I got a check from BMI

braincell · Post by **braincell** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 4:44 pm

Yesterday I was excited to get a check from BMI for my music. I opened it up and it was for one cent! I show this to everyone. It is so hilarious.

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 5:28 pm

put in a frame it will probably make a gorgeous pic on the wall of your new studio.
Something like that brings luck

even if I know you're a quite rational guy

cheers, Tom

Post by **hubird** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 5:55 pm

people who got extremely succesfull in their lifes always have that kind of stories, they started with one cent so to say .
A great future is waiting for you Braincell, I'm sure about that!
Media magnat? president? the manly Ophra Winphry?
And you will say to everybody: and I started with just one cell!'

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Let There Be Music!

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braincell · Post by **braincell** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 6:19 pm

Thanks guys, I actually am planning on framing it. It would be really funny if I took it to the bank and asked the teller to cash it but then I wouldn't have it anymore so I can never do that.

paulrmartin · Post by **paulrmartin** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 6:36 pm

One CENT???

The paper is worth more than the amount written on it!

My check is in 3 weeks "pant-pant"

bassdude · Post by **bassdude** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 5:37 am

I didn't think there would be any drones at BMI?

deejaysly · Post by **deejaysly** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 8:12 am

Scan it in and post it (lol!) to us (here) aswell.

Thought it might be an ever better way of sharing the humour by actually seeing it???

Just a thought.

Immanuel · Post by **Immanuel** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 9:14 am

I ones got a phone bill adjustment letter. It told me, that I later would have to pay extra what equals 0,04€. The letter cost the company more that 0,50€ to mail - plus paper/printing/etc.

krizrox · Post by **krizrox** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 9:30 am

Yeah it would be funny to see that check.

Hang in there. It can only grow from there right?

You'll probably get many more checks like that right? Depends on how many units are sold right?

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 2:06 pm

I hope the check isn't the result of Braincell's engaged fight for rock-bottom prices...

just couldn't resist, Tom

ps: just kidding - my first post is from the heart

rodos1979 · Post by **rodos1979** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 6:57 pm

Hello!

I have a Natwest Bank accound from the times I used to be a student in the UK. When I finished, I lifted up all my money but left 2 pounds in order not to have my account closed (in case I want to use it again in the future).
I frequently receive bank statements and papers with information on new offers etc. I even received a new cashcard because my last one had expired!
And ofcourse, all this costs to Natwest a LOT more than the 2 pounds I ve got in my account!!!...

P.S. Natwest is in the UK, and I am in Greece...

braincell · Post by **braincell** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 11:43 am

Here they would take the money and close the account. They can legally do that since the degregulation of the banking industry. I have to maintain $500 minimum balance in order to get free checking. I don't even have a savings account since the interest rates are so ridiculously low anyway.

krizrox · Post by **krizrox** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 3:27 pm

Slightly off topic....

I got a check in the mail today for $13.86 from the Illinois Attorney General. This was in regards to a CD minimum advertised price antitrust litigation settlement.

For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, a year or two ago, there was a big bruhaha here in the US about the price of compact discs. Apparently, some individuals thought that the big record companies were charging too much for compact discs. So they and sued all the major companies.

The deal was, if you had bought a compact disc in the past 10 years or so, you were entitled to a portion of the settlement which was in the millions. From what I can remember, you were instructed to go to a certain website and submit a claim. No proof of purchase was needed - just your own honesty that you had indeed purchased a CD at some point in the past. I thought the whole thing was a joke but I went ahead and submitted my name and address and promptly forgot about it.

That had to have been two years ago. It's been so long I can't remember.

Anyway, I finally got a check. So I got that going for me. Now I can afford to buy that Rush Live in Rio DVD I've always wanted