Monday, February 18, 2008
Yeah, I know I said I'd blog more and it's been two weeks since my last post. But first of all, it took less than two weeks after getting comcast, a mere 5 days after getting my digital cable box hooked up, to have my cable and internet go out. Also, this weekend was a three-day weekend, so I decided to take a trip back to Western PA. The weekend before I was just lazy. I got up on Sunday in time to go watch the Penguins play the Flyers on tv. On that saturday, I didn't get out of bed until 4pm. I got caught up in a Ninja Warrior marathon. And last week I actually had a social life. I also finally got use out of the snow tires I got put on months ago. So last Tuesday when the roads were bad and people were getting into accidents, I actually had no problems driving.
While I was back home this weekend, I got my taxes done. I found out I need to look at paystubs better. According to my w-2, the company I was a contractor for for 6 months was paying my state tax to PA and not NJ. So one state owes me a bunch of money and another state I owe. I apparently had looked at the amount of state taxes on my paystub, but not the state it was going to.
Anyway, I'm on a deadline for wednesday at work, so my social life will be on hold til thursday, but things are looking up.
I think I'll wrap up this post by stating future blog topics, because then I'll be able to remember and it might be also force me to actually write it. Future post will hopefully include one that is a review of audiobooks I've listened to. (Bydaway, I got The Rosewood Casket by Sharyn McCrumb last month on eMusic.) Also commentary about something I heard on the radio that PETA was blaming the state of the Spears sisters on them having meat in their diets.
While I was back home this weekend, I got my taxes done. I found out I need to look at paystubs better. According to my w-2, the company I was a contractor for for 6 months was paying my state tax to PA and not NJ. So one state owes me a bunch of money and another state I owe. I apparently had looked at the amount of state taxes on my paystub, but not the state it was going to.
Anyway, I'm on a deadline for wednesday at work, so my social life will be on hold til thursday, but things are looking up.
I think I'll wrap up this post by stating future blog topics, because then I'll be able to remember and it might be also force me to actually write it. Future post will hopefully include one that is a review of audiobooks I've listened to. (Bydaway, I got The Rosewood Casket by Sharyn McCrumb last month on eMusic.) Also commentary about something I heard on the radio that PETA was blaming the state of the Spears sisters on them having meat in their diets.
Labels: blogging, car, Comcast, driving in winter, emusic, taxes, work
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
It's funny. I have blog postings all done in my head, but forget what I wanted to write about when I get in front of my computer at home. So I'll just write what comes to mind while I try to think of what I wanted to write about.
My apartment building has switched over to Comcast cable from a small cable company. Now I am in no means a fan of Comcast. Since I don't have an HDTV and am not big on features, I did not look forward to paying more for stuff I didn't want. Well, I signed up on Saturday. It's actually cheaper for the first six months. After that, I'll have to get rid of HBO, which I do watch regularly, and the second tier of Comcast service, which only has one station I watch, to get back to the old cost level. One plus of the whole thing is that my internet is a whole lot faster.
The whole being a Comcast customer thing didn't get off to the best start. It started when I realized that the guy I signed up with didn't take my modem's # when I signed up. So I got a hold of one of the guys, gave him the modem info and he said he'd set up the account. He did, but when I connected, the only page that would come up is the Comcast setup page. When I tried to do the setup download, which shouldn't, and I didn't want to download anything. The download stalled and I finally called Comcast customer service. I repeatedly hit the "0" button until I got to a customer service tech person. Unfortunately, she couldn't help me since I didn't have my account # since I just signed up. So I was transferred to a standard customer service rep. She found my account number. All the while, I didn't particularly hide my feelings towards Comcast. Of course, coming home and expecting to use the internet and having all webpages being forwarded to a Comcast-branded page did not put me in the best of moods. So when the rep got my account number and put me back to a tech support rep, she put me through to a too-friendly, very patient tech rep. He set me up my internet without having to download any crap. I actually had a positive experience with Comcast. This is either a sign of good things to come this year or a sign of the apocalypse. I'm guessing the latter.
Yeah, I still can't remember what I had planned to write about. Next time I think about it, I'll have to write it down.
My apartment building has switched over to Comcast cable from a small cable company. Now I am in no means a fan of Comcast. Since I don't have an HDTV and am not big on features, I did not look forward to paying more for stuff I didn't want. Well, I signed up on Saturday. It's actually cheaper for the first six months. After that, I'll have to get rid of HBO, which I do watch regularly, and the second tier of Comcast service, which only has one station I watch, to get back to the old cost level. One plus of the whole thing is that my internet is a whole lot faster.
The whole being a Comcast customer thing didn't get off to the best start. It started when I realized that the guy I signed up with didn't take my modem's # when I signed up. So I got a hold of one of the guys, gave him the modem info and he said he'd set up the account. He did, but when I connected, the only page that would come up is the Comcast setup page. When I tried to do the setup download, which shouldn't, and I didn't want to download anything. The download stalled and I finally called Comcast customer service. I repeatedly hit the "0" button until I got to a customer service tech person. Unfortunately, she couldn't help me since I didn't have my account # since I just signed up. So I was transferred to a standard customer service rep. She found my account number. All the while, I didn't particularly hide my feelings towards Comcast. Of course, coming home and expecting to use the internet and having all webpages being forwarded to a Comcast-branded page did not put me in the best of moods. So when the rep got my account number and put me back to a tech support rep, she put me through to a too-friendly, very patient tech rep. He set me up my internet without having to download any crap. I actually had a positive experience with Comcast. This is either a sign of good things to come this year or a sign of the apocalypse. I'm guessing the latter.
Yeah, I still can't remember what I had planned to write about. Next time I think about it, I'll have to write it down.
Labels: Comcast, customer service call
