Marlene McKay » Computers and/or Internet

This looks like such fun!

Marlene — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 03:08:16 +0000

This looks like an Improv Everywhere stunt – but I don’t think it is. Apparently it’s a commercial for Volkswagon. But the fast lane slide sure looks like a lot of fun!

FAST LANE Volume 1 @ Yahoo! Video

Satellite Issues

Marlene — Fri, 28 May 2010 22:06:50 +0000

I’m so tired of my satellite dish giving me issues. It seems that I get my service interrupted even if a bird farts any where near my dish. I’ve been looking around on the Internet to see what the local cable company has to offer and I like what I see. I’ve submitted an email to them to find out a few more things and then I’ll most likely join up. I just hope that they can do a lot better for me than Direct TV has been able to.

I love horses!

Marlene — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:14:45 +0000

I have always loved animals. Especially horses. Unfortunately I was not raised in an environment that let me get close to them. I wish I had the skills and talents of the young lady in this video! (I also wish I had horses and lots of money, but if wishes were horses, then beggars would ride!) Anyway, this lady is spectacular!

Yuck! Makes me think twice about hotels, that is for sure!

Marlene — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:00:46 +0000

I was thinking about buying some new glassware for our kitchen, and so I was searching the Internet for some new glasses. I found this instead! I know it is an old story, but it still freaked me out a lot!

So cute – dancing babies

Marlene — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:36:43 +0000

My sister sent me the link to this adorable video of a compilation of babies dancing to “I’m a single lady.” So cute I wanted to share it with you! Hope you like it too!

I’ll fix their goat!

Marlene — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:20:18 +0000

I have re-ordered the clothes from that same Ebay merchant that sent me the wrong items a few months ago and failed to make good on them. The exact same items. According to Ebay, the items were shipped. When they arrive, you can just imagine what kind of feedback I’ll be leaving the merchant this time!

Paypal says it’s too late

Marlene — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:15:05 +0000

My sister suggested that I put in a claim with PayPal to try to get the Ebay merchant to pony up with the merchandise, so I went to the PayPal website to lay out a claim. I was quite annoyed when I realized that there is a 45 day limit to claims, and that the merchant that stiffed me had played me out over that 45 day limit!

So, with a little research I found that the purchase in question was actually charged onto my DiscoverCard, which gives me more time to dispute a charge! So I called the DiscoverCard Customer Service today and explained the situation and they said that they will investigate and in the meantime will credit my account for the money.

Played for a fool

Marlene — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:11:12 +0000

Last July I ordered several items of clothing from a merchant on Ebay. When they arrived, one was not the size advertised, and one was damaged. I noticed these flaws AFTER I left positive feedback. (Note to self, inspect everything carefully before leaving positive feedback!)

So I contacted the merchant, who told me that he did NOT want me to return them, but that he would replace them. So I waited a couple of weeks, and asked for a progress report and was told “so sorry, we’ll be shipping them tonight.” A couple more weeks, and still nothing. My inquiries to the merchant have now remained ignored, so I am assuming that the merchant has “stiffed” me at this point and has no itention of doing the honorable thing.

Whatever happened to Customer Service?

Marlene — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:57:37 +0000

Here’s another one:

Don’t be rude

Marlene — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:54:31 +0000

I’m all for advances in technology; I embrace it! But I do have to say that I think it is very rude for people to be involved in text messaging while pretending to have a conversation with someone else. If I am eating dinner with someone at a restaurant, I would be highly offended if that person started text messaging someone else, and I think I would get up from the table and go home! I also think that text messaging while driving is very dangerous and should be illegal!