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August 08, 2007

Verizon Wireless Sucks, Chris Crocker, would say,' Leave Sherry Alone!"

After all the trouble i had with Verizon Wireless this summer when I had a family emnergency, and they screwed me over, and I quit verizon, kept my same number, and got on with T Mobile, Verizon is still billing me, and says I owe them money, and I don't , and they have a problem, it's there problem, and they are making it my problem, and I still hate verizon with a purple passion, make it really passionate, Leave me alone Verizon, leave me alone. I'm gonna get my good friend Chris who did "Leave Courtney alone, " To tell Verizon to leave Sherry alone!
That does it, I'm writing Chris right now!
I'm going to make verizobn hate me as much as I hate Verizon!

Verizon,, Lets Pick on One Major American Corporation and show them what we can do!!!

Furthermore, if you must sign a contract with a new company to get a cell phone, do it for a year, pay the rest on the phone, never sign a contract again, so you can drop them at a whim, take back your power!

If you need a new phone, don't sign a contract to get one cheaper, buy one on Ebay at full price or at the store, because they only have power because we think we're getting somethng for almost free, ( a phone) which in reality they use to screw us with, and getting screwed by a phone is NO FUN!

We aren't helpless... if we take a stand.... Take this stand, show Corporate America what we 'little' Folks can do.. Forward this and don't buy Verizon.....don't re-sign if you're there, get a new provider, site this letter,

Site my Name, Sherry Stewart!!

Ok, this is my bitch with Verizon, at least for the sake of amusement, read on:

my attempt to deal with a Corporation out of control..

I thank you all for reading this in advance, and for telling your families / friends, etc. because you know what, this is the only way we'll ever be treated right, is if we take a stand.

I dicontinued my service ( as of 22nd) today, I will most likely disc. my DSL, for appropriate reasons of problems I have recently had with them ( no service for 11 days while they kept me on the phone to fix a problem that as it turned out, and I knew, was on their end of the equasion)

My phone service? well I'll see what I can dø, but Verizon is the phone CO here...

As few of you know, I had a trip planned, that turned into a family emergency. I needed more minutes, so I called my "provider" and I was told that I had to sign a contract to get those. ( now on the phone I am told that wasn't the case..so I was lied to)..

I dropped my phone, it was still working, (hardly, but working) so I told them if I had to sign a contract, I wanted a new phone ..

They tried to sell me a 2 years contract, ( on what you pay when you think you get a cheap phone )
I told them," nø way, I am a no contract person... "

But I had to contract to get my minutes, so I took a one year, and option to pay more for my phone.
I received not one phone , but 2 phones, and the phone I kept I had no rebate certificate inside box to help with phone costs as promised.)

Of course, I had to, during a family emergency, run around looking for a UPS store to drop this second phone they sent me.

It gets weirder..

I told them' obviously' where I was, because they had to send the phone there, and I couldn't get my minutes texted to me from outside their service area.

I was assured that I could call an 800 number and have my new phone activated, I tired 5 times to activate my new phone, once from the office of Alltell In Branson MO. I was finally told they couldn't activate it outside their service area!

So here I was with a broken phone anyway, a new bill for $467.78 and no way to use my new phone.

Plus.......

... they never upped my minutes and plan, only sent me phones, and made me sign a contract. My 900 minutes wasn't even recorded , so now I was about 400 minutes over my contract rate..

Nice, huh? 400 minutes at 25 cents a minute. plas..hmm? Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

Doesn't it just make ya feel warm and fuzzy? lol

My CS man was great, from Olympia WA, not Mexico this time, and so patient.. helpful, but here is the deal. He was giving me 1100 minutes over 60 days, also, said I would get a new rebate, I asked what should be included, because before I was told I only had to send the rebate. he said, no, the UPC code from the box was necessary..

Well, I said I don't have the box, I don't keep boxes I accumulate when I am traveling. Do ¥øu, I asked?

He said I would have to call Motorola... hysterica, now.... lol


Getting.. absurd? lol

Well, so in the end, I said, look, forget it, I hate Verizon, and I never wanna hear that name again, except I said, I will use the same amountof time to fight back, that I have spent with Verizon CS getting screwed.
Furthermore I told him, You're nice, but you just tell Verizon that I singlehandedly had ALL 'Air Touch' phones taken out of a major PNW drug store chain (Bartell's) some years ago ( my first cell phone)

( Believe me, they were shocked.....calling me, asking what they could do to make it up to me, and I said, there is absolutely nothing you can do ..now)

~maybe I'm not suppossed to have one~
~maybe no one is~

I said, " I am a fighter, I will take a stand, I will blog this and blog this, and blog this, because Corp America needs all the opposition they can handle.

I will write the FCC, I will send e-mails, I will do my best to put a dent in a major corporation that has entirely too much power. That is my promise to Verizon. They lied to me, they sent me 2 phones and couldn't activate even ONE of them, and didn't up my plan afterall...how incompetent are they?

( or should I say aren't they?)

