Dear Random Resident of Gilbert, AZ who stole or bought my debit card number,
I hope you enjoyed your $355.07 shopping spree to Ross, TJ Maxx, and Marshall's. I really appreciated getting a call from my bank's fraud department at 4:00 pm on a Friday about possible fraudulent charges on my account. And I appreciated having to leave work early--missing out on some of my hard earned overtime and making me late going home and thus getting stuck in traffic, so I could go to my bank and fill out fraud paperwork. Great way to spend a Friday afternoon. On the plus side, my bank won't pay for those charges. On the negative side, it could take up to 10 days for the charges to be completely reversed, which totally screwed my weekend plans (because, you know, they entailed spending money that my bank account now shows as unavailable). I even tried to nail your ass by calling one of the stores, where I suspect you bought a $100 gift card. My banker said he's done this before and the store cancelled the gift card, rendering it useless. But apparently, the Ross store doesn't mind being out $100, so I guess you win on that too. Luckily, according to the fraud department, you'd tried to spend another $200+ somewhere and it looks like you finally got denied, thank Jeebus! I hope it caused you at least a tiny bit of shame. Probably not, but I can hope. Now I find out that regardless of everything I did, the charges have actually CLEARED my bank anyway. Fantastic.
So thanks for ruining my weekend just a little bit. Oh, and I hope you get hit by a bus.
Bite me,
Melissa
Yeah so that happened. Fun times.
23 weeks pregnant! My fun food/baby size ticker is still saying baby is the size of a papaya, which is what it said last week. Lame. So I googled it and found a site that tells me baby is the size of a grapefruit this week. Night time is starting to get more uncomfortable, with my neck and back starting to complain more and of course the never ending trips to the bathroom! Baby boy likes to kick me in such a way that makes me feel like I need to "go" even when I don't. No flutters and gentle pokes for this girl! Nope, it's the old 80's version of Batman! BAM! POW! My belly is poking out and I'm carrying very high AGAIN. But I can safely say, I look pregnant and not just chubby :) I've also been condemned to grocery shopping from one of those old lady motorized carts, because for some reason Sunday mornings and the grocery store equals almost passing out. I think it's the heat, combined with everything I can possibly eat for breakfast not having enough protein or something in it. I feel stupid, looking (I think) younger than my 30 years, certainly not hugely pregnant yet, riding in a cart with no signs of injury, but I suppose it's better than actually passing out and the embarrassment that would bring! Plus then I can usually avoid feeling like a puddle of ick the rest of the day. Not that it stopped me from being a complete couch potato yesterday.
Doctor's appointment Wednesday! Shouldn't be too exciting, probably just a bp and heart rate check, plus scheduling the glucose tolerance test. Yum I can taste the orangey sweetness now! :-P
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Friday, October 28, 2011
Suck it, October
This month SUCKS. Praise Jeebus it only has 3 more days, two of which are weekend. Work has been awful, Tyler hasn't felt well and will have his endoscopy next week, so he can't take his reflux meds and it's already bothering him. And, not surprisingly, I'm not pregnant.
Okay, shake it off...letitgo
Good things! I'm going to have a niece in April!! My sister in law, who has three wonderful boys that I love to bits, is finally going to have a girl! I can't wait to meet Elizabeth Grace!!
Tyler peepeed in the potty for the first time yesterday! With all of his constipation problems, potty training has been delayed for the most part, and it was totally an accident that he went, but it's the first step! My big boy!!!
Good things...good things...I could probably think of more, but I'm tired and cranky, so that's all I got! Come on November, bring me good things!
Okay, shake it off...letitgo
Good things! I'm going to have a niece in April!! My sister in law, who has three wonderful boys that I love to bits, is finally going to have a girl! I can't wait to meet Elizabeth Grace!!
Tyler peepeed in the potty for the first time yesterday! With all of his constipation problems, potty training has been delayed for the most part, and it was totally an accident that he went, but it's the first step! My big boy!!!
