[mgarblik]

Originally Posted by Formulas

I wonder how much human intervention it takes at SS for such a thing in the first place, Seems like a rudimentary software program would suffice it has all your stored information its just a matter of turning on payout after you direct who what when and where....

The days of large Marge at a black phone desk with a card file and #2 pencil have been gone for a real long time

Disputes, out of ordinary questions, i didn't get my payment situations a real person is needed then though

Congrats on getting to the point of return on investment .. its not a entitlement .. it could be argued how much of an investment it really is but its what we got for now

You would think that was the case, all just computer input. But that was not the case for me. For me at least, my on-line application was flagged as having missing information. Then it was down the black hole for over 2 1/2 months.. I would check it's progress on-line and all it would say is it was in step 3 of a 4 step process. It would never move. So I called the national number and waited on hold for 5 hours. Finally a human took the call and found my on-line application. They said the agent assigned to my case had a few questions for me but she was in the Pittsburgh SS office and they could not transfer me. They did give me her name, first and last. I called Pittsburgh and waited on hold for just over 2 hours and a woman answered and told me the lady I needed to talk to worked from 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM. After the 2 hours on hold, It was 3:00 PM and she had gone home for the day. The next day, I began calling her direct line at 6:00 AM. I called every 15 minutes for about 1 1/2 hours. Finally she answered the phone. What was the earth shaking question she needed answered that held up my application for 2 1/2 months? She needed to know the city and state and year I was married!! That was all. I told her and a month later my SS payment showed up in my bank account. Without making the personal contact, it would still be sitting on someones computer I guess. BTW, the On-line application did NOT ask any question about where I was married and when! Just damn happy when that little payment shows up now every month.

[Hunter98TA]

Originally Posted by mgarblik

You would think that was the case, all just computer input. But that was not the case for me. For me at least, my on-line application was flagged as having missing information. Then it was down the black hole for over 2 1/2 months.. I would check it's progress on-line and all it would say is it was in step 3 of a 4 step process. It would never move. So I called the national number and waited on hold for 5 hours. Finally a human took the call and found my on-line application. They said the agent assigned to my case had a few questions for me but she was in the Pittsburgh SS office and they could not transfer me. They did give me her name, first and last. I called Pittsburgh and waited on hold for just over 2 hours and a woman answered and told me the lady I needed to talk to worked from 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM. After the 2 hours on hold, It was 3:00 PM and she had gone home for the day. The next day, I began calling her direct line at 6:00 AM. I called every 15 minutes for about 1 1/2 hours. Finally she answered the phone. What was the earth shaking question she needed answered that held up my application for 2 1/2 months? She needed to know the city and state and year I was married!! That was all. I told her and a month later my SS payment showed up in my bank account. Without making the personal contact, it would still be sitting on someones computer I guess. BTW, the On-line application did NOT ask any question about where I was married and when! Just damn happy when that little payment shows up now every month.

what a hassle. It asked me where we were married, had to ask Patti since it was 45 years ago. LOLOLOL.

I'm really happy with getting out of the 8-5 type job. I've been working, for the most part, since I was 8 with a Philadelphia Evening Bulletin newspaper route. I made very good money doing that too. I figured I owe it to myself to relax and do what I want, when I want.

[PunchT37]

Originally Posted by Hunter98TA

what a hassle. It asked me where we were married, had to ask Patti since it was 45 years ago. LOLOLOL.

I'm really happy with getting out of the 8-5 type job. I've been working, for the most part, since I was 8 with a Philadelphia Evening Bulletin newspaper route. I made very good money doing that too. I figured I owe it to myself to relax and do what I want, when I want.

I`m right on your back bumper.