Gay.com sucks!

2005-07-01 - 9:50 p.m.

Well, today got off to a bad start. Nelson came home at 9:15 a.m., and woke me up; stating that we had another negative balance in our account, and didn't want to deposit any money until he spoke with me. The account was negative over $100.00, and needed immediate attention.

I grabbed a quick shower, got dressed, and went to the bank, where they printed up a detailed list of transactions that had been made over the last week.

And there it was. A charge from Gay.dot com.

Then a refund.

Then another charge.

Then another refund.

Then another charge.

When all was said and done, the overdraft fees alone tallied up to $129.00.

We spoke with a lovely bank employee, who very promptly refunded us our overdraft fees, bringing us into the pink once again.

And since I had to work from 12 noon until 8 p.m., e.s.t., I was not able to call customer service at gay.com because their business hours start at 9 a.m. pacific time. (Which is noon, my time.)

When I arrived home, I went online, and grabbed the toll-free number, and dialed a very obnoxious gentleman who insisted I was yelling at him.

I didn't yell, but I was 'raised-tone assertive'. He cut me off at least five times while I tried to explain what the company had done to my bank account, and how they charged me even though I had subscribed to a two-week free trial that never happened.

I finally shut him up long enough to get out what I had to say. And the little fuck didn't even explain how the charges occurred.

Long story short, I won. He reversed the charges BACK into my account, and changed my credit card number to all 'zeros', so that the card won't be in their computer system anymore.

And then -- the kicker. Even though I specifically stated that I didn't care for gay.com all that much, he gave me a free year of premium membership.

Well, I suppose there's something there
of interest. Maybe some free porn? I haven't really navigated the site that much, but everytime I've visited it was as slow as molasses.

Anyway, it's fixed, the bank account is back to normal, and as is well in the world once again.

I hope.

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It rained today. So much so, that a few roads have flooded in the area. There is still some lingering thunder and lightning, and as I just typed this, the rain has returned.

I love it. It's now cooler, and the humidity has broken.

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Work was great today. Keoka (one of my co-workers, fairly new, lovely girl) was assigned to help me with deli-duty this evening, so it was the first night I was not alone. It was terrific, and much slower than I had expected.

I also found out today that I'm on a seven-day stretch.

Ouch.

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I guess I'm done for now. Thanks for listening, and have a terrific evening.