When a company refuses to unscrew you, usually as a matter of "policy," it sometimes takes a little extra to get them to see why they're wrong.

If saying please and escalating up the customer service lines fail, a few tactics can help bend their steely resolve in your favor.

• How To Launch An Executive Email Carpet Bomb
• Company Ignoring You? Fax 'Em To Death
• Get Your Complaint Resolved By Posting It To The Company's Stock Forums
• How To Reach Executive Customer Service
• Threaten To Perform Your Civic Duty By Warning Other Customers About Their Business

A relevant appendix to these posts is our growing library of company contact info is listed under the "phone numbers" tag.

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