Archive for January, 2006

  • Day 216: Verizon Took Our Money, and Won’t Give It Back

    A long, long time ago we had our phone number ported from Verizon to Comcast. This occured long before we switched from Comcast to RCN. Unfortunately, even 8 months after the fact, we are still getting bills from Verizon. Over the course of these 8 months, I have repeatedly spoken to Verizon cus...

  • Day 176: More Ecost.com Updates

    Well, in between posting this yesterday and writing this now, I received a letter from our credit card company regarding our little dispute with Ecost.com. The letter says that they credited our account for a charge of $1.00. That’s incorrect, though our online activity shows a credit for t...

  • Day 175: Ecost.com Update

    So far, it’s been 42 days since I filed my dispute with our credit card company over the extra Macbook that I received from Ecost.com. The charge has been reversed on our unbilled activity, but I haven’t received formal notification from the credit card company as of yet. Until that happens, I ...

  • Day 132: Battle With Ecost.com

    A while back, when I was simplifying the technological aspects of our lives, one of my goals was to sell enough stuff to be able to pay for a laptop for the Queen of Debt. I had recently obtained a new MacBook Pro and she was eyeing a white MacBook. Sure enough, I made enough from selling some old...

  • Comcast Dropped For RCN

    It’s official, we have dropped Comcast for RCN. A few weeks ago I posted that I had contacted Comcast to try to get a special that they were running in order to save some money ($50) on our cable bill. At the time, they told me that the special was reserved for new customers only. I threatene...