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So, Monday morning we were without Internet again after a power outage so we had to get a techie in to correct it again. And Cristina has to run to their bloody office to complain, because they don't answer the phone..
I re-did the line to Roger Gagnon on Ancestry to match with the info their family has. However, I thought it was funny that Ancestry wanted to show his father's middle name as Telesthore, a brother insisted it was Telesphore, and yet, the actual baptism register shows it as Joseph Arthur Theophile Gagnon!!! And another brother had no idea his great-grandfather was Godfroi..... Anyway, I am now done with it after spending hours and hours on it...
And, the delivery of 2 items that claimed to be delivered on Friday were delivered Monday.... At least they showed up! But the rest of my Amazon orders are all delayed, and I am sick and tired of being forced to sit and wait at the door when I have only 2 weeks left here.... Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Then I get this email from PayPal, who collects the revenues from my photo sales on both FAA/Pixels and RedBubble:
PayPal
−$82.44 USD
November 18, 2024 . Transfer
Paid with
PayPal balance
$82.44 USD
Transaction ID
3VF6213619801292M
Seller info
PayPal
Note
PayPal is withdrawing funds from your account in compliance with a court order in the matter of Eicher Motors Limited v The Individuals et al; Case No. 24CV3781.
So, while it is nice of them to email me that they have just stolen my money, this culminates from suspicious freezing of our funds back to last May. We were not allowed to use our funds for payments or withdrawals, and they refused to explain why... If you Google PayPal problems, you will see that there are several class-action lawsuits in process. And to make matters worse, the !!!@#$%^&* stole $4.76 USD more than was in the account, and they want ME to make that amount up!!!!!!! Get real..........!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then to make matters worse, Pixels only pays us through PayPal, no other options, and they seem oblivious and uncaring about the problem. RedBubble offers direct deposit as an option but their system seems designed to make that impossible. I am just pulling my hair out as my hobby is being ruined... The money is meaningless, especially if they just steal all of it, and more.... I have had PayPal for umpteen years without problems, until now.
Monday night a thunderstorm passed by without rain, and the power went out for 1/2 hour.
I downloaded 5 more movies off Pirate Bay within 1/2 hour and watched the new Avatar movie to pass the time.
This morning, the ground was wet and the rain came and went all day. I spent the day fighting with PayPal, Pixels and RedBubble again and the stupidity of the Bots and systems and automatic denials are frustrating. You can't talk to a real person anymore it seems, and when you do, they are either uncaring or just plain dumb.
Cris went to the Tulua dog refuge managed by her sister (who she is not speaking to again) but run by a niece and her partner. She delivered an ultrasonic dog trainer like I have because they work so well. The niece was terrified of one dog and just loves this. I was supposed to go along to install a doorbell system like we have, but I had to wait for these blasted Amazon orders that could show up at any time...
Then Cristina went for her accupuncture treatment and came home in the rain.
Now I need to call Amazon, again......
I hope you enjoy the pictures. That was the day’s excitement.
Al
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We couldn't find Blanco He was stowing away on the Chappy A new baby bud on the dual-rose plant The roof they started is now gone... Copycat Mono was in the Chappy basket too