Good things...good things...I could probably think of more, but I'm tired and cranky, so that's all I got! Come on November, bring me good things!
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
RIP Sammy
Sadly today I must report a death. My dear smartphone (since dubbed Sam. I felt he deserved a name in his passing) died a terrible death in the parking lot outside my office this morning. I dropped him. I feel so terrible. I used to carry my phone in my pocket but my new fancy phone has a touch screen and I sometimes carried it in my hand. I exited my car, juggling a bag, purse, keys and phone and which item do I drop? Sammy. I stopped and said "Man I am going to have to be so much more careful with this thing, totally thinking it was going to be fine or maybe slightly scratched. It was face down, so I flipped it over and the screen was totally shattered. &%$@ I totally almost bought a case this weekend too, which might have helped my phone to be not completely destroyed, but the saleslady was a bitch. I picked up one and wanted to see how my phone would look with it on. It was at a little kiosk in the mall, so the packages pop right open so you can do just that. I put in part way on and started to take it off again and she snapped at me that I was going to break it and snatched it (with my phone) out of my hands. She removed the case, put it back in the package and hung it back up. I was like, "okay I was going to buy that but since you obviously don't care to sell it to me...." So this was a totally senseless tragedy. Here is what the little scene looked like:
This image is inspired by the genius that is Ali and her blog http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/. I hope this doesn't come off as copying her. It's a FABULOUS blog and you should ALL check it out. All 5 of my readers LOL
Anyway, my phone is toast. And I, being brain dead, did not purchase the insurance policy. It is my first smart phone and I have only had it 3 weeks. It still rings, but the screen is shattered. So very sad. And even sadder, I had to purchase a new phone at full retail price or refurbished price. So I will not be replacing this phone with the same model. I'm getting an older one and my mom is going to take it, then I'm going to take hers (it's just like mine). She doesn't want or need so many features so she wants to trade.
Isn't that a sad story? Do you know what is also sad? I'm going through serious withdrawl. I haven't been without a working cell phone since I was 18.
Goodbye Sammy. We had some good times together...Activation, the time we spent in the marketplace, our Angry Birds rendezvous...you will be missed. At least until my new one comes and I forget how much I had to spend to fix this. RIP Sammy.
Anyway, my phone is toast. And I, being brain dead, did not purchase the insurance policy. It is my first smart phone and I have only had it 3 weeks. It still rings, but the screen is shattered. So very sad. And even sadder, I had to purchase a new phone at full retail price or refurbished price. So I will not be replacing this phone with the same model. I'm getting an older one and my mom is going to take it, then I'm going to take hers (it's just like mine). She doesn't want or need so many features so she wants to trade.
Isn't that a sad story? Do you know what is also sad? I'm going through serious withdrawl. I haven't been without a working cell phone since I was 18.
Goodbye Sammy. We had some good times together...Activation, the time we spent in the marketplace, our Angry Birds rendezvous...you will be missed. At least until my new one comes and I forget how much I had to spend to fix this. RIP Sammy.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
SPRINT=FAIL
I have spent the better part of a week fighting (yet again) with my cell phone provider, Sprint. If I was ever going to go completely postal on a company it would be them!
It all started in October when I called to try to see if I could lower my bill. We were struggling money-wise and I thought I'd check. They discovered that I wasn't getting a discount that I was supposed to be getting and my darling husband had never noticed! They assured me they would put in for a credit for the entire 10 months I had not been getting my discount, but that it might not be in time for the next billing cycle.
Nearly 2 months later, I still hadn't seen it, so I called to check and see what the status was. I was told it can take up to 3 billing cycles. I informed them that I was not told that. She apologized and told me that I was eligible to resign my contract and get a different credit that would show up immediately, thus allowing me to skip a payment in December. I needed that, so I agreed. She told me to just go to any Sprint store and I could also upgrade my phones. A few weeks later, I did that, but left the store without buy because I wasn't sure. I found one online for a good deal (free) and called to order. Then I was told that I was only eligible for a PARTIAL credit, which meant I would have to pay about 50 bucks a phone to upgrade.
