PP tried to fuck me out of $500 for an auction that was sold to someone apparently using a bad or stolen credit card. A month after the transaction was done and the item shipped, they asked for details regarding the auction. I complied and sent all requested e-mails and data straightaway.
I thought everything was fine until a month later, I got an e-mail telling me that the charge was being reversed -- *I* had to pay that $500.
Well, I went around in circles with their support for another month or so after that. I had printed e-mails (including the one they say they didn't receive) with complete headers faxed to their office. I finally reached some douchebag in customer support who claimed to be the highest level of contact before the executives. I asked him if what he was telling me was that because they somehow "missed" an e-mail from me, that they were going to try and stick me with the bill. He didn't have an answer; so, I informed him that I was not satisfied with that answer and would be calling an attorney. I bid him a good day.
20 seconds later, I got a call from him saying that he would negate the charge "as a one-time courtesy".
But..he *did* reverse the charge. But it took 3 months to do.
i'd like to -- like my wife does. she telecommutes some of the time. i would like to do something from home, or at least be my own boss. but as for a home business, i don't want to buy into one of those shitty work from home scams like so many of my customers are trying to do.
rather, i would like to start something up, but i'm not sure what. i would move closer to work, but i can't afford to live in this part of town.
i hate commuting, and would (and could) gladly do my job from home. the good news is, they are slowly implementing a telecommute option here. it's only available to the best of the best of the best here. that is, only 2 employees in this entire call center were given the job.
i think i would be more productive working from home. also, i would save a shitload of money on gas and wear on my car.
i would move away, but as i have not finished my degree and my technical skills are not all that portable, i'm pretty much stuck here working for the cable company and driving 22 miles from the burbs of my town to the burbs where my job is located.
it sucks.
in the meantime, you have people driving vehicles with 30gal tanks doing so "because they can afford it" and, along with china, using more than what they should.
i'm driving a sensible car, and keep my mileage low, and i have to pay for those who are using more.
but in the meantime, those of us who are already stretched thin just to drive to and from work even in an efficient car will suffer. i don't like having to drive to work, and would gladly spring for something like NYC's MTA -- but that's not available in in Georgia. everything is spaced too far apart, public transport has this stigma as being for the poor only. people are too attached to their cars for any real upgrades in our public transport.
in the meantime, gas prices continue to go up while i watch assholes use full size trucks and hummers to commute to work.
what if you can't afford to live in the city accessible to the bus, or if your city doesn't have adequate public transportation? what then?/lives in Atlanta//MARTA is in fact the subway to nowhere
1. Congestion charges are the goal for the reduction of traffic while you maximize welfare. You force people into making choices both about WHEN they drive and WHERE they drive. a variable charge based on traffic is much better, from an efficiency standpoint, than a flat charge simple to use the road. a flat charge will keep pople off the road who need to use it, and provide an incentive for those who DO use the road to overuse it.
yeah, but those who can afford it will still do so. this is akin to people driving vehicles that use a disproportionate amount of fuel. yeah, you can afford it, but when the resources run out, you can't stuff dollar bills into your gas tank and expect it to run.
exactly. there were a couple of times where i had to look away so i could shake my head and refocus my eyes. i didn't get dizzy, but that shaky camera does wear on you.
i know why he came back for the chick -- but i think the story should have gone in a different direction.
goddamn abrams and his not-telling-the-audience-anything shenanigans.
See above. Most EU governments project declining debts, while the US debt is increasing astronomically, despite of the ever more obvious and heavy-handed attempts by the US elites to instill a vicious dog-eat-dog "society" in there, with clear-cut stratification of the economic royalty and the de-facto indentured slaves underneath.
they've done a good job of it so far. class warfare is alive and well in america.
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PP tried to fuck me out of $500 for an auction that was sold to someone apparently using a bad or stolen credit card. A month after the transaction was done and the item shipped, they asked for details regarding the auction. I complied and sent all requested e-mails and data straightaway.
