Minor rant thread. Post your rants o' the day here!

Insurance company #1 had my auto and homeowner policy since 2017ish. They decided to non-renew the auto based on claims due to my son and wife. 

The best rate I got was with Flo, and moved my auto insurance. So far so good...

My wife's employer had a benefits fair and there was an insurance agent she spoke with that was a local rep for Flo and could provide quotes for moving homeowners to Florida to get more of a discount on the auto. Great, any savings helps with the current cost. 

Quote looks good, move to Flo and cancel insurance company #1. Flo send an inspector out to look at the house the week of Thanksgiving with no notice. 

Today I get a call saying I need to replace my roof to maintain coverage. After a bit of discussion the rep tells me the inspectors photos show tarps on the roof and deteriorated shingles. She sends me an email with the description saying ther shingles are discolored, missing aggregate, missing shingles, and shrinking (huh?).

I know why the shingles missing aggregate and look discolored. The inspector and underwriter had no clue what they were looking at and made assumptions. 

The roof covering is a rubber membrane. The previous owner had an issue with ice dams, and due to the unfamiliarity of contractors with the roofing system (2' wide insulated panels with sheathing that run parallel to the ridge and secured to 4x6 beams spaced on 24"), they went with the membrane. 

I call back and explain the situation to the rep. She puts me on hold to contact the underwriter to find out how to resolve this misunderstanding. When she comes back on the line the resolution is the Flo is cancelling my homeowners because they will not sure home with a membrane roof. 

So I cancelled my previous policy that wasn't an issue, and now Flo Is cancelling me. I chose to email the local agent rather than calling to avoid saying something that would be unhelpful. 

They couldn't have figured this out when I gave the info to the agent about roof when getting the quote?

Of course I haven't received the refund for the previous policy, will need to pay for a new policy up front, and will probably get a bill from Flo for an increase in my auto insurance since it's no longer bundled with my homeowners. 

The internet, specifically the crap click bait ads.  I look at some information online about a Firebird.  I get a fake ad about the 2025 Firebird.  I look at the thread in GRM about the Chevy Spark.

Yep. I get a targeted ad about the 2025 Spark. 

I need to tell Chrome to stuff it and use something else.

And another piss off to Chrome.  When I type targeted, do not correct it to Target.

Sometimes I know what I am doing.

In reply to Datsun240ZGuy :

I theorized when I was younger that if you wanted to call in sick, make the excuse the most embarrassing type of medical problem you could think of. That way they wouldn't give you E36 M3 for it because they would want to avoid any discussion of the embarrassing condition.

Holy carp.

This is what's wrong with business in this country.  We have a postal strike going on that nobody really cares about. Fine.

I wanted to order parts from Solen, a Canadian electronics supplier. A small box that would be, maybe, a few pounds that would normally ship Canada post. They want $50 to ship from Quebec, five day service via UPS. Not gonna happen.

I got a box of suspension parts from RA yesterday, $34 from the US in two days.

I priced coilover springs from Summit just now. $13 shipping from the US.

You wonder why sales are down, and business isn't good? People, you need to be better.

Keurig coffee makers.

What jack hole decided that my coffee maker would be made better by putting a computer inside it?

It seems like every time I try to clean this stupid thing it develops some sort of malfunction.

wae said:

Keurig coffee makers.

What jack hole decided that my coffee maker would be made better by putting a computer inside it?

It seems like every time I try to clean this stupid thing it develops some sort of malfunction.

I am not sure that a Keurig makes coffee.

In reply to wae :

My wife bought me one a few years ago. I think it lasted 18 months. I bought another and it lasted another 18 months or so. I bought a Braun and it's 4-5 years old and still going strong. Second rant: I always hated the K-Cups, I think they are an environmental disaster so I used a reusable metal filter that was a PITA to clean instead.

In reply to wae :

A couple years ago, SWMBO got me a combo regular coffee pot and K-cup thing, forget the brand.  I don't use the K side much but it is handy for hot cider and hot chocolate occasionally.  If I want coffee, I almost never drink just one cup so I never bothered with these things.

In the vein of hot beverages, I went to three different stores this afternoon, and all three were picked clean of miniature marshmallows. Looks like we're slumming it with just whipped cream on the hot cocoa tonight.

And I am unbelievably grateful that this is my biggest gripe for today.  

Gym is playing Christmas music. I have my headphones, but who wants to work out while listening to that? 

I drink instant coffee. Its easier than a Keurig, cheaper and you have the added bonus that nobody wants to drink your coffee because everyone thinks it's gross. You get used to the taste 🙂

Late June early July, sometime mid chemo, I caught the fridge door with my big toenail. Felt it break, it bled, left a big hollow between skin and nail as it grew. 

