tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post1331542346590260657..comments2024-03-18T05:15:30.666-04:00Comments on Foma*: FiOS Follies Part 2yellojkthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-21599242007325307362008-02-14T21:28:00.000-05:002008-02-14T21:28:00.000-05:00Okay, first: the capcha is "bumsxgdx." Brought to ...Okay, first: the capcha is "bumsxgdx." Brought to you by the "Bum Sex is Good Sex" council...<BR/><BR/>Anyway: my main complaint about our cable provider is that they simply refused to believe that I wanted no cable TV whatsoever - nothing but the cable modem. They simply refused to believe that someone would want to completely cancel TV service.<BR/><BR/>Then they tried to charge me for the cable box until they picked it up. I said, well, where can I drop it off? They were a bit nonplussed...I explained that it didn't make sense for me to pay for a useless cable box for the two weeks until they could manage to free up someone to pick it up, and that my car was perfectly capable of being driven to wherever they wanted the box. Eventually I got them to tell me where to take it. I made sure to get a receipt, too. Of course, they got the billing wrong the first time and charged me for another week when I didn't have the box. I scanned the receipt from dropping off the cable box, e-mailed it to them, and said that it made no sense to charge me for cable access when I'd canceled it and couldn't have watched it anyway, since I'd turned in the converter box. Took a while - several phone calls, most of which were, of course, spent on hold - but eventually, I managed to not get charged more than I should have been. Well, "more than I should have been" given their obnoxious rates in the first place...2fshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17813487704459856169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-44591182126638419232008-02-14T12:26:00.000-05:002008-02-14T12:26:00.000-05:00ever think about buying an HD Tivo instead of wait...ever think about buying an HD Tivo instead of waiting for Verizon to find their own rear ends?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-29469035684369246662008-02-14T11:44:00.000-05:002008-02-14T11:44:00.000-05:00The show you're watching is "Sports Night" the act...The show you're watching is "Sports Night" the actor is Peter Krause. The other two series he's starred in are "Six Feet Under" and "Dirty Sexy Money." Give me a hard one next time.<BR/><BR/>Also, my cable story: I've never had it, ever! But I was ready to sign up a few years ago. $30/mo for six months. Waited. They never came. Called. They denied I'd made an appointment with them. Lots of phone running around. Upshot: whoever last lived at my address had an outstanding bill and I had to prove I wasn't that person before they would sign me up--but not at the special good deal, at a less special good deal ($30/mo for three months). Since I didn't have a lease (I own a condo) they requested a copy of my settlement documents. Um, no thank you!<BR/><BR/>I signed up for Netflix the next day.Jamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17328884172511150275noreply@blogger.com