debit card woes

So for New Year's I went to Vegas with my family.

Needless to say it was beyond overrated. Vegas can DIAF. But to get to the main point, I lost my license & my visa check/debit card. It was uber lame. But my check card wasn't used, thank the lord. I called the 800 lost card line and they told me they put a lost/stolen status on the card. I believe that was the 30th.

I get back home. I go to my credit union to order a new card on the 3rd. The teller tells me, my card was never given a lost/stolen status. WTF? So then she told me she'll cancel the card and order me a new one at a $10 charge. The charge I don't mind, the whole it was never put as a lost/stolen, scared the crap out of me.

So it's been over a week, and normally by now I would have already gotten my check card in the mail.

No check card.

So I call my credit union this morning asking on the status. Seems they never reissued me a new card. So they said they did it today. We'll see.

How annoying. T_T I hate not having a check card. I feel so naked without it. I pretty much pay all my bills online using that as well as do any shopping. Now I have to have stupid cash to carry around. I hate carrying around cash because if I lose my wallet, I lose it. No recovery whatsoever. If I were to lose my check card and if it was used, I would be able to get my monies back.

So another week withougt plastic. How weird. I guess I can pay my online bills with e-checks, however it's just annoying.

/boo