Dec of 2016, I had a root canal done - my first - on one of my lower teeth by an orthodontist, which turned out fine. Early the following year, I made the mistake of having Dr. Hazelrigg install the crown, and the experience was a nightmare.
To begin with, his assistant - the same one who put the temporary crown on - couldn't get it off. First, she tried to remove it with regular-sized tongs. When that didn't work, she used some enormous tongs, but that didn't work either. She said not to worry, Dr. Hazelrigg would cut the temporary crown off, making one cut in the middle and the two halves would fall right off. But alas, that didn't work either, after which Dr. Hazelrigg got a metal tool and began trying to pry the temporary crown off..At one point, the tool slipped and collided with my upper teeth. I was concerned that all the pressure might damage the root canal..By the time he finally got the temporary crown off, I was so upset that I bit down incorrectly as he worked to install the permanent crown. Before I realized this and called Dr. Hazelrigg's attention to the fact that I had been biting down incorrectly, he "smoothed down" my upper teeth in an effort to make the crown fit. This created, or at best aggravated, a bite problem, and I remember feeling lots of grit from my tooth enamel. The permanent crown didn't feel right, and was difficult to floss around. It came off in less than two years, and had a hole in it. I went to another dentist to have it corrected. He tried to make the crown fit, but it was still difficult to floss around, and came off again in about two months, so I had him install a new crown.
Dr. Hazelrigg refuses to give me a refund for his $1,350 bill. I've lost a total of almost $1,600 including the other dentist's charge - about $230 - for attempting to correct Dr. Hazelrigg's crown the first time it came off.
You've been warned: Avoid Dr. Charles Hazelrigg, D.M.D., 1713 Devonshire Drive, Columbia, South Carolina 29204.
Update 9/30/2019 - e-mailed Dr. Hazelrigg a link to this post.
Monday, September 30, 2019
Saturday, June 8, 2019
South Carolina's State newspaper: Reduced to a glorified litterbug
Update 8/26/2019 - This matter seems to have been due to automated responses I received by submitting my request through the State newspaper's website. I finally contacted them by phone, and the supplement has apparently been discontinued. Otherwise, my remarks stand as stated. 8/29/2019 update - Spoke too soon, the supplement is being delivered again effective yesterday morning. None arrived last week after my phone call, so I thought the State had gotten the message. Perhaps this matter will have to be resolved in small claims court. 9/16/2019 - small claims court won't work, it has to be an individual - not a company - doing the harassing in order to get a restraining order. Meanwhile, I've learned that dislike of the State's supplements is rampant and not being able to get delivery stopped is a common problem. Just another out-of-control corporation making life in this little rat-hole of a country miserable for consumers. As Dr. Paul Craig Roberts says in this article, "Life in America has become a gut-wrenching, soul-sucking, misery-drenched, demoralizing existence."
Update 10/4/2019 - Don't bother complaining to the SC Dept. of Consumer Affairs, a worthless agency that functions primarily to provide cushy jobs for select South Carolinians at taxpayer expense. I couldn't even get the little corporate stooge's website to work, so I sent 'em an e-mail and finally got a reply but the info they sent didn't work either, so I replied with a link to this post.
If there's anything Amerika's corrupt power structure hates, it's a consumer who can't be suckered into buying unnecessary products. Some of the best examples of such products are newspapers, telephones (landline and cell), and home Internet, especially when you're already paying for Internet via taxes and have a nearby library that offers Internet access.
I've saved gobs of money by not subscribing to any newspaper, not having a phone, and riding my bicycle to the library to use a computer. I blogged about my efforts to get the State newspaper to quit delivering McClatchy supplements, but the game continues with the State looking more vindictive (I cancelled my subscription in 2005) each time another supplement is deposited on my property. Lately, whoever delivers the supplements has been exchanging the one I leave in the driveway for the latest edition of CAROLINAS FOOD. Two down, one to go for McClatchy supplements, with the EXTRA and YES biting the dust as requested.
The good news is that such harassment is taking place on the State's nickle. The State doesn't have any better sense than to pay to make fools of themselves. From the get-go, the State newspaper has been a useless rag, a mouthpiece for South Carolina's - and Amerika's - corrupt power structure. The situation also gives me an opportunity to expose the State's ridiculous behavior.
As for the State's biased "news" coverage, Dr. Paul Craig Roberts sums things up admirably in his 6/06/2019 article, "The State of the Economy," writing that "In brief, you can believe nothing you are officially told. If you desire truth, you must support the websites that are committed to truth." Dr. Roberts' take on the economy, incidentally, being truth-based, is quite at odds with the garbage you'll find in the State newspaper. I'm gonna start advising people to cancel their newspaper subscriptions and donate a significant percentage of the savings to Dr. Roberts' website. That's what I've been doing.
