Smart?

After that eventful lunch with Toe, Verns, Sngl & Annamanila, I got the recommendation of switching over to Smartbro, so that I can finally get back to my online life (and my blog). So I happily went off to the Smart center at SM North Edsa and happily paid the subscription fee.

Things went on smoothly at the start. The linesmen went to my place over the weekend and installed everything. I was so excited that I started texting everyone left and right that I was gonna be back online soon. To my dismay, they couldn’t get my connection up. They kept on insisting that they had to automatically detect the settings of my connection protocol, when in fact that was what wasn’t working in the first place.

Grrrr… they claim that they don’t have a master list of different addresses to give me, but they have the same list to give to PLDT myDSL users! Then the guy from customer service says: “Sir, kung di po maayos, i re refund na lang po namin yung pera nyo.“Gaaagh! Why are some people just plain <insert cuss word here>?

This is torture… *sob* 

MIA

Doesn’t it just piss you off when business are more concerned about getting your money rather than helping you out?

That’s what happened about a month ago when I applied to have DSL installed at home. Globelines was advertising a bundle on TV, for only 995, so, after slaving it out with a dial up connection for how many months now, I thought that it was about time I upgraded the internet connection we had.

Off we went to SM North to apply for the line, and had our existing one disconnected so that we didn’t have to pay unneccesarily. Globelines promised us a week or two. I went home a happy camper. Or so I thought.

Ellie and I just found out last week that the connection didn’t reach until our place, and if I wanted it to go through, I would have to pay an additional 15k for the wiring extensions. Heck, sometimes I act like I’m insane, but I’m definitely not THAT insane.

In short, they just scammed us. Even if it’s only for 500 measly pesos for the deposit, the fact that I waited for that long, and I have to wait another two weeks for the refund just completely sucks. Plus, I’ve been offline for so long that I don’t even know if you guys who used to frequent my blog know if I’m still alive and kicking.

*sigh* I miss you guys, and I miss my blog. Sana di magtampo sakin ang blog ko.