Travel tip to those of you unfortunate enough to have to use cell phone service in Mexico. In addition to having the highest rates in the world, the Telcel (near monopoly) network is also notoriously unreliable for sending text messages. They often arrive in a bunch, days after they were sent. That is, if they arrive at all.
Ten minutes ago the FedEx guy knocks on my door with the replacement bankcard that WaMu told me this morning was misprocessed and never went out. Not being one to hold a grudge and happy to have the card, I tried to activate it, but alas, they canceled it this morning in favor of the new one that will be here “in two days” (right). When I called them they said, “sorry”, but offered no other help. Ugh.
On the other hand, this has really shown me how sweet my freinds can be. George gave me a little money last week to tide me over, and Rocco did the same today. In addition, Gerardo offered to loan me as well. These guys give me the warm fuzzies. Thanks!
That’s about all I am going to have for the next few days. I am pretty pissed off at WaMu right now. After losing my card over a week ago, I called them to get an emergency replacement. I spent about an hour on the phone with them making sure everything was in order, and they promised I would have my replacement card in two business days (which should have been last Tuesday). Tuesday came and went. So did Wednesday. After several more calls to them throughout the week and longer estimates quoted (mysteriously morphing into 3-5 business days), I was still without my card this morning when I called them yet again. Several back and forth calls today, and I finally get word that the order was “incorrectly processed” and so they will have to do it again. But I should have my card in “two business days”. I am not so happy at the moment.