The State is no longer South Carolina's largest newspaper, giving the top spot to Charleston's Post and Courier. This "Age of the Internet" has apparently taken it's toll.
Perhaps the State is as incompetent as ever, and simply can't stop the CAROLINAS FOOD supplement from being delivered to my home. I can't for the life of me figure out why it should take "approximately two weeks" (see 5/24/2019 update to previous post) for the State to stop delivering a supplement to my home. Point is, it's now been well OVER two weeks - it's been more like two months - since I first requested cancellation.
Market conditions have turned the State newspaper into a glorified litterbug. Meanwhile, my savings continue to increase, totaling in the vicinity of almost $2,000 since I cancelled. I don't miss the State newspaper at all, and would sure rather have the money than expose myself to the brain-rot of such a lousy publication.
Go ahead, State newspaper. Waste what's left of your time, money, and salaries. In other words, make my day.
Updates 6/11/2019 -
> Tweeted a link to this post to the State newspaper, also e-mailed 'em a link via their website. Just for good measure, I also tweeted a link to McClatchy.
> Just now received the following e-mail from the State newspaper, so apparently they intend to keep playing games:
Update 10/4/2019 - Don't bother complaining to the SC Dept. of Consumer Affairs, a worthless agency that functions primarily to provide cushy jobs for select South Carolinians at taxpayer expense. I couldn't even get the little corporate stooge's website to work, so I sent 'em an e-mail and finally got a reply but the info they sent didn't work either, so I replied with a link to this post.
If there's anything Amerika's corrupt power structure hates, it's a consumer who can't be suckered into buying unnecessary products. Some of the best examples of such products are newspapers, telephones (landline and cell), and home Internet, especially when you're already paying for Internet via taxes and have a nearby library that offers Internet access.
I've saved gobs of money by not subscribing to any newspaper, not having a phone, and riding my bicycle to the library to use a computer. I blogged about my efforts to get the State newspaper to quit delivering McClatchy supplements, but the game continues with the State looking more vindictive (I cancelled my subscription in 2005) each time another supplement is deposited on my property. Lately, whoever delivers the supplements has been exchanging the one I leave in the driveway for the latest edition of CAROLINAS FOOD. Two down, one to go for McClatchy supplements, with the EXTRA and YES biting the dust as requested.
The good news is that such harassment is taking place on the State's nickle. The State doesn't have any better sense than to pay to make fools of themselves. From the get-go, the State newspaper has been a useless rag, a mouthpiece for South Carolina's - and Amerika's - corrupt power structure. The situation also gives me an opportunity to expose the State's ridiculous behavior.
As for the State's biased "news" coverage, Dr. Paul Craig Roberts sums things up admirably in his 6/06/2019 article, "The State of the Economy," writing that "In brief, you can believe nothing you are officially told. If you desire truth, you must support the websites that are committed to truth." Dr. Roberts' take on the economy, incidentally, being truth-based, is quite at odds with the garbage you'll find in the State newspaper. I'm gonna start advising people to cancel their newspaper subscriptions and donate a significant percentage of the savings to Dr. Roberts' website. That's what I've been doing.
The State is no longer South Carolina's largest newspaper, giving the top spot to Charleston's Post and Courier. This "Age of the Internet" has apparently taken it's toll.
Perhaps the State is as incompetent as ever, and simply can't stop the CAROLINAS FOOD supplement from being delivered to my home. I can't for the life of me figure out why it should take "approximately two weeks" (see 5/24/2019 update to previous post) for the State to stop delivering a supplement to my home. Point is, it's now been well OVER two weeks - it's been more like two months - since I first requested cancellation.
Market conditions have turned the State newspaper into a glorified litterbug. Meanwhile, my savings continue to increase, totaling in the vicinity of almost $2,000 since I cancelled. I don't miss the State newspaper at all, and would sure rather have the money than expose myself to the brain-rot of such a lousy publication.
Go ahead, State newspaper. Waste what's left of your time, money, and salaries. In other words, make my day.
Updates 6/11/2019 -
> Tweeted a link to this post to the State newspaper, also e-mailed 'em a link via their website. Just for good measure, I also tweeted a link to McClatchy.
> Just now received the following e-mail from the State newspaper, so apparently they intend to keep playing games:
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Update 6/14/2019 - Looks like "The State" finally got the message - I sure hope so. No supplements were tossed in my yard yesterday. Woops - spoke too soon. Delivery has resumed.
