Last time's list of motorcycle advice was well received, so tonight we go with the Top 6 of Worthless things that I've dealt with here in the past few years.
6.The Guy that bought my Powerbook: This guy tried to take the Powerbook, complain about a defect that I'd never heard of experienced myself being a problem, then let the issue go for a few weeks, take it too a repair shop, and try to send me the bill for $159. I don't think so. I then received a message that I was going to be part of a greivence filed against me for this money. I asked for documented proof, and never got it. It took me only one email to put this issue to rest for good.
5. Internet Explorer: Every time I try to use this browser, at some point, it WILL crash, usually at the point when I've got the most things working, they all crash and I lose all the info I've been working on. I'm not even sure why I've not learned the lesson of just NEVER using this.
4. Hotmail: So, all of the sudden, again, Microsoft is playing with this that doesn't need to be played with. They've "updated" the system to make it newer and better, if you use Internet Explorer. Well, for my thoughts on that, see #4. They don't do anything to help those of us that don't use that browser. And, now when I check the email, I can't REPLY, FORWARD, OR DO MUCH OF ANYTHING BECAUSE OF THESE "UPDATES". Microsoft dropped the ball again, big surprise.
3. Cellular One: When I was in college, they were my cell phone company. Since Minneapolis was out of their coverage area, I had to get the national plan with a whopping 450 minutes, and that was all I could use. So I kept track of the minutes, and when the end of the month came, and I still had 100 minutes left, I'd call home, and talk for an hour and a half. I got the bill for this, $109. Wow. I called customer support stating that I'd been charged twice for the minutes. They put them on the end of the last month's bill, then on the new bill also because, as I was told by their "great" customer service that because I was roaming, the minutes take a few more days to clear. Never mind they were charging me for these minutes twice, they didn't see a problem with that. Well, after 45 minutes of arguing with the manager of this customer service area, she said would take off the minutes this time, but that because I was roaming, I would get charged next time. Well, I had to do this 3 months in a row, even though beyond a shadow of a doubt I was right based on my contract, and they were wrong, I finally saw the light, and dropped them like a bad habit.
2. Chase Credit Cards: This company took my Twins Visa Card that I enjoyed getting rewards back in the form of Twins Tickets or Merchendise, and cancelled it. Not just the card, but they erased all the rewards points I'd saved up, and the certificates I have, are no longer valid. Needless to say, they have NONE of my accounts any longer.
1. Qwest: This company is the King of All That is Worthless. My grandparents recently moved to town. I was told I should help them get the phone set up and the internet ready to roll, and they'd be signed up with Qwest. I cried. Then I heard this amazing story about the set up process. My mom called in and scheduled an installation. Well, they said they could install the phone and internet on Wednesday between 8am and 5pm. Wow. Could you be a little more vague. (Note a slight bit of sarcasm here.) So if it were me, I'd have to take a day off work to wait for this person to come and install my stuff? Right. So, then my mom asks me to go and pickup a cable modem for the internet. So I did, but found they were more expensive than just having Qwest bring one of their own. So, mom called back to get them to bring a modem along. Nope, can't do it. Apparently, Qwest cannot issue two service requests for the same address in the same day, and just picking up a cable modem and bringing it to the install is just too complicated for them to handle. So, I asked mom about price and when I heard the price, I cried again. It was ridiculously high. So I called, and got a price quote of $18.75 for the phone line, which they had to have for 352 prefix. I'm not gonna get into that. So I then called Midcontinent for the internet, and got that signed up with ease. What a comfort that was. Overall, the savings from the package that Qwest was going to give us a "deal" on was around $30. So, we called back to tell them to alternate the work order for the phone and the internet, to just leave off the internet. NOPE, CAN'T DO IT. That would have to be a new work request issued, and you can't do that for the same address on the same day. Then can't even cancel that one, and put a new one back in it's place, it would have to be done on a different day. As soon as I figure out how to get that phone number moved, no more Qwest, because they are the Most WORTHLESS COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY EVER, AT LEAST FOR NOW.
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