City of Heroes nears launch...

[WarLocke]

So I wake up this morning and check all my boards like I usually do, then I log out in case my EB calls me to tell me the boxes are in. Not 4 minutes later, they do. I ask if they have CoH gamecards too, but they say no. :cry:

So I get cleaned up and go down to the bank, and open a checking account. Everything goes fine until I find out the my check/debit card comes in the mail, and I won't get it for 7 to 10 days. :angry: I do have the ID# on the card though, so maybe I can still use it now for billing purposes.

So I drive over to the EB, which is in Parkersburg, WV. I'm always nervous when making the trip, because I'm driving a car registered in Ohio in West Virginia, with a Louisiana driver's license. :o But I make it there ok, like always. I did park at the wrong mall entrance and have to walk about half a mile, though.

So I get to the store, and the lady at the counter pulls up my preorder info and grabs a box. I pull out my new checkbook and write out one for the $47.99 I still owe on it (actually two checks since I screwed up the first - I r special :blink: ). She takes one look at it and says "Sorry, we don't take starter checks." I'm really bummed at this point, becuase I put nearly all my loose cash into the account specifically so I wouldn't make any impulse buys. But, she tells me there's a bank in the mall, maybe I can cash a check there.

So there I go, another half-mile trek. I don't even remember the name of the bank, just that it wasn't mine. The girl at the counter says they can't cash a check from my bank, so I ask her if there's one in Parkersburg since I don't want to drive 30 miles home and then come back here. She's all set to give me complicated directions to one that I will definitely screw up when another customer says "Isn't there one in Wal-Mart?"

That really made my day, since the Parkersburg Wal-Mart is right across the street from the mall. So I go over there and into the little bank kiosk setup they have, and tell the lady there that I want to cash a check. I write out the check (didn't screw up this time :D ) and give her my driver's license as ID, and she goes into the back room to der her thing. She comes back out with this weird look and asks me when I opened the account. "Two hours ago," I say, after which she asks how much I put into the account. Yeah, lady, I'm going to forge a driver's license to hock $50 out of someone's new account... <_<

So now I have my 5x so I go back to the mall and pay for my box, then I went home and had a sandwich.

So, that's where I am now. I need to find my bank's webpage and see if I can get a summary of my account (specifically, the expiration date on my bank card in case CoH wants that). Yay me.