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Make money online with Police and foreign funds

Published by Matt Gondek February 13th, 2008 in Art, culture, Shipping, World, Design, Artist and advice. 3 Comments

There is an email floating around Pennsylvania warning everybody that police officers are trying to raise nine million dollars in speeding tiggets by the end of the month, so be on the lookout. They’ll be crackin’ down, and HARD.

In other news… The other day I was mentioning working for people overseas and how to get / convert foreign currency. I actually found out the EASIEST WAY possible. Paypal.

It turns out that paypal converts the money for you! How easy is that? Bada bing bada boom. They send me pounds, and it converts them to fancy America businessman dollars. Fat paychecks from across the sea always spend better because they have the sweet stink of culture all over em’.

Here’s a taste of some international work I did. I know it’s in a foreign language (Irish), but all the imagery is still there :). It’s a giant full color poster that will be crawling all over Ireland and other countries with the tour dates.

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Fed-Ex Sucks!!

Published by Matt Gondek June 6th, 2007 in Community, Advertising, Economy, Fed Ex, Kinkos, Shipping and Canada. 6 Comments

After completing all the artwork needed for children’s book called “The Adventures of Bo, Mo, and Jo”, I needed to send the artwork to the publisher. This way, the book could be printed, and in the hands of the children of the world. The only problem is that the publisher was in Canada, and I’m here in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
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At first I didn’t think mailing something to Canada would be a problem, but I soon found out how much I was wrong. Even though Canada is CONNECTED to America, and is often referred to as “

America Jr.”, they still consider any mail going there to be foreign, and special paperwork was needed. I went to my local post office, waited in line, and after five minutes of paperwork and three dollars later, I was on my way. All I was shipping was a CD in a clear jewel case. The post office understood that. They were cool with it. Three bucks. No harm done. I was happy. That was until a week and a half later, and the CD still wasn’t in

Canada.

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Now the deadline to have the artwork there was only two days away. I figured the only way to get it there on time was to go to my local Fed-Ex, and ship it overnight. Fed-Ex is one of the largest shipping companies in the world, if not the biggest. Their logo, with the hidden arrow in between the E and X is talked about often as one of the best subliminal messages in a logo ever. I’ll admit, the first time I seen the hidden arrow I nearly wrecked my car because I was flipping out. Maybe that’s why I picked Fed-Ex over UPS.. I don’t know. What I do know is that I was walking into a legal tender trap.

 

When I walked into the Fed-Ex, I waited patiently, browsing their selection of $10 Bic ink pens and wall of self motivational CDs until it was my turn. The lady was very helpful. She took my CD with artwork on, helped me fill out the paperwork to mail it “overseas”, and then it hit me with it. $45 dollars to mail the CD. I couldn’t believe it. It’s just a CD, not a bear. But, with the deadline so close, I had no other option so I paid them and went on my way. On the day of the deadline, I received a call from the publisher. They had never received the CD. Almost as soon as I hung up, I got a call from Fed-Ex. They told me they were unable to deliver the package due to customs.

 

“Ok.. So now what” I wondered. They gave me two options. They would either return the package to me for $40 or, abandon the package for $50. So basically I already paid them $45 to ship a package, which they didn’t do. Now, they want me to pay MORE money to have it sent back to me, or EVEN MORE money to destroy it. I was angry. I feel bad now, but I lost my temper with the rep on the phone. I told her I wasn’t going to give them any more of my money, and that I paid them in the first place and it’s no longer my problem. I told them to take care of it. The lady said “that’s fine” and hung up. I’m out $45, and they didn’t even ship my package.

 

This all makes sense seeing as how they are in ka-hoots with Kinkos, which is run by Lucifer, the king of darkness. Maybe some other day I’ll write about how Kinkos charged me $28 to scan a painting for me which was roughly 2 feet wide. In the end, I plan on avoiding Fex-Ex at all costs in the future, and hope that this blog will save you from getting really really pissed off at some point when you need to mail something overseas.. to Canada.

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