OK, I'm already blocked on Marketforce.
I managed to schedule 7 shops for this month utilizing the "make an offer" feature.
On the way to do 2 of the shops yesterday (200 miles from my home), my car broke down.
The tow was $145 (for 16 miles!!! OMG!!!) -- which took all the cash for the shops, and to pay for my phone service for another month, and to pay my electric bill. To add insult to injury, I had just filled the tank, too, so that's $30 totally wasted.
I was 100 miles from home, so a friend came to pick me up. I gave her all the rest of my money to put gas in her car for coming to pick me up
The garage said the timing belt "went", took out the valves, engine shot, repairs $4,000.
I signed the car over to them; it'll go to the salvage yard.
I cancelled my other shops with other MSCs, all the schedulers were wonderful (even though it put them in a bad spot).
I rescheduled the Marketforce shops.
Realistically, the chances of me getting another car are zip, zero, nada, never happen.
I fear if I cancel these 7 shops, I will be permanently deactivated. And while it's true I cannot shop without a car, if I somehow manage to eventually get a car, I would really like to shop for MF, and if I'm deactivated, that's permanent.
I was warned back in July to NOT cancel any more shops, or I would be deactivated.
Even though the person who called me to warn me, when she checked the details of the supposed "cancellations" on my record admitted that yes, I had completed and reported every single one of the shops that were listed as cancellations!!!!
I am old, I am disabled 100%, I have no real marketable skills (tech passed me by, LOL!), and I really REALLY really do NOT want to be deactivated.
Input, thoughts, advice (just please don't say "get a car" -- I don't have the resources, and I don't know anybody who just gives cars away), musings, anything will be considered.
Thank you.