After having promised me that a supervisor would call me on Monday and organise the immediate connection of my cable TV and internet, my mobile remained resolutely silent on both Monday & Tuesday. I seem to have become a no-go zone as far as Cablemas are concerned, which doesn’t augur well.
Wednesday morning I returned to my cooking class where we made Gnocchi by hand with a tuna sauce, and afterwards with my Tupperware bowls still warm and fragrant, I decided to visit the real estate agency to see whether they could help, hoping the smell of lunch might help persuade them! Arturo accompanied me to the Cablemas office not far from his own, and explained the whole situation in much more fluent Spanish than I have been able to offer them so far. And he even managed to get an answer. Much as I dislike asking for help, sometimes you just need a native speaker to sort out the truth.
The outcome is that either this afternoon or (no not again) manana morning, a supervisor will definitely come out and ascertain whether the connection is possible or not. Forgive me for being cynical, but would that be the same supervisor who should have phoned me on Monday? Don’t even go there. It seems that there are points of either 4 or 8 outlets, each house is connected to an outlet but at the moment there are no free outlets near me. Someone needs to check whether an 8 can be put in place of a 4 or whether they need to add new points. Then, supposedly, the girl will phone me tomorrow by lunchtime to tell me definitively whether they can connect Cablemas or not, and hopefully when!
Arturo says if they haven’t phoned by lunchtime to come back and we will go around again, make a scene and either get it done or cancel the contract and go with Dish which is a satellite type installation. The problem is that I have already researched this, and while Dish seems appealing, they only do TV so I’d still have to organise the internet with someone else and the whole thing would cost me more not to mention the hassles of dealing with 2 different companies. So let’s hope Cablemas come through this time.
Yesterday I phoned RCA and got the info I need to send the DVD player back to Mexico City, and better still, the freight co is right around the corner no more than 200m away. I have copied the receipt and written out my details and I just need to pack it securely - of course having kept it for 2 weeks, I threw the box away just a few days before it died. But I am trying to do something with the microwave box which isn‘t really cooperating. And of course I don’t have packing tape.
In the meantime I’ve been to a few shops looking at prices to get another DVD to use while I‘m waiting, but they all seem to have inexplicably sold out the cheap versions at the same time. Walmart have a home theatre system with speakers for 1430 pesos ($120), which seemed like a good idea until I realised that the speakers wouldn‘t have a place to plug into the old DVD when it comes back from repair. Need to think that one out more.
I’m trying to leave tomorrow free in case - maybe - just perhaps - Cablemas comes through. Need to think positive thoughts!
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