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credit cards

Angry Capital One CSR Closes Account For Asking Too Many Questions, Then Hangs Up On Customer

As much as we complain about customer service reps, it's wise to remember that they hold the advantage when it comes to your account. We don't know whether our reader Chris was too rude to his outsourced call-center buddy or whether the CSR was just having a really bad day, but apparently things got out of hand when Chris called in to find out what was going on with his credit card account.

When I asked for more details, the representative (who sounded like he was from India), took vengeance on my account and told me he was closing the account and that there was nothing I could do. When I asked for his manager, he said “There is nothing he can do, the account is closed.” —CLICK— And that was the sound of him hanging up the telephone.

Chris says the CSR didn't even read him any account closure notice first.

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Okay, who decided it would be funny to hack Comcast? DSLReports says, "Though there's no indication that user privacy is jeopardized, you may want to avoid using Comcast webmail until things have been completely cleared up. [DSLReports]

fast food

Louisiana Sonic Employees Spat In Drinks

A representative for a Sonic restaurant in Eunice, Louisiana has admitted that two of their employees were spitting in customers' drinks. "It was brought to my attention by the manager of the store that the incident was brought to his attention that an employee had spit in a drink of a customer," said the rep. Oh, good. So long as something was brought to someone's attention. More »

ew

Hey, Air Travelers: You Are Extremely Disgusting People

The Wall Street Journal has an article that we could barely finish about absolutely disgusting behavior that air travelers are exhibiting on airplanes. The article details the foul, rude and unsanitary things that you all are doing out of some sort of misguided aggression towards the airline. We have news for you, pig pen, you're only hurting yourselves... or, more specifically, the next guy to sit in that seat. More »

frivolous lawsuits

Widow Sues Petsmart For Selling Killer Hamster

In 2005, Petsmart sold a woman a hamster infected with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, or LCMV. The woman died of a stroke, and her liver was transplanted into Thomas Magee. He subsequently contracted LCMV and died from complications. His widow is now suing Petsmart. According to MSNBC, the lawsuit claims that "two other people who received organs from this woman died and one became seriously ill." More »

tech support

Comcast Tech Abuses Power To Rack Vegeneance On Xbox Hackers

DSL Reports has the story of an outsourced Comcast tech was fired after bragging online about using internal Comcast systems to get vengeance on hackers disrupting his Xbox. After annoying little twerps intentionally overloaded his Xbox with data (known as packet flooding), Mark Ribeiro, who describes himself as a "Comcast tier 2.5 support agent, which essentially means im one of the top 1% elitest agents," went to work. First he identified one of the perps and found out he was a Comcast customer. Then he looked up the kid's info in the Comcast support system and called the kid's father... More »

subprime meltdown

Facing Foreclosure Some Owners Trash The House Before Leaving

The Wall Street Journal says that about half of foreclosed homes nationwide have "substantial" damage ,much of it inflicted by bitter former homeowners who tried their best to destroy the property before being forced to leave. More »

unfriendly skies

JetBlue Flight Attendant Takes Revenge On Passenger Who Asked Her To Stop Speaking Loudly

A JetBlue flight attendant threw a hissy fit when a passenger failed to return her jammed seat to the upright and locked position. The stewardess admitted that the seat's spring was broken, but still gave the passenger a "warning card" and had airport security meet the plane at the gate. Why? A fellow passenger explains, after the jump. More »

real estate

Crazy Realtor Torments Rival With Sex Ads

Well, this just further proves that real estate is the meanest profession. Dean "Cookie Kwan" Isenberg was arrested a week ago and charged with "posting fake escort ads on the Internet using a rival's phone numbers, sparking hundreds of raunchy calls" and text messages to the woman and her daughter. The victim, Debbie Blasberg, was a former coworker of Isenberg's who had "closed on a property he had been trying to sell." More »

Despite Winning $54 Million Pants Lawsuit, Drycleaner Shutters The ordeal of battling the $54 million lawsuit over a pair of pants finally got to the DC drycleaners and they've closed up shop.

lawsuits

Ohio AG Suing Scammy Gift Card Site

The Ohio Attorney General is suing GiftAssistant.com for using unfair and deceptive methods to take at least $42,000 from at least 250 people. At least one of those people the company bilked was a Consumerist reader, as we reported previously. More »

complaints

FYE Bait And Switches Wii Buyer, Gamer Calls For Boycott

In June, this gamer pre-ordered his Nintendo Wii from FYE. More »

bank of america

Bank of America Ruined My Credit

Bank of America's errors trashed Clay's credit rating and refused to fix their mistakes. So he put up an ever-burning totem pole of shame, Ruinedcredit.com. More »

ebay

That Other Broken Laptop I Sold On eBay: P-P-P-Powerbook!

This is ancient, but we've been so entertained by The Broken Laptop I Sold on Ebay stories that we thought it was time to reread another eBay revenge classic: P-P-P-Powerbook! More »