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Reality TVClubHouse Discussions: General Discussions ARCHIVES: Apr. 2008 ~ June 2008: Free Expressions: The return of The Return of the Gripe Thread: Archive through June 16, 2008 users admin

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Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 11:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I don't know Bisc, I haven't really had time to check the others yet and haven't had much computer time today (Darren does homework on the weekends.)

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 11:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Wooo Hoo Juju! Thanks for the reminder! I've got to make a donation run to St. Vinis. And my acorn socks are looking pretty holey & pathetic. Hadn't planned to shop, but sure will jot a note to check them out too! Tis the season.

Thanks for staying out of my 'zone' & I so hope you get lucky! Spring cleaning & nice weather, bet lots of folks are donatin' their winter stuff.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 11:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
I use my Outlook calendar for reminders. Anything from birthdays to when the recycle truck is due to be around. In fact, just about every computer tech who tries to set me up almost insists I use Outlook Express. But I use Outlook specifically for the calendar!!

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 11:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Rissa ~ " I ONLY lose my cell phone when it's set to mute. If I have the ringer turned on nice and loud then I inevitably know exactly where it is."

If I had a cellphone I think that's EXACTLY what would happen too. The ringing annoys me, so it would be muted full time. Probably the main reason I don't have one. Take that back, actually, I bought one but left it sitting in the charger for 2 yrs without ever once getting used. Think I gave it to my Sis with the $50 coupon worth of unused minutes. After doing about 7 yrs of taking contractor service calls in my early years, I have a near phobic dislike of telephones.

My Gripe - kind of mean I know. My two BILs that I loved dearly both have passed away. The only one still living is the one who drives us nuts!

Last time I went to Phoenix, my two younger sisters and I got caught in a flashflood trying to take youngest sis home across town after a party, scary situation! Youngest sis' control freak husband was calling her cell phone every 1-2 MINUTES there in the truck. Finally gave up and took her back home with us because the water was above the door/tailpipe. No way could we maneuver youngest sis with her walker if we totally got stuck. Nice, the 3 of us stayed up till the wee hours watching movies.

The next morning before 8am, C.F.BIL started calling & calling every 3-5 minutes waking me up. Her purse was bouncing off the table & I was losing my mind!! She slept right through it, finally other sis came out to shut it off. I had NO clue how to turn the fool thing off. After that, we decided to spend a leisurely day doing lunch & bingo & shopping before taking her home - he really got his panties in a knot by then. What a lovely hen party it turned into, life can be pure fun when a cellphone stays turned off!

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 10:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Wargod, you bank probably has online banking, you can pay your bills from there all in one place. Phone, gas, electric, heck I even paid my property taxes that way. You just indicate when it has to be paid, I always pick a few days before due date.

Also, I have an automatic payment for my gas & electric for $40 per month, that will cover my normal usage, then I go in after payday and pay more if needed (like during the AC time).

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 5:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
That's right, Dipo. I forgot about online banking. I used to pay all my bills that way until I started traveling even more. Then I put everything on Auto-Pay, direct deduct from my checking. They are paid on the very last date they are due always, not a day before, and NEVER late. Works great for me. I have everything on auto-pay, except one credit union account, which won't allow it, but I don't use that account much anyway.

With the online banking it takes a little effort to set it up. You have to search for and put in your list every account you want to pay online, and then I think the bank contacts them, and they have to agree to accept payment that way, which they will accept. After that, you only have to go one place to pay bills, and it doesn't take any gas to do it.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Thursday, May 29, 2008 - 6:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
OK, this isn't really a gripe. Its more of an un-gripe. LOL.

After last month's Errand Day From Hell trip, I had to come in here and share.

Wal-Mart: They had all the meds ready. No insurance snaffu. I was in/out of the pharmacy in 5 minutes max.
Pets-Mart: I even remembered to bring a cardboard flat from home so I could get a mixture of 24 cans of dog food flavors for the month. Good thing too, cause they were freshly stocked and didn't have any partially full flats I could have snagged.
Liquor store: in/out in the space of 5 minutes.
Grocery Store: I found pretty much everything on my list with little effort. Only thing I couldn't find was a new item I saw recently advertised on TV. Too new for them to have gotten it in stock yet. They bagged all my perishables together. I didn't have to go hunting in all my bags to find a frozen item here and a refrigerated item there. My bread even stayed un-smooshed!

I got home just after 7pm, just over 2 1/2 hour trip all together. And my feet are only a little tired, instead of feeling like bloody stumps.
6. Mom's still not up. But I don't expect her to be quite yet anyway. This gives me time to sort out the groceries and get them put away. Oh, and I even got some sleep last night too.

I bought a lottery ticket. I figured since everything else was going my way today, it couldn't hurt! Won't know till Saturday's drawing if I win or not. LOL!

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Thursday, May 29, 2008 - 6:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Good luck, Who. I hope you win the whole shebang. Let us know.

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Thursday, May 29, 2008 - 6:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
MODS, I think Who should be banished from this thread.

Just kidding, Whomum. Yay for good errand day!

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Thursday, May 29, 2008 - 6:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Yay Who!!

