4779 - Come OOOONNNNNN!

We need a new refrigerator. Our backup (soda/beer) fridge went out. So the one in the kitchen, which is over 20 years old, will become the backup, and we'll get a new one for the kitchen.

I've been looking for a few weeks now. Wednesday night I finally bit the bullet and bought one online from Costco. Yesterday I open the Costco ad on email and guess what's on sale? Yep, the fridge I just bought. $150 less.

So I call my local Costco and ask them what to do. They give me an 800 number to call. I call it, go through all the voice prompts, and get 'due to the coronavirus, we're too busy, please call back or fill out the form online'.

So I fill out the form which basically says 'we'll charge you the full price then credit you back 3 days later'. Whatever.


Then, last Friday, I was trying to buy some CBD for Claudia. I was buying online from a site I'd bought from before. Except this time it wouldn't take my credit card.

I finally called the USA number (this is a Netherlands company) and talked to the USA rep.

A. She said she wasn't sure what was wrong and I should call my Visa people.
B. I call the VISA people. They say they don't see any transactions coming through. Call the company back.
C. I call the company. She says they are having VISA problems and are routing the transaction through the Netherlands. Maybe that's a problem.
D. I call VISA back. They say if the transaction is coming from overseas it's going to get rejected because ... I can't remember why.
E. I call the company back and tell the gal what VISA said. She tells me if I can wait until Monday, VISA should be fixed. She will pass along the info about overseas transactions.
F. I went online Monday and everything worked!
G. I got the CBD yesterday. This was my second order. This jar was only half full.
H. I called the company back. No answer. Left a message.