The Vent Part Quatre

[Canadiandggal 49]

Oh yeah, and how many times have you been called 'hon' or 'honey' by complete strangers?

everyone around here always calls me Hun,honey,sweeetie. Thanks hun,have a nice day hun, what can i get you hun, thanks for coming hun, how you doing today hun. When did I become your hun? It actually creeps me out at times. The way I see it the only one that should call me these names are my Husband but thats just me.

Oh yeah, and how many times have you been called 'hon' or 'honey' by complete strangers?

everyone around here always calls me Hun,honey,sweeetie. Thanks hun,have a nice day hun, what can i get you hun, thanks for coming hun, how you doing today hun. When did I become your hun? It actually creeps me out at times. The way I see it the only one that should call me these names are my Husband but thats just me.

[Udella&Wiz 325]

Has this happened to anyone else when they come back to Canada to visit? My family acts like I didn't spend the first 35 yrs of my life here. I do remember what Celsius is, really I do. I do remember where things are in the city, no I don't need directions on how to get there the fastest way to such and such! No I do not want to pretend I'm a tourist.

Sigh....I think I've finally spent too much time with my family this week.

[The Dude 206]

Has this happened to anyone else when they come back to Canada to visit? My family acts like I didn't spend the first 35 yrs of my life here. I do remember what Celsius is, really I do. I do remember where things are in the city, no I don't need directions on how to get there the fastest way to such and such! No I do not want to pretend I'm a tourist.

Sigh....I think I've finally spent too much time with my family this week.

I don't think that is a Canada specific occurrence. I used to get that all the time when I lived back east and would come back to visit family and friends in California. I actually find that I do it too sometimes when friends come out and visit

[Marilyn. 340]

so insurance agreed to cover the cost of replacing the converter minus the 100 dollar deductible.... i got my car back yesterday...

i am not sure if anyone heard anything...no one told us anything....they did this in the middle of the day too...

we moved to our new place on Sunday...we are really liking it so far

[The Dude 206]

so insurance agreed to cover the cost of replacing the converter minus the 100 dollar deductible.... i got my car back yesterday...

i am not sure if anyone heard anything...no one told us anything....they did this in the middle of the day too...

we moved to our new place on Sunday...we are really liking it so far

That's good to hear that you got that taken care of at least Marlin.

[Kimbear 53]

it snowed..april fricking 18th and it snowed.

[Udella&Wiz 325]

Stupid bank - a year ago we switched our regular savings account into a Money market account (not that it makes more anyway,,,but I digress)

I came to find out today that when they transferred everything over....they dropped me as an account holder. So basically had there ever been an emergency I would not have been on the account.

It's kind of a non issue since we do all our banking online so I can access everything anyway. Ticks me off ...especially had we been on vacation or somegthing happened and we needed to access the moeny from a bank machine - my card was not attached

All fixed now.

[Ontarkie 14,226]

Why are Dentist office so difficult here. All 6 of us went to get our teeth clean back in Feb, and we wanted to go ahead and make appointments right away. Well the office manager wanted us to do the cancellation list so we could just come in when they get a cancellation, we figured it would be faster. It is almost May only once did we get a call to go in. We have 4 kids that need work and if they don't get it done its only going to get worse. They have alot that needs to be done, they kept putting it off for 2 years now. I wish they would stop putting things off and get the work done before they all need root canals. One of the kids needs alot of work so we need to get as much as we can before Nov then the rest after Nov when the benefit's restart. On top of that they want us to pay at each appointment but then are trying to say insurance only pays 60% when it pays 80%. I so badly want to rip my hair out right now its crazy. The worse part is this is the dentist office we picked after having many issues with alot of others.

[The Dude 206]

it snowed..april fricking 18th and it snowed.

If it's any consolation, It got so cold here last night that I had to turn the air conditioning off.

Why are Dentist office so difficult here. All 6 of us went to get our teeth clean back in Feb, and we wanted to go ahead and make appointments right away. Well the office manager wanted us to do the cancellation list so we could just come in when they get a cancellation, we figured it would be faster. It is almost May only once did we get a call to go in. We have 4 kids that need work and if they don't get it done its only going to get worse. They have alot that needs to be done, they kept putting it off for 2 years now. I wish they would stop putting things off and get the work done before they all need root canals. One of the kids needs alot of work so we need to get as much as we can before Nov then the rest after Nov when the benefit's restart. On top of that they want us to pay at each appointment but then are trying to say insurance only pays 60% when it pays 80%. I so badly want to rip my hair out right now its crazy. The worse part is this is the dentist office we picked after having many issues with alot of others.

Only once have I heard of someone having to wait that long for a dentist appointment. My wife had to wait 3.5 months back in Ontario to get an appointment. They were just booked and she was just getting a checkup. Did the dentist office not even offer to make an appointment for you? I have had doctors tell me to put my name on the cancellation list when they don't have an open appointment within a week, but I have always been called within a couple of days. Did you call the office to ask them what was up? Maybe your names got accidentally removed from the list?

As to the billing issues you have with them, I hate the entire process. My dentist is actually a childhood friend of my sister, so she explained the whole process to me when I first went to her. My employer pays for 100% of my dental visits now, but when I started, it was only 70%. My dentist explained to me that they over-bill the insurance company to see what they will pay for. This is also to cut down on the costs that she has to charge to the patient. So my first visit, I had to have a filling done. I get a notification in the mail of the billed amount that the dentist submitted and about had an aneurysm. The final bill I got was much easier to palate.

