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receipt checking controversy

Best Buy Calls You An "Asshole" For Not Showing Your Receipt

After driving all over Chicagoland with his 7 month old son looking for a DirecTV receiver, reader Bobby was called an asshole for not stopping and showing his receipt to a Best Buy employee. He's a little ticked off, and he CC'd us on his letter to Best Buy. Let's listen in: More »

9:02 AM on Tue Aug 5 2008
By Meg Marco
40,120 views, 428 comments

Latest by atrusredtalon: Really I think that they should only ask for a receipt if 1. You don't have the item in a more »

Gawker Responds To Lycos' Aluminum Foil Sword Rattling Lycos, don't you have better things to do, like fade quietly into the night? What Gawker legal told Lycos legal, inside. MORE »

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Lycos Steps Up Legal Threats To Get Meanypants CS Manager's Photo Down

Somehow Lycos took time off from deleting customer's emails to send off more photo removal requests, and now they've got their general counsel involved. More »

2:19 PM on Fri Feb 2 2007
By Ben Popken
810 views, 75 comments

lycos

Lycos Customer Service Manager's Picture Held Hostage Until He Restores Customer's Email And Apologizes

mikeylikesit.jpgIf people are really sending Mike death threats and showing up at his workplace, please stop. That's no way to go about this and you're going to get yourselves in trouble.
    "From: Mike Jandreau <[redacted]@lycos-inc.com>
    Date: February 2, 2007 11:04:24 AM
    To: [redacted]@gawker.com
    Subject: http://tinyurl.com/2ftcg6 violation of my privacy.
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11:39 AM on Fri Feb 2 2007
By Ben Popken
991 views, 74 comments

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Lycos Deletes All Of Customer's Email, Tells 'Em To Suck It

This is Mike Jandreau, master and commander of all customer service at Lycos. When you don't check into your email for 30 days, Lycos deletes 2 years worth of your personal email. More »

11:13 PM on Thu Feb 1 2007
By Ben Popken
1,220 views, 35 comments