Have a seat, this is gonna be a long one...
My first rant
Is anyone else sick of seeing posts from people with no other posts asking for advice doing things they shouldn't be doing? Is smartcanucks the first search result when you google how to scam people? :shrug:
My SaskTel rant
Nothing ever seems to work right, right now I can't hook my coax cable into my VCR to record anything. We called & asked & were told it's blocked but a friend who works there says it should work. Not everyone has a HD tv so this output should work! I refuse to pay for a PVR box for the few things I want to record. Also I hear you can only record on one channel at a time & you have to program it you can just hit record & walk away.
A few months ago after totally screwing up our package & letting us switch to one that actually cost more they also switched our billing dates. We called to ask one day what was owing cuz we hadn't got a bill & were told they "don't know because it hasn't been printed yet" Are you kidding me!? :rant: I'm sure your computer tells you! So I had to send my husband to pretend to make a paymant at the store so they'd tell him how much was owing. We also asked what day our new payment days were & they said "they never changed"! Yes they did! by almost 2 weeks. So we had to guess for awhile & our bill's got screwed up & a little behind because I won't overpay a company that's lost 3 payments on us. Now our bill's suddenly out at the usual time & before I could pay it today they cut off my cell phone!
My PC rant (I think this is a scam)
I missed my last MasterCard payment. I remember making it but there's no sign of it so I must've accidently hit cancel instead of confirm. My bad. So I have to make a double payment which is due Friday but even before my newest statement came out I was getting calls from a recording that say "If this is April Slaney press 1. I press 1. To confirm this is you enter your PC MC number. NO! I hang up & it keeps calling. Yesterday a real person calls, asks for my addy to confirm. Says my payment is due Friday, I say I know & will pay it tomorrow. He tells me it might not be cleared by them. So why would PC really wait so long to have a real person call? He starts threatening me with collections & I said the best I can do is hope it clears then, & when it does it always says the day I made the payment not the day it clears. he asks how much I'm paying & I say the ammount due (which is the 2 months payments) he says I'm over my limit. Well once I make that payment I'm below it again. He tells me I actually have to pay the over limit PLUS the 2 months! I don't think so! it would say that on my statement! So I tell him I'm gonna check them he tells me to call back after I do & tells me to write down the phone number. "I don't have a pen, it's the one on my card right?" Oh boy was he shocked & flustered! What credit card has you call any number other than the one on your card!?
This leads to my next rant....
My payday rant
My husband's payday is today. We can't pay bill's til the money is in our account & it's not there yet! They took 3 months to put him on direct deposit & that only happened after he called head office (who doesn;t do it it's the office here that does). Most days he got paid at 5pm which is a whole day of not having the money, then for awhile it was around 3, then one week he didn't get paid at all. last few have been in by 11am but not today. Why can't they just pick a time & stick to it!? Most places have the money in that morning!
My Sears Rant
Sears used to call trying to upsell extended warranty on our fridge. I kept saying no because my hubby used to repair appliances. They kept calling, one day they they said "well you only have 6 months left on your warranty & then it's going to break down" I thanked them for selling me a piece of **** & they finally stopped.
Now they're calling again for him but only once have they even said anything! Usually they just hang up!
And they call several times a day! ...Yet I never did hear back from anyone when I complained about that women following us & treating us like shoplifters then giving us dirty looks as we paid for our purchase
Calgary Comic Con
Luckily we booked an extra day off work for this. It's April 27-29 & they still have yet to announce things.
No autograph times have been announced. They haven't fixed the link to buy door passes. I understand they're running other conventions but people like me are travelling long distances to go & we need to have days booked off & reservations made & a plan so we don't miss things.
They won't even answer questions people about the things that are planned so far. You'd think they'd be better organzied :rolleyes:
Ok thanks for listening. I feel a little better now