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TV Shipping in the Valley of the Amazons
By 5.19.06
Man buys TV from Amazon. UPS keeps dropping it. Perhaps Amazon should use better packing.
Best Buy Fulfills Its Name
By 5.19.06
Man goes to Best Buy. Buys iPod. Has good experience. Universe implodes.
Paypal’s PR Agency Promises to Help Resolve Consumerist Reader Complaint
By 5.16.06
Last week we wrote about Max, who tried to send money to his friend through Paypal but found himself ensnarled in a technical and customer service nightmare. In the end, his road of good intentions lead to B”anned from Paypal and Ebay Land,” a decidedly unhappy place excised from The Wizard of Oz as it frightened the focus group children terribly so.
Dear Diary: Today I Went to Best Buy
By 5.11.06
Gus went shopping today at Best Buy and decided to write us. It’s not a rant, not necessarily a complaint and probably won’t make you a better person.
Paypal Penalizes Good Samaritan
By 5.11.06
Thanks to some zealous Paypal security, mixed with tech snafus and a little lack of information about how Paypal works, Max had to go through leaps and hurdles to retrieve his money after he committed the crime of lending money to his friend.
Blog All Day, Dance All Night
By 5.11.06
What are the speakers of choice for successful overlords of blog industry? Nick Denton, Gawker Media head honcho and international bon vivant, prefers Mackie 450s.
Verizon’s Customer Service Stops Sucking, Eventually
By 5.1.06
- “Messieurs and Mistresses Consumerati:
The One H&R Block That Doesn’t Suck
By 4.19.06
Yes, Virginia, there is one good H&R Block store out there.
CompUSA, “Brother, Can You Spare a Paperclip?”
By 3.10.06
Mike writes in tale of CompUSA exhibiting classic “bullet in foot” syndrome.
