What were your best and worst consumer experiences this week?

Which consumer happenings cheered you this week and which ones made you want to scream or weep?

Here are my best and worst consumer experiences this week:

My best: Free blackberries

I had fun picking blackberries with my family and making blackberry pie.

We used a minimum about of sugar, 1/3 cup for 4 coups of berries. I saw recipes with two or three times the amount of sugar.

I found the recipe on the Pie Maven’s website.

My worst: A mistake by Comcast

When I was visiting my daughter last week, I called my home number and tried to retrieve my messages like I have dozens of times before.

Comcast said I had entered the wrong password. So, I entered it again. Still, it wouldn’t work. I tried again and again. I couldn’t figure out what was wrong.

Then, the Comcast system, in its irritating electronic voice, said my phone messages were locked. I had tried too many times with the wrong pass word. I couldn’t believe it.

I fumed for several days. Before I called to complain, I tried getting my voicemail messages again. It worked like a charm. I don’t know what was wrong, but it certainly was irritating not to be able to retrieve my messages from my landline when I wanted them.