8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC #4

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Welcome to the 8/17/08 Wonder thread, Andrew!!!!

It cant be that one, I am not that popular there to get a welcome.

 

[bellelinus]

It cant be that one, I am not that popular there to get a welcome.

And you are on this one????

 

[micmse2003]

Gald I found you!!! I still need to vent!!!!

My washing machine decides to die on Saturday. I went to Sears to buy a new washer with a new dryer to match. Since we only have four years left til we move to Florida... I decide to just go middle of the road price. It took me less than 5 minutes to pick out some. I want to get the 5 year warranty so if they break before I move...I am covered. It was free shipping and 15% discount on top of the sale price. The salesperson rang everything up and forgot to include my 10% discount for the home repair contract. He then proceeded to give me two credits. The rest of the money would come in the form of rebate checks.

I told DH if I buy a third appliance...I get 20% off. I went to but a new vacuum cleaner for $400 but the salesperson said it does not count!! He then told me I had to buy with a Sears CC in order to receive my discount of 15% and my free shipping.

I go back to my original salesperson but he went to lunch. I waited to speak to a store manager for 10 minutes. She apologized and said I could still get my 15% with my Disney Visa and she would just refund my shipping so I got a credit.At this time I have 4 receipts!!!

I thought everything was fine til I went home to enter my receipt to get my 15% cash rebate. I noticed the salesman put an order down for electric dryer which we never discussed.The gas dryer is $70 more than the electric which I knew about. He also ordered the gas kit to install the electric dryer I could not use. I called back the salesperson(we were home by now) and he said it could not be changed over the phone. I said it was his fault and to get it done on the phone. I thought problem was solved again.

Later in the evening I received a message from the salesperson stating the order will have to be rung up again and I must come back to the store. He told me that Sears Credit Cards can only be handled over the phone. The store was now closed.

I called Disney Visa that night(store was closed) and they said the new charge was rejected as fraud as I earlier charged $1400 and now over $1500 was being charged 4 hours later!!! It was over a $100 more than I authorized for the gas dryer difference. I got another call from Disney Visa card Sunday morning and was told Sears tried to put through another $100 charge too!!! They put a hold on my credit card til I could straighten out the mess. By this time I lost my voice(lucky for Sears).

Too make an even longer story short....The manager from Sears was waiting for me by the door. They gave me the Gas dryer for the same price as the electric dryer $70 less, the salesperson under-charged me $100 for the service contract so they left the lower price. The installation should have been $70 instead of the $35 he charged. It took the store manager over 40 minutes to straigten it out!!! I guess I saved over an extra $200 but all the aggravation was not worth it.

Last night we decided after such a horrible weekend to go out to Sweet Tomatoes with some friends. There was no food out for over ten minutes. People were waiting and wating. John could not find me and looked over and saw me talking to the manager!!! He said "oh no here she goes again!" The food was like this almost our entire visit. It took us over two hours to finish eating because of lack of food. The manager came over and voided our receipt and appologized for such a bad experience. I think she should have voided everyone's receipt as we all had the same problems.

Lesson learned!!!! Next weekend I am not leaving the house.

 

[cruisin'Mike]

Good evening everybody!

Long time no post.

Took me most of this evening to upload these pictures but here is what I've been working on in my spare time over the last 2 months. Unfortunately I've been unable to post as much as I would have liked.

Let's see if this works:

This is the costume I made for Jack's daughter Nastassja

Elizabeth Swann Pirate King AWE (front view)
I'm in the process of getting boots, hope you enjoy the pics.

Pete, all I can say is WOW! That looks amazing!

Hello Everyone
I am taking a short MUCH overdue break to Dis a little. My foot is not helping things but then again I am not able to follow the doctor's orders either.

My update: Chuck's last day was Friday, he left this morning to Georgia to get settled in his place to start his new job tomorrow. Meanwhile I am packing,cleaning and everything else. We load the truck Sat. morning where I will stay at a hotel for 2 days and fly out Monday morning to our brand new home in Myrtle Beach !!!

