Comments on: Cold! Cold cold cold!

By: cyn

cyn — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:15:44 +0000

Cheryl, that’s terrible! I’d definitely be LOUD about complaining about that company. Write a letter to your paper, local consumer reporters, the Better Business Bureau, etc. Post about them on your local paper’s web site, any local web forums or LJ communities, etc. People should know not to deal with them!

I look forward to owning our own home so we can pick the repair people we deal with.

By: cyn

cyn — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:13:47 +0000

I’m envious, Hope! It’s been YEARS since we had a working fireplace! I bet y’all were nice and toasty

By: cyn

cyn — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:11:51 +0000

It isn’t that I don’t trust LJ, Kaaren — I just can’t keep up with updating in both places, and if I try to follow comments in two places I always miss something. So I decided to cross-post the text and ask people to comment here. I hope it isn’t too annoying!

No heat in NY would be much worse. I’m such a wimp! I don’t know how you deal with all that ice and snow.

By: cyn

cyn — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:48:36 +0000

Aladriana, either my technomom at LJ address or cyn at technomom dot com will work

My body doesn’t seem to be able to regulate temperatures very well any more. Heat exhausts me, but doesn’t add to my pain as much as the cold.

By: Cheryl Murray

Cheryl Murray — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:29:34 +0000

I feel your pain. I have just had one of the worst experiences with an air conditioning company from Bradenton Florida. Last month they installed a brand new central A/C unit. I discovered that the heat did not work on January 2nd. when the temperature dropped to 32 in Sarasota. I suffered through the 1st night and then called first thing in the morning. They refused to send a repair man, explaining that their repair man is just too busy with other customers. They agreed to send him out the next day which of course is too late. The temperature was only going to be 40 with a wind chill factor of 37 on the 3rd of January. I phoned them back and said I needed someone today. I got the run around and then finally they sent out the original installer. Unfortunately, He only installs the units and does not really know how to make repairs. He called the Service tech who then agreed to come out. He never showed up. I spent the long night in bed wearing a winter jacket with the hood over my head and several blankets. What really made the situation horrible was that I have had the flu for the past week. I was just getting over it before all of this happened. Now, I can’t speak and have a horrible earache with the chills. Now I will be missing a day of work. They called this morning and said the tech will be here 1st thing. It is 9:30am and he is still not here. I guess they are waiting for the temerature to reach 80 degrees before they fix the heat. My plan now is to have them remove the unit and get my money back. Just so you know the company is Oceanaire from Bradenton Florida. I would not recommend them to my worst enemy. Thanks for allowing me to vent. I am feeling quite defeated at the moment.