So I figured out how to submit a form that went directly to the Yahoo! team in charge of the ability to process credit cards by following a discrete set of links carefully hidden to obscure any attempt at communicating with the credit card processing gnomes. I would tell the world how I got there but I would have to kill anyone who tried to follow me there. I also don't really remember as it did require a great deal of trial and error.

Upon arriving there I left them this new message offering to help them debug their billing system and to pay them the $29 dollars and 87 cents that they rightfully earned in acquiring Launch.com for $100 million dollars.

"Type your feedback here:

I have been unable to pay for Launch!
because the Wallet tool is the only way
to pay for it and it doesn't seem to
work when I enter my credit card
information. What does happen is that I
enter the information and hit
the "continue" button. The page
refreshes and doesn't continue to a
next step. Repeat. Infinite loop. I
tried a lot of things to get through
the form including switching machines,
editing fields, etc. If it isn't a BUG
it is at least a usability problem
since I am somewhat of a savvy user of
Internet services and haven't had a
similar problem in signing-up for
services on other systems.

Help would be appreciated or just fix
the bug and let me know. If you call me
I can share my screen and show you what
I am trying to do if it helps."

They responded with this new helpful message about Spyware.

"Hello,

Thank you for writing to Yahoo! Customer Support.

It sounds as if you may have "Spyware" installed on your computer.

Simply speaking, Spyware consists of hidden programs running on your
computer. You may have unknowingly installed them when you downloaded
programs from the Internet or installed software from disks. These
programs are easy to install but often difficult to remove without
downloading specialized anti-Spyware programs.

Spyware programs can change your system settings, serve pop-ups, record
your surfing habits, or display advertisements over web sites you visit.
Other Spyware programs will run separate programs on your computer for a
variety of purposes, sometimes slowing your computer down in the
process. Some malicious Spyware will log everything you type on the
keyboard and even send this information back to those who placed the
Spyware on your computer in the first place. This could be embarrassing
at minimum, and even result in your becoming a victim of identity theft.


For more information and to download Yahoo! Anti-spyware, please visit:

http://toolbar.yahoo.com/antispyware

PLEASE NOTE: Yahoo! does not accept advertising that will directly
install programs. If an advertisement on Yahoo! appears to start
installing software, write down the details from the Security Warning,
click "No," then scan your computer for Spyware.

For more information about protecting your online security, we recommend
that you visit the Yahoo! Security Center:

http://security.yahoo.com/

Thank you again for contacting Yahoo! Customer Care.



Regards,

David

Yahoo! Billing"


I doubt that David from Yahoo! Billing exists. I in fact am certain that I am no longer dealing with people at all. I believe that I am dealing with a progenitor of the race of insect like robots and computers that created the Matrix. They are feeding me random information not in the hope that I will pay them money but that I will pay attention to them. I think they feed on my negative energy.

Although I had tried the form to process my credit card on 3 different computers and expressed this in the sentence "I tried a lot of things to get through the form including switching machines" The autoresponder named David Yahoo!Billing was still under the impression that I was unable to use their form because I was infested with evil Spyware that could only be remedied through the use of the Yahoo! toolbar. Although I was certain that whatever Spyware was on my computer was not the cause of their form being dysfunctional I decided to follow his directions to prove him wrong. So I installed the Yahoo! toolbar, clicked on the spyware removal target icon, and then returned to the form.

Predictably I recieved the same results as before. The form refreshed and never processed my credit card. So I guess it will be another day or two or maybe a few more weeks of trying to give them my money before I can crack this mission impossible case.