I've been waiting months for this nail to fall off. 

It hasn't fallen off yet, but it finally grew out enough to see the break in the nail. Which would be cool. IF I had enough hand strength to cut the damn nail down without twisting it off. 

So now it's a fun game of protecting the base of the nail while trying to shorten the top. 

Some junkie (per cops) broke into my Trans Am and shattered the driver's side window, the windshield, and cracked my formerly pristine dash pad. And because it's a 3rd gen F-body, i'm the most irritated about the dash pad!

My city is hiring for a Planning & Development Director....which is absolutely hilarious. Our mayor and a few council members have successfully stopped anything from changing in this city for years. We've slammed the door on outside businesses & developers so hard that we have a reputation. This job is pointless since the person will be undermined at every turn. I feel sorry for anyone who applies thinking it will be a good career move.

Batteries Plus. I bought a pair of Group 31 batteries with 4 year warranty. Not cheap. That was 2 years ago. They've gotten weak, neither of my name brand automatic chargers can get 1 of the 2 to charge to full, time for a try at the warranty. I already figured I'd have an uphill battle to get them replaced, but what I wasn't prepared for? Them just saying "sorry, I can't help" before they even saw the battery.

I stopped at the closest store to my job-site. It's 20 minutes from the store I bought the batteries from 2 years ago. I was told I needed to go there. I showed him email receipt, he typed in order number and sorta shrugged, told me again I'd need to go there.

I said "so, even though you're nationwide, and the warranty doesn't stipulate I have to return it to the store I got it from...you're saying I have to go there?"

"No, I just can't help you."

"I don't know what that means. So if I were traveling out of state, and had an issue, they'd say 'go back home'?"

"No sir, they'd be able to help you."

"But you can't?"

"No sir."

...

"Thanks??"

Thanks aircooled

In reply to Spearfishin :

Scott Williams is the CEO of Batteries Plus. Here's a few possible email addresses for him:

swilliams@batteriesplus.com
scott.williams@batteriesplus.com
scott@batteriesplus.com
s.williams@batteriesplus.com

Send him an email outlining the sitution and see what happens. Next step is calling your state Attorney General's office. That's a serious chunk of change for them to blow off.

slefain said:

In reply to Spearfishin :

Scott Williams is the CEO of Batteries Plus. Here's a few possible email addresses for him:

swilliams@batteriesplus.com
scott.williams@batteriesplus.com
scott@batteriesplus.com
s.williams@batteriesplus.com

Send him an email outlining the sitution and see what happens. Next step is calling your state Attorney General's office. That's a serious chunk of change for them to blow off.

 

I went to the store I bought them from over lunch. Now I'm just stuck in the "our $75 tester says they're good to go" phase of the battle. Which is the part I knew I was up against. 

RevRico said:

Thanks aircooled

Nope.  We don't need to do that either.  There were plenty of causes for that, his post was just the last straw.

I shouldn't have called him out either, and I'm sorry for doing so.

Spearfishin said:

I went to the store I bought them from over lunch. Now I'm just stuck in the "our $75 tester says they're good to go" phase of the battle. Which is the part I knew I was up against. 

"That's interesting. Mine says they aren't. Let's throw them on your charger and see if you can get them to take a charge."

For Bob's sake, you made your point.  It was seen.  You're on record as being righteous.

Next time, drop it and move on.

DarkMonohue said:

Spearfishin said:

I went to the store I bought them from over lunch. Now I'm just stuck in the "our $75 tester says they're good to go" phase of the battle. Which is the part I knew I was up against. 

"That's interesting. Mine says they aren't. Let's throw them on your charger and see if you can get them to take a charge."

That's where we left it! Shall update tomorrow.

arrived at the airport around midnight and went to get the rental car I reserved. there was no one at the desk and I couldn't get through to anyone on the phone. Avis was supposed to be open until 1am, but I guess they ran out of cars and just went home. Now I had to take a $100 uber to my hotel in a different city, and I'll have to pick up a rental car in town in the morning. 

I've got some terrific memes in the chamber, but no Meme Thread to post them in.

gixxeropa said:

arrived at the airport around midnight and went to get the rental car I reserved. there was no one at the desk and I couldn't get through to anyone on the phone. Avis was supposed to be open until 1am, but I guess they ran out of cars and just went home. Now I had to take a $100 uber to my hotel in a different city, and I'll have to pick up a rental car in town in the morning. 

Did you give the customer service 1800 number a try? I managed to get someone to an abandoned airline ticket counter in an analogous situation via their national CS number.