Misc Post: Grab bag
Well it’s been a while since my last post and need to get a few “happenings” on the site.
Happy Thanksgiving: Here’s your car repair bill
For while now my car’s a/c fan has only worked on high. Wasn’t that big of a deal during summer and fall, but now that winter is on us it’s become a pain. Lately it hasn’t even been working; blowing or producing heat. If first made a call to my extended car warranty company, but low an behold, it’s expired. Great! So I made a call to my local Chrysler shop to get it in for an estimate; Aside from the issue I gave them they noticed cracked belts, leaking transmission fluid, and low coolant (a reason I wasn’t getting heat). I said let’s do it all. They managed to finish by Monday night which was good since I needed it to go back to work Tuesday. The bill? Over $1000. Yeah. Merry Christmas! There goes my bonus and part of our flexible spending. Grrr!
Mass Effect in the house!
Just received Mass Effect from yourfree360games.com. I’ve only played through one mission so far. I’ll be able to dive into it more over Christmas vacation that starts Dec 19th. I just love the presentation. As most reviews point out, the menu/inventory system take a bit to get used to and figure out. I also love the film grain effect they applied; makes it more movie-like. Most people don’t appear to like the effect though – it’s nice that you can turn it off or on.
Halo 3 Legendary from Jake Ludington
I received my Halo 3 Legendary package from Jake Ludington over vacation and it’s too cool. I didn’t know the helmet was that large. I’ll look great in my office once I get some shelves up. The best part is that we now have 2 copies of Halo 3 (just like Halo 2) and the boys and I can can play co-op between our two boxes.
Boys Xbox down and out – again
Grrrr! This is just frustrating. Over the weekend the boys Xbox started to show corrupted colors (mostly a yellow hue) across everything. I tried three different AV cables (between standard and high-def) and between two TVs with no change. So I call into MS and they’re shipping a coffin (aka pre-paid shipping box) to have it repaired. The boys aren’t too happy about being without a box but it’s not that bad. This is repair/replacement number 2 on their box.
Speaking of repairs
One of my 360 game controllers is dead as well. But here’s the hitch; in order for me to get it repaired, I need to write into Microsoft to have them move my two year extended warranty from my original Xbox 360 to my replacement. I thought that’d be automatic if your box was replaced, but apparently not. What puzzles me is that you can’t do this over the phone. Oh sure, you can call and purchase the warranty, but you can transfer it. Stupid. Good thing I have 4 controllers.
November 29th, 2007 at 1:33 am
I had a similar auto repair Thanksgiving story. The day before Thanksgiving I took my truck in for a regular oil change, and one new radiator, new idler arm and flushed power steering system later (“We found a few things while inspecting your vehicle…”) my wallet is almost $900 lighter.
Put a bit of a damper on things, but I sure was happy to stay home on Thanksgiving day, not spend any money and just cook and eat.