A day of greatness... plus one blunder...
So in preparations for Jere's up coming business trips we decided to get me a netbook. I originally decided to go through Lenovo for my purchase but when I had my decision they were still having all their netbooks come with a XP or 7 option, with 7 costing more of course.
Well when I went to make my purchase they were no longer providing the XP option so instead of paying $299 I was going to have to pay $330 plus tax. So I figure fine it still fits in our budget, no problem... wrong-o! When I purchased it they said their system was overloaded and to try again later. After a couple tries at this I said, "Screw it I'm taking my business elsewhere!" So I find a HP model with the exact same specs at Walmart.com with 7 and it was Survey Says, "$298". So I purchase it was successful and it came to my door today as well as a birthday card and check from my grandma, yay!
When Jere got home, even more great news, he doesn't have to travel for two more weeks! Today was turning out to be awesome. We went up town to grab some kibble for dinner and on the way over I decided to deposit my birthday check. When I got the receipt however (there's always a however, lol) I was somehow $200+ dollars in the hole. Sure enough when I checked my bank account online the order that was so overwhelmed it couldn't go through and that I never got a conformation page or email about had gone through for Lenovo. So I had to call them up and put a cancellation on my order. Unfortunately, the billing department was closed for the day so I'll have to call about my refund tomorrow. Thank the heavens that Jere was able to spot me the money to transfer into my checking so that I wouldn't get slapped with over draft fees and have my b-day money go to waste! It'll probably take a few days to fix the whole thing but its all safe and sound for now.
Once it is all fixed I plan to get my practice hoop so I can get started on that(with my b-day moneys)! :) And reimburse Jere of course :D
An all over good but hectic day!
Well when I went to make my purchase they were no longer providing the XP option so instead of paying $299 I was going to have to pay $330 plus tax. So I figure fine it still fits in our budget, no problem... wrong-o! When I purchased it they said their system was overloaded and to try again later. After a couple tries at this I said, "Screw it I'm taking my business elsewhere!" So I find a HP model with the exact same specs at Walmart.com with 7 and it was Survey Says, "$298". So I purchase it was successful and it came to my door today as well as a birthday card and check from my grandma, yay!
When Jere got home, even more great news, he doesn't have to travel for two more weeks! Today was turning out to be awesome. We went up town to grab some kibble for dinner and on the way over I decided to deposit my birthday check. When I got the receipt however (there's always a however, lol) I was somehow $200+ dollars in the hole. Sure enough when I checked my bank account online the order that was so overwhelmed it couldn't go through and that I never got a conformation page or email about had gone through for Lenovo. So I had to call them up and put a cancellation on my order. Unfortunately, the billing department was closed for the day so I'll have to call about my refund tomorrow. Thank the heavens that Jere was able to spot me the money to transfer into my checking so that I wouldn't get slapped with over draft fees and have my b-day money go to waste! It'll probably take a few days to fix the whole thing but its all safe and sound for now.
Once it is all fixed I plan to get my practice hoop so I can get started on that(with my b-day moneys)! :) And reimburse Jere of course :D
An all over good but hectic day!