A place for the Cooler Crew to hang
Peoplesforum needs our help. Donate by clicking on the "Make a Donation" button at the bottom of the page
You can also support peoplesforum here: The peoplesforum.com store
Shoot the Breeze With the Cooler Crew - Peoplesforum Edition
Yesterday I received a letter from a collection agency.
In December 2000 I bought a P.O.S. ...Piece of Shit ...pager at Circuit City. It was $30.00 with a $30.00 rebate. To get the rebate, I had to add voice message and pre-pay 12 months. The total was $113.74- I wrote it off as a business expense for my antique shop.
The bonus that I didn't expect was that was number was a toll free call. I listed it on my web site, included in some advertising, and listed it on eBay. The problem is the other BS involved. Everyone had the same 800 number. After calling, a P.I.N. had to be entered. I think I got two calls in 6 months.
When I received a renewal bill, I cancelled (via e-mail) a month early. I got a reply requesting info, and answered it. I got a reply offering the same exact service for ONLY $59.00 ! and stating that if I don't take advantage of the offer, my account will close after 5 days.
These e-mails were on my other computer, now being used by my son. It is the one we took to Florida, so I had not un-installed Outlook Express. LUCKY ME !
This bill is from 12/2001, for $113.74
I never received this bill, and if it is a pre-paid service, how can I owe it? The letter is very threatening and demanding. In my next post, I'll copy my reply.
National Recovery Agency, Inc.
P.O. Box 6xxx1
Harrisburg, PA 17106
Attn: Mr. Green
ID Number: 315063177648
Acct # 1661527526969
Dear Mr. Green,
Your letter was postmarked on 7/16/02 and I received it on 7/20/02. This letter was mailed on 7/22/02.
This is a formal notification that I dispute the validity of this debt. I would be very interested in any copy of judgment or verification, since I have copies of cancellation letters from a service representative. This letter, from Terrence H., communication specialist, was dated 11/8/01, and stated that service would be discontinued five days after that date.
The purpose of this letter is to inform you that I am not paying the debt, and I have proof that I should not have to pay this debt.
This communication is from a falsely accused former customer of Positive Communications, and I find very little that’s positive about this whole matter.
Ian Stevens
0000 Washington Street
Minneapolis, MN 554xx
ianstevens@websports.8m.com
Good going Ian.Good to see someone call the man on his bluff!
way to go, ian. i'm the same way. i *never* delete email for anything. actually, i'm sure my employer would
<sarcasm> really appreciate that fact
<sarcasm> if they knew i saved all my mail there too.
Morning Sam
mornin' ralph.
"The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others."
        François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-80); French writer
yo sam ralph
WoW Ian! I have come to the conclusion that something extremely wrong/bad happens on an average once every 2 weeks!
and where is your antique store?
Agreed, me2, now I expect bad things, so when they DON'T happen, I am pleasantly suprised... And I volunteer my son to do the music track for AW's song on his Korg. Then we only need a vocal track. Hannah can howl, but not sing.
The ever-elusive, ever-popular, ever-meaningful 4100 Joe
If you had bought $1000.00 worth of Nortel stock one year ago, it
would now be worth $49.00.
With Enron, you would have $16.50 of the original $1,000.00.
With Worldcom, you would have less than $5.00 left.
If you had bought $1,000.00 worth of Budweiser (the beer, not the
stock)one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the cans for the 10 cent deposit, you would have $214.00.
Based on the above, my current investment advice is to drink heavily
and recycle.
as long as i have the original vocal track blaring in my ears, kt, i could probably do a decent job of it. i'd just be more concerned with transposing words from the original and the parody.
someone say something about something bad happening every 2 weeks?
try almost every 2 days....
life sucks...
life just ain't fair, is it vj?
geesh-no, something bad happens everyday-but something really bad that usually cost a few hundred $$ happens every 2 weeks around here!
Thats why I need to find that medallion-to pay some of these lousy expenses!
Me2- Love the investment advice!
And Ian, yeah, wheres this antique store of yours?
ahh... well i wasnt really talking along the lines of money situations or investments that suck for mahself.... I was talkin about "relationships".... mostly those as of lately suck.... yeah.. so...
sorry, ladies
That was a couple years ago. I'm pretty much done with it except for vinyl records and books. It's in a mall in Ham Lake, next to Ham Lake Lanes. I will be doing a one day outdoors show at Long Lake Regional Park on August 10th. It's part of New Brighton's city festival.
I was talkin about "relationships".... mostly those as of lately suck.... yeah.. so...
word. but i seem to have done a decent job of ridding my thoughts of her. just not the memory, but that'll never go so hey.
You are cordially invited to...
"Town Hall II: The PF Revenue Plan (your comments, please)" 7/22/02 8:23pm
Hope to see you there and hear what you think!
word. but i seem to have done a decent job of ridding my thoughts of her. just not the memory, but that'll never go so hey.
