Fax War Day 24 Update: 94 faxes sent, 5 in the queue. A MAJOR UPDATE:

V I C T O R Y ! ! !
V I C T O R Y ! ! !
V I C T O R Y ! ! !
V I C T O R Y ! ! !
V I C T O R Y ! ! !
V I C T O R Y ! ! !

Just out of curiosity, I called the Shell Customer Service Center phone line to check my balance. They said my balance was "credit 100 dollars" What? Could it be true? I listened further to the information of my last payment, and the system stated that my last payment was June 28th, in the amount of 160.29, the exact amount of the "fiasco". Apparently, the war is over. Just like Harry Truman before me issued the orders to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I made the difficult decision to drop a major bomb of my own on Shell with the shock and awe fax attack. Apparently today is the day they surrender unconditionally, and I am declared the winner. From this day forward, August 27th, 2007 shall be known as Victory over Shell or (VoS) Day.

There are a few unaddressed issues on the table here, but they should be easy to sort through, if I even decide to care.

1. Why do they say my last payment was this amount on June 28th, when clearly, I have made multiple payments since then?

2. Will they simply cut me a check for the credit balance? If not, I suppose they would be forced to should I close my account.

3. Is it possible that the investigation and subsequent correction was actually completed in June, and simply took a while to post into the account for whatever reason, thus nullifying my need for the fax war in the first place?

4. Did we win the war daddy? A question a child might ask, but not a childish question.

I have made another $20 payment that should go through today, so they will actually owe me $120 total. Now the question becomes do I go for them cutting me a check for what I consider to be my spoils of war, or do I let it ride so to speak, and simply buy about 50 gallons of their gas to zero out my account?

I think the logic here is simple. I continue to boycott their stores, and give them exactly no business. If I buy their stupid gas now, the terrorists win. Plus, with my Vegas vacation coming up next week, it might be handy to have a check for $120 waiting for me when I get back. For some reason, and another reason to bail on them, their web site will not accept my information for managing my account online, so I will have to contact them one last time to request my check. That should be fun. I wonder if they will ask any questions or have remarks regarding my blitzkrieg of faxing.

Since this news dominates today's headlines, I will probably try to install 3 more entries before going on vacation. They are sure to be gems, I have been tossing around a few subjects in my head that I am sure will be quite entertaining.

Now to celebrate victory with a lovely beverage, or 8.