Fuck T-Mobile and the Alcoholic
Apr. 24th, 2007 08:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
grrgoylT-Mobile is dead to me.
Can't say that I'm surprised, but they're screwing me out of a $50 rebate for Tery's Razr.
Maybe with exact dates and documentation I could fight it, but as it is I only have a vague timeline. I sent in the first form right after Christmas. Sometime in the middle of March I got sick of waiting and called to check the status -- only to be told it had been denied because I put the wrong phone number down. Naturally no one saw fit to notify me. The guy I spoke to said I could resubmit it, but had to be quick about it because the rebate deadline was coming up fast. I got it out that very same day, confident that the problem was solved.
Yesterday I got a letter from them, stating I was denied because it was postmarked after the deadline. I immediately called, outraged but not expecting much success. At first the guy sounded accommodating, so I explained the previous snafu. I asked how the second submission could have been late when I got it out minutes after completing the first phone call. He told me the deadline was actually January 31st. Furthermore, the computer had no record of my first submission. Naturally.
Again I fall victim to my failure to take names and record phone conversations. Faced with alleged computer evidence that I'm unable to disprove, what can I do? And it's not as if I can take my business elsewhere in a huff when I'm stuck in a 2-year contract, and they know it. Fucking T-Mobile.
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And fucking Alcoholic. Now that the snow's gone, she's back to waffling between the handicapped space and regular spaces. It's hard not to let it get to me when I get home at 6 a.m. and have to park clear on the opposite end of the lot while her car sits infuriatingly in a regular spot right up against the building, the handicapped spot infuriatingly unoccupied.
Then she called looking for a favor -- she needed a letter from the HOA to get cable installed, and rather than turn on her own computer she wanted me to print it out and walk it over to her. Yes, that's SO much easier. I'm telling you, the woman is insane.
The decision to email her and find out once and for all why she switched back and forth was made easier when I remembered how she snoops and quibbles and nitpicks every little thing about the rest of our neighbors. I thought it might do her good to realize she wasn't entirely above reproach herself. "Go ahead," Tery sighed. "But don't hold your breath waiting for a rational response."
Tery was right. It was all kinds of clap-trap about the handicapped spot being "bird-doo land" and that the mailbox (which is 2 feet to the side) is too far when her ankle hurts. But, because she considers me her friend, she would park in the handicapped spot from now on and treat the other spot as 'mine.' No, I'm not trying to secure a space as 'mine.' My point was that the rest of us stood a better chance of parking reasonably closer if she wasn't using our spaces. I didn't bother with a rebuttal to correct her though. It's just too exhausting and she's just too crazy.
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Unrelated, my LJ esteem is plummeting again. Where oh where have my LJ friends gone? I know my stuff isn't always so thrilling, but I'm not the only one not writing the Great American Novel every time I post. Talk to me, people.
Can't say that I'm surprised, but they're screwing me out of a $50 rebate for Tery's Razr.
Maybe with exact dates and documentation I could fight it, but as it is I only have a vague timeline. I sent in the first form right after Christmas. Sometime in the middle of March I got sick of waiting and called to check the status -- only to be told it had been denied because I put the wrong phone number down. Naturally no one saw fit to notify me. The guy I spoke to said I could resubmit it, but had to be quick about it because the rebate deadline was coming up fast. I got it out that very same day, confident that the problem was solved.
Yesterday I got a letter from them, stating I was denied because it was postmarked after the deadline. I immediately called, outraged but not expecting much success. At first the guy sounded accommodating, so I explained the previous snafu. I asked how the second submission could have been late when I got it out minutes after completing the first phone call. He told me the deadline was actually January 31st. Furthermore, the computer had no record of my first submission. Naturally.
Again I fall victim to my failure to take names and record phone conversations. Faced with alleged computer evidence that I'm unable to disprove, what can I do? And it's not as if I can take my business elsewhere in a huff when I'm stuck in a 2-year contract, and they know it. Fucking T-Mobile.
~*~
And fucking Alcoholic. Now that the snow's gone, she's back to waffling between the handicapped space and regular spaces. It's hard not to let it get to me when I get home at 6 a.m. and have to park clear on the opposite end of the lot while her car sits infuriatingly in a regular spot right up against the building, the handicapped spot infuriatingly unoccupied.
Then she called looking for a favor -- she needed a letter from the HOA to get cable installed, and rather than turn on her own computer she wanted me to print it out and walk it over to her. Yes, that's SO much easier. I'm telling you, the woman is insane.
