Want to talk to a real live human?

Do you ever get irritated working your way through a series of computer robot questions on the phone when you already know that you need to talk with a human to resolve the problem or answer your question?  The next time you have to call Customer Service and this happens you might try one of the tips below to get a quicker transfer to a real live person:

1)  Say one of these things:
"Agent"
"Representative"
"Human"

2) Or press the 0 (zero) key on your phone multiple times.  Sometimes that triggers a transfer to a human.

These tips aren't foolproof but have worked more often than not for me. Give them a try!

This will be the last Tuesday Tech Tip for 2020.... UNLESS I stumble across a tip you need before the first of the year.  Otherwise, plan on receiving the next email on Tuesday, January 5. 

Camelcamelcamel

 Have you ever been drawn into a "buy now -  best price of the year!" advertisement only to learn later that it really wasn't such a great price?  Was that price on Black Friday or CyberMonday really the best price??

Camelcamelcamel.com is a great website for tracking prices of items and a tool for you to bookmark or add to your Favorites for future use!

1. Without creating an account you can enter the name of a product you are considering for purchase and track its price over the past year.  
2. You can choose to have it continue to track prices for you and send an email when prices drop.

Let me show you how it works: http://somup.com/cYljIF20Ff

Search your favorite YouTube channel

 How do you use YouTube? My husband and I often use it when trying to learn how to do something: learning a new piece of technology, maintaining home appliances, trying to fix something that has broken, how to make the best mask, etc.

To expedite and make YouTube searches more efficient and improve search results, consider subscribing to your favorite YouTube channels and doing a search within your favorite sites rather than a general YouTube search.

I created a screencast to show you what I mean:  http://somup.com/cYlVIh2jsw