It was so nice to wake up to a bright and sunny day for a change. But the bad part was that it was cold. Too cold to pour the concrete and the ground was just a little too wet, besides. So no posts were set. We have hopes for tomorrow, which is supposed to be a bit warmer, as well as sunny. We are hoping the ground will not be as wet since that alone can keep the cement from setting up well (or quickly). Guess who will have to hold the posts in place until it's set enough to let go? Yeah, me, of course. He has to mix the cement and pour it so I am the only one that can hold the post in place. I will also have to make sure that it's straight with the help of a level. I've done it before and it's not fun.
Had a horrible incident happen today. A company took $92.00 out of our account. Another example of how *free samples* are not a wise thing to try. I really did want to since I had seen their impressive video of how it (supposedly) removed wrinkles in elapsed time (just two minutes) and it was just half of a deep set one on a man's face. I figured what would it hurt to see if it really worked for me? Well, let me tell you what they did. They say they had under their terms and conditions (which I did not see anywhere and I looked), that it was a 15 day trial with a full refund (of what? your postage and handling charge?). I ordered it on Feb. 10th and received it on February 16th. I should have had plenty of time to cancel any more shipments (although it never said they would ship any in their ad but I knew better).
I tried the salve. I used it just the same way it was used in the video. Did it work? Of course not. I tried it several times. No results and my wrinkles that I tried it on were not as deep as the one shown in the video. So, after seeing the ridiculous charge for this tiny little jar of ointment, I called the company to cancel and demand they return the money they had taken.
First, they tried to tell me I ordered it on February 5th. I knew I hadn't because I had been thinking that it was close to Valentine's Day and was really surprised that it would arrive that quickly after my order. Then the customer service rep (who had to be located in India since the accent was so thick), tried to tell me that I should have read the terms and conditions. When I said I had looked for them or a link for them, they were NOT in their ad or on the order sheet. THEN he finally said he would cancel it and give me a partial refund of 30% of my $92. so that I wouldn't have to go through the problem of returning the product. When I said, which one....the one you've sent me when you took the $92. out or the one I have that I already know doesn't work? I said and where do you get off with 30% refund? He actually said to me, *Oh, I'm so sorry but I've already cancelled so I can't get you a refund.*
When I asked to speak to a supervisor, I was told there was no supervisor available. So, I said, *This is out-and-out fraud and I am going to report you to whatever authority I must and I am also going to contact the State's Attorney's office about this.* He then hung up on me. So, I DID call the State's Attorney's office and someone is supposed to call me back within a day or so. I will find out whatever authority I have to contact about this from them, I hope. But I believe we have little recourse to getting the money back. I WILL go to my bank and see if there is anything THEY can do about this. But I fear that money is just plain lost to us and it really hurts us when we still have two weeks before we get paid and we have to keep a certain amount of money in our account to pay our supplemental insurances. *Sigh* I'm such an idiot. Would you believe that it says on the jar....*Aluris SNAKE VENOM Peptide Cream*? SNAKE VENOM! OMG....nothing was said about it involving snake venom. Oh well. Live and learn. It's just a hard lesson.
Time to post this and get back to bed. I had to let Baron out so I figured I would get this out of the way for tonight. Love you all. Be good and be careful....and I mean that in more ways than one. ***Hugs***
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