I've begun the process of scheduling the transfer of services such as Comcast and Direct TV from the Temp house to the new house and I'm a little worried. Worried because the Comcast transfer 6 months ago was a complete mess. I say complete mess because it disrupted my ability to work and at the time I was in sales and depended on my Comcast Internet to work properly. I lost a week and a half of time (it felt like a month so). To top it off, the billing issues that I had - because they changed the account number on me and didn't tell me - were not resolved until December 2007/this past January.
Direct TV had a much smoother transition and it made me wish that they offered high-speed Internet. For now we're going with Comcast for the Internet, but I've already gotten quotes for competing services. I consider myself an optimist but in this case I've already been burned more than once and want to be prepared.
David finally has seen what I meant about hiring movers and has done some work getting quotes from a couple of local moving companies. I think he sees how awful trying to move yourself while trying to take care of 2 toddlers is. Plus, the quotes he received were much lower than he thought and even gives him some spare cash from the budget number that we agreed on.
I'm hoping that this move goes much smoother, but I'm still aiming low with my expectations. It's sad that is the case but I've come to learn that I shouldn't expect commodity services such as Internet to have stellar customer service.
Please tell me if you need any help organizing with lists, etc. I have moved three times in the past two years -- I'm a pro!!
Good luck. Glad you've got movers.
Posted by: Deb (Missives From Suburbia) | March 05, 2008 at 08:55 PM