By now I was mad. No one told me that. Not even close! I argued and this one guy said he was going to transfer me, but he'd explain everything first and he thought they could probably push that through. Then he dumped me to the completely wrong department with no explanation. I was livid. The poor girl who answered could do nothing for me. She was nice, but she couldn't even transfer me anywhere. I finally had to call back in and start all over. At the end, I did not get the full upgrade then. Before hanging up, I wanted to check the status of my refund.
Then they told me that I could only get a three month refund. No. Not. At. All. I unloaded on them, eventually getting the refund I was owed. And being assured that on April 1st, I would be eligible for a full upgrade.
I waited a little impatiently and a few days before the first, I called to check what plans Sprint has for Smartphones. I had my heart set on having one if we could afford it. I talked to a girl and she explained the cheapest plan is $129.99. She saw that I have 3 phones on my plan and a discount. She calculated my discount and estimated my bill to be $112 a month for 3 smartphones. I needed to consider this, so I thanked her and told her I'd call back with a decision after the 1st.
We talked about it and decide to indulge ourselves. So I called on Friday to order them and all of the sudden there was an extra $19.99 charge for the third phone plus $10.00 per phone for smartphone data. The estimated price would be over $175. In this exchange my phone "dropped" the call twice, forcing me to call again and start over. I got a lot of excuses about how the plan is the plan yadayada. Eventually I talked to a guy who seemed nice and said they were going to file a complaint about the girl who misquoted me and listen to the call. If the call was as I said it was there was a "very good chance" they could work something out and get me a better price. he would call me on Tuesday. I went ahead and ordered the phones, so not to miss out on the deal, but when they arrived on Monday, we did not activate them. If we had to return them we'd be charged a restocking fee if we had activated them.
Tuesday at 5pm I still hadn't heard back. I called and fought with a few people before one guy was really nasty, saying he was going to make sure if I called again I would always have to talk to him because I just didn't like the answer he was giving me. Finally though he let me talk to his boss. She said that the guy I'd spoken to Friday had just left me a message and did I want her to hold so I could check it. I said yes and while I used my home phone to call, she HUNG UP on me. No dropped call. She hung up. And there was no voicemail message. They say that's because I was on with Sprint already so it wouldn't go through.
I was PISSED. I called again and talked to a nice guy who said he was going to try to contact the guy from Friday for me. He actually gave me an email address so I could contact him. No one else would do that.
Yesterday, William (the guy from Friday) called and he said he was passing my information on to one of the higher ups at his location and she would call as soon as she'd had a chance to look it over. Josh, the nice guy who tried to contact William also checked in.
Today, William's boss called my cell phone but he was really just seeing if he could get me to give up. While I was on with him, William called. I told him I was on with his supervisor and he said, "Bear with me a minute" and put me on hold. I got off the phone with his boss Fredrick and waited. A few minutes later I realize that he too had disconnected me.
What.
The.
Fetch.
So here I am, over a week into this, with an awesome phone I can't activate and a MAJOR headache. Everytime I see their number on my phone, my heart races and I get sooooo anxious! It's really making me sick! I just want them to stand behind what their employees say. I work in sales too, and that's what we have to do! If we get the price wrong, we have to eat it! And over and over I'm being told that something someone told me isn't true. I'm basically being lied to.
I've considered canceling, and I still may. I'm trying to see this through. If anyone had an "in" at Sprint, I could really use one!
It all started in October when I called to try to see if I could lower my bill. We were struggling money-wise and I thought I'd check. They discovered that I wasn't getting a discount that I was supposed to be getting and my darling husband had never noticed! They assured me they would put in for a credit for the entire 10 months I had not been getting my discount, but that it might not be in time for the next billing cycle.