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Hey, State newspaper: Quit trashing my yard with McClatchy supplements
Update 8/26/2019 - This matter seems to have been due to automated responses I received by submitting my request through the State newspaper's website. I finally contacted them by phone, and the supplement has apparently been discontinued. Otherwise, my remarks stand as stated. 8/29/2019 update - Spoke too soon, the supplement is being delivered again effective yesterday morning. None arrived last week after my phone call, so I thought the State had gotten the message. Perhaps this matter will have to be resolved in small claims court. 9/16/2019 - small claims court won't work, it has to be an individual - not a company - doing the harassing in order to get a restraining order. Meanwhile, I've learned that dislike of the State's supplements is rampant and not being able to get delivery stopped is an all-too-common problem. Just another out-of-control corporation making life in Amerika (sic) miserable for consumers. As Dr. Paul Craig Roberts says in this article, "Life in America has become a gut-wrenching, soul-sucking, misery-drenched, demoralizing existence."
Update 10/4/2019 - Don't bother complaining to the SC Dept. of Consumer Affairs, a worthless agency that functions primarily to provide cushy jobs for select South Carolinians at taxpayer expense. I couldn't even get the little corporate stooge's website to work, so I sent 'em an e-mail and finally got a reply but the info they sent didn't work either, so I replied with a link to this post.
One of the best things I ever did was cancelling my subscription to the State newspaper. In a society where mainstream media is a mouthpiece for government propaganda, only fools subscribe to newspapers, especially in this age of the Internet. It hasn't been as good as allowing thug goon AT&T to disconnect my home phone (landline - I've never had a cell) due to robocalls and a bill I didn't owe 'em, along with my home Internet (I now use a computer at the library) but even so...
I made the mistake of continuing McClatchy supplements, which I never read, but figured I might use for catching the cleaner when I clean my bicycle. Even that proved unnecessary, so I repeatedly asked the State to cancel delivery of all supplements. Things went well with the YES and EXTRA, but CAROLINAS FOOD supplement continues to clutter up my yard. Last time it was deposited, I put two of the ones I had already received alongside it, and the newest one disappeared, leaving me to discard the other two. A similar thing happened at least once before, so no surprise.
The State would be well advised to put some energy into investigative reporting 'stead of cluttering up people's yards with their unwanted junk. An excellent starter would be for 'em to warn the public that a time limit has been quietly placed on wills as part of an ongoing probate racket that got underway in 1986, but I'm sure that would be asking way too much.
I'll send the State a link to this post hoping that will at least help me with yard-work.
Update 5/24/2019 - Below is a copy of the reply I received from the State newspaper, and I'm hoping for the best. Meanwhile, the following Wednesday another CAROLINAS FOOD supplement was tossed on my driveway.
Update 10/4/2019 - Don't bother complaining to the SC Dept. of Consumer Affairs, a worthless agency that functions primarily to provide cushy jobs for select South Carolinians at taxpayer expense. I couldn't even get the little corporate stooge's website to work, so I sent 'em an e-mail and finally got a reply but the info they sent didn't work either, so I replied with a link to this post.
One of the best things I ever did was cancelling my subscription to the State newspaper. In a society where mainstream media is a mouthpiece for government propaganda, only fools subscribe to newspapers, especially in this age of the Internet. It hasn't been as good as allowing thug goon AT&T to disconnect my home phone (landline - I've never had a cell) due to robocalls and a bill I didn't owe 'em, along with my home Internet (I now use a computer at the library) but even so...
I made the mistake of continuing McClatchy supplements, which I never read, but figured I might use for catching the cleaner when I clean my bicycle. Even that proved unnecessary, so I repeatedly asked the State to cancel delivery of all supplements. Things went well with the YES and EXTRA, but CAROLINAS FOOD supplement continues to clutter up my yard. Last time it was deposited, I put two of the ones I had already received alongside it, and the newest one disappeared, leaving me to discard the other two. A similar thing happened at least once before, so no surprise.
The State would be well advised to put some energy into investigative reporting 'stead of cluttering up people's yards with their unwanted junk. An excellent starter would be for 'em to warn the public that a time limit has been quietly placed on wills as part of an ongoing probate racket that got underway in 1986, but I'm sure that would be asking way too much.
I'll send the State a link to this post hoping that will at least help me with yard-work.
Update 5/24/2019 - Below is a copy of the reply I received from the State newspaper, and I'm hoping for the best. Meanwhile, the following Wednesday another CAROLINAS FOOD supplement was tossed on my driveway.
Dear Parris Boyd,
We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. We have sent a follow up
request to the distribution team to have this stopped however it may
take approximately two weeks for delivery to be cancelled. We do take
your request seriously and will honor your wishes. If you have any
questions or concerns, please contact us at 1-800-888-3566.
Sincerely,
Sara
Customer Service Representative
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