8k wasn't even my cheapest quote, i went with the middle guy because the cheapest guy seemed skeevy

either shit's way more expensive now or OP got three way out there quotes

i know four twelve is a dogshit fly by night company but i don't know the others

This is the way

I paid about this amount 30k is insane.

I found it easier to just go to the store and cancel. There was no questions asked and no negotiating. I then signed my wife up as the new customer and got the promo price.

They also said that I would be eligible to be a new customer again in 72 hours

It was called the GALLERIA AT HARBORPLACE.

It's all closed down for some while now.

I had to have some work done on my roof a while back and it was annoyingly difficult to find a trustworthy company that communicated well.

It's a serious problem with contractors and any work I've had done on my house has resulted in me spending an hour calling 10 different numbers.

Everyone says you should get three estimates, but for some stuff you can't even get one in a timely manner.

Do you get paid for that year of student teaching?

For more fun, check out Google maps where you will see it's right near....Pleasure Island.

No joke.

Working at City Schools can be hell but, depending on the school, ECE is probably the best teaching position to be in if you have the energy to run around with kids all day. No state testing, no grading, no wit and wisdom BS. Best thing you can do is learn Spanish, there is a large demand for that in the schools in South and East Baltimore, especially in ECE where the kids have not been in an English language environment before.

For alternative certs, apply for TFA (if you put Baltimore as the only city in your top choice list, 90% chance you’ll get it), apply for Urban Teachers, and apply for BCTR. If you get TFA, go for that just for that for the resume builder. If you don’t get it (it’s competitive), then decide between Urban Teachers and BCTR. BCTR is less of a time commitment, Urban Teachers will leave you more prepared/ give you a year of student teaching to go “oh, nevermind, fuck this” before you commit to your own classroom.

Like everyone said, do not accept any offer until you speak with teachers at that school (and, ideally, not ones that the principal directed you to). Half the principals in this town are sadists.

A $100 has been the base price for internet for a real long time. I’ve lived all over the country, and everyone is trying to give you a low entry point and squeeze it up to about $100. I’m not saying its right, just an observation.

So just like car insurance, if you want the lower price, you may need to make changes.

Just because its the base price, doesn’t mean there aren’t options. Retention is the department at comcast you want, but they have a customer facing term. Retention only works m-f 9-5, they negotiate all day long and their compensation structure is to retain you as a customer. If you understand their motivations it helps when negotiating.

Stay clam, play dumb (“idk my bill went up, I can’t afford this, think i need to cancel”), and the first 2 people you talk with are probably going to have to transfer you — understand this going in. Usually the retention team is well train, they understand negotiation. They will try to find a middle ground. They will use techniques like mirroring( repeating back your words) to build empathy.

There first ask will be to get you back in a contract (it sounds like you’ve had good experiences so it could be a option), generally they’ll start with adding a service. So same price $100, but now you get TV. If that doesn’t appeal keep going down the line until you find an option that appeals.

Imo $40 for internet is a great price, you may not find again.

Hope this helps get you a better rate!

I pay $157 a month for just internet. Don't even get cable with it. Fuck Comcast.

>This is the most egregiously they've ever fucked me

Oh this is only the beginning. Wait till you want to cancel the service. You're gonna have to your bank block them and deal with someone who has worked there 30 years but its their first day.

Looks like they have 5 stars on Yelp with only 5 reviews so your one star review copy pasting what you wrote above will make a big difference

The curmudgeons in my community won’t allow Verizon to install Fios in the area, otherwise I’d happily consider Verizon.

Many contractors are just one step above criminals. You should report this guy to MHIC and try to get some money back. There is a guarantee fund that might be able to reimburse you. Make sure you retain all documentation.

The Verizon 5G tower is supposedly in a good location for 21230…a few months ago they were coming door to door and it was around $60/month, IIRC.

The 70 year old one is most likely old growth lumber and therefore much stronger than the new one. So no.

Yes this. Keep saying you are going to cancel until you get transferred to a customer retention specialist. We got ours down from $103/m to $69.99.

Karmic Connection on Broadway in Fells Point will have whatever you need and then some

Just found out about the increase too. I’m glad bc I I found out about Verizon home 5g. Can’t wait to make the call to cancel xfinity.

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I also came through Urban Teachers and agree with the other post about that program. Pros and cons. 100% agree with the commenter that said to get advice on where to work. In the city you can get stuck at a school if your principal doesn’t want to let you leave - the principals have to release you from the school in order to go somewhere else in the district. That could be okay if you love your school, but if you don’t love it, not good.

Welcome to Comcast ( and Baltimore )

Oh and don't feel too bad .... Comcast is also egregiously fucking 93 year old widows!

If you receive Medicaid or snap you can get it cut to $45 a month on that internet lifeline plan thing

It’s so funny that I’ve read advice like this a million times and we recently called aggressively (but politely) threatening to cancel because of price hikes and they just straight up let us cancel rather than offering us a better deal lmao (customer for ~5 years)