So, a few weeks ago I remembered I owned an email address that is a combination of my initials and name. It’s a fairly “vanilla” combo that the only way I came about having it was because I signed up for it back in like, 2003, when email addresses on
Continue readingDear Amazon, I am not some random guy in Forney TX
So last week (Sept 11th) a quarterly care package of wine was due to be delivered from Russian River Vineyards. It’s liquor, which means UPS will not leave it under any circumstances unless an adult signs for it in person. It has to be an adult at my address, no
Continue readingUPS seems to have lost my wine and doesn’t want to tell me
So if you aren’t familiar with my pain trying to buy a Razer Blade from the Razer Store, I suggest reading it… it’s a hilarious good time of a comedy of errors. (Note, only reason any of the below really matters is I want this thing sorted and ready before I
So, for many months now I’ve been extolling the virtues of the killer combo that is a Razer Blade paired with a Razer Core. I know of 3 colleagues I talked into the pair, plus many more whom I’ve planted the seed in and may or may not have pulled
Continue readingThe comedy of errors that is the Razer Store.
You might think that by the year 2016 some of the more backwards and bureaucratic aspects of dealing with the CA DMV would have evolved. You would be wrong. So the first week of April I got a notice in the mail (at my current address.. I updated it when I
Continue readingThe DMV should not be this hard to deal with in 2016
I have had countless issues with the USPS. When I order something online, and they send me a tracking#.. if it is a USPS number I more or less immediately assume I have a 50/50 chance of ever actually getting the item at all. It’s so bad, that I try
So a while back I was invited to Googles “Project Fi”. For those who don’t know what it is, the short answer is “Google Fiber for cell phones”. Which, as an elevator pitch, is pretty compelling! 😉 It works like this, you obtain, either on your own or from Google
Let me share the absolute customer service NIGHTMARE I have experience trying to buy an iPhone 5 and switch from AT&T to Verizon. So I started off with buying an iPhone 5 on apple.com on tuesday night. Their new system allows you to try to buy a phone between 10pm
Continue readingAdventures In Number Porting, or how Verizon’s customer service out-crapped AT&Ts