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Well that was my Tri-com experience, I guess you can expect it after all they are a big corporation, and I am only one customer, so what do they really care about me? My business wouldn't make or break them. I know it would be different if you dealt with someone who needed your money for his/her business to succeed right, well you would have guess wrong.
First experience is a guy that sells business cards, he was late for the initial meeting to discuss what I wanted, but since a friend recommended him I agreed to allow him to do the work, and agreed to have him deliver them to me in 4 days, because he was busy and had many clients, I told him I needed them though, before a certain date because I was going out of town and would need them for the trip. The appointed day comes and I get at the location 20 minutes early which is my custom, at the time of the apt. I call him and he tells me he is caught in traffic that he will be there within 10 minutes. Thirty minutes later I give up and just leave, to continue with my day, I of course call him up and give him a ration of sh*t, and hang up the phone on him.
The next day he calls me and tells me he is there with my cards, this happens to be one of my frustrating days dealing with the offices of Tri-com but I tell my taxi driver to instead of taking me home, take me to El Conde where I am to meet this guy, who called me 20 minutes earlier and said he was there waiting for me. Believe it or not I get there and the guy is no where to be found, I am there now so I decide to wait a little while, then I see my friend (the ex-pat) that recommended the guy, and I discuss the guy with him, he tells me to call the guy. No answer, hmmm?? I call a few times, still no answer, So my friend calls his number right after I do, and guess what the guy picks up the phone immediately. Now I am really ****ed, not only has he wasted my time, and lied to me, but he is screening my calls!!!!
At that point I just leave. I had class later that day, so now I am at the University it is now 5 hrs. after he was supposed to be waiting for me on El Conde, and I get this call from the guy, he says to me, "Where are you?? I am here waiting for you on El Conde." His tone indicated that he was perturbed with me, boy he should never had came at me like that, he was lucky he was where he was and I was where I was, as I proceeded to scream every cuss word I knew into the phone, he probably didn't understand what I said, because I only used English cusses, but I think he got the point!!!
So no it doesn't just happen to you!!!