I applied for a line of credit a couple of years ago w/ my local lawn & forest dealership as I was in need of some lawn equipment to mow, weed whack, trim my fence row, & blow pine straw off my roof & driveway b/c I have had a horrible time finding a dependable lawn service at a fair price to “baby†my St. Augustine grass like my dad taught me to do w/ a push mower & yard broom back in the day before “Mr. Roboto†computerized mowers for that push- mowed look & riding mowers w/ a bagging system to keep it looking & feeling like a fine lush green carpet you could walk on barefooted & say, “Oh, what a feelin’! “ Well, my credit app was approved for a large hunk of change b/c that was before I became one of the many victims of evil AT&T’s data security breach w/ Experian & have pretty much been living a nightmare ever sense! I have frozen all of my credit reports b/c all of my personal information is on the dark web. The only personal info I haven’t changed is my SS# which would take an act of Congress. And, still to this day, I get a letter at least once a month informing me once again that I have been the victim of another data security leak from TicketMaster to my local hospital. As a result, I have changed my banking accounts, phone numbers, email address many times. I finally found many of my problems were linked to my debit card/checking acct to the point every other week I would have to go to my bank for a new debit card b/c mine had been compromised once again. I was so stressed out that I would literally break out in hives! I finally decided to get rid of my bank’s debit card & to kept most of my funds in savings & had my bills auto withdrawn from there. After paying off my first loan & working hard to get my credit score back to good, I had to invest in a riding mower w/ a bagging system b/c I just couldn’t push mow the yard any longer as I am getting older & am allergic to dust, grass, pets, yada yada ya. So, I went shopping at my lawn service w/ my Synchrony’ bank card & was going to give Mr. Roboto a good home! However, I finally came to my senses & invested in a cheaper riding mower W/ a bagging system. All was well until a couple of weeks ago, my current employer/ex-husband/ former BFF for 30 years now decides he can no longer pay me as a 1099 NEC employee b/c his bank was no longer covering his NSF & at his age would no longer let him refinance the house, PTL b/c that is just a hole that gets bigger & now his balloon payment is due to the tune of $1500 a month & when the April showers that bring May flowers come in southeast Arkansas like they have for 30 years now, he doesn’t hit a lick at a snake & I am still working, paying back my second graduate student loan, & enrolled in online Discipleship coursework with InTouch Ministries whom I have partnered with for many years now in order to become gainfully employed as a Bible teacher/ music minister to heed my life’s calling to spread the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ! Well, get this. I had considered debt consolidation again but decided to apply for assistance w/ EdFinancial & The AR Dept of Ed in order to lower my monthly stdt loan payments in order to make ends meet. I I started calling in my payments to Synchrony using my checking acct instead of savings b/c I was being penalized & charged for being “over the monthly limit†on having my payment a/w from savings! I would receive a confirmation number thinking all was well with the world only to find out today that was not the case when I opened a snippy letter from Sychrony informing me that the “board’ had decided to close my acct due to 2 or more nonpayments! I called to dispute this nonsense, but finally grew weary of the first rep I could barely understand b/c of her broken English & my hearing impairment. The second rep was worse w/ her bad attitude that I finally just said that I was not going to dispute this ungodly mess any longer after making a payment w/ Ms. “Speaks Broken English†only to have Ms “In Need Of An Attitude Adjustment†when I let her know I had no idea why I ended up w/ her asking me how I wanted to “allocate†my payment I made w/ the first rep when I was asked to hold the line while the first rep called herself looking into “promotions†to try to help me as much as she could in regards to the total balance I would need to pay by the end of Dec 2025 to be out of debt w/ them b/c I had decided that if I can’t pay cash for something, I don’t need it! I finally told Ms. Snippy to just forget it, hung up, & got my balance due on my acct from the robot that answers the phone when you first call who I came to really appreciate after dealing w/ two live reps who were of absolutely no help to me whatsoever & as a result earned a final grade of a big fat F! Good riddance, Synchrony! Also, I have informed my employer that I will take him to small claims court for $2k to recoup my missed paydays as well as inform the IRS that he is now being paid in cash & was trying to pay me in cash if I got paid at all! But, fear not! God’s Got This & has already settled the score in my favor w/ my enemy, Satan, & all of his henchmen who do his dirty deeds & do it dirt cheap b/c they chose to serve money instead of God! Amen & amen. To God Be The Glory!