Harvest Moon (October 6, 2025 @ 11:48 PM EDT)

Twelve hours before the Harvest Moon came to its fullest, I had our computer speakers completely stop working. Susan suggested our Bluetooth speaker as a substitute, for now. Fine, except that my computer doesn’t have Bluetooth on it. So, I did an internet search for a program to download. Big mistake.

The “suggested” site was a PC Upgrade Service (called PCHelpSoft.com) and for a fee I could get 11 program updates. Second mistake, buying into the idea. There was an online technician available, so I asked for help locating the Bluetooth application. Third mistake. “Oscar” did a linked exploration of my computer. Then offered an ongoing service to work on the computer for every month for three years. I hadn’t actually understood that when “Oscar” suggested a ‘Got Your Back’ Tech Service. At an exorbitant price. Of course, my credit card company flagged the transaction as a potential fraud. I let them know that the entry was from me, so they let the entry go through. Then, the internet went down!

Was I being protected by the Universe?

Who can say, for sure. I had to contact Bell to schedule a tech appointment for today. Everything’s sorted out, now. The credit card company has been notified that I’m disputing the two transactions. Of course, that means that the credit card had to be cancelled, with a new one being issued, to come by courier in about a week. All the downloaded programs have been deleted, and the tech company didn’t get my contact details, so they are SOL, happily on my part.

Take off, eh?