u/amag420

Hi,

High value item was delivered to the wrong place for an overnight delivery nearly 2 weeks ago. Amazon has taken me through the ringer, ive spent at least 10 hours on this, and now it feels like I’m just being manipulated and given the appearance of a resolution path when in reality i was never going to get my refund. I filed the report, got it approved, and included all the information they required. But my police department does not furnish the report with all of the information, that’s just not how they do it and I called the records department and they said there’s no way to get that sort of custom non-fill-in-the-blank information onto a report.

I explained this and received the same canned rejection email just with a different person’s name on it. This is already the execuitive escalation team and I’m really really scared that amazon’s going to use this “requirement” to keep my money. This is just miserable I feel like I’m being defrauded. Any ideas? I’ll try literally anything I’m so desperate after this I almost want to cry.

To make it worse, a week ago the account specialist team told me categorically that the investigation resulted in the refund being approved and that it would be processed on the 25th, I clarified with her several times, and then on the 25th when I call I’m informed that never existed and that my account was shut down. I appealed successfully, at which point i was asked for a police report, and now we’re at this. I’m seriously lost and this is just so emotionally draining, I shouldn’t have to go through this

I’m running out of spots for this late in the summer when it’s just too hot to responsibly fish anywhere but the highest elevations. I’m willing to hike.

For the past few weeks I’ve been going to a 5000-5800ft creek in shining rock to fish for brook trout, and before that some 4000ft headwaters in jackson county, but I’d like to stop terrorizing the natives now that it’s getting proper warm.

Tailwaters are enticing, and I love fishing that section of the nantahala gorge (last weekend it was crazy, you could see them rising to eat every couple of seconds), but I don’t think there’s sites unless im missing something. It’s my impression the sites off of Old River Road for example are not part of that tailwater/dam system. Please correct me if im wrong, and I’d love to hear about more of these sorts of spots (nantahala seems to have tons of roadside dispersed that I haven’t found yet) but I more than understand the secrecy.

Standing indian is also enticing, but I’d prefer not to camp in a developed campground. Is big east fork in shining rock high enough in elevation? Tanasee creek?

Thanks

I carry fishing gear and do water crossings enough that i occasionally have a nonzero chance of having to ditch my pack. So I want my inreach messenger on my person.

The thinking so far is to attach it with 95lb cord (275 is a tight fit so friction concerns me) to a 45 gram locking carabiner clipped to my belt, and that’s still heavy, but I’m pretty attached to the locking carabiner after hearing that story from Rainier.

Any bulletproof, idiot-proof, ultralight carry ideas? I’m not very carabiner or knot savvy.

Edit: I forgot belts come off

Not really mountaineering, but lots of inreach talk on this sub for obvious reasons so thought id ask here. I backpack/fish in steep river gorges in southern appalachia and have consistently had a lot of trouble with my inreach mini 2 getting a signal, so i returned it and bought the messenger. Works great, punches through the canopy like nothing, i really was impressed. But keeping it in my pack feels wrong, and it doesn’t clip easy to my pant loops. I have a garmin watch to trigger it with, but once my pack floats 100 yards downstream it’s game over, and as a chronic overpacker making regular stream crossings, that’s not a failure mode im very comfortable with.

All that to say, any ideas on carrying the inreach messsenger on my person while wearing my pack? I know they make belt mounts but im skeptical and think it will interfere with my already slightly painful ula circuit hip belt. Pocket is a valid idea, just clearly not with my current pants. Thanks

What elevations should I hike the next two weekends? Wondering if i can stay lower (3000-3500ft) and still see peak bloom this weekend. Usually mid June every elevation is beautiful, but I’m curious if the drought delayed or shortened things. Will 2000ft elevation make that big of a difference? Haywood/Transylvania/Jackson county area. Thanks