A month later...

It took forever, but the Kmart box full of tiny teen togs was picked up last Friday and I was refunded today.

Five times.

They processed a separate refund for each item, making five small credits to my account rather than one credit for the total amount.  I'm just glad that I got the full refund that I was due and I don't have to call them again.

Walmart vs Kmart

Our local Walmart Supercenter has been undergoing some changes to layout lately.  So I hear.  I haven't actually been in there in ages, since my husband keeps me locked in the basement.

Anyway, I got a little advertizement flier for the Grand Re-Opening.  There was a $5 gift card inside.  I'll take free money, thank you.  I activated it and put it in my husband's wallet so it will be handy the next time he has to pick up whatever on his way home from work.

Kmart, on the other hand, is PISSING ME OFF.  I posted on May 27 about buying some shirts from kmart.com and how there was a shipping mixup with my order.  The deal was that UPS was to pickup the package, then I'd be refunded.  UPS didn't come, nor did I get an email about it.

So I called one week later.  This time is was a guy I talked to, very apologetic, and he was supposed to make it happen.  It didn't.

I've had this box of wrong clothing sitting here for 23 days, and I'm still out $30.49.  I thought about trying to return these items to a Kmart store, but there are two issues.  First, these incorrect items total over $50.  Second, it says they will credit the original account, which obviously isn't mine.

So as I'm typing, I'm on the phone again with another CS rep, who is also typing up a storm.....

...15 minutes later....

This one tells me she sent a message to the refund department to credit my account, and another to the shipping department to pick the damn thing up.  I'm supposed to get email confirmation from these two departments within 72 hours.  I've heard that before.

Then she asked if I wanted to place an order while I was on the phone.  Grrrr......

Car insurance pays me, twice.

We pay our auto insurance in full every 6 months, March and September.  A few weeks ago, we got a letter from saying that our policy premium was calculated incorrectly, and that we had overpaid.

I figured that it would be a credit on our account and it would be applied to September's bill.  A week later, we got a check for $3.13.

A day or two after that, they sent a policy statement showing the refund and a $0.00 balance.

Today another letter came, saying there was another error and we were still overpaid.  Attached was a check for 12¢.  I can't wait to roll up to the bank and say, "I'll take this in pennies please."

I have a feeling that another statement is on the way.

I'm happy that our insurance company is trying to stay on top of things by fixing discrepancies, but this is waste of paper and postage!

Top Hat Ducky

One of my kids worked on a story project with some classmates.  This is the result.  I did not correct the spelling or typos.

Top Hat Duckey

 

It Started
There was a duck, his name was Top Hat Ducky.  He stunk so bad you had to plug your nose when you walked by.  He had five open heart surgeries.  He is unhealthy and belches when he eats bugs, worms, somemores and sugar.  He camps and fishes a lot.  One day he went camping in the forbidden woods.  He burped so loud the trees tipped over.  It smelt like moth balls.  He heard a rustle in the bushes.  He took out his ninja suit and swiftly put it on.  A bear jumped out of the bushes!  Top Hat Ducky slashed him with a one sword swing.  The bear was dead.

When Death Arrives
Top Hat Ducky thought he was safe, but then, he was attacked by a dinosaur skeleton!  top Hat Ducky thought he was doomed!  Then, the Incredibles (the movie), with five tanks and ten bazookas shot the dinosaur skeleton, saving Top Hat Ducky.  Soon wild porcupines began to ambush them.  The Incredibles shot the porcupines to pieces and took the bones to the science fair.  Tired and exhausted from fear, Top Hat Ducky lit a bug and said, "It's all done" and drank some hot coffee.  Dukey found a tree by a village and slept.

Death and Deaths Pet
The next days...Top Hat Ducky woke up and he saw that he was in jail with a dragon!  He said to the dragon "how will we get out of here".  The dragon said, I thought you would ask.'  The dragon took a deep breath sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.
He melted the jail bars!  They ran away.  Now Ducky had a pet.  They hid in a castle but there were too many traps set through out so they left.  Ducky and the dragon left to the camp site to start a warm camp fire.

The Ending
Top Hat Ducky woke up from a horrible nightmare!  "It was just an evil dream", he said to himself.  The pulled the camper home where he reunited with his wife Hortanse and two twin boys Hubert and Huggly.

The End