Posted on 07/19/2006 10:24:02 AM PDT by ShadowAce
Why not just cancel your credit card and wait for AOL to purge you from their database?
Wait, I forgot, most AOL users are stupid.
Vonage is following in AOL's footsteps. They deliberately put you on hold for long periods of time, fail to port your number over for months, all to keep your monthly revenue going for as long as they can.
It't no coincidence that the song in their commercials "Woo-Hoo" was rediscovered in the movie "Kