The Vent

[bradcanuck 1]

Now the CA fires are raging. I am going insane. At this point I don't even care when I am approved. It's just getting silly.

[trailmix 77]

I just spent over 30 minutes sorting out my phone bill with Telus, I received $50 in credit where they had overcharged me (new 2nd line).

I got 'cut off' from the first agent I was speaking to - which turned out to be a grand thing because the second person was much more organized.

Here is the thing, I knew as soon as I added that 2nd line I was going to have to sort it out at some point.

- They charged me for 'installation' even though there was a promotion on at the time - the first agent tried to tell me - sorry there was no promotion - 2nd agent said, yes you are right, shouldn't have been charged.

- I changed features on the phone a few weeks ago - they pro-rated the phone line charge and the voice mail charge to two different dates - 5 days apart. How does that happen, don't they look to see if what they are doing makes any sense whatsoever?

It's just annoying.

/vent.

[misa 2]

Now the CA fires are raging. I am going insane. At this point I don't even care when I am approved. It's just getting silly.

If you don't get an interview letter for your I-485 by November 11, go back to Infopass. There's not much they can do in the interim since you've been given the standard line of 60 days after they resumed processing when they received your RFE. But hopefully they'll schedule you soon. Is your local office a busy one? Maybe that's why there's been delays in getting an interview scheduled. I doubt very much you'll be approved without an interview since you adjusted from a visitor. Looks like the only ones really to get approved without interview are those adjusting from K1s.

[bradcanuck 1]

Now the CA fires are raging. I am going insane. At this point I don't even care when I am approved. It's just getting silly.

If you don't get an interview letter for your I-485 by November 11, go back to Infopass. There's not much they can do in the interim since you've been given the standard line of 60 days after they resumed processing when they received your RFE. But hopefully they'll schedule you soon. Is your local office a busy one? Maybe that's why there's been delays in getting an interview scheduled. I doubt very much you'll be approved without an interview since you adjusted from a visitor. Looks like the only ones really to get approved without interview are those adjusting from K1s.

Yeah I have a countdown sheet and time frames. Right now I am way over my EAD time line, but I have to wait for another 11 days to go infopass. Plus the AOS time frame still has until the 11th. So I have an appointment for November already. I am just antsy.

Santa Ana doesn't seem to be a busy one based on time lines on VJ.

[~Nini~ 2]

I just unpacked my desktop computer from the packaging box today after we got our desk, and we discovered that the case is basically hooped. It's a custom-built computer which I built last year, so the case I bought for it was a heavy steel case which was purported to be one of the quietest cases on the market. (More details if you're really, really interested...) Anyway, the case is mostly intact except for the fact that my front door won't attach anymore because the plastic hinging and all the plastic bits behind the front door have shattered into pieces. There are plastic bits hanging off that I can't take off because they're the power/reset buttons wired to the power supply.

The good thing is that my computer is working. For now. Damn UPS.

Edited October 22, 2007 by Nini & Bee

[PfcsBaby 0]

Did you have insurance with UPS? If so, I'd make them pay for the damages. At least its still working.

[~Nini~ 2]

I had insurance on the computer, but the guy stressed that it was only for loss and not damages incurred during transit. If there'd been damage insurance, I'd have paid for it - that thing's my (second) baby.

It's funny though because I've had other people ship their customers through UPS and they've told me they were able to buy damage insurance. Maybe it's different through international shipping?

[PfcsBaby 0]

Thats weird. I always thought that "damage" was included with the insurance. Once you hand over your belongings to UPS to ship and you pay for insurance, you'd think that it is their responsibility to ship the item with care. Guess I better ask them when it comes time for me to use them to ship some of my stuff.

[PfcsBaby 0]

Ohhhhh Nini...

I just went on the UPS website and found something. I can't sopy & paste, so I'll quote it.....

"In connection with a damaged Shipment, the Shipper must retain the original packaging until an inspection can be completed by UPS or its agent"

Theres a whole bunch to read on that. Heres a link and go to page 16. Hope this helps, if any.

http://www.ups.com/media/en/ca/terms_service_ca.pdf

Mary

[bradcanuck 1]

ARGH I am almost at the end of my rope. HOW LONG DOES THIS SH-T have to take?!

July 5th - October 29th = 114 days - the average EAD comes in what 74-77 days? What on Earth is taking so long?

I have to wait until the 10th of November for 60 days past RFE receipt before I can go in to Infopass, and until this friday before it is 30 days past current processing date to 2nd level IO. I am just going absolutely nuts waiting here knowing there are people in AUGUST getting approves and here I am sitting and waiting on my #######.

YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHH!!

That is all.

[Carlawarla 1]

All the best bradcanuck in hearing some positive news soon!

Carla

[Udella&Wiz 325]

I just unpacked my desktop computer from the packaging box today after we got our desk, and we discovered that the case is basically hooped. It's a custom-built computer which I built last year, so the case I bought for it was a heavy steel case which was purported to be one of the quietest cases on the market. (More details if you're really, really interested...) Anyway, the case is mostly intact except for the fact that my front door won't attach anymore because the plastic hinging and all the plastic bits behind the front door have shattered into pieces. There are plastic bits hanging off that I can't take off because they're the power/reset buttons wired to the power supply.

The good thing is that my computer is working. For now. Damn UPS.

Keep complaining and take it up the chain until someone compensates you. They will get tired of listening eventually and do something. Squeaky wheel gets the grease.

Wiz

[derekkj 0]

OK, my vent for the day - Canada Revenue! What the bloody !@$#% is taking them so so long to get D's 2006 refund to him?! We filed before May 31st and when we still hadn't heard from them after receiving D's provincial refund sometime in early summer, he called to find out what was going on. They said something about a strike (?), being backlogged and to call back in 8-10 weeks! So September rolls around and D calls back and gets told, "Nope, still working on it, call back in a month." Grrrrr. So last week D calls AGAIN, and get told, "Oh, we had a question about your residential status (since D lives in the US but works for the Canadian government he was declared a non-resident for tax purposes). But it's all figured out now and you should be hearing something any day now." Well, duh, he was declared a non-resident A YEAR AGO! This should NOT be an issue!

I wouldn't mind it too much except it's a pretty substantial refund and would come in really handy right about now since we have to pay for his I-751 soon.

But in a strange twist of coincidence, we still haven't been billed by our accountant, so I guess it all evens out.

[Flames9_RN 358]

Just got our Virginia State tax refund in the mail yesterday!! lol But they did give us $9 in interest!!

[derekkj 0]

Just got our Virginia State tax refund in the mail yesterday!! lol But they did give us $9 in interest!!

We actually owed a little VA tax so that wasn't an issue for us.

And yes, the Canadian government better be forking over the interest too!