Bye bye Mulhuddart, hello Castleknock. Lee Ann found us a house and with any luck, I'll be moving there in about a week. This also means new adventures with Irish service providers and new fodder for the blog ;-)
I checked Airtricity's web page and it says to just call them on the day of the move with the new meter number and they transfer service. Sounds good. I hope it works like that.
Today I called Vodafone with whom I have broadband Internet and phone service. Being an existing customer, I figured they would be happy that I want to stay with them and help me make this transition as smooth as possible, but there are new rules in place. I have to commit for twelve months. OK, I guess. It may take up to 28 days to transfer the service. Usually it is much quicker, but that is kind of scary. And they want a direct debit option. I hate when companies can just grab their money out of my bank account. It is convenient until you forget which day it will happen, and your account is low on funds, or when you want to quit. I told them I would get back to them and started looking for other options. Also, the DSL modem they gave me had to be replaced after the first month and is starting to act up again.
UPC, a cable TV provider has a better deal. I get three times the data rate, a much higher per month data limit (although I never came close to using up what I had before), and more free after-hours phone call minutes, for five euro less each month. And the first two months are half price.
I moved my stuff over, dumped it in the new place and basically left for the month of June. Now, I'm back and am trying to get things organized and unpacked.
The old apartment is supposed to transfer my deposit into my bank account. Despite asking twice and getting assured it would be done right away, I still don't see it in my account listing. No big deal, I'll go by tomorrow and yell at them.
I called Vodafone in the middle of June to cancel my phone/broadband service. She looked me up and noticed that my phone number has already moved over to the cable company. Good, so far. Then she asked why I want to cancel and then told me that I couldn't!
A little while back they called me while I was at work and offered a service to get cheaper rates for calls to Switzerland. That sounded good, but I was busy and wanted to look at it more closely. I had to sign up right then, but could cancel within the first six months, so I said OK. It turns out, somewhere in there was an agreement to extend the service for another year. Mind you, my phone number has already moved, and the place where they are providing broadband to, is no longer accessible to me, but they intend to continue charging me 45 euro for another ten months ;-)
Last week I also emailed the agent who is handling the rental of the house. I need an account number to pay this month's rent. No answer in a week (I sent it to two people at that firm!)
Ireland is weird...
You can see the pictures I took when I first viewed the house.
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