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My name is Dave. I would be incredibly grateful if you could give me a little bit of support right now. I am an Independent Contractor. The pandemic hit me hard but, thanks to the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program, I was able to survive. Although that program ended over a year and a half ago, it helped me get thru the hardship until I found good work partnering with Amazon to deliver packages that customers ordered for same day delivery. In December 2021, I was also approved for a small business grant to help me with my business expenses due to COVID having such a negative impact on my income. Now, let me explain how these all relate to my need for your support right now. Amazon owes me roughly $1500 from services I provided them under contract. After providing them with evidence that proves they actually do owe me that money, they stopped responding to my calls and emails. I had no choice but to halt operations with Amazon until the matter is resolved. They are about to be served with a small claims suit. That should get a response. In addition to that, there’s over 20 weeks of PUA benefits I had to back date on my claim because it took months to get my initial claim reviewed and to be eligible for PUA you have to be denied regular benefits first. I haven’t received those benefits yet because the paperwork I filed to back date still hasn’t been processed. For the last year it was going to be processed “any day now” but still no movement. As for the small business grant, it was returned by the bank I had it deposited to. Prior to receiving the deposit, I told my bank to allow the deposit to clear when it comes in. The bank wrongly rejected the deposit for being business funds sent to a personal account, but my name and my business name are the same, essentially interchangeable, and that bank had already accepted deposits of other business funds I made. There was no actual reason they couldn’t accept that deposit but by the time they listened to me it was already sent back. That was 15 months ago. I have had both U.S. Senators from Pennsylvania and the White House (seriously) ask the SBA to take care of this for me… and I am still waiting on the grant money today. If they don’t send it this week I plan on contacting their Inspector General. If that doesn’t change anything, I will have no choice but to sue the SBA. So that’s where I’m at now. In limbo. Savings exhausted. Looking to the kind and generous folks on the internet that might see this and take the time to read all of it. If you are reading this, thank you so much for your time and I would beyond appreciative of any support you could provide to help me get through this.
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