I’m going to knot my husband in his big ole effing head. The other day I went to the mailbox and there was a small package in there. Hmmmm, I know I DIDN’T order anything. Considering money is so tight, I in fact, know I didn’t order anything. Ahhhh, it’s addressed to Shane. Damnit! He answered the phone again! OR he was watching infomercials. Two things he is totally banned from doing til death do us part.
First it was the fabulous set of golf clubs on a 30 day trial. If you don’t like them…send them back and keep the putter for FREE and pay nothing! (that one cost us $475. story here) How about the omelet maker for the microwave? The Shark Scissors? Or the myriad of worthless shit we have in a box? You should see his eyes light up when an infomercial comes on. Like a boy seeing his first boob. Staring intently…mentally reaching out to touch it. Beads of sweat on the forehead. Heart racing.
So what praytell is in this envelope? Hmmmm. Smoke Assist. $69.99 + $9.99 shipping. BUT WAIT! The $69.99 will be refunded if you cancel in 30 days! But wait…there’s MORE…as I found out in the NEXT days mail. He’s signed up for shopping coupons $14.95/month…..OH! BUT WAIT! A Travel and Leisure plan….you know…because we have so much frickin money coming out of our asses that we’re gonna travel somewhere outside the 65 mile radius we’ve been confined to for 3 years….ANOTHER $14.95 a month. WTF.
When confronted with this I was told ‘it’s okay…we can cancel it and not get charged’. What planet is this dude from. Does he know how many calls it just may take to actually get it cancelled? So. Tomorrow he’s going to have to swallow his pride and get on the phone to deal with all these wonderfulicious, can’t pass up a scam crap that is now charged on his credit card. I refuse to clean up the mess this time. No more calls to cancel. No more arguing with the credit card company to dispute the charges when the company fails to take them off the first time. Hopefully this will be the end. (I’m letting him keep the Smoke Assist til the 30 day trial is up just to see if it actually DOES work.)
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Wow, My sis’s husband is like that and it’ amazing they don’t figure it out that it is going to “cost”…it just will.
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oh no… here’s hoping it isn’t too hard this time around to get your money back!!!
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I hate the sneakiness of all of this. Just hate it.
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When will people learn that nothing is free!?
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Why is this grown man falling for these ridiculous commercials? If they have a risk-free trial, that’s the big red stop sign!
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Marriage can be a real challenge sometimes. I think he should listen to YOU. Seriously.
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I confess, I’m just curious what the Smoke Assist “cigarettes” are like!
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Oh what fun, lol. Thank goodness my hubbie doesn’t watch those brain-washing infomercials, but my kids are always saying “look Mom, that’s what we need!”
Good luck
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wonderfulicious–> I like that word. =)
Ugh, men. Why do they do what they do. The world will never know…
Men always believe the “just call and cancel” okeydoke, probably because they always leave that task to US. (growf!)
PS: Talking about yoga at my blog today! Controversial, so gird your loins first. But would love your input.
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Oh no, I can’t believe he falls for the infomercial spiels. Can I just thwack him once on the back of the head for you? Hope they take it back.
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Like a boy seeing his first boob….oh my that is funny! My father in law bought his wife a chicken roaster that uses infrared lights – you should have seen her face when she got it for her birthday! LOL I wish I’d had my camera
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