My Doctor will see me again on the 4th and I will have to find a foot Doctor down in SC where he will transfer records. He took alot of bone out and recovery is still looking like 5 months hopefully not in this BOOT !!!

Congrats on the new house. Enjoy the warmer climate. And take care of that foot!

It is getting late and I did not have much time for this but could not resist.

Although the wenches would probably prefer the more relaxed Mr. Gibbs.

OMG. That's hysterical!!!

When my DS and BIL did a Panama Cruise a few years ago - they had a scheduled stop in Cartegena. It got changed to a sea day at the last minute due to the political climate. My BIL was really surprised that we had Cartegena as a Port call. I fully intend on us doing a history tour at this Port. Who knows if we'll get a chance to go again.

I really like the idea of customizing our history and shopping tour, but I wonder if it really is best to just book a DCL excursion. Wonder what happens if we set something up with Mr. Emerald and the ship doesn't dock.

Hmmm, I love Tink, but I'm not sure I like the 'meet a real person Tink' idea. She's a fairy - much smaller than a small woman. During Wishes she is up in the air, so you can't tell size.

The plan is supposed to be for guests to "shrink" as they go through the queue. Not sure exactly how they plan on making that happen, but by the time you get to Tink, you're her size. Again, not sure how the get you back to normal size either.

 

[Diznyfan68]

Thanks Diane,

I actually had alot of fun making it although my wife thinks I'm nuts!

Hi Roger, Hi Lorri!

Hi Peter - beautiful job on the costume!

 

[cruisin'Mike]

Laurie had asked about using probiotics to help prevent or reduce the severity of traveler's diarrhea. I e-mailed one of my professors who teaches the natural products course to get some info.

Here is what I e-mailed her:

"I will be going on a cruise that will include some Mexican ports. Someone else on the cruise asked me about using probiotics to help prevent traveler's diarrhea. (We'll be eating while on an excursion in the jungle in Puerto Vallarta.) I tried to find out some info about it, but there's not a whole lot out there.

Do you know if this could help? I guess the theory is more good bacteria makes it harder for the bad bacteria to take hold and multiply. If it is worth taking, is there a particular strain or dosage that you would recommend? "

And here is her reply:

"Several things come to mind. First, the probiotics do
help and should help in this situation. You need LOTS of
bugs, though. I would go to GNC or some such place. They
usually have many formulations. Get a combination of
Lactobacillus acidophilus and some species of
Bifidobacterium. Get the product that has this combination
in the highest concentration. I would take two (tablets or
capsules) three times a day.
I would also do my best to minimize contact with water,
although you may not be able to stay away completely, given
that you are eating on land. Maybe you could take some
bottled water with you on the tour. "

I think we'll be trying this as well. I'll be sure to follow the manufacturer's dosing recommendations, and starting low and building up ahead of the trip.

 

[Diznyfan68]

Forgot about that one:
243 Orangefair Mall, Fullerton.

From Mousesavers.com
To get to Disney's Character Warehouse from Disneyland, go north on Harbor Blvd and cross Hwy 91. Make a right at Orangethorpe and another right at Pomona, which is a street that goes right into the Orangefair Marketplace shopping center. A Michael's store is right in front of you; drive toward it and then go left to get to the Character Warehouse, which is at the corner of the building.

Here's a coupon for 10% off http://www.thechamber.net/cgi-bin/foxweb.dll/wlx/dir/wlxcpn?ec=lbyklLsiprtbx4mpmc&ID=HNDgKiGb

Thanks so much Monica, Roger and Sara!

 

[bellelinus]

My washing machine decides to die on Saturday. I went to Sears to buy a new washer with a new dryer to match. Since we only have four years left til we move to Florida... I decide to just go middle of the road price. It took me less than 5 minutes to pick out some. I want to get the 5 year warranty so if they break before I move...I am covered. It was free shipping and 15% discount on top of the sale price. The salesperson rang everything up and forgot to include my 10% discount for the home repair contract. He then proceeded to give me two credits. The rest of the money would come in the form of rebate checks.

I told DH if I buy a third appliance...I get 20% off. I went to but a new vacuum cleaner for $400 but the salesperson said it does not count!! He then told me I had to buy with a Sears CC in order to receive my discount of 15% and my free shipping.

