‘Mad Rants’ Category

  1. the sucky side of business.

    April 26, 2007 by sassenach

    Remember I mentioned recently that I’m owed two payments from Uzed? I sold some used CDs to them before I moved, and never received payment. Well, I emailed them FOUR TIMES to check the status of my payment, and received no response. None. I then resorted to calling the customer service number that’s posted on their site, only to get a “disconnected” message.

    I then googled Uzed, and saw that many other people have been “uzed” by them. :shock: I then promptly reported them to the Better Business Bureau. Uzed has until May 8 to respond to my complaint. I’d better get my moolah, that’s all I have to say. oh yeah, and AVOID these people at all costs! Even though I’ve successfully sold to them in the past, for some reason, they’ve flaked on me this last time and that sucks.

    Something else that sucks:

    Today I decided to go ahead and break my contract with Sprint PCS. Their coverage, both in NM and now in VA…well…sucks. I was constantly getting dropped calls with them, sometimes several in ONE DAY. So when the company I work for gave me a phone with service from T-Mobile, I tried it out and the coverage/reception is sooooo much better.

    I just canceled my plan with Sprint, which unfortunately means that I’ll have to pay their stinking $200 early termination fee. Yes, that’s two hundred. Dollars! ugh. Never again, Sprint. I should have learned the first time I had a plan with them. For some reason, since they’ve merged with Nextel, my reception was just horrible. When I had Sprint a couple years ago (before the merger), reception wasn’t too bad. oh well. Live, learn, etc. At least the phone I have now is free, since’s it’s provided by my company. haha, take that, Sprint! (I keep typing Spring instead of Sprint…)

    I’ve definitely learned my lesson now, though. I won’t do business ever again with either Uzed or Sprint. It just sucks that I had to figure it out this way. :neutral:

    (On the plus side…Barnes & Noble emailed me a 10% off coupon. That’s something good that’s money-related, right? :D )


  2. Protected: a wee rant.

    March 26, 2007 by sassenach

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  3. Protected: good grief.

    March 2, 2007 by sassenach

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  4. cold in here.

    March 2, 2007 by sassenach

    So about two weekends ago, the heat crapped out in my house because it is military/government housing and built like a house of cards. I had maintenance come out and the tech replaced the motor. It worked. I had heat again! (I could rant about how I had to be cold for about four hours whilst waiting for said on-call technician to come to my house on Sunday afternoon because he was in CHURCH and apparently on-call means that he comes out to fix my heating AFTER he’s done with the Lord. ok.)

    But anyway.

    Last night, the heat crapped out again. I came home to a cold house; the thermostat was set to hold at 74 degrees, but the inside temperature had dropped to the 60s. I’m pretty much giving up on the heating. I’m only here for one more week anyway, and hopefully (HOPEfully!) the weather will warm up between now and then. I woke up this morning (after sleeping under two blankets) and the thermostat was reading 61. brrr. So I went and got a thermal blanket, under which I will sleep tonight, in addition to two more blankets. ’cause they’re saying we actually have a slight chance of snow here. sigh.

    Actually, I wanted to go buy a little space heater or an electric blanket, but good ol’ Wallyworld didn’t have any. I guess they’re already out of season…yeah, it’s sooooo warm. Right. They already have swimsuits and flip flops merchandised, and I’m over here growing icicles off my nose. Come on summer!

    I’m so tempted to let the dogs on my bed tonight, even though I never do (they shed too much) and cuddle with them because they’re like little heating pads. I just might do it. ;)


  5. Protected: hittin’ the fan.

    February 19, 2007 by sassenach

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  6. this is why i don’t use cash.

    December 15, 2006 by sassenach

    ARG! I hate people sometimes!

    (Mad rant ahead.)

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  7. son of a biscuit mother frito.

    December 13, 2006 by sassenach

    Today at work? Sucked. Sucked BIG.

    And that’s not even factoring in all the stuff that’s been going on in the personal part of my life.

    *keels over, then dies*

    P.S. Why the frito am I getting so many site referrals from p0rno domains AND a jillion spam comments per day?!?! aggggghhh