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Sooo tired of dealing with bills, bills, bills.
My cable company promo ends June 20 and my bill was going to go up by a substantial amount so around June 8 I called them to see if there was another deal I could get on, otherwise I was going to have to cancel the service. The girl I talked to said she could get me on a plan that would only increase my payments by $10. I agreed. Then a few days later I get my bill and its $122. ....... After reviewing everything the new plan was on there but they were charging me a $30 partial month charge. For what I have no goddamn clue. There was no break in service between the two plans and I've been paying my bill on time for the past year. When I talked to a woman in billing, she was a total cunt and couldn't explain things properly that I finally told her I was going to take her cable box and throw it into the river, and I sure as hell was not going to pay the $122 because it was pure bullshit and underhanded tactics they had used trying to get me to pay more money. She transferred me to somebody else who was a great deal nicer and things got smoothed over when he told me he was going to remove the $30 charge. He couldn't even understand why I had been charged it and told me I should have been getting a credit.
At least the $30 was removed but now I have to call back and see what is going on with that plan because my bill for this month only should have been $78 instead of $90. The old promo was still viable until June 20. I don't know why they put the new plan on before allowing the old one to run out besides the fact this cable company is notoriously dumb and are money grubbing.
In addition I now have to deal with my phone carrier cause my mother and I are paying $120 a month for unlimited minutes and text (my mother doesn't even know how to use text) for two phones. My mother threw a fit over it because everyone else she knows pay less for more options. This is after I went through a few weeks fighting with our company to get us onto another plan than we originally had because we were paying a ton after my mother kept going over her minutes. The plan is $100 for unlimited talk and text for both of us but with taxes its $120.
It's so frustrating cause I don't think there's a better plan for us to get onto and my mother refuses to deal with them herself so I get stuck dealing with it. When I tried months ago to get us to switch to a different phone company, she was less than helpful so I finally gave up and went with the new plan for our current carrier. I'm sure we could get something cheaper with another company but my mother is so reluctant to put any of her effort into it that it would be nearly impossible unless I straight up told her everything was set and we were switching (then having to deal with the drama of her getting her shit to get her phone with the new company). SOOOOO FRUSTRATING.
In other news I'm kinddddddd of getting into the Korra fandom. As in I stalk it pretty constantly. I don't think I'll ever write fanfic again (I can't justify spending time doing that over original writing when my book is two-thirds done) and I can't draw worth a crap for fanart but the fandom burns so good.
Okay I don't get why people are complaining Bolin got over his crush on Korra so fast. Actually that's a keyword here. CRUSH. HE WAS NOT IN LOVE WITH KORRA. They went on ONE date and that was it. And sure he was upset that he saw her kissing Mako. Who wouldn't be? He was interested in her and then he catches her locking lips with his brother of all people. Anyone would be upset and hurt by it. But for him to be utterly burned afterwards? I don't think so.
For one Bolin seems to be a bit of a player. Not to say he's going around humping every girl he sees and is leaving a trail of broken hearts in his wake but he doesn't seem like the type who wants to settle down with one girl and be in a committed relationship just yet. He was interested in Korra and wanted to take her out on dates but wanting her to be his serious girlfriend seems like a far reach here. The great thing about Bolin is that he's comfortable enough in his own skin to get over it. He had his one night of bemoaning then he brushed it off and moved gracefully on with his life. Just because one girl he was interested in didn't return his affections did not destroy him and I LOVE HIM for that. I love a character who is comfortable enough with himself that he doesn't hold grudges and can brush it off when a girl basically snubs him. Bolin knows there's plenty more fish in the sea for him. His supposed 'love interest' was a minor crush. I don't think it's unrealistic for him to be over it.
ETA: Conversation I had with T-mobile representative because it is lol-a-rious:
Me: If we did decide to break contract how much would it cost?
Jeff: You're welcome.
Jeff: That would be $200 each line.
Me: And I thought Osama was a terrorist
Jeff: I apologize for that.