The decision to email her and find out once and for all why she switched back and forth was made easier when I remembered how she snoops and quibbles and nitpicks every little thing about the rest of our neighbors. I thought it might do her good to realize she wasn't entirely above reproach herself. "Go ahead," Tery sighed. "But don't hold your breath waiting for a rational response."
Tery was right. It was all kinds of clap-trap about the handicapped spot being "bird-doo land" and that the mailbox (which is 2 feet to the side) is too far when her ankle hurts. But, because she considers me her friend, she would park in the handicapped spot from now on and treat the other spot as 'mine.' No, I'm not trying to secure a space as 'mine.' My point was that the rest of us stood a better chance of parking reasonably closer if she wasn't using our spaces. I didn't bother with a rebuttal to correct her though. It's just too exhausting and she's just too crazy.
~*~
Unrelated, my LJ esteem is plummeting again. Where oh where have my LJ friends gone? I know my stuff isn't always so thrilling, but I'm not the only one not writing the Great American Novel every time I post. Talk to me, people.
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Date: 2007-04-25 03:44 am (UTC)I sent them a nasty letter, so of course any chance I had at that point was shredded.
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From:I'll Talk To You
Date: 2007-04-25 05:08 am (UTC)Rebates. It's a flim-flam game, Sir. Your expectations are too high. They (you know, "they") offer rebates as a sexy come on then find some loophole so they don't have to put out. Well, maybe every now and then. An inconsistent incentive is the most effective.
Parking. If you really want to mark your space, claim it as your own, just leave a poop! That's what the neighbor's cat does.
Other. Are you happy that _Heroes_ is back on?
I have tuned in to _Drive_ which may look stupid on the surface but is quite gripping. Like the first season of _24_. Or maybe _Lost_ although I haven't watched that. It appeared to me by accident when I was channel flipping and I managed to catch the premiere eps. There is Caleb!fromBuffy (happily, no longer eeeevil) and Sharon!fromWonderfalls (sadly, no longer a lesbian?) and Fred!fromAngel (thankfully, no longer southern). It's a Tim Minear show - a guy involved in producing all of the aforementioned. Nice that he keeps his peeps employed.
But there's also... Pauline!fromHeavenlyCreatures (expectedly, no longer accented). I know you love Paul :) I think I've even seen some photos where you look a little like her.
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From:Ah, Miss Kitty Fantastico. The namesake for millions of cats nationwide.
From:Re: Ah, Miss Kitty Fantastico. The namesake for millions of cats nationwide.
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Date: 2007-04-25 07:20 am (UTC)But what's worse is when you put yourself out there and 'friend' someone, and they don't friend you back. It's like asking someone to the Homecoming dance, only to have them turn you down while laughing hysterically as their football player friend stuffs you into a locker. It's a palpable rejection.
I know, I know. It's hard to imagine anyone as ridiculously awesome as you or me getting rejected by anyone for anything, but it happens.
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From:Or maybe bright pink blinking icons?
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Date: 2007-04-25 12:14 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2007-04-25 06:35 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2007-04-26 08:21 am (UTC)Also T-Mobile is indubitably crap. Sure, the network is decent and the rates are reasonable enough, but the customer service is beyond horrendous. You can't call those people for anything without it turning into a huge web of dickery. I don't even feel like getting into the ridonkulousness they've put me through, but just know that I SO know from whence you speak. Assholes.
The best part is, I actually work for Sprint/Nextel and could therefore, if I bought the phone, get free cell service from them, but I am locked into a 2 year contract with T-Freaking-Mobile that doesn't end until January 2009. Damn you and your MyFaves plan, T-Mobile.
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Date: 2007-04-26 08:27 am (UTC)You know something? I think watching Prince of Space will make me feel a little less miserable. The weapons of depression will be useless against me!
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From:"using her handicapped space or not based on the position of the planets", again?
Date: 2007-04-28 03:35 am (UTC)"Dead to me"? I fully expect you to follow up this theft of theme with a series of bear-related posts. Plz.
Ready yourself for some shameless misuse of this post for a dumb semi-related question: how is the Razr holding up? I was thinking of switching to one, but quite a few people have warned me that they are ridiculously fragile.
Re: "using her handicapped space or not based on the position of the planets", again?
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From:You're Not the Only One...
Date: 2007-04-30 04:52 am (UTC)http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=207371
You're Not the Only One...
Date: 2007-04-30 04:53 am (UTC)http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=207371