Well I just got back in a few hours ago and had a great time in Alabama. Me, Scott Frost and a good friend of ours Jimmy went out there for a match between Scott and Cliff. Scott won the 8 ahead in about 8 hours giving up 9-8 on his break. I brought my equipment along and did a live broadcast from The Billiard Club.
I got to meet a few guys on here whom I have chatted with from time to time like gbru (George), gulfport doc (Doc), and another guy who I am not getting the name out of my head as I am exhausted right now. George was very helpful and even drove me and Jimmy to the airport which was a long haul along with showing us a great seafood place.
On my long flight home me and Jimmy talked about Scott and him matching up with Cliff and Ricky Byrd. Ricky Byrd was getting heavy weight from Scott and betting high, spots like 9-4 and the breaks and the hit and pick 4. Me and Jimmy did okay side betting on the games with Ricky as Ricky likes action. We both wished we could have stayed but he has a room to run and I have an upcoming trip to Vegas on Friday and only 2 days to get things organized at home which there are tons to do.
Now I will get to the sour stuff as I already told the sweet stuff. I get home and am happy to see my family, my sons room is actually clean and neat, I am almost fainted.
The kids are put to bed and I decide to unpack my hard Atlantic case which holds my equipment and its totally a mess inside. I packed it very neatly and organized, a small hand mirror was broken inside and the zipper to one part of the case on the inside was open and was certainly not when I closed it. I check the cameras, they all seem fine except the big one which I stream with, the eyepiece is broken, the glass is cracked.
I am sick about it and am unsure of what to do so I call Delta. After a bit of being transferred here and there I am told I need to go back to the airport, its after midnight and I just got in like 3 hours ago. I go to the airport and no one is there at Delta for the check in but as I am leaving thinking I would have to come all the way back in the morning I see Baggage Services and go in there and luckily someone is there. I speak with this nice lady and I made sure to be calm and take deep breaths because she does not understand how close I am to losing it.
She ask for the baggage claim receipt and I give it to her and she looks at the baggage which is damaged on the outside. I tell her that is not the big issue but whats on the inside is and open the case, she sees the broken mirror, not a big deal either to me but then I show her the camera and she says electronics are not covered or fragile items. I explain about the zipper being open and she ask if a note from TSA was in there and I replied no but it appeared the bag had been rummaged through or severely mishandled. She takes down the claim and that is that and I have to contact them to find out more, when I am unsure of. So as of now I will have to test to see if the camera works fine besides the broken eyepiece.
It does not end there, I get a nasty PM from a member who PMs me finally with his address to ship a case which he payed for via money order a couple weeks back. I have messaged this guy about 4 times and never heard back until this, the case is sitting all boxed up just waiting for an address. He says I am a piece of work and to overnight it. I needed the address as I misplaced the envelope and the money order was cashed. His PM box was full and he never got back to me, says in the PM to me that he has messaged me 3 times with his address, I would love to see those PMs. I think he really believes he did but if his PM box was full and he hits send it wont send anything at all and you will get a little message saying your box is full which could be overlooked. I just told the guy since I am a piece of work I will just send a refund. I hope if he is reading this he looks at his sent messages and can show when he sent those 3 messages because I never got them but I can show all the messages I sent him along with my phone number.
Well enough of my rant, will wait until tomorrow to unpack and clean up the glass along with checking the camera status. Was not a great thing to come home to after having a pretty cool trip to the South for the first time. Anyone know a good camera repair guy? Good night everyone, I am exhausted and hope I have better dreams then the little nightmare I came home to, life is funny like that.
I got to meet a few guys on here whom I have chatted with from time to time like gbru (George), gulfport doc (Doc), and another guy who I am not getting the name out of my head as I am exhausted right now. George was very helpful and even drove me and Jimmy to the airport which was a long haul along with showing us a great seafood place.
On my long flight home me and Jimmy talked about Scott and him matching up with Cliff and Ricky Byrd. Ricky Byrd was getting heavy weight from Scott and betting high, spots like 9-4 and the breaks and the hit and pick 4. Me and Jimmy did okay side betting on the games with Ricky as Ricky likes action. We both wished we could have stayed but he has a room to run and I have an upcoming trip to Vegas on Friday and only 2 days to get things organized at home which there are tons to do.
Now I will get to the sour stuff as I already told the sweet stuff. I get home and am happy to see my family, my sons room is actually clean and neat, I am almost fainted.
The kids are put to bed and I decide to unpack my hard Atlantic case which holds my equipment and its totally a mess inside. I packed it very neatly and organized, a small hand mirror was broken inside and the zipper to one part of the case on the inside was open and was certainly not when I closed it. I check the cameras, they all seem fine except the big one which I stream with, the eyepiece is broken, the glass is cracked.
I am sick about it and am unsure of what to do so I call Delta. After a bit of being transferred here and there I am told I need to go back to the airport, its after midnight and I just got in like 3 hours ago. I go to the airport and no one is there at Delta for the check in but as I am leaving thinking I would have to come all the way back in the morning I see Baggage Services and go in there and luckily someone is there. I speak with this nice lady and I made sure to be calm and take deep breaths because she does not understand how close I am to losing it.
She ask for the baggage claim receipt and I give it to her and she looks at the baggage which is damaged on the outside. I tell her that is not the big issue but whats on the inside is and open the case, she sees the broken mirror, not a big deal either to me but then I show her the camera and she says electronics are not covered or fragile items. I explain about the zipper being open and she ask if a note from TSA was in there and I replied no but it appeared the bag had been rummaged through or severely mishandled. She takes down the claim and that is that and I have to contact them to find out more, when I am unsure of. So as of now I will have to test to see if the camera works fine besides the broken eyepiece.
It does not end there, I get a nasty PM from a member who PMs me finally with his address to ship a case which he payed for via money order a couple weeks back. I have messaged this guy about 4 times and never heard back until this, the case is sitting all boxed up just waiting for an address. He says I am a piece of work and to overnight it. I needed the address as I misplaced the envelope and the money order was cashed. His PM box was full and he never got back to me, says in the PM to me that he has messaged me 3 times with his address, I would love to see those PMs. I think he really believes he did but if his PM box was full and he hits send it wont send anything at all and you will get a little message saying your box is full which could be overlooked. I just told the guy since I am a piece of work I will just send a refund. I hope if he is reading this he looks at his sent messages and can show when he sent those 3 messages because I never got them but I can show all the messages I sent him along with my phone number.
Well enough of my rant, will wait until tomorrow to unpack and clean up the glass along with checking the camera status. Was not a great thing to come home to after having a pretty cool trip to the South for the first time. Anyone know a good camera repair guy? Good night everyone, I am exhausted and hope I have better dreams then the little nightmare I came home to, life is funny like that.
