Thank You, Time Warner, Logitech Rebates (Rebatestatus.com) Rant, And Spurs-Lakers Game Five Reax
Quick-hitters:
- One of the fun things about installing a SlingBox-like device on my mom’s cable box is the occasional phone call I get from her, hysterically screaming “Why is my cable box changing channels on its own???”
(That pretty much spoils part 3 of my covert ops mission, I realize.)
I’ve explained to her several times now that the Sony LF-B10 I installed on her cable box, and yet she still insists that her cable box is haunted :P.
As I’ve whined about before, she really needs to upgrade to an HD STB. What a waste of a $1,000 TV!
- Thank you yet again, Time Warner. A SlickDealer posted a deal for free HBO (and potentially Showtime) with just a simple phone call. Then again, based on my experiences with Time Warner, I don’t think there is such a thing as a simple phone call with them.
I called CS, and got an English speaking woman. Yes!, I thought to myself. Once I gave her my phone number, she immediately transferred me to the sales department. Booooooo!
When I got reconnected, I got a woman with a VERY heavy accent. I asked her about the promotion, and she put me on hold…for about 15 minutes. When she came back on the line, she advised me to contact another phone number to inquire about this promotion.
The number sent me to Time Warner’s Business Development Operations Group, said the recording on the other end of the line. I’m going to take a wild guess and assume that they sent me to the wrong place.
Thank you, Time Warner.
- It’s time for the latest rebate processor rant, and it deals with Logitech Rebates/rebatestatus.com. Logitech must be bleeding money, because I’ve seen several excellent deals on computer peripherals in the past months—mice, webcams, keyboards, etc.—all with rebates attached to them. According to my records, I’ve purchased six Logitech items in the last few months, and submitted all six rebates well before the postmark deadline.
Of the six rebates, ONE was processed without issue. Two are now in processing, and only after I emailed copies of my rebate submission, and the other three were mailed out recently (though one is approaching 30 days since the date of mailing without a notification from rebatestatus.com).
Grrrrrr…
- Raise your hand if you saw Game Five of the WCF go like that: the Spurs rolled out to a big lead, the Lakers’ bench rallied the team close, and then the Spurs’ age showed big time in the second half.
Honestly, I did not expect the Spurs to fold like they did in the fourth quarter, even while watching Ginobili limp and stumble around in the fourth quarter. Parker was a factor early, but he wasn’t really heard from again until it was too late. Duncan was a beast again, but (I can’t believe I’m going to say this) he needs more help around him! When the Spurs had the big lead early in the game, they were a few missed treys from stretching the lead to 20+. Once the first half ended, you kinda sensed that the Spurs were in huge trouble, if not finished altogether.
Three parting thoughts:
1) Throughout the series, I kept wondering how Luis Scola (remember, he was traded to Houston before the season started) would have looked in a Spurs uniform, especially in this series. Could he have checked Odom on defense? Probably not. Could he have helped, offensively, against the Lakers? I think so. At the very least, he could have taken some pressure off Duncan on the offensive side of things, right?
2) What is the legacy of this series? Is it the end of the Spurs’ every-other-year dynasty? Is it a start of a new reign of dominance for the Lakers in the West? Or is the series forever stained by the non-call at the end of Game Four? And how different does this series look if the call was made, and the Spurs ended up winning the game in OT? Or what would have happened if the Spurs didn’t choke leads of 20 and 17 in Games One and Four, respectively?
What if…right?
3) Sasha Vujacic…what were you doing launching that triple at the end of the game? It would not have surprised me to see Cheap Shot Rob Horry offer a forearm to Vujacic during the end-of-game handshakes.
Until next time!