[NetBehaviour] Man tries to pay bill with spider drawing.

Thu Nov 20 12:16:40 CET 2008

Reminds me of the work of American artist Bloggs (from the 80¹s and 90¹s)
who paid his bills using drawings of currency. He always claimed he was able
to survive quite well doing this. Not sure what has happened to him since
then.

Regards

Simon

On 20/11/08 11:04, "marc garrett" <marc.garrett at furtherfield.org> wrote:

> Thanks Mez - for this :-)
> 
> 
> marc
> 
> 
> 
> Man tries to pay bill with spider drawing.
> 
> 
> Below is the complete email conversation that Adelaide man David Thorne claims
> he had with a utility company chasing payment of an overdue bill.
> 
> From: Jane Gilles
> Date: Wednesday 8 Oct 2008 12.19pm
> To: David Thorne
> Subject: Overdue account
> 
> Dear David, 
> Our records indicate that your account is overdue by the amount of $233.95. If
> you have already made this payment please contact us within the next 7 days to
> confirm payment has been applied to your account and is no longer outstanding.
> 
>  Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles
> 
> 
> From: David Thorne
> Date: Wednesday 8 Oct 2008 12.37pm
> To: Jane Gilles
> Subject: Re: Overdue account
> 
> Dear Jane, 
> I do not have any money so am sending you this drawing I did of a spider
> instead. I value the drawing at $233.95 so trust that this settles the matter.
> 
>  Regards, David. 
> 
> 
> 
> From: Jane Gilles
> Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 10.07am
> To: David Thorne
> Subject: Overdue account
> 
> Dear David, 
> Thankyou for contacting us. Unfortunately we are unable to accept drawings as
> payment and your account remains in arrears of $233.95. Please contact us
> within the next 7 days to confirm payment has been applied to your account and
> is no longer outstanding.
> 
>  Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles
> 
> 
> From: David Thorne
> Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 10.32am
> To: Jane Gilles
> Subject: Re: Overdue account
> 
> Dear Jane, 
> Can I have my drawing of a spider back then please.
> 
>  Regards, David. 
> 
> 
> From: Jane Gilles
> Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 11.42am
> To: David Thorne
> Subject: Re: Re: Overdue account
> 
> Dear David, 
> You emailed the drawing to me. Do you want me to email it back to you?
> 
>  Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles
> 
> 
> From: David Thorne
> Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 11.56am
> To: Jane Gilles
> Subject: Re: Re: Re: Overdue account
> 
> Dear Jane, 
> 
>  Yes please. 
> 
>  Regards, David. 
> 
> 
> From: Jane Gilles
> Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 12.14pm
> To: David Thorne
> Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Overdue account
> 
> Attached 
> 
> 
> 
> From: David Thorne
> Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 09.22am
> To: Jane Gilles
> Subject: Whose spider is that?
> 
> Dear Jane, Are you sure this drawing of a spider is the one I sent you? This
> spider only has seven legs and I do not feel I would have made such an
> elementary mistake when I drew it.
> 
>  Regards, David. 
> 
> 
> From: Jane Gilles
> Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 11.03am
> To: David Thorne
> Subject: Re: Whose spider is that?
> 
> Dear David, Yes it is the same drawing. I copied and pasted it from the email
> you sent me on the 8th. David your account is still overdue by the amount of
> $233.95. Please make this payment as soon as possible.
> 
>  Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles
> 
> 
> From: David Thorne
> Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 11.05am
> To: Jane Gilles
> Subject: Automated Out of Office Response
> 
> Thankyou for contacting me. I am currently away on leave, traveling through
> time and will be returning last week.
> 
> Regards, David. 
> 
> 
> From: David Thorne
> Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 11.08am
> To: Jane Gilles
> Subject: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?
> 
> Hello, I am back and have read through your emails and accept that despite
> missing a leg, that drawing of a spider may indeed be the one I sent you. I
> realise with hindsight that it is possible you rejected the drawing of a
> spider due to this obvious limb ommission but did not point it out in an
> effort to avoid hurting my feelings. As such, I am sending you a revised
> drawing with the correct number of legs as full payment for any amount
> outstanding. I trust this will bring the matter to a conclusion.
> 
> Regards, David. 
> 
> 
> 
> From: Jane Gilles
> Date: Monday 13 Oct 2008 2.51pm
> To: David Thorne
> Subject: Re: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?
> 
> Dear David, As I have stated, we do not accept drawings in lei of money for
> accounts outstanding. We accept cheque, bank cheque, money order or cash.
> Please make a payment this week to avoid incurring any additional fees.
> 
>  Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles
> 
> 
> From: David Thorne
> Date: Monday 13 Oct 2008 3.17pm
> To: Jane Gilles
> Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?
> 
> I understand and will definately make a payment this week if I remember. As
> you have not accepted my second drawing as payment, please return the drawing
> to me as soon as possible. It was silly of me to assume I could provide you
> with something of completely no value whatsoever, waste your time and then
> attach such a large amount to it.
> 
> Regards, David. 
> 
> 
> From: Jane Gilles
> Date: Tuesday 14 Oct 2008 11.18am
> To: David Thorne
> Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?
> 
> Attached 
> 
> 
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