I go back to my orginal salesperson but he went to lunch. I waited to speak to a store manager for 10 minutes. She appologized and said I could still get my 15% with my Disney Visa and she would just refund my shipping so I got a credit.At this time I have 4 receipts!!!

I thought everything was fine til I went home to enter my receipt to get my 15% cash rebate. I noticed the saleman put an order down for electric dryer which we never discussed.The gas dryer is $70 more than the electric which I knew about. He also ordered the gas kit to install the electric dryer I could not use. I called back the salesperson(we were home by now) and he said it could not be changed over the phone. I said it wall his fault and to get it done on the phone. I thought problem was solved again.

Later in the evening I receive a message from the salesperson stating the order will have to be rung up again and I must come back to the store. He told me that Sears Credit Cards can only be handled over the phone. The store was now closed.

I called Disney Visa that night(store was closed) and they said the new charge was rejected as fraud as I earlier charged $1400 and now over $1500 was being charged 4 hours later!!! It was over a $100 more than I authorized for the gas dryer difference. I got another call from Disney Visa card Sunday morning and was told Sears tried to put through another $100 charge too!!! They put a hold on my credit card til I could straighten out the mess. By this time I lost my voice(lucky for Sears).

Too make an even longer story short....The manager from Sears was waiting for me by the door. They gave me the Gas dryer for the same price as the electric dryer $70 less, the salesperson under-charged me $100 for the service contract so they left the lower price. The installation should have been $70 instead of the $35 he charged. It took the store manager over 40 minutes to straigten it out!!! I guess I saved over an extra $200 but all the aggravation was not worth it.

Last night we decided after such a horrible weekend to go out to Sweet Tomatoes with some friends. There was no food out for over ten minutes. People were waiting and wating. John could not find me and looked over and saw me talking to the manager!!! He said "oh no here she goes again!" The food was like this almost our entire visit. It took us over two hours to finish eating because of lack of food. The manager came over and voided our receipt and appologized for such a bad experience. I think she should have voided everyone's receipt as we all had the same problems.

Lesson learned!!!! Next weekend I am not leaving the house.

Sorry you had such a tough weekend, Cheryl . . . things like that really get to me!

Laurie had asked about using probiotics to help prevent or reduce the severity of traveler's diarrhea. I e-mailed one of my professors who teaches the natural products course to get some info.

Here is what I e-mailed her:

"I will be going on a cruise that will include some Mexican ports. Someone else on the cruise asked me about using probiotics to help prevent traveler's diarrhea. (We'll be eating while on an excursion in the jungle in Puerto Vallarta.) I tried to find out some info about it, but there's not a whole lot out there.

Do you know if this could help? I guess the theory is more good bacteria makes it harder for the bad bacteria to take hold and multiply. If it is worth taking, is there a particular strain or dosage that you would recommend? "

And here is her reply:

"Several things come to mind. First, the probiotics do
help and should help in this situation. You need LOTS of
bugs, though. I would go to GNC or some such place. They
usually have many formulations. Get a combination of
Lactobacillus acidophilus and some species of
Bifidobacterium. Get the product that has this combination
in the highest concentration. I would take two (tablets or
capsules) three times a day.
I would also do my best to minimize contact with water,
although you may not be able to stay away completely, given
that you are eating on land. Maybe you could take some
bottled water with you on the tour. "

I think we'll be trying this as well. I'll be sure to follow the manufacturer's dosing recommendations, and starting low and building up ahead of the trip.

That's very interesting information, Mike! I wonder if we could add it to the website somewhere so it doesn't get lost?

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

And you are on this one????

Ok Get the hint,

BYE!​

 

[bellelinus]

Ok Get the hint,

BYE!​

Wait, don't go -- I think Dr. Who did something to your monorail . . .

 

[poohssmum]

My washing machine decides to die on Saturday.

I think there's some sort of conspiracy going on MY washer died this morning. DH called me at work and said, "Call the Realtor and tell her that the washer and dryer are NOT staying with the house, since I'm on my way to buy new ones." I'm going to hope that his purchase experience goes a lot smoother than it seems yours did.

