Sunday Morning Blog

April 19, 2007

This Week on Mello Street

• Lincoln and I graduated from our advanced obedience class at Joseph's Obedience Training School in Bourne. We accomplished just about everything advanced training had to offer, except the "long down, stay" and the "long sit, stay." A few minutes into a long down or a long sit, and Lincoln decides that he would prefer to come closer to me to continue his down. Either that, or his attention deficit rears its ugly head, and he starts doing the belly crawl toward some tempting smell or bit of treat that some less food-obsessed dog has left behind. I highly recommend taking a class. It is great for the dog's to get socialized, and a learning experience even for someone who has lived with a few dogs over the years.
• The new car stereo I ordered last weekend arrived this week, and it was missing a key feature that the seller listed on their website. It had no IP-Bus Control (CD Changer Control). The company I ordered it from, The TwisterGroup.com, originally apologized for the error and offered to send me return instructions... "within a week." When I argued (via PayPal Dispute Resolution) that I didn't think that I should have to wait a week for return instructions on an item that they had listed incorrectly, their tune suddenly changed. They edited the item's description (I do have a saved copy of their page from before the change), claimed that I was at fault for not investigating the product more thoroughly, told me that I would have to pay freight on the return, and that there would be a 20% restocking fee. Dirty rotten scoundrels!

  Lesson learned: Don't purchase high ticket items online that don't have verifiable features on the product manufacturer's website. Lesson number two: NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH THE TWISTERGROUP.COM!

• Are their any professional companies out there anymore? I have interviewed with two different companies in the past month (neither one of which amounted to anything promising). Most people expect a little discretion when it comes to matters of career and their livelihood. However, both of these companies managed to spill the beans about these private meetings. One of the interviews (with a company that begins with an N and ends with an A) was even being spoken about down in Orleans... nearly an hour away. While it is flattering that I am so popular, I would really appreciate a company that has some sort of people skills. Some day...

It's almost time for a vacation!

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Posted by capecodcyclist at April 19, 2007 07:59 PM