Yeah... well damn ninja, atleast you have someone to try to rid your thoughs of... me.. hell nah.. im just a juggalo with no one... well.. nah.. I got my people... just not "someone" ya dig?
Morning Sam
ok you've got yourself a point there, vj.
mornin' ralph.
ya dig
Life's a garden......
Ya dig?
:)
would you please quit blushing? :)
It's the "IN" thing lately :)
long as you got a reason for it ;)
and would you please stop calling it a special occasion? :) by the way, your daughter said "holiday" not "occasion".
yay my laptop arrived today!!! now to get it running everything the desktop was before.
and dual-boot between xp and win2k so i can use the thing at work too.
Your work lets you use your home computer to do work? I mean, they let you hook up to their network and everything?
yup. i actually had a dec alpha machine that i'd built sitting in my office for the better part of a year before i no longer needed it. not that i'd give 'em much of a choice in the matter anyway. if someone squawked, i'd call in some favors from the sys admin group. which i may have to do anyway in order to get the fourth network drop lit up in my office. either that or bring in the old 3com hub :)
Dude you got a dell or is that a dal!
and i did too. anyone ever seen 1600x1200 on a 15" lcd display?
Hello? Hello? Anybody home?
is tghere an echo in the house?
Here
Make plans now to attend the first Geocachers Exploring Minnesota picnic/potluck at Bunker Hills Regional Park picnic shelter #5. We have reserved a picnic pavilion for up to 100 people, complete with electricity (bring your own extension cord if needed) and lots of trails and trees nearby for your caching enjoyment.
This will be a very relaxed, casual gathering where we can all finally put faces to those screen names we have become so familiar with and swap cachin' stories.
This event is open to anyone in Minnesota or anyone who has ever geocached in Minnesota. New to geocaching or just getting started? Come on out and join the fun!
Plans include...
A pot-luck picnic, several one day only caches, and hopefully door prizes. Maybe some games too? (seeking volunteers) There is a full playground nearby for the kids to play.
There will be NO alternate raindate... our reservations are for one day only! If it rains, plan on coming anyway -- it is a large double shelter and it is covered.
What you need to do...
For directions to the park go to Bunker Hills information and scroll to the end of the page. We will be in picnic shelter #5 which is located on Road C. Plenty of paved parking space.
If you plan to attend please post a note (not a find!) HERE indicating the number of people attending, ages of the children and what food item(s) you are bringing. You can change it to a find and report on all your fun after you attend.
Place this cache on your watch list to stay informed of any future changes or new information which may be posted here.
If you can, consider placing a special "one day" cache for this event, themed or not. You can use the above coodinates for your initial posting and give the exact coodinates the day of the picnic.
You can download a map of Bunker Hills in PDF format or get one from the Bunker Hills Activity Center, or ask the park attendant for one when you come.
Consider bringing an item for a door prize! Kid stuff or adult stuff -- we need both!
There will be a donation jar at the picnic. Please consider contributing to help offset the costs associated with this social.
"Down by the Pines" by kingboreas.
"Cache Cards" a one day cache by Wallypog and his brothers.
"PB and Not "J"" a one day THEMED cache by pb_reader.
"Ingrid's Place (for the gals)" a temporary THEMED cache by Centris.
"Yesterday's Heros'" a permanent virtual cache.
"WHAT'S COOKIN'" a one day THEMED cache by pb_reader.
"BASIC CACHE'" a one day cache by pb_reader.
"Music Exchange" a temporary THEMED cache by kingboreas.
"Orphans" a one day cache by kingboreas.
"The Beanie Bazaar'" a one day KIDS ONLY cache by Thing1 and Thing2.
"Send Your Receipts To The County'" a one day Terrific Idea! by kingboreas.
"Pic-A-Nic Pals'" by kingboreas.
"Take It For Granted '" a one day cache by bmk + jdk.
"Just Checking! '" a permanent virtual cache.
"Cub Scout Pack 522" a virtual cache by by kingboreas and unknown Cub Scouts.
"Where's the Lake?" by kingboreas & a few hundred grasshoppers.
"There's the Lake !" by kingboreas & 1000's of mosquitoes.
Hello!
mornin' sam. got 4 excedrin in me. not for a headache, but for their caffeinating effects.
wow, I thought I was the only one who took excedrin for the caffiene!
thats what i get though for staying up half the nite noodling jake's clues with me2.
do you ever sleep ares?
i try. there's just something about treasure hunting that keeps me from it :). as a result, i've been running on approximately 5 hours of sleep for the last few nites, and it shows. and i'm paying the price for it. however, having the laptop now means i can noodle from in bed.
:: looking forward to saturday morning when i can sleep late. :) ::
yeah, I always say that too but I still end up waking up at 5:00 am as usual!
well, I'm off! gotta hit the grocery store so I can get the heck outa town! MCL!
have a good day. and weekend too for that matter. mcl back atcha!
Nice to see you LL :)