Subj : Re: Support And Scams To : Barry Martin From : Daryl Stout Date : Wed Jul 15 2020 13:11:00 Barry, BM> Didn't care for the sob story gory details, eh? BM> Sounds like the usual one hand not knowing when the other had is doing BM> scenario. Unfortunately probably also a case of hindsight being 20/20 BM> as you probably didn't get any documentation where they said one or the BM> other and you're clear. I think they say the deal is being recorded, when it's actually not. BM> LIS in a message some time back, retail stores are fine for some BM> things. We sold cell phones at the store -- we started when bag phones BM> were common. We did get some training from GTE (the provider) but BM> pretty much told any problems to have the customer go to the GTE office BM> -- good news was it was up the street about 15-20 blocks. The folks at T-Mobile and Verizon have been very helpful. BM> Seems there is either something wrong or the passcode is set. I'd be BM> going a bit of DuckDuckGo-ing ("Googling" for that search engines ) BM> and see if there is a default passcode. Dropping calls is not a good BM> thing (sort of reminding me of my notebook which drops WiFi). I'd be BM> checking for others reporting similar problems. Well, I use that as an "answering machine" now, and direct folks to leave a message. Then, I call them back on the other phone. BM> Reminds me of when I sold a cell phone to an 'older' farm couple. Big BM> problem for the automated paperwork was they had no credit history. That's my deal. When I filed for bankruptcy, I turned in my credit cards...and never bothered to rebuild the credit. BM> Zip, zilch, so got turned down by the automated system. In reality BM> they had beaucoup bucks: paid for everything in cash,: their car, their BM> house.... Turned the app over to GTE (the provider up the street), they BM> got a letter from their bank, overrode the automated system, we BM> finished selling them their phone. I'm getting a different kind of "credit" with T-Mobile and Verizon. But, I'll never have another credit card. BM> Having two different communication connects isn't a bad thing: if one BM> goes out because of tower failure hopefully have the other. Even the Space Shuttle had triple redundancy. DS> If you redial, you're hit with a $9 per minute, and $20 DS> international call charge. BM> Though of course there are legitimate calls to and from all of those BM> countries. I had a scammer call me from the Jamaica one once, saying I had won a deal with Publishers Clearing House. Well, they come to your door with balloons, etc. -- but I hadn't even entered the sweepstakes. BM> I prefer switching things up as I get tired of the same thing. The ham BM> sandwich is good, the egg sandwich is good, peanut butter and jelly is BM> good, just to me a constant lunch of sandwiches drives me up the wall. Well, I'll be climbing them soon. :P BM> Saturday night we had a small but severe storm: mostly wind and around BM> a half-inch of rain but what wind!! Had heard there were wind gusts BM> around 80 MPH. Sunday morning saw a huge section of shigles had been BM> ripped off a neighbour's roof on the next block. Not surprising. BM> We had half-watched the 5 p.m. weather, decided it would probably rain BM> but not too much so I did water the flowers, but 'lightly' ==> instead BM> of a count of five only to three. It had been hot and sunny (in the BM> 90;s), so they were happy to have water; didn't want to give them too BM> much water in case rained (which it did). Water the lawn, mow the grass, have a picnic, wash the car. More often than not, it brings rain. :P BM> This morning's news did state there was a spike in the area (both sides BM> of the River). The Scott County (IA - my county) Board of Supervisors BM> did have a meeting last night and decided on a resolution (?) to highly BM> suggest the wearing of masks in public as opposed to the original BM> consideration of required. The requirement option would have been BM> against the State of Iowa's -- something: if the State phrases and BM> designates a ruling/regulation one way it the local cities and towns BM> can't alter but if phrased, etc., another they can. The State health BM> directive (or whatever the proper term is) is currently masks are BM> optional in general public so the cities/towns can't override. Well, more and more cities in Arkansas are requiring masks, and I saw where Wal-Mart is going to REQUIRE those in their stores, effective July 20. Daryl .... I don't have time to wait for instant gratification. === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (454:1/33) .