(It took him a good long minute before he was able to type that last line)
My cable company promo ends June 20 and my bill was going to go up by a substantial amount so around June 8 I called them to see if there was another deal I could get on, otherwise I was going to have to cancel the service. The girl I talked to said she could get me on a plan that would only increase my payments by $10. I agreed. Then a few days later I get my bill and its $122. ....... After reviewing everything the new plan was on there but they were charging me a $30 partial month charge. For what I have no goddamn clue. There was no break in service between the two plans and I've been paying my bill on time for the past year. When I talked to a woman in billing, she was a total cunt and couldn't explain things properly that I finally told her I was going to take her cable box and throw it into the river, and I sure as hell was not going to pay the $122 because it was pure bullshit and underhanded tactics they had used trying to get me to pay more money. She transferred me to somebody else who was a great deal nicer and things got smoothed over when he told me he was going to remove the $30 charge. He couldn't even understand why I had been charged it and told me I should have been getting a credit.
At least the $30 was removed but now I have to call back and see what is going on with that plan because my bill for this month only should have been $78 instead of $90. The old promo was still viable until June 20. I don't know why they put the new plan on before allowing the old one to run out besides the fact this cable company is notoriously dumb and are money grubbing.
In addition I now have to deal with my phone carrier cause my mother and I are paying $120 a month for unlimited minutes and text (my mother doesn't even know how to use text) for two phones. My mother threw a fit over it because everyone else she knows pay less for more options. This is after I went through a few weeks fighting with our company to get us onto another plan than we originally had because we were paying a ton after my mother kept going over her minutes. The plan is $100 for unlimited talk and text for both of us but with taxes its $120.
It's so frustrating cause I don't think there's a better plan for us to get onto and my mother refuses to deal with them herself so I get stuck dealing with it. When I tried months ago to get us to switch to a different phone company, she was less than helpful so I finally gave up and went with the new plan for our current carrier. I'm sure we could get something cheaper with another company but my mother is so reluctant to put any of her effort into it that it would be nearly impossible unless I straight up told her everything was set and we were switching (then having to deal with the drama of her getting her shit to get her phone with the new company). SOOOOO FRUSTRATING.
In other news I'm kinddddddd of getting into the Korra fandom. As in I stalk it pretty constantly. I don't think I'll ever write fanfic again (I can't justify spending time doing that over original writing when my book is two-thirds done) and I can't draw worth a crap for fanart but the fandom burns so good.
Okay I don't get why people are complaining Bolin got over his crush on Korra so fast. Actually that's a keyword here. CRUSH. HE WAS NOT IN LOVE WITH KORRA. They went on ONE date and that was it. And sure he was upset that he saw her kissing Mako. Who wouldn't be? He was interested in her and then he catches her locking lips with his brother of all people. Anyone would be upset and hurt by it. But for him to be utterly burned afterwards? I don't think so.
For one Bolin seems to be a bit of a player. Not to say he's going around humping every girl he sees and is leaving a trail of broken hearts in his wake but he doesn't seem like the type who wants to settle down with one girl and be in a committed relationship just yet. He was interested in Korra and wanted to take her out on dates but wanting her to be his serious girlfriend seems like a far reach here. The great thing about Bolin is that he's comfortable enough in his own skin to get over it. He had his one night of bemoaning then he brushed it off and moved gracefully on with his life. Just because one girl he was interested in didn't return his affections did not destroy him and I LOVE HIM for that. I love a character who is comfortable enough with himself that he doesn't hold grudges and can brush it off when a girl basically snubs him. Bolin knows there's plenty more fish in the sea for him. His supposed 'love interest' was a minor crush. I don't think it's unrealistic for him to be over it.
ETA: Conversation I had with T-mobile representative because it is lol-a-rious:
Me: If we did decide to break contract how much would it cost?
Jeff: You're welcome.
Jeff: That would be $200 each line.
Me: And I thought Osama was a terrorist
Jeff: I apologize for that.
(It took him a good long minute before he was able to type that last line)