Alwayzmovin
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11-06-2003

Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 2:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alwayzmovin a private message Print Post    
My boss's son got married last weekend. He has graduated from college with honors and his new bride just got her nursing degree. They booked a honeymoon to Hawaii last Jan. through Travelocity and thought all was good. Uhhhhhhh nope, they left Kansas City airport yesterday morning, had a layover in Memphis and finally made it to LA. THEN found out that the air carrier from LA to Hawaii has gone belly up! So their only option was to pay another carrier $2500! Holy SHIT! That was more than the whole trip cost in the first place. They had no way of doing that so they had to fly back home and finally got here today. I just feel so bad for them, this was their honeymoon and they got shafted bigtime. Since they both start their new jobs next Monday, going somewhere else was out of the question. It just sucks that this had to happen to this couple of nice kids.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 2:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Did they spend time in LA. Disneyland, Universal Studios, the beach...

It does suck that what they had their heart set on went up in smoke. I am surprised that with all of the publicity the Airline going bankrupt has gotten, they didn't know ahead of time. Weren't they giving out vouchers or something from other airlines?

Alwayzmovin
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11-06-2003

Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 4:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alwayzmovin a private message Print Post    
I guess they were too busy with the wedding to pay any attention to what has been on the news. It just surprised me that Travelocity didn't even let them know what was going on, since they had changed itineraries on them at least 3 times since January. No they didn't go site seeing in LA. I think they were both too upset to do anything but come back home. They were going to use his mother's timeshare in Hawaii and now she's working that she'll get screwed out of her points on that deal too.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 4:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
That's horrible for any vacation, but particularly a honeymoon. Travelocity should have informed them; I'm really surprised they didn't - they should definitely complain to them. Did they have travel insurance?

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 4:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
What airline was it? That does suck!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 6:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Aloha Airlines quit service back in March. And if it was Aloha and they'd already paid for their tix, they can file a claim in court (become part of the bankruptcy filing).

If they purchased thru Travelocity, they should've invoked the guarantee. Travelocity should've worked with their partners to get flights out and if there wasn't one that day, they should've put 'em up (at Travelocity's expense) at a hotel near the airport. They should have contacted the booking agent, in this case Travelocity, rather than trying to rebook themselves (last minute fares are not cheap). If they haven't already, they should contact Travelocity (their Customer Care phone numbers are on their Web site).

It's also a really good example of why you should always confirm every leg of your trip before you leave home. Even if that means confirming directly with the airline rather than with your booking agent. Or simply getting your boarding pass online (which you wouldn't be able to do now for Aloha).

Dahli
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11-27-2000

Thursday, June 05, 2008 - 7:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dahli a private message Print Post    
That truly sucks! I booked a trip to Hawaii for my dad and his wife over Christmas, they will be celebrating their 25th as well. As a former travel agent I was shocked to find when trying to book inter-island flights that Aloha had suspended operations... wow.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Friday, June 06, 2008 - 6:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Aloha had actually expanded their ops on the mainland, too. They were running flights between San Diego and Reno, so it was awesome to catch a nonstop. (Flights from the islands would stop in SD, then head out to Reno.) Plus, they gave you chocolate covered macadamia nuts as a snack. I loved their mainland flights! The only nonstop between here and Reno went buh bye yet again!

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Friday, June 06, 2008 - 12:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
If they paid by credit card they will probably be able to get their money back, which would ease the pain somewhat. This is why I alway insure my more expensive trips.

Msbullwnkl
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08-16-2005

Monday, June 16, 2008 - 12:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Msbullwnkl a private message Print Post    
I have to vent. I have spent the last hour trying to contact Verizon customer service about my new service at the new house. I have been on hold the last three times I have called NO LESS than an hour each time. Anyone have numbers to a live person, the recording is ticking me off.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Monday, June 16, 2008 - 1:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Found this via Google:
Verizon Phone Repair 800-275-2355 Direct to human.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Monday, June 16, 2008 - 1:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
UGH!!! I HATE THE DMV!!!

Urgrace
Member

08-19-2000

Monday, June 16, 2008 - 2:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Finally after all this time I reached a person with a name and told them in a nutshell about my problem with UPS package, and gave the UPS Store number. Response was that UPS can't do anything about it, it has to be dealt with strictly through the Store Manager! Explained that the Store Manager was my principle problem - no claim #, no updates, just runaround. UPS person was apologetic and gave me another number to call.

Been too busy to call, but was happily surprised when the Store Manager called me out of the blue (yeah right, pretty sure she got a call from UPS). Not happily I was informed that she got a check for me in the amount of $198. She said she was trying to dispute the amount and hadn't gotten back to me because of it not being full amount she said I should get.

Still feel like it's a runaround, and am back to waiting until she gets around to doing something in her own time. I still have the options of reporting her to news, or maybe even Judge Judy if she doesn't come through. I'm definitely reporting her to BBB.

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Monday, June 16, 2008 - 3:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
Good Lord Urgrace, I can't believe you are still having to deal with this crap!! There should be mandatory punitive charges for incompetent customer service.

Msbullwnkl
Member

08-16-2005

Monday, June 16, 2008 - 8:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Msbullwnkl a private message Print Post    
Thanks Hukd. After another three hours today of hold, bouncing from person to person, I found out the order hasn't progressed through the system. So, I need to call back tomorrow morning. Not very happy, and plan on telling them so!