Nearly 2 months later, I still hadn't seen it, so I called to check and see what the status was. I was told it can take up to 3 billing cycles. I informed them that I was not told that. She apologized and told me that I was eligible to resign my contract and get a different credit that would show up immediately, thus allowing me to skip a payment in December. I needed that, so I agreed. She told me to just go to any Sprint store and I could also upgrade my phones. A few weeks later, I did that, but left the store without buy because I wasn't sure. I found one online for a good deal (free) and called to order. Then I was told that I was only eligible for a PARTIAL credit, which meant I would have to pay about 50 bucks a phone to upgrade.
By now I was mad. No one told me that. Not even close! I argued and this one guy said he was going to transfer me, but he'd explain everything first and he thought they could probably push that through. Then he dumped me to the completely wrong department with no explanation. I was livid. The poor girl who answered could do nothing for me. She was nice, but she couldn't even transfer me anywhere. I finally had to call back in and start all over. At the end, I did not get the full upgrade then. Before hanging up, I wanted to check the status of my refund.
Then they told me that I could only get a three month refund. No. Not. At. All. I unloaded on them, eventually getting the refund I was owed. And being assured that on April 1st, I would be eligible for a full upgrade.
I waited a little impatiently and a few days before the first, I called to check what plans Sprint has for Smartphones. I had my heart set on having one if we could afford it. I talked to a girl and she explained the cheapest plan is $129.99. She saw that I have 3 phones on my plan and a discount. She calculated my discount and estimated my bill to be $112 a month for 3 smartphones. I needed to consider this, so I thanked her and told her I'd call back with a decision after the 1st.
We talked about it and decide to indulge ourselves. So I called on Friday to order them and all of the sudden there was an extra $19.99 charge for the third phone plus $10.00 per phone for smartphone data. The estimated price would be over $175. In this exchange my phone "dropped" the call twice, forcing me to call again and start over. I got a lot of excuses about how the plan is the plan yadayada. Eventually I talked to a guy who seemed nice and said they were going to file a complaint about the girl who misquoted me and listen to the call. If the call was as I said it was there was a "very good chance" they could work something out and get me a better price. he would call me on Tuesday. I went ahead and ordered the phones, so not to miss out on the deal, but when they arrived on Monday, we did not activate them. If we had to return them we'd be charged a restocking fee if we had activated them.
Tuesday at 5pm I still hadn't heard back. I called and fought with a few people before one guy was really nasty, saying he was going to make sure if I called again I would always have to talk to him because I just didn't like the answer he was giving me. Finally though he let me talk to his boss. She said that the guy I'd spoken to Friday had just left me a message and did I want her to hold so I could check it. I said yes and while I used my home phone to call, she HUNG UP on me. No dropped call. She hung up. And there was no voicemail message. They say that's because I was on with Sprint already so it wouldn't go through.
I was PISSED. I called again and talked to a nice guy who said he was going to try to contact the guy from Friday for me. He actually gave me an email address so I could contact him. No one else would do that.
Yesterday, William (the guy from Friday) called and he said he was passing my information on to one of the higher ups at his location and she would call as soon as she'd had a chance to look it over. Josh, the nice guy who tried to contact William also checked in.
Today, William's boss called my cell phone but he was really just seeing if he could get me to give up. While I was on with him, William called. I told him I was on with his supervisor and he said, "Bear with me a minute" and put me on hold. I got off the phone with his boss Fredrick and waited. A few minutes later I realize that he too had disconnected me.
What.
The.
Fetch.
So here I am, over a week into this, with an awesome phone I can't activate and a MAJOR headache. Everytime I see their number on my phone, my heart races and I get sooooo anxious! It's really making me sick! I just want them to stand behind what their employees say. I work in sales too, and that's what we have to do! If we get the price wrong, we have to eat it! And over and over I'm being told that something someone told me isn't true. I'm basically being lied to.
I've considered canceling, and I still may. I'm trying to see this through. If anyone had an "in" at Sprint, I could really use one!
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