I feel bad for the people who went through this Kafkaesque nightmare.
> After months of back-and-forth, [...] I finally got my money.
I didn't find any mention of a lawyer in the article.
When you realize you're dealing with people who aren't operating in good faith, seriously consider consulting a lawyer.
(A harder problem is realizing when people aren't operating in good faith. Especially if you're a Pollyanna, or decent folk dropped into the big city.)
> consider using my referral link to open an account with Mercury
I'm not going to click a kickback link on a piece like this, and I'm going to disregard the recommendation.
If the goal is to warn people away from something, or to make a positive recommendation for something else, why add an obvious conflict of interest that didn't have to be there?
> After months of back-and-forth, [...] I finally got my money.
I didn't find any mention of a lawyer in the article.
When you realize you're dealing with people who aren't operating in good faith, seriously consider consulting a lawyer.
(A harder problem is realizing when people aren't operating in good faith. Especially if you're a Pollyanna, or decent folk dropped into the big city.)
> consider using my referral link to open an account with Mercury
I'm not going to click a kickback link on a piece like this, and I'm going to disregard the recommendation.
If the goal is to warn people away from something, or to make a positive recommendation for something else, why add an obvious conflict of interest that didn't have to be there?