Alert: You Cannot Send A Drawing Of A Spider As Payment
David didn't have the money to pay his account (for some mystery service—we don't know what), so he decided to see if they'd accept a drawing instead. Turns out they won't. The email exchange that follows is hilarious, and much more entertaining for both parties than the old put-the-wrong-check-in-the-envelope trick.
Please note that we didn't include a picture of the drawing because David might try to charge us for it. We really can't afford $233 right now.
Good Idea!: Man Submits Drawing Of Spider Instead Of Payment For Overdue Account [Geekologie] (Thanks to Anthony!)
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I am sorry, but David is a bad consumer and is being a jackass. It may be funny [I laughed], but that does not stop this from being stupid. The first spider, cute, kind of funny, I can see a laugh internally, but going on from there, just asinine.
May as well just send a check for $15 and write a binding memo that if it is cashed all debts are forgiven. :\ Just as effective in the end, unless the company really screws that one up too.
@gibbersome: ROFL! He undervalued his drawing. If he just sold it before (like it would sell for that price) he could paid off that bill pretty quick.
@balilanai: Please, do go on about how this is clearly photoshopped and you can see pixels all over the place.
@balilanai: Are you suggesting that there is absolutely no way that this exchange could have taken place?
@Bauer22:
If that's the original site of the letter, it doesn't mention where it even came from. I say it's made up.
@maztec: Picasso was reported to have sketched some work on a piece of paper or napkin for his house to show a contractor what he wanted. When he asked the contractor how much it would be, the contractor said that the actual sketch would be fine as payment.
This reminds me of a hilarious book my g/f got me called Letters from a Nut by Ted L. Nancy (its a pseudonym, some believe the author is Jerry Seinfield) [www.amazon.com]
Basically, the author sends crazy letters to all these corporations, government offices and famous people only to see how seriously he's taken in the obscure responses he receives. Usually, its the responses from these people that are more funny than the situations the author creates with the initial letter. I highly reccommend the read, its right up Consumerist's alley.
@changed my name: Considering that the domain 27bslash6.com is registered to Thorne, David, I would say he's the originating source.
Couldn't tell you if it really happened between Mr. Thorne and a business, though.
@Ein2015:
I doubt he would, apparently the spider was given away and was subsequently sold on e-bay.
LGT ebay auction that ended. [cgi.ebay.com]
@balilanai: not fake, as i said below. "for those saying its fake, pretty sure its not, hes a friend of my girlfriends, which made me go wtf when i saw this, we read it on his livejournal a few days ago :)"
@John: I wish I was that awesome. Can you imagine going to the grocery store, sketching the groceries you'd like and having the cashier say "I'll accept that sketch as payment."? I want that to be my superpower.
@changed my name:
O.K....after reading the post below by "gibbersome", I take back my original comment.
@stezton: same here. but by now my office mates know about my habit of reading the consumerist articles and occasionally breaking out into laughter. what magical substance was this man smoking?
This reminds me (long-time lurker, first time poster; hello!) of what Dali used to do:
He'd go into restaurants and order a meal for him, his entourage, etc.. and then write a check. On the back of the check he'd put a little drawing and then tell the owner that it's a Special Drawing Just For Him By The Great Dali.. and then the owner would never cash it!




















Here's the original site of this letter.