 

[micmse2003]

I think there's some sort of conspiracy going on MY washer died this morning. DH called me at work and said, "Call the Realtor and tell her that the washer and dryer are NOT staying with the house, since I'm on my way to buy new ones." I'm going to hope that his purchase experience goes a lot smoother than it seems yours did.

I hope so too!!!!!!

 

[tom31b]

I would love for a stop in Belize. Its on my must do list.

Too far north, they would probably have to cut out Aruba to do that

Thanks for both of you volunteering. I just e-mailed Laura for my choice.

Choice? Not doing them all?

I still need to vent!!!!

John could not find me and looked over and saw me talking to the manager!!! He said "oh no here she goes again!"

Poor John!

That's very interesting information, Mike! I wonder if we could add it to the website somewhere so it doesn't get lost?

I sure it could, or someone could cut/paste it to the planning forums?

 

[MrsScooby]

Laurie had asked about using probiotics to help prevent or reduce the severity of traveler's diarrhea. I e-mailed one of my professors who teaches the natural products course to get some info.

Here is what I e-mailed her:

"I will be going on a cruise that will include some Mexican ports. Someone else on the cruise asked me about using probiotics to help prevent traveler's diarrhea. (We'll be eating while on an excursion in the jungle in Puerto Vallarta.) I tried to find out some info about it, but there's not a whole lot out there.

Do you know if this could help? I guess the theory is more good bacteria makes it harder for the bad bacteria to take hold and multiply. If it is worth taking, is there a particular strain or dosage that you would recommend? "

And here is her reply:

"Several things come to mind. First, the probiotics do
help and should help in this situation. You need LOTS of
bugs, though. I would go to GNC or some such place. They
usually have many formulations. Get a combination of
Lactobacillus acidophilus and some species of
Bifidobacterium. Get the product that has this combination
in the highest concentration. I would take two (tablets or
capsules) three times a day.
I would also do my best to minimize contact with water,
although you may not be able to stay away completely, given
that you are eating on land. Maybe you could take some
bottled water with you on the tour. "

I think we'll be trying this as well. I'll be sure to follow the manufacturer's dosing recommendations, and starting low and building up ahead of the trip.

Thanks Mike
I'll worry less and be able to enjoy the excursions more
We were planning on bringing on a case of water anyway.

 

[tom31b]

Well, Disney won't go - if it's not safe for the passengers and crew. However, I don't think we need to worry much - DCL will take care of making sure we're not bored.

Doubt we'll stop in Panama due to prebooking the canal transit. What other places are near Aruba that DCL might stop at?

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica?

Panama Ports

 

[tom31b]

Well, Disney won't go - if it's not safe for the passengers and crew. However, I don't think we need to worry much - DCL will take care of making sure we're not bored.

Doubt we'll stop in Panama due to prebooking the canal transit. What other places are near Aruba that DCL might stop at?

Or these:

 

[cruisin'Mike]

I sure it could, or someone could cut/paste it to the planning forums?

I'll repost it over there. What section do you think it should be in?

 

[tom31b]

I'll repost it over there. What section do you think it should be in?

I did already.... I foget where, I think a thread on mexican water in general questions?

 

[sk8ingmom]

I just happen to know someone who makes curtains. I'm just saying....

Yes, but having to completely re-curtain every window in my house every three years precludes me from going the professional route. What you do is very much worth the price people pay...for most people who change curtains every 10-20-30 years.

I'm so looking forward to my forever house, when the curtain selection process consists of more than "Well, the color and style sort of go with the room and oh, look, $8 a panel!" Heck, Laura, maybe I'll fly you up to Alaska in 6 years and pay you to make my curtains!

Oh and the joy of buying furniture without a huge consideration being "Will it work in the next 4 houses?"

5 years, 2 months and 16 days...but who's counting???

I'll repost it over there. What section do you think it should be in?

The "poop deck" maybe?

 

[cruisin'Mike]

Thanks Tom! By the way, I love the planning forums. It's a lot easier to find important info! Thanks!

The "poop deck" maybe?

Oh, that's nasty.