I Am So Pissed!

[bazil323]

You may or may not know that I won the $100 prize in the recent contest. I was so excited. I ordered Chester Cheeky and the Impulse Jack Rabbit along with the Climax Bursts Toy Cleaner. I was surprised to see the arrival date as today as I chose the economy 8+ day shipping and was expecting it later. Needless to say, I was popping my seams to get home and try it out. I had thrown in the Jack Rabbit because it was the daily deal that day and was a super price. However, I was much much more excited about the Chester Cheeky. It looked so cute, rechargable and waterproof, yeah!

Well, I saw that they listed it as left in garage. We have a carport attached to a small old garage, so we park in the carport and go through the garage to get in. I didn't see the box when I was walking in, so once I put my purse and pizza away, I went to see if they left it outside someplace weird. Well, our dog happens to be tied up near the door so that he can get in under the carport for shelter. The UPS person apparently left the garage door open enough for him to get in or just leaned it against the garage door where the dog can easily get at it. The dog totally destroyed the box! I found the charging port first, which looked fine except packed with snow. Then I found the Climax Burst, which has a hole popped in it near the top but otherwise okay. Then I found the Impulse Jack Rabbit under part of the shipping box, and the corner of the Jack Rabbit box was torn but the toy was totally fine. Then I finally find Chester Cheeky in the snow with tooth marks all over and tears in the soft rubbery part! Also, totally packed with snow around the joystick.

I'm afraid to even test the Chester Cheeky because it probably has snow jammed into the workings, which I can kind of see through a particularly large tear. I am so mad at the dog for tearing up the box but mainly the delivery guy who obviously left it in a dangerous spot. At the very least, the dog might have peed on it, he doesn't have any idea what kind of behavior the dog has. Besides that, a total waste of the money! Yeah, I only paid for $68 of the total bill, which would cover about the Jack Rabbit and Climax Bursts with a little to spare for the Chester Cheeky (given the half-off price of the Jack Rabbit), but then that whole $100 was wasted! I just don't know what to do. I am so frustrated I can't even think! Sorry to vent, everyone!

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Just a Boy Dog

Got to understand the lad lab-

He's not eager to be bad;

If the right he always knew,

He would be as old as you.

Were he now exceeding wise,

He'd be just about your size;

When he does things that annoy,

Don't forget - he's just a boy dog.

Could he know and understand,

He would need no guiding hand;

But he's young fury and hasn't learned

How life's corners must be turned.

Doesn't know from day to day

There is more to life than play.

More to face than selfish joy.

Don't forget - he's just a boy dog.

Being just a boy dog he'll do

Much you will not want him to;

He'll be careless of his ways,

Have his disobedient days.

Wilful, wild and headstrong, too,

He'll need guidance kind and true;

Things of value he'll destroy,

But reflect - he's just a boy dog.

Just a boy dog who needs a friend,

Patient, kindly to the end;

Needs a father master who will show

Him the things he wants to know,

Take him with you when you walk,

Listen when he wants to talk bark,

His companionship enjoy,

Don't forget - he's just a boy dog.

Edgar Albert Guest

[bazil323]

Heh, had to smile at that. Don't worry, the dog didn't get a beating. I just explained that he was the bane of my existence. He didn't seem to understand as he kept putting his bouncy ball at my feet and looking eagerly for it to be thrown. He's actually a pretty good dog, but for whatever reason, he chose that moment to become Satan, lol.

I did contact UPS through their website to see if there was any way to get some reimbursement for what was ruined (without mentioning specific items , just price) because this would have been totally avoided had the delivery person used some common sense and put it where the dog couldn't get it. Like 100 feet away by the mailbox, or even just 30 feet away at the other end of the carport. Or on the counter by the door in the garage.

[bazil323]

Oh, yeah, to add insult to injury, we had just finally gotten internet hooked up at our new place on Wednesday. Last night (Thursday, 1 day after getting internet), hubby was playing on the computer looking up YouTube videos on Internet Explorer (I use Firefox), he suddenly says "there a virus alert, what should I do?" I immediately said, "Don't click on anything" because we had recently gotten an alert from work that there are a lot of viruses going around that look like security alerts but are actually viruses. Plus, I had one about a year ago at work that looked exactly like Microsoft Security Suite. Well, guess what? That was what was popping up. It was too late. He didn't click on anything, but neither had I a year ago but still the virus worked it's way in to the computers within seconds. Every few seconds it would pop up with a security alert. It wouldn't let me run a virus scan either. Last year, the IT guy was able to run some virus software and it was fine. This time I was on my own because it was a home. I knew I shoulda bought a security program when I was picking up the router! Stupid! Anyway, this time it was also popping up Internet Explorer about every 5-15 minutes and going to either viagra.com, porno.org, or adult.com. I tried running the outdated virus program (Symantec that hadn't been updated in a long time since we hadn't had internet). Nope. Then I figured out that I could get it to run by opening up My Computer, right clicking C drive and then check for viruses. Well, after running for nearly 80 minutes, not even 1 risk was identified. I had tried downloading McAfee, but it wouldn't let me run the install file once I got it saved to the computer. So, I finally gave up after about 2 hours of fiddling. I downloaded the McAfee file at work as well as free program, so hopefully, I can get it off there tonight. By the time I shut down last night, it wasn't letting me get on the internet at all. It said that it couldn't find a connection even though the Wireless Connections dialog box said it was a great signal and connected. I was able to trick it into letting me open the McAfee file by taking the battery out of the laptop and then turning back on and clicking on McAfee as soon as I saw it (wouldn't turn off by going through Start). But, then the McAfee installer said it couldn't get an internet connection. That's when I went to bed.

