My new kicks!

My new kicks!

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Sprint Sux

Don’t use them. I had an issue with sprint in July where my voice service was randomly cutoff (but not just mine when I went into the sprint store on Ave of the Americas I was told it was affecting many customers). Long story short retentions offered me free text messages and a 60 dollar credit to not cancel for breach of contract. Fast forward two months and the 60 dollar credit is still not applied and, shocker, they don’t have any record of it ever existing. So after numerous calls I finally wrote this email to Sprint Executive Offices and CC’ed consumerist so we will see what happens:

To Whom It May Concern,

I am writing you about a never ending story involving my sprint account, on July 13th I noticed that my voice service didn’t work and that I could not make or receive calls after many trips to the sprint store, plus calls to *2 I was told that they didn’t know what the problem was, but rest assured, it would be solved in 24-48 hours. Well 11 days later and I still don’t have voice service. On getting a new handset my service was restored (something both tier 1 &2 tech support said would definitely not help) during the period my phone was not working I was told by retentions that I would be getting a 60 dollar credit as well as unlimited text messages (for free, because this was the only way I could communicate).

Well fast forward to today, TWO MONTHS later and I still do not have unlimited text messages and no credit for the 60 dollars. I called in via *2 last week about the changes that were supposed to happen (which didn’t and resulted in me getting a 40 dollar bill for text message I was told were to be free) that rep ultimately said that they would refund the amount you wanted for the txt messages + a late fee. They then said that they saw the note on my account for the 60 dollar refund and they would have to have their supervisor do it, but that they were in a meeting and would have to do it later on. I was told this would happen that day or the next. Well now its a week later and I still have no credit applied and when I called back the rep says there was no note on my account regarding a 60 dollar refund and there was nothing she could do to help me oh and by the way I would only be getting 6 months of free unlimited text messages, after which time I’m sure you would start charging me for a service you volunteered to give me so that I did not cancel my service for breach of contract (failure to provide the service agreed upon).

So I am writing to you and hoping that you are able to see the problem with this situation and properly refund me my 60 dollars as well as enact the free text messages I was promised. Or is this a case of your tech support saying whatever they want to end the call and keep call times short? Please note I have not yet paid my bill from July because of the billing discrepancy. I am perfectly willing and able to pay to this bill, as soon as your resolve the error.
–Kevin

UPDATE: So I called the sprint executive service hotline, and it worked wonders they credited my account instantly and all was well with the world!

703-433-4401 Call now if you have problems!

Escape from New York: South Beach!

Escape from New York: South Beach!

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Thai wonders in the Meatpacking District

Thai wonders in the Meatpacking District

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Highline on Little West 12th St and Washington, long time

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Stephen Bennett opening in Brooklyn

Stephen Bennett opening in Brooklyn

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Videos from Daft Punk last night at Keyspan Park in Brooklyn, NY

Daft Punk was so amazing last night!  The stage setup had to be the coolest and most high-tech I’ve ever witnessed.  The crowd was out of control and everyone sang along.  More videos comin’ up!

Daft Punk is fucking amazing!

Daft Punk is fucking amazing!

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Best concert ever!!!

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Outside Daft Punk at Keyspan Park NYC!

Outside Daft Punk at Keyspan Park NYC!

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Anticipation!

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Hundreds of Anti-China protesters march outside NYC’s Grand Central Terminal over 2008 Beijing games

I just saw hundreds of shouting protesters marching down Midtown
Manhattan’s 42nd St in front of Grand Central Terminal shouting
anti-China slogans demanding the independence of Tibet and for their
inclusion in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. “CHINA CHINA CHINA, SHAME!
SHAME! SHAME!” 

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This excerpt from the Pakistan Daily Times sheds light on the event:

Global protest rallies planned against Chinese rule of Tibet

NEW DELHI: Tibetan activists will hold rallies around the world this
week to protest China’s occupation of Tibet, a group’s president said
Tuesday.

Some
20,000 Tibetans are expected to take part in the rallies Wednesday in
Nepal, Bhutan, the United States, Europe, Japan, and the Indian
capital, New Delhi, said Kalasang Phuntsok Godrukpa, president of the
India-based Tibetan Youth Congress. “The Tibetan people are restless
and fed up with the Chinese attitude,” Godukpa told reporters at a news
conference in New Delhi.

The rallies will highlight “China’s
abuse of human rights in Tibet,” he said. China claims Tibet has been
its territory for centuries, but many Tibetans say they were self-ruled
for most of that period. The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader, fled
the Himalayan region for India in 1959 amid a failed uprising against
Chinese rule. Fourteen Tibetan exiles have been on hunger strike for
the past 31 days in New Delhi, demanding the Chinese leave Tibet. The
hunger strikers, who have been drinking only water, are members of the
Tibetan Youth Congress. Aside from Tibetan independence, the congress
wants the Chinese government to produce concrete evidence that the
Panchen Lama - Tibetan Buddhism’s highest figure after the Dalai Lama -
is alive.

Tibetans are also concerned about the massive influx
of Chinese to Tibet thanks to a new rail service linking Beijing to the
Tibetan capital, Lhasa, Godrupka said, warning that Chinese could
outnumber Tibetans in the region in 10 years. Also China’s attempt to
manipulate the centuries-old Tibetan practice of searching for
reincarnations of holy monks is stoking anger in the Himalayan region,
a member of Tibet’s parliament-in-exile said on Tuesday. China’s State
Administration of Religious Affairs posted new regulations on its
website last week banning reincarnations of “living Buddhas” that fail
to seek government approval.

“It’s most silly and preposterous
… It will lead to friction and dismal failure,” Khedroob Thondup, a
nephew of the Dalai Lama, told Reuters in an interview. He urged
Chinese President Hu Jintao to break the ice and open dialogue with the
Dalai Lama. agencies

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Massive Free Tibet protest at Grand Central NYC

I just saw hundreds of shouting protesters marching down Midtown Manhattan’s 42nd St in front of Grand Central Terminal shouting anti-China slogans demanding the independence of Tibet and for their inclusion in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. “CHINA CHINA CHINA, SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!”

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Barcelona 2007 in the Hamptons

Barcelona 2007 in the Hamptons

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What the fuck?

What the fuck?

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Turntables in SoHo!

Turntables in SoHo!

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Beach sands

Beach sands

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Oppressive police at Long Beach new york

Oppressive police at Long Beach new york

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