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07-12-2017, 07:35 PM
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I hear them call the tide
Join Date: Dec 2005
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OMG........ what a horrific experience, but good news to report.... it's booked! and for not a whole shit ton more than the best price we saw originally!
The long story....... decided to bite the bullet and pay the higher price today rather than waiting in hope because yolo and all that. As I was booking suddenly the hotel we picked was no longer available (then why the fuck did it show up in the search results?)... need to start over. try other dates we haven't tried before.... looked at other hotels.... timed out...... refresh.... wash rinse repeat............ hotel comes back. way more than we wanted to pay but doable. BOOK BOOK BOOK! get to the very last bit -return flight -suddenly there's an option that isn't at all unattractive to us (just one layover, no obvious difference from the others) that seems to take $500 each off the price...... clicked it to see... that happened... went through all the checkout... price still good..... all traveler, cc details entered, hit pay....it wants to log me in because it recognized the email address.... and the whole shebang disappears. Called customer service, expected them to claim such a price was impossible..... took a while, she asked the price, said she would take care of us...... and found it pretty much, same hotel, slightly different flights, but no worse.... booked it... etc. Overall maybe we're paying maybe $500 total more than the very best price we saw when we weren't quite ready to book..... a little good karma is long overdue I feel, so I'm not gonna worry about the shitstorm that must be coming as I normally would.... but I think I aged 20 years.
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07-12-2017, 07:58 PM
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Yay!
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07-12-2017, 08:03 PM
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I hear them call the tide
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...and yes I did hold for another 5-10 minutes to talk to a manager and tell him how awesome the agent was.
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The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart |
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07-12-2017, 08:08 PM
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We have to go back, Kate!
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07-12-2017, 11:05 PM
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UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
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Location: Austin, TX
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So glad it worked out!
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07-13-2017, 02:04 AM
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The future is unwritten
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07-13-2017, 07:25 AM
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still says videotape
Join Date: Feb 2001
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Bravo!
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If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis |
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10-19-2017, 12:41 AM
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Goon Squad Leader
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Seattle
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My cat, Caesar, died this morning.
He was 15. I'm just overwhelmed. Going to bed now.
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10-19-2017, 02:02 AM
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The Un-Tuckian
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: South Central...KY that is
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Aw shit, V. Hate hearing that, man.
I know ya done good by Caesar.
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10-19-2017, 02:40 AM
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The future is unwritten
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Yeah, that sucks. It's tough losing a friend.
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10-19-2017, 07:21 AM
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still says videotape
Join Date: Feb 2001
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Sorry man.
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10-19-2017, 01:04 PM
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Person who doesn't update the user title
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: La Crosse, WI
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Sorry V.
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Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind. |
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10-19-2017, 05:29 PM
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Encroaching on your decrees
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So sorry, Big V. It truly hurts to lose a family member. ((((Hugs))))) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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11-07-2017, 08:28 AM
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It took 3 1/2 years. To recap, after the first seven months she returned to western medicine -- which then took heroic measures. It hasn't been a great life since then, full of chemo and nausea and pain, and treatment after treatment, as it spread to her spine, liver, eventually her brain. But she has been kept alive for her children and family. Do not go gentle into that good night Dylan Thomas, 1914 - 1953 Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. |
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