Thursday, May 22, 2008

Decisions, decisions...

Win a triathlon, or contact a human being by phone at Amazon.com? Win a triathlon, or contact a human being by phone at Amazon.com?

Hmmm... Which is better cardiovascular exercise?
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13 comments:

breda said...

were you actually able to find the phone number?

12:47 PM, May 22, 2008
Tam said...

Yes, Odin bless Google.

1:03 PM, May 22, 2008
breda said...

I have to tell you a secret. When a library patron is giving me an especially hard time about finding an out-of-print book (& they're willing to purchase), I give them the Amazon 1-800#.

eeeeeeeeeevil librarian.

1:40 PM, May 22, 2008
Anonymous said...

I dunno. Is gut wrenching considered aerobic?

3:21 PM, May 22, 2008
Anonymous said...

Amazon will raise your heart rate faster, but Triathalons will keep the blood pressure down overall.

4:46 PM, May 22, 2008
Anonymous said...

Tam try www.gethuman.com/index.asp
a rather useful site.

4:50 PM, May 22, 2008
Anonymous said...

Hmmm, I've called them a few times in the last few months, and I've never had a problem. I always use the Contact Us button on the help page and they call me within a minute, usually I'm talking to a person in three minutes.

7:05 PM, May 22, 2008
Anonymous said...

Problems, Tam?

I ask because I hit your tip jar and your wishlist yesterday; Hope there are no issues there.

Anonymouse

7:53 PM, May 22, 2008
Earl said...

'Win' a triathelon is so cool, go for it! Everyone can talk to a human at Amazon.com, as soon as they know the secret handshake...

9:50 PM, May 22, 2008
Anonymous said...

Earl, I looked at it the other way - winning a triathlon IS humanly possible.

12:47 AM, May 23, 2008
Tam said...

What's holding me up in the triathlon is that so few bikes have ashtrays or beer bottle holders.

5:51 AM, May 23, 2008
Tam said...

"I ask because I hit your tip jar and your wishlist yesterday; Hope there are no issues there."

No, everything's cool now. (And Thank Yew!)

What happened was this:

Every month, $20 or $30 winds up in the Amazon tip jar. When I moved to Indy, I didn't close out my TN checking account, but left only two things tied to it: My Amazon Tip Jar and my monthly AOhelL bill. My bill gets paid automatically, and every so often I can spend the difference on a bead or trinket. (Why I maintain the AOhelL thing is a long story...)

I noticed that the automatic deposit that's supposed to happen didn't, and so I manually requested a transfer. It wouldn't let me. So I tried to talk to a human and find out why.

As it happens, the problem was safely on their end and not mine, and is all fixed now.

8:42 AM, May 23, 2008
Anonymous said...

Just trying to help pay the sock ransom.
Oh, and here's your ashtray:
www.x-tray.com/

(you just KNEW some smartazz would find one, right?)

10:48 AM, May 23, 2008

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