Pull a Seinfeld and call in a bogus report.
Make the service call for a day you KNOW you won't be home, and at a time you're guaranteed not to be there.
Call back an hour after the latest time they were supposed to be there.
Ask them why they haven't sent anyone yet.
Tell them you'll have to reschedule now because you have business to take care of.
Reschedule for a day and time you KNOW you won't be home.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
OFTEN!
I can't say that I've ever been that pissed at the cable provider we used to have. We had so many node problems when we first signed up that the tech for our area gave me his personal cell phone number and several doodads that we were supposed to be charged for, for free....a real stand-up guy, so I always offered him a beer when he stopped by, a little chit-chat, a little boss-bashing to give him a chance to vent...ALWAYS a nice guy to deal with.
But I DO know how to extract my pound of flesh
