Case Closed

[lydamorehouse]

 The money is in the bank, y'all.

It showed up this morning, on the shockingly early end of "3-5 business days," even. 

So, as promised, I hopped online and told the Better Business Bureau that I was satified with the result. Per instructions, I hit "accepted business's offer" and the case is officially CLOSED.

For those of you just tuning in, the tl;dr is: if a business rips you off, do your best to gather proof of wrong-doing, and then try the Better Business Bureau. I fully believe that a problem I had with a mechanic was far more quickly and more satisfyingly resolved because the BBB got involved. 

Comments

[spiffikins]

Yay!

[lydamorehouse]

I'm actually kind of in shock with how quickly this got solved. Amazing!

[profiterole_reads]

Full congrats are in order! *throws confetti*

[lydamorehouse]

*stands in stunned acceptance of said confetti*

I seriously thought that money was lost for good. I'm just so impressed with the BBB.

[lcohen]

hurray!!!

[lydamorehouse]

Thanks! I just... still can't quite believe it worked out!

Oh my!

[lsanderson]

Excellent

Re: Oh my!

[lydamorehouse]

Right??? I am shocked and pleased all at once.

[carbonel]

Good news!

[lydamorehouse]

Indeed!!

[satsuma]

yay! good for you for successfully leveraging bureaucracy in your favor

[lydamorehouse]

Yeah, who knew that anything with the word "Bureau" would actually be worthwhile, but holy crap I would recommend the BBB to anyone!

[house_wren]

Good job! So glad you got your money back.

[lydamorehouse]

Me, too! I'd say it's been quite a journey, as it has, but it's surprising how quickly it was all resolved.

[sabotabby]

Yay! Sorry for all the frustration, but go you!

[lydamorehouse]

Thanks! But, what's funny is that I've been thinking that this actually got resolved so much faster than I expected.

[kore]

Hurrah for the BBB! I hope Trump doesn't kill it. And hurrah for you getting it handled!

[lydamorehouse]

I've been think about the looming threat of Trump a lot. The BBB is an non-profit. It's not officially a government office, I don't think. But, I'm SURE it relies on government funds to keep the lights on. So many places just do.

Fingers crossed.

[minnehaha]

Absolutely delighted for you. Justice!

K.

[lydamorehouse]

Justice indeed! It's so amazing to find!

[offcntr]

W00t!

[lydamorehouse]

I am... in a complete state of awe and shock. I'm so happy that Tim ACTUALLY did the right thing and that, while it should never have happened in the first place, the resolution actually feels good.

[coffeetime]

YAAAAAAYYYYY. Triumph!

[lydamorehouse]

YAAAAAYYYYY! It's almost unbelievable in these terrible times that things can, sometimes, actually work out. I mean, as I was saying above, it shouldn't have happened in the first place, but... I guess I'm so beaten down by *gestures at everything* that it feels AMAZING to have gotten some kind of justice.

[mtbc]

That's great! Last time I tried the BBB, in complaining about Joann Fabrics of all places, the store responded to say basically, we don't know why he's complaining, we refunded him in full, then I replied to the BBB to say, they didn't refund me at all and didn't hear anything after that. So, glad to know it does work sometimes at least. At least I figure maybe I put another notch into their lots of complaints records.