A No Fax Cash Advance for the Keys that Got Away

Well, they didn’t QUITE get away, but…

They were so close, I could almost touch them – if my hand could blast through that brand new brick wall I'd built! (Photo: flickr.com)

They were definitely toast by the time I’d chipped the dried cement off of them.

Here’s the deal. I work for a landscaping business in City of Industry. One day, I’m doing some brickwork for a customer, minding my own business, when his dog comes tearing out of the house in hot pursuit of a squirrel. The parade rips past where I’m working, and knocks over a small trowel. Nothing big; I picked it up and kept working. However, I didn’t realize until it was too late that my keys had been sitting on top of the trowel, and when the dog and squirrel knocked it over, the keys fell into the mortar mix. I didn’t notice, and now they were a part of the wall. I took a hammer and chisel to start chipping away. I managed to find them and repair the damage to the wall, but my automatic starter no longer functioned.

Those things aren’t cheap

I needed to buy another from the dealer, and are they expensive! I had no idea something so small could cost so much; I also had no idea that my bank account had so little money in it at the time. Luckily, I was familiar with Personal Money Store from having used them before, so I filled out an application and managed to get a no fax cash advance by the next day. Thankfully, my customer didn’t mind my leaving my big truck in their yard for a day. … click here to read the rest of the article titled “A No Fax Cash Advance for the Keys that Got Away“