Bill Me Later is a division of Pay Pal which I never use. But some months ago I was looking at zip line gear trying to decide what I wanted. After much soul searching, I had decided on a wheel, a carabinier (or however you spell it), a seat and some ropes. Sent off order and didn't think anything more about it. That was in September.
About mid-October I got a call from Bill Me Later asking me to pay my bill. But, I said, "I never received any items and don't even remember purchasing anything, can you tell me what I bought?" No, they couldn't, only the date I supposedly purchased something for $264.00.
Yesterday, I was finally able to get a Bill Me Later customer service representative who found out the business I was supposed to have visited, a name to contact, and an email.
So I emailed, Nathan, and he was able to figure out the problem....I ordered the items but for whatever reason, they were never sent out! So I asked him to contact Bill Me Later, return the funds they had paid him, and get me out of this mess.
Well.....now I have a credit with Pay Pal...which I NEVER USE and probably will never use for the invoice, the fees and the interest. But...I have to figure out how to get the money from Pay Pal to Bill Me Later even though they are the same company. ARGH!
Wish I gotten the name and number of the gal who had helped me to get Nathan's name!
Too late to figure things out tonight and too busy for the next two days to reread all the dos and don'ts.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
Musings on a warm winter evening
In the quiet of the kitchen the clock loudly ticks down the hours and the day. And this month...the year. How is it possible that 2011 is almost over? It seems like the Millenimum was just last month. Is it just me or are the days moving faster and faster? Filled with so many wonderful guests sharing the magic of the mountains here at the Iron Mountain Inn; filled with friendships which grow stronger as the years grow longer; and especially filled with the beauty of the mountains.
What a fall we had this year! All that snow and rain last winter and spring created one of the most colorful falls I ever remember - here or in New England! Guests who visited in October were getting up early to catch the sunrises and then returning to catch the sunsets. Rust, burgundy, cream, yellow, pale greens, browns, reds, silver-all the colors were represented this year.
Ordinarily I prefer spring and its softer colors, but this year....I have to give the nod to autumn. And with my new Nikon 5100 I hope next fall to capture the colors with greater skill. I've so much to learn! And with suggestions from the group I Love Photography hosted by Cricket Walker, I purchased David Busch's book on the Nikon 5100. Working my way page by page, illustration by illustration. It'll take me at least a year to read it and I'm sure it'll take me at least 10 years to learn how to use my camera. It's a lot smarter than I am!
Just like computers! I love them and guess it's a good thing I don't have high speed internet as I might never get up from the desk in the kitchen, or the one in the office, or the tablet in my car. Luckily I don't have a smart phone or I'd probably be like "the young" and only communicate via text, not in person!
My problem with computers is that they lead me astray! I start researching something, or reading my emails, or chatting on Facebook and the next thing I know 5 hours have gone by without my knowledge. And then there are the strings which look interesting so you click on it and that follows something else which catches my eye and the next thing I know is I have dozens of tabs opened up and I'm way off on a tangent completely unrelated to what I started out looking for!
As the Nikon photography class I took in NYC in November called it, "Face-crack" because it is addictive. I am addicted to it and I try to break the habit, but there is so much interesting stuff out there. I want to dip into all of it!
But see....almost 30 minutes have gone by and I've got to finish!
What a fall we had this year! All that snow and rain last winter and spring created one of the most colorful falls I ever remember - here or in New England! Guests who visited in October were getting up early to catch the sunrises and then returning to catch the sunsets. Rust, burgundy, cream, yellow, pale greens, browns, reds, silver-all the colors were represented this year.
Ordinarily I prefer spring and its softer colors, but this year....I have to give the nod to autumn. And with my new Nikon 5100 I hope next fall to capture the colors with greater skill. I've so much to learn! And with suggestions from the group I Love Photography hosted by Cricket Walker, I purchased David Busch's book on the Nikon 5100. Working my way page by page, illustration by illustration. It'll take me at least a year to read it and I'm sure it'll take me at least 10 years to learn how to use my camera. It's a lot smarter than I am!
Just like computers! I love them and guess it's a good thing I don't have high speed internet as I might never get up from the desk in the kitchen, or the one in the office, or the tablet in my car. Luckily I don't have a smart phone or I'd probably be like "the young" and only communicate via text, not in person!
My problem with computers is that they lead me astray! I start researching something, or reading my emails, or chatting on Facebook and the next thing I know 5 hours have gone by without my knowledge. And then there are the strings which look interesting so you click on it and that follows something else which catches my eye and the next thing I know is I have dozens of tabs opened up and I'm way off on a tangent completely unrelated to what I started out looking for!
As the Nikon photography class I took in NYC in November called it, "Face-crack" because it is addictive. I am addicted to it and I try to break the habit, but there is so much interesting stuff out there. I want to dip into all of it!
But see....almost 30 minutes have gone by and I've got to finish!
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