They F______ don't care how they get you as a customer, how they treat you, and it isn't their CS people, it is Verizon the Corporation, and Corporation's have NO conscience.

So, Please, blog this, pass it onto any other sites you use, mail it in letters you forwards, don't use Verizon, and tell your friends not to..

Furthermore, if you must sign a contract with a new company to get a cell phone, do it for a year, pay the rest on the phone, never sign a contract again, so you can drop them at a whim, take back your power!

If you need a new phone, don't sign a contract to get one cheaper, buy one on Ebay at full price or at the store, because they only have power because we think we're getting somethng for almost free, ( a phone) which in reality they use to screw us with, and getting screwed by a phone is NO FUN!

This is true for every provider, be it, Sprint ( for 5 years I paid 10.00 a month more to not sign a contract) Then at end I found out they shouldn't have charged me that after a year, no refund..

All phone companies are nasty corporations that we allow to screw us, because we want a free phone, well, there is an old saying, There is no such thing as a free lunch, well guess, want?

There is no such thing as a Free Phone, either!

Please copy /paste this and publish it anywhere you like...thank you..

Next my letter to the FCC.

PS. in the end, all I got as recompense is some extra minutes for this month before I leave Verizon...


We aren't helpless... if we take a stand.... Take this stand, show Corporate America what we 'little' Folks can do.. Forward this and don't buy Verizon.....don't re-sign if you're there, get a new provider, site this letter,

Site my Name, Sherry Stewart!!


They'll love me!!! lol

August 05, 2007

My New (antique) Japanese Fabric arrived while I was away...here it is...




Sample card of various fabrics, and their names...the background is Shibori.. a silk tie dye... seen in next photo as well







Jinken is rayon, or a blend, this orange fabric is rayon....(jinken)











The blue cotton Ikat is 'that' pattern that is famous in so many cultures, a pattern that weaves us all together...





The black is obi fabric....

August 04, 2007

My stay in MO.. a little green...more photos when I get my laptop online...

At my motel one morning...






After dinner with Woody ( ribs) the waterfront in Branson.. they call it the landing.




me at Starbucks in Branson MO.

My make shift outdoor shower..Phoenix Mercury Game Seattle


Here is my make shift outdoor shower....stand in hot soap pan to get feet clean after gardenwork today..
....almost fell over, that would have entertained the neighbors..

It's on a slight incline...so funny..

I returned home from Mo and TX trip, to a bathroom torn apart ( bath area), so I made due.....ahh, a nice cold shower!!!

I just got back from the Key Arena in Seattle, went to a BB game..Met the team on my flight in, and they gave me tickets..
Thanks Vince!!!

Nice women.. ! Good players...


My pictures aren't very good.

July 10, 2007

Austin July 07

I arrived in Austin after about 4 days ago. It's like a sauna here. They've had rain, so much rain, that combined with heat has produced a natural sauna; not muggy, not humid, but a sauna..


Today it was a bit better, just hot, and the sun wasn't out so much, but no more rain so far. So it is beginning to feel more like Austin from years past.

I lead such an exciting life..trying to help my daughter stay abreast of the laundry, washing dishes, surfaces, cleaning bathrooms..
I am a vacation maid for hire and I work for free..

I suppose I should rent a car, but I have to rent one in Mo, my next stop..and that trip will be a very uncertain proposition.

Maybe I should join my friend in India, or go to Sicily to visit Avasa, and Shakti, or France to see My cousin, Jerry, or S Africa to see Tracey, or Alaska to join Raven making pots.. Hmm, I could live a more exciting life!!

well stay tuned for chapter whatever....

May 02, 2007

Thar She Blows!

The Gray (whales) are chowing down in Washington waters en route to Alaska.

It happens every year. So.. I went whale watching. .

Well it was farily uneventful, but I'll share my photos nonetheless.

A 4 hour tour finally yielded a small whale off Camano Island in shallows there.
He wouldn't come up, but I got this shot of him blowing.





I would have had a better look from land. I plan to drive out to see if any are at Kayak Point later this week. Oh if only a had a real kayak, I'd go visit them up close..

and....here I am sh sh shivering... on board the whale boat..


Oh BTW speaking of Whales, let me add here that Moby DIck has a new literary review, and it appears it is not an illusive book afterall.
Of course, it was never a story about a man chasing a whale, but is a book that talks about truth, but until Jed McKenna read this book, well, no one knew what it was about.

Jed McKenna talks about his discovery of Melville concerning TRUTH in Moby Dick. See Jed McKenna books to find links to his work.

April 20, 2007

Skagit Valley Tulips 2007--and Snow Geese

Snow Geese

Click on picture to enlarge...

Reds

Click photos to enlarge full size, and scroll to view.
Light Purple/pink

RED


HOT PINK

PURPLE


Snow Geese Migrating to Alaska stop to eat in the Skagit Valley





Multi Colored

Colors ( In Roozengaard Gardens)


Orange


Peony like ...Pink 'Tulips'