Sunday, October 13, 2013

Today's Favorite GIF

I wonder what she is thinking?
I am sure he is saying something important for her to give him that much attention. 

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

PC President's Choice Mastercard Application Enjoyment

A while ago my girlfriend and I decided to share a credit card. It's not that big of a deal but it is a step forward in our relationship. We looking around for new credit cards; Costco Amex, Aeroplan visa, TD points Visa, but since we do a lot of shopping at PC owned stores (No Frills, Loblaws) we decided to get a PC World card.

One Saturday (Janurary 26th), over a month ago, we got our critical data and went to the Superstore. It was pretty busy but we sat down at the PC card application location and waited a bit. After about 5 minutes one of the agents came up to us and said, it we did it over the phone it would be faster and easier. So we did our shopping and went home with that intention.

Later that night, we called up and was put on hold for a few minutes. Eventually an agent responded and we started our path to getting a credit card. About 10 minutes in, the agent said that it might be easier and faster to do it on-line instead. She pointed me to the website. I said we were only looking for the PC world card and not the other one, she said they would determine which you would get quickly and let us know. So I hung up and went on-line.

Going to the pc site was not much of a chore. They had a couple odd connections but it did not take long and they said someone would contact us shortly. We waited a few days.. then a week... then 10 days and finally someone called on February 19th and left a message for use to call back.

I called the number ( 1-866-296-0621 ) not really sure whom it was since the message was very garbled. The lady whom answered quickly started interrogating me with personal questions without any proof that they were PC. I hung up and did a quick search of the number I called and the only results I got were people complaining that PC was calling from that number forcing credit cards upon them and they didn't trust them. So I went to the PC site, called up the "contact us" number and confirmed the number I called was indeed their number. I called up again, tried to answer their strange questions and then emailed them pictures as proof that I was who I said I was. Before she hung up, I asked why is this taking so long and how much longer this would take, she said that if I did it at the store location, it would have been a lot faster.

Fast forward to today (March 12th) and still no word on anything. No calls, no emails, no mail, no credit card. I know for a fact my credit rating is "very good" according to a banker I know so I am not sure what is going on. I don't really mind that part all that much, what I do mind is two things;

First, If they are so big on confirming all your personal information, they should be willing to do the same. Post up your PC credit number on your site so people know whom they are talking to. Also, have them confirm they are who they say they are and confirm they really do want a credit card. Some people don't it seems.

Second, let people choose what card they want, don't have them have to ask to upgrade at some point in the future. I don't want the PC basic card. If I get it, I'm just going to throw it away. Let people know what they will be getting ahead and give them the option to cancel if it does not look like they will be getting what they want.

Third, at most importantly, get your act together! When I go to the location and they say call, and I call and they say do it on-line, and I do it on-line and they say I should have gone to the location, it is very very aggravating. No one likes to get the run around. And I am sure you have lost many potential customers based on this alone. 

Friday, February 1, 2013

Pringles Betrayed Me

I used to love Pringles, I could go through a whole can in less than 2 days which was crazy. I stopped buying them as they were getting rather expensive (since I had to pay for them instead of my parents) but I bought some a little while back for nostalga sake and was dissapointed.

First I thought they were stale or something. Nope, they were fine. It was just different than I remember. I looked at the chip and noticed that I could now see through them a lot more than I used to be able to. Sure there were more, but there was less of them. I did some checking and found that they were not only thinner, but they were overall smaller. I used to be able to barely squeeze my hand in to get inside, now I cannot. My hand has not gotten any bigger so the tin go smaller. On top of that, I found a youtube video that shows the chips are getting even smaller than that! They are selling more box with less contents!

http://lessisloss.blogspot.ca/2013/01/pringles-potato-chips.html

I wish that other tube potato chips were better than they are but they are not good so I guess my tub chip days are over...