T-Mobile hotspots are pretty cool. $6.99/hour isn't a bad way to spend a layover.

I just wanted to publically say this.

I'm absolutely sick of nextel's billing system. I like their network, I like their phones, and their services. I'm tired of their inability to bill me properly.

So I would personally recommend that if you are not a nextel user, you don't become one. And not only that, you call Nextel's media relations at 703-433-4700, or write an email at media.relations@nextel.com and tell them why. Tell them that when they repeatedly double bill people, you'd never use their service.
Mention this post.

Now, I'll be able to do this like I've done several times in the past, and getting my bank and nextel on the phone to fix the double billing. I'm just sick of doing it. I'd leave but I'm on contract for another year and a half, and I otherwise like their service, especially direct connect.

I guess this is a call to arms, of sorts.

08/16/2004 VISA CHECKCARD DB-POINT OF SALE Debit   $306.00 
08/16/2004 VISA CHECKCARD DB-POINT OF SALE Debit   $306.00 
Current Balance:    -$5.55
Available Balance:    -$5.55

I'm in the red right now, and monday morning, I won't be able to use my debit card to get gas, food, lunch, or anything else, because nextel's system, where they claimed to have declined my card because my CVV2 didn't match, decided to later re-submit the charge without requiring the CVV2 to match, causing a double billing. This after I resubmitted a charge, when they claimed it didn't go through.
And if something else comes through, like all the checks I wrote for my other bills, they'll bounce, at $30 each, and each company expecting my checks to be worth the paper they're printed on will find it to be untrue through no fault of my own.
And it has the potential to affect my upcoming business trip. Hard to travel without money…..

This is absolutely unacceptable behavior from a corporation, and I refuse to tolerate it.

Dear Nextel Customer:

Thank you for using MyNextel to pay your bill. Your payment has been posted to your account.

Please keep this information for your records.

Nextel account number:: xxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 13 Aug, 2004 19:22:42 EST
Payment amount: $306.00
Payment method:: Credit Card
Confirmation number: xxxxxxxx

For more information about this transaction, call 1-800-639-6111.

Nextel, once this is rectified, and I don't just mean that my account is refunded, but that I am also properly compensated for my trouble (any bounced checks that might occur, etc), and the problem is fixed, and recieve an apology, I'd be happy to remove it.

Anyway, if you're with me, just click on the hyperlinked email address on this post and shoot off a quick email mentioning this post, preferably by linking to it (http://www.livejournal.com/users/noweb4u/242771.html), and saying that you've read it and think this is something they should be focusing their time on fixing. I'm not the only one this occurs to, but I'm in a good position to ask others to take action. I'm now looking into other business phone and internet providers (try it now) since I don't want this to affect my business. Could you?

Correspondents and Invoice customers, please note the new address for payments:
Timmins Technologies, LLC
235 E. Lincoln Ave.
Madison Heights, MI 48071
Phone: 248-379-7826

Thanks in advance!

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Welcome Paul Timmins,

PAUSE, the Perl Authors Upload Server, has a userid for you:
PTIMMINS

Once you've gone through the procedure of password approval (see the
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in the PAUSE database.

This is what we have stored in the database now:

Name: Paul Timmins
email: paul@timmins.net
homepage: http://www.timmins.net
enteredby: Johan Vromans

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