VOIP.com policy does not allow refunds

I subscribed to VOIP.com for a year. After having trouble getting a number assigned the service worked okay for the price. Just before the annual renewal came up I was having trouble with delays when we tried to talk. VOIP.com emailed me stating I would be automatically enrolled for a second year if I didn't contact them. They also said that if I was having any trouble to go the their help forums and it would be resolved quickly. I didn't get a chance to experiment with the phone until the exact day of re-enrollment. I went through the FAQ and tried all ideas that offered. I then contacted the tech support forum. After 3 or 4 days with no response I canceled the account, boxed up the equipment, and returned it as directed. I used about 21 minutes trying to call my work voice mail to see if the delay was better. They have refused to refund my $212.73 annual payment because it is against their policy. So if you want a few days of non-service for 200 bucks, this is the place to go. How American is this? I am ashamed that these types are so insensitive and unreasonable. It was against my policy to pay for the first month and not have a telephone number assigned but I sucked it up.

Cold!

Well these have been the coldest days since I've been here in WV! Was beginning to think I had returned to Maine. Hopefully we are climbing out of the deep freeze.

Spent my days off looking up dead people. I thought I found that I was I was related to President Nixon but it was an error, I'm relieved. I like finding connections to Presidents but there are some I'd prefer not to share blood with. The good news is that I made a lot of progress on confirming other relatives.

No geocaching this weekend. I went for a walk in the mountains behind my house instead. The decent geocaching hikes are over an hour away now because I've gotten all the local ones that are not "park and grabs." When warmer weather comes I can get the bike out and that makes it more pleasurable.

Obama will begin this week! I wish him well. He is a smart man and will hopefully not let the far left simpletons lead him too far astray from common sense. The good news is that any change will likely lead to an improvement. Time will tell. Go Barack!

Is it just me?

I drove 1½ today to find some geocaches that offered a bit of challenge to get to. What I found was that the challenge was to find the trail-head to begin at. I spent way too much time looking for the correct beginning. Oh well, I got my exercise in and found what I intended to.

While I was driving around WV, looking for my trails I noticed hundreds of NO TRESPASSING signs EVERYWHERE!! What the heck! Why are people so worried about someone taking a walk on their property and enjoying the earth that we live on? Actually, who gave them that land anyway? Just another tidbit to put me in a pithy mood today.

Vacation is over now, back to work tomorrow. That will be good because I've stayed cooped up for the past few weeks and have done nothing but eat for exercise. That doesn't work out that well for weight control. At least at work I am forced to walk around a bit.

I chatted with k6 a while ago and that just brightened my day! I hadn't talked to her much lately and forgot how much I enjoyed it. She's a good gurl. :)