Thursday, October 18, 2007

I just have to say

The past few days I have spent hours on the phone with [unnamed large satellite tv provider].

I signed up for them about a month ago as part of a new bundle offer in my area. So many lines and cables were destroyed in Katrina that all the utility bills here are shockingly high.

So I thought I'd save some money.

Even though I didn't really like [unnamed large satellite tv provider].

And now? A month later? After wasting hours and hours of my time, charging me $135 for my "free" service, and then not providing me with any networks except CBS? (And I love me some CSI, but lemmetellya there is no way I'm living without ABC and Pushing Daisies. And FOX and 24? If I have to miss it I will go into serious withdrawals and the resulting eye twitching will just be a hazard to everyone.).

I am canceling [unnamed large satellite tv provider].

They are dead to me.

Or at least they will be 7-10 business days after their billing dispute department receives my letter asking them to cancel the early cancellation fee that no one told me about.

After that?

Dead to me.

2 comments:

Wendy said...

Being that I'm also a transplant to the South (from the Midwest), I can wholly sympathize. They put something in the water that makes you pick up their euphimisms, I'm sure of it! lol

I'm so thankful I didn't have nearly the experience you did turning my cable on yesterday! I might've had to go on doing without! (No, not really, but I would've surely been dying of the embarrassment!)

Bethany said...

Well, now. We do have us some fried chicken. :D

I accuse my hubby of being more southern than me (which is totally impossible but fun to say).