Consumer Karma

Category: Consumer

  • Death of A TracFone

    The airtime minutes on my TracFone expired yesterday. I will not be adding any more airtime. Ever. I have some plans in store for my TracFone later this week, so if you like watching video of things getting destroyed you may want to come back and check it out. Let me take this opportunity to…

  • Don’t Be A Zombie

    I’ll have to give credit to the spammers and other varieties of internet-dwelling lowlife for one thing: They are a damn creative bunch! They have come up with some absolutely ingenious schemes to keep the money coming in. It used to be that a virus or worm or other nasty bit of software was released…

  • Yet Another Reason To Hate AOL

    I had heard the stories more than once. Someone who has an internet-based business sets up a newsletter or a mailing list to stay in touch with customers and potential customers via e-mail. After signing up and agreeing to receive the newsletter or mailing list messages, some clueless AOL user receives an e-mail message just…

  • Give Me A Reason!

    No, that’s not a line from the latest action-adventure thriller hitting the movie theaters. Actually, I just got a call from Dish Network and it was one of those recorded messages that I hate. I didn’t get upset about this particular call for two reasons. Firstly, I have been a very happy Dish Network customer…

  • The Seedy Side of The Net, Part 1

    No, I’m not talking about sites that feature pornography or other subjects that may be considered offensive to large segments of the population. Although the creators of these sites often figure very prominently in the schemes I will be talking about. Although some old-time internet purists probably still lament any commercialization of the internet whatsoever,…

  • TracFone Sucks (Badly!)

    Is it just me? Am I the only one around that is just completely and totally fed up with our global-all-things-to-all-people-call-our-overseas-call-center-and-everything-will-be-just-peachy corporate customer service push-button society? You’d think that with all the technology at our disposal and all the advancements made in recent decades, that we’d be getting the best-ever service from companies we decide…

  • TracFone Warning

    A while back I got tired of sending money to my cell phone provider every month for the grand privilege of carrying a cell phone around with me. I would not have been so bothered by it if it was something I used every day or perhaps even every week. I’m not a typical cell…

  • Toshiba Sucks

    During August of 2004 I purchased a Toshiba Satellite A65-S1662 laptop computer. If you’re in a hurry and don’t feel like reading this entire post, let me save you some time and just advise you to stay clear of Toshiba laptops and buy something better. There now, go back to your research. My Toshiba laptop…

  • AOL: Internet Dinosaur Tries To Remain Relevent

    Good customer service is something that seems to be in very short supply these days. I’ve always valued good customer service and I have a small group of favorite companies I like to do business with because I have had good experiences with them. It’s not a large list, but these companies have earned my…

  • Sweepstakes Clearinghouse Sends Latest Deceptive Mailing

    The latest dirt bags sending a deceptive mailing to my house is an outfit going by the name of Sweepstakes Clearinghouse with an address of 1555 Regal Row, PO Box 569600, Dallas, Texas 75356-9931. Notice the old trick they use by showing the ‘To The Order Of’ through the address window to make it look…