[OBX 51]

If it's any consolation, It got so cold here last night that I had to turn the air conditioning off.

Only once have I heard of someone having to wait that long for a dentist appointment. My wife had to wait 3.5 months back in Ontario to get an appointment. They were just booked and she was just getting a checkup. Did the dentist office not even offer to make an appointment for you? I have had doctors tell me to put my name on the cancellation list when they don't have an open appointment within a week, but I have always been called within a couple of days. Did you call the office to ask them what was up? Maybe your names got accidentally removed from the list?

As to the billing issues you have with them, I hate the entire process. My dentist is actually a childhood friend of my sister, so she explained the whole process to me when I first went to her. My employer pays for 100% of my dental visits now, but when I started, it was only 70%. My dentist explained to me that they over-bill the insurance company to see what they will pay for. This is also to cut down on the costs that she has to charge to the patient. So my first visit, I had to have a filling done. I get a notification in the mail of the billed amount that the dentist submitted and about had an aneurysm. The final bill I got was much easier to palate.

I worked in the dental field for a number years in both a management and professional capacity. I would describe that practice as insurance fraud. I'm surprised the dentist admitted that! That's definitely a no-no.

[Udella&Wiz 325]

Why are Dentist office so difficult here. All 6 of us went to get our teeth clean back in Feb, and we wanted to go ahead and make appointments right away. Well the office manager wanted us to do the cancellation list so we could just come in when they get a cancellation, we figured it would be faster. It is almost May only once did we get a call to go in. We have 4 kids that need work and if they don't get it done its only going to get worse. They have alot that needs to be done, they kept putting it off for 2 years now. I wish they would stop putting things off and get the work done before they all need root canals. One of the kids needs alot of work so we need to get as much as we can before Nov then the rest after Nov when the benefit's restart. On top of that they want us to pay at each appointment but then are trying to say insurance only pays 60% when it pays 80%. I so badly want to rip my hair out right now its crazy. The worse part is this is the dentist office we picked after having many issues with alot of others.

Dear gawd - do NOT get me started. But it's not 'here' that is the problem, it's the individual dentist ofice. My stepson's dentist does't charge us up front - he submits to insurance and then let's us knwo if there's a difference - very simple.

The retarded dentist that my daughter and I go to - charges us up front.So let's say we have 80% coverage for something....they charge ridiculously overpriced charges and then Insurance says - we only let dentists charge x so we're only paying that,

So I'm left trying to do the math between what the real 80% is based on what the Insurance pays versus the inflated 80% they originally made me pay.

Somehow I always owe a little more....I actually caught them in an accounting error and now I make them explain absolutely everything until I understand it.

[Ontarkie 14,226]

The weird thing is they didn't want payment upfront if we stayed on the cancellation list but they want it since it now that we are scheduled in. I think they wan to over bill the insurance company too, cause when we get the explanation from the insurance company you can see the price they try to charge vs what will be payed. I know when we go to take them my husband will make them recalculate the bill to 80% not 60% if they want to get payed they will have to do it. I find it crazy how we have to wait till the end of May for the first appointment when they have more then one dentist we could see and we are not picky, we just want it done.

Maybe I'm being more impatient cause I don't want to be dealing with the dentist after the baby is born and the rate things are going we will be.

Edited April 27, 2011 by Ontarkie

[Flames9_RN 358]

The weird thing is they didn't want payment upfront if we stayed on the cancellation list but they want it since it now that we are scheduled in. I think they wan to over bill the insurance company too, cause when we get the eplination from the insurance company you can see the price they try to charge vs what will be payed. I know when we go to take them my husband will make them recalculate the bill to 80% not 60% if they want to get payed they will have to do it. I find it crazy how we have to wait till the end of May for the first appointment when they have more then one dentist we could see and we are not picky, we just want it done.

I hate dentists!! I learned here the hard way--their is a huge difference of accepting your insurance and being in the network! Sure they may accept ur insurance, but they can charge you whatever--and u make up the difference!! If they are in the network, I guess what they can charge you is capped! 1 dentist I went to wouldn't tell me insurance would pay and what they wouldn't--said that was up to me! I should have ran then,lol! His estimate to fix everything was like $6500. Went to another dentist (after I clued in) and it only cost me $1200 out of pocket, insurance covered everything else!! Have had friends here that have been seeing their dentist for awhile--only to relaize that Dentist is not within network, and could have saved themselves a lot of $$$$.

[Ontarkie 14,226]

I hate dentists!! I learned here the hard way--their is a huge difference of accepting your insurance and being in the network! Sure they may accept ur insurance, but they can charge you whatever--and u make up the difference!! If they are in the network, I guess what they can charge you is capped! 1 dentist I went to wouldn't tell me insurance would pay and what they wouldn't--said that was up to me! I should have ran then,lol! His estimate to fix everything was like $6500. Went to another dentist (after I clued in) and it only cost me $1200 out of pocket, insurance covered everything else!! Have had friends here that have been seeing their dentist for awhile--only to relaize that Dentist is not within network, and could have saved themselves a lot of $$$$.

I can see if that was the case also, but they are in network so their is no excuse.

[Udella&Wiz 325]

I can see if that was the case also, but they are in network so their is no excuse.

Sounds fishy doesn't it. THere is something going on that needs to be regulated I'd say.