I haven’t posted in a week and it’s because I’ve been a bit busy. There exists no common theme in all the stuff I’m about to list so let’s just jump right into it.
- I had a cold this week. I do not like it when I have a cold because life does not stop and allow me to get better.
- Medco Mail Order Pharmacy sucks. As of this year, we’re going to be penalized for getting recurring prescriptions locally so we just signed up to get a 3 month supply in the mail. The order for three prescriptions was placed on March 24th and was scheduled for delivery April 1. On April 4th I called to say we hadn’t gotten anything sent via USPS and wondered if they had delivery confirmation. “No… our confirmation is that customers don’t call to say they didn’t get it.” Wait, what? You’re sending hundreds of dollars of prescription meds through the mail and you don’t have delivery confirmation? Since one had refills, they sent it overnight via UPS and I got it the next business day. Since two of them didn’t have any refills, they would have to contact the doctor and get a new prescription before they could overnight a replacement. I called yesterday, April 11th and was told they’d gotten a response, were still processing it for shipment and couldn’t guarantee it would get here in the next four days… when the meds run out. If it doesn’t, the doctor has to call in a 7 day supply for filling locally and we have to submit that receipt for reimbursement. The kicker is I have to wait until the end of April to file for a refund on the meds we never got. Well, the kicker is actually that the lady on the phone was a complete bitch for no reason and I had to navigate 10 minutes of menus just to find her… but who’s keeping score.
- I bought a Wii. I finally signed up for cell phone alerts at wiialerts.com and managed to score one in the three minute window they were available on amazon. Aside from being a neat system, I hope to use it to augment my gym visits. There are quite a few stories of people using the Wii to help them stay active and lose weight… I hope to be one of them. I’ll report back once I actually get the system and play it for a bit.
- At last Friday’s hockey game, a piece of a camera fell on my wife. Yeah, you heard that right. A rather large, metal hood to an HDnet camera fell 20′ from the level above us and hit her on the shoulder. The Guest Services desk at Verizon Center thanked me for returning it, which was nice of them, but not my desired reaction. It wasn’t until I made a big deal about it that a) we got an apology and b) we spoke to someone who offered their business card and to take care of any medical bills. Speaking of medical bills, the x-rays were negative but an MRI is likely in her future. No, this isn’t one of those “put on a neck brace because someone just rear-ended me” things either.
- I sold my Audi; more about that in the next post. I listed it on Craigslist and within 48 hours I’d fielded ~30 emails, ordered new tires for the OEM wheels, pulled said wheels out of storage, dropped them off at the shop, gotten the Audi detailed, arranged to meet potential buyers for both the after-market wheels and car at the shop, gone for a test drive, sold the wheels and got the shop to put them on the buyer’s car for free, combed through my service records with the potential buyer, negotiated a price and signed a Bill of Sale. I should also mention the effort that went into getting the Audi its 57k mile service and rear differential seals replaced. Whew.
- I’m about ready to take back every nice thing I ever said about Wachovia. I went to get the title for the Audi (for obvious reasons) from the safe-deposit box Friday morning. We’d just moved our box to the branch closest to our house and in doing so, Wachovia forgot to get our signature for automatic withdrawal to pay for it. Whenever there’s a problem with the account, they put a sliver of metal in the lock so you can’t get your key in. In a perfect world, you correct the problem with your account, they stick a tool in the lock to get the metal out and you’re in the box. Unfortunately, the world we live in is far from perfect and when (I say “when” because evidently it happens somewhat regularly) they can’t get the metal out they have to drill the lock. “Oh sorry Mr. Derecola but there are no drilling technicians available until Monday so you won’t be able to get into your box until then.” You’ve locked me out of my own box, through no fault of my own, for three days? So I have to delay settlement on my car but what if it had been a more critical document? I’m thinking will, power of attorney or medical directive here. How is a lock-down system so self-admittedly faulty still being used? I’ll be damned if I’m paying for a box for the rest of my life… and I will have one. Idiots.
I hope your new car isn’t yellow as well. I’m starting to run out of jokes.
jknr