I thought everything was fine until a month later, I got an e-mail telling me that the charge was being reversed -- *I* had to pay that $500.
Well, I went around in circles with their support for another month or so after that. I had printed e-mails (including the one they say they didn't receive) with complete headers faxed to their office. I finally reached some douchebag in customer support who claimed to be the highest level of contact before the executives. I asked him if what he was telling me was that because they somehow "missed" an e-mail from me, that they were going to try and stick me with the bill. He didn't have an answer; so, I informed him that I was not satisfied with that answer and would be calling an attorney. I bid him a good day.
20 seconds later, I got a call from him saying that he would negate the charge "as a one-time courtesy".
But..he *did* reverse the charge. But it took 3 months to do.
i'll take a rum over here, please. /pirate //arrrr!
or you could provide a nice packaging, a collector's tin, stickers, etc.
other than because they suck?
cloth? i'm thinking of a thicker, stinkier, browner substance.
haha...that's one of the only ways you can tell i'm southern.
i'd like to -- like my wife does. she telecommutes some of the time. i would like to do something from home, or at least be my own boss. but as for a home business, i don't want to buy into one of those shitty work from home scams like so many of my customers are trying to do.
rather, i would like to start something up, but i'm not sure what. i would move closer to work, but i can't afford to live in this part of town.
interesting ideas.
i'd love to telecommute, and they're slowly building that program here, but in the meantime, i'm still paying through the nose for gas.
i hate commuting, and would (and could) gladly do my job from home. the good news is, they are slowly implementing a telecommute option here. it's only available to the best of the best of the best here. that is, only 2 employees in this entire call center were given the job.
i think i would be more productive working from home. also, i would save a shitload of money on gas and wear on my car.
i would move away, but as i have not finished my degree and my technical skills are not all that portable, i'm pretty much stuck here working for the cable company and driving 22 miles from the burbs of my town to the burbs where my job is located. it sucks.
You say "you" as if to imply that I voted for those criminals.
like the telecom companies?
in the meantime, you have people driving vehicles with 30gal tanks doing so "because they can afford it" and, along with china, using more than what they should. i'm driving a sensible car, and keep my mileage low, and i have to pay for those who are using more.
but in the meantime, those of us who are already stretched thin just to drive to and from work even in an efficient car will suffer. i don't like having to drive to work, and would gladly spring for something like NYC's MTA -- but that's not available in in Georgia. everything is spaced too far apart, public transport has this stigma as being for the poor only. people are too attached to their cars for any real upgrades in our public transport.
in the meantime, gas prices continue to go up while i watch assholes use full size trucks and hummers to commute to work.
ugh...
what if you can't afford to live in the city accessible to the bus, or if your city doesn't have adequate public transportation? what then? /lives in Atlanta //MARTA is in fact the subway to nowhere
yeah, but those who can afford it will still do so. this is akin to people driving vehicles that use a disproportionate amount of fuel. yeah, you can afford it, but when the resources run out, you can't stuff dollar bills into your gas tank and expect it to run.
Yeah, because apparently my government doesn't think that it costs me enough to drive (even with my efficient Japanese car) fail.
exactly. i do internet support, and most of the weird browser problems i encounter are present only in IE7.
maybe they should have legal ways to do what they do...
I know...it felt a little anti-climactic.
Brilliant. Don't know why I never thought of that.
exactly. there were a couple of times where i had to look away so i could shake my head and refocus my eyes. i didn't get dizzy, but that shaky camera does wear on you.
i know why he came back for the chick -- but i think the story should have gone in a different direction. goddamn abrams and his not-telling-the-audience-anything shenanigans.
See above. Most EU governments project declining debts, while the US debt is increasing astronomically, despite of the ever more obvious and heavy-handed attempts by the US elites to instill a vicious dog-eat-dog "society" in there, with clear-cut stratification of the economic royalty and the de-facto indentured slaves underneath.
they've done a good job of it so far. class warfare is alive and well in america.Sadly, this is how it works.