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Jim C.

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Massachusetts, United States

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About Me

I am a lifelong resident of Massachusetts.I am a home owner with no mortgage, credit card bills or loans other than a HELOC. I am married for over 30 years, have a college graduate, married, conservative daughter who lives a mile away from me. My wife and I are conservatives.

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I own a 1993 Z-28 with 55,000 original miles, 2008 Impala SS with 80,000 original miles, a 2007 GMC Acadia and a Honda CBR1100XX Super Blackbird. I buy a car in fall, rebuild it over the winter, drive it spring/summer sell it and do it again. I am a self taught mechanic, bodywork and painter, computer builder and specialize in custom gaming computers. I owned a computer business for years with just a partner who did paperwork.

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I love muscle cars, fast motorcycles, guns and collect knives. I have won trophies in car shows.

3 Reviews by Jim

UPS
  • UPS

7/15/23
Verified purchase

I order a lot of Items online. Between car parts, appliances, tools and gun equipment, I have at least 2 deliveries a week. Sometimes 1 everyday. UPS is outstanding in my experience. Not only are they always on time but they keep you informed every step of the way. The UPS drivers are friendly and prompt. Every time I get a delivery I leave good feedback because with today's lax attitude and many businesses doing the absolute least amount for the most amount of money, I feel quality service should be recognized. By signing up for free at UPS MY Choice you can view your last deliveries, change a delivery date or address and even elect to have it dropped off at a nearby UPS Access Point which doesn't have to be a UPS business location. My closest one is about a mile and 1/2 away and is a CAP store (Consumer Auto Parts). I am not affiliated with them in any way, just a very satisfied customer.

Tip for consumers:
Just a great company that makes it very convenient for you. And no, I am not affiliated with them in any way and don't even know anyone who works for them. But, when I was in my teens, I knew a lot of friends that worked there on summer break from College.

Products used:
UPS every time I get a shipping option.

  • Amazon Prime

7/15/23

For years I had a charge on my checking account for Amazon prime but never received the benefits of free or reduced shipping and, in fact, it never showed up as an Amazon Prime purchase at all until I finally by chance, had the card I was using on Amazon replaced with a newer card and they no longer had authorization to charge it and contacted me. It was coming up as a 3rd party charge with no phone #. Once I found out, I canceled Prime and they returned my last month payment. I still receive e-mails saying, " they tried to charge my account but the card I used was no longer active". I know, I cancelled it and will never get it again. It wasn't until I cancelled it that the charges showed up as Amazon Prime. I even asked my bank to look into it and they said" With only a 3rd party charge and no phone # there was nothing they could do.

Tip for consumers:
If you have a recurring charge, there is no phone#, comes from a 3rd party billing service, you have an Amazon account and it is not a lot of money, look at Amazon and when you log in check the Prime membership under "accounts and lists", "your account" while you are there, you should also look at "memberships and subscriptions" to see if you are listed as signed up for any optional services you may not be aware of.

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Amazon Prime

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  • Spectrum

7/15/23
Verified purchase

First of all, Spectrum does NOT lean right. In Ma., they only tell the democrat side of every process. They speak as if there is only one political party in the United States. I just got done looking at a news broadcast and all they had was the democratic view of supposed Ethic violations in the Supreme Court. Everybody knows that the Supreme Court has voted down some Extremist left policies lately and all of a sudden the democrats feel the need to investigate Supreme Court Justices? No mention of how the Justices are harassed at their own homes. No Republican comments on the supposed Ethics problem. Why? Because there isn't any ethics violations. They go on to report how a hostage situation in one of our cities is being handled by the Crime Alternative programs where hugs and sodas replace personal responsibility for breaking laws. The reporter was nodding his head like a bauble doll. Do you really expect people to get behind this? The only ones who approve of it are the people employed by it and the clearly biased press. Get some real reporters instead of 20 year old woke puppets. I am forced to go to FOX for accurate news, polls and what is going on in my own state. I realize that they could be biased sometimes but, at least they will report on the Democrat side of things where in contrast the Spectrum news doesn't even appear to realize there is another side at all. While the democrats are wrestling with major issues like why Plantation street needs a name change because some might find it offensive, the rest of the Country is worried about inflation, grocery bills doubling, the strain that EV's are putting on an already under-powered electric grid, the reduction in Strategic Oil Reserves, and all the rest of the policies that are making day to day living in the USA hard.3 times this week alone, I have received e-mail notices to restrict my electricity usage between the hours of 3:00 pm and 8:pm. Nobody reports on that problem in Spectrum local news. I find that effects my family a lot more than changing a street name that has existed for 100 years. Instead of going woke why doesn't Spectrum concern itself with waking up to the problems in this Country and my state.

Tip for consumers:
I have always advocated cable online services in my Computer Store but, they have gone progressively downhill. Both times I got boxes, in spite of the house already having Spectrum and I had it in my Apt. It should have been a simple account change but turned into 2 Tech visits. (My father bought the property, built the house, left it to my younger sister and I) my mother had my name removed and left everything to my sister who didn't want it, never occupied it and I had to buy it from her.

Products used:
I have 2 spectrum cable boxes. When I applied for the 2nd it did come in a reasonable amount of time but when I tried to use it, wouldn't activate. I called and after a long time on the phone,was informed it couldn't be activated. I got an appointment with a service tech. He came to the house and activated it from the doorway. I was then told it should not have required a visit by the Tech. The Service Techs are very good, customer service is terrible.

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