I also saw about trying to restart in safe mode by hitting F8 or whatever.

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The dog probably chewed the internet cable.

One thing that worked for me once (but did not work another time) was, if you can get into the Control Panel, go to Performance and Maintenance, then to System Restore (on the lefthand side column; this is with windoze XP), and restore back to a time before your troubles started. Before restoring, I did a virus scan (took forever cuz the invader made the computer run super slow), and it came up with nothing. I was pretty pissed and dejected.

It gets so time consuming to fix this shtuff, and I'm no computer geek, it's getting to the point where next time it happens, I may just scoop the darned thing up, cart it off to my local computer repair guy, and pay de man to fix it.

[bazil323]

Well, the internet thing is solved. I was able to get into safemode and run the virus/malware scan. Then I checked the connects between the modem thingy and the wireless router. One connection was a little loose, so I reconnected it and now works fine. The only thing is that the McAfee software won't download, so I might just get a refund and try getting the actual disks instead. I do have some temporary blockers setup now and am only using Firefox since it seems Internet Explorer is not as protected. Besides, it says there is some problem with it connecting to the internet while Firefox is fine.

Anyway, so I submitted a damage report to UPS, so hopefully I'll get that taken care of as well. I realized after hitting submit that when I put in the total items damaged were 2 and I wanted the total replacement cost to be $128, but it thought that the total cost was that times 2. Hopefully, that will get straightened out and won't be the reason they deny me. Ugh, I just can't seem to get anything going right.

[bazil323]

Yay! My rant is now a woohoo! TT gave me a $130 gift code to replace my damaged items. Unfortunately, the Chester Cheeky was discontinued since I placed my original order, but I decided to get Gigi from Lelo with Climax Bursts cleaner, I like it Doggy Style Strap, Sliquid Silk lube, Gun Oil H2O lube, and Liquid Silk lube. Yeah, lube heavy, but I've wanted to try some of these for a while and figured I couldn't go wrong with lube, lol.

I've certainly learned my lesson to leave the dog inside when expecting packages. My only gripe is that TT had to pay for UPS's mistake. In this whole mess, TT was really the only completely innocent party, and yet they had to pay for the stupid mistake of leaving a package in the reach of a dog. Oh well, I can't complain since at least I didn't miss out on some new toys. Now I'm super excited to get my new order (and leave the dog inside, lol!).

[Jo Savage]

That was very kind of TT to do that for you.

[ladylove]

Yay! My rant is now a woohoo! TT gave me a $130 gift code to replace my damaged items. Unfortunately, the Chester Cheeky was discontinued since I placed my original order, but I decided to get Gigi from Lelo with Climax Bursts cleaner, I like it Doggy Style Strap, Sliquid Silk lube, Gun Oil H2O lube, and Liquid Silk lube. Yeah, lube heavy, but I've wanted to try some of these for a while and figured I couldn't go wrong with lube, lol.

I've certainly learned my lesson to leave the dog inside when expecting packages. My only gripe is that TT had to pay for UPS's mistake. In this whole mess, TT was really the only completely innocent party, and yet they had to pay for the stupid mistake of leaving a package in the reach of a dog. Oh well, I can't complain since at least I didn't miss out on some new toys. Now I'm super excited to get my new order (and leave the dog inside, lol!).

service that makes you smile!

[bazil323]

Heck yeah! I love, love, love TT! I've recommended TT to many friends, and I hope they took the time to check out the website. I know that the one I gave a gift certificate to for her bachelorette party hasn't used it yet because she's afraid that her new hubby will be intimidated or something. Another of my friends and I suggested using something smaller and not penis shaped, like a bullet or egg.

Ironically, I also ordered the free item a couple days after my replacement order, and I got that Friday. My replacement order should be here tomorrow, and I am so freaking excited!! I haven't used the free item yet (Royal rabbit, can't remember exact name) because I'm thinking about giving it to a friend (the one that also suggested the egg/bullet to the newlywed) who hasn't tried many but appreciates them. She just isn't sure what she likes and can't afford a whole lot. Plus, she has kids, teenage boys, and can't really get on the website much, if at all.

[sass]

Yay! My rant is now a woohoo! TT gave me a $130 gift code to replace my damaged items. Unfortunately, the Chester Cheeky was discontinued since I placed my original order, but I decided to get Gigi from Lelo with Climax Bursts cleaner, I like it Doggy Style Strap, Sliquid Silk lube, Gun Oil H2O lube, and Liquid Silk lube. Yeah, lube heavy, but I've wanted to try some of these for a while and figured I couldn't go wrong with lube, lol.

I've certainly learned my lesson to leave the dog inside when expecting packages. My only gripe is that TT had to pay for UPS's mistake. In this whole mess, TT was really the only completely innocent party, and yet they had to pay for the stupid mistake of leaving a package in the reach of a dog. Oh well, I can't complain since at least I didn't miss out on some new toys. Now I'm super excited to get my new order (and leave the dog inside, lol!).

YAY TT!!! Now, might I suggest getting the dog its own toy? LOL!