figure it out…pay it…dont argue…dont fdcpa us…pay it…you owe it!!! why do you think this country is in the state its in???? its because you wont pay your freaking bill…why do you think interest rates are so high????? its because you defaulted on your credit card or your sick enough to put it in your dogs name, so the rest of us can pay your freaking bill!!!