Vincent Ferrari was nice enough to come down to Gawker HQ and answer a few questions about his ordeal, AOL and what’s next for our famous AOL canceller. He may have been nice on national broadcast, but we get him to open up and talk a lil’ smack-a-roony. Plus, he’s got some things up his sleeve that might put the hurt on AOL even more so than his Dear John call…
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Collection Agencies Add Insult to Snowboard Injury
By 4.27.06
Grant had the misfortune to get into a snowboarding accident. Then he had the further misfortune of living in America where it’s nigh impossible to get a bruise removed from your credit report.
Bank of America Calls Customer a Liar
By 4.24.06
“If someone claimed you ran over their foot and asked you to pay them money, would you give it to them?”
Coned Robots Beg Payments by Phone Every Day, Starting One Day After Paper Bill Arrives
By 3.24.06
Dan Edelman IM’d with a disturbing tale of Coned employing android voice synths to hit you up. Coned graduated from needlessly annoying letters to needlessly nagging phone calls:
Verizon Sells Bill Pay Histories To Creditors
By 3.3.06
New incentive to pay your phone bill on time, Verizon will now provide your bill payment histories to credit report agencies. The practice is becoming common among companies that issue monthly bills.
ConEd and GHI Blindly Bully Blogger
By 2.10.06
ConEd and GHI insurance bully customers into paying on time, threatening cancellation, even if they pay they bills punctually, rants PR and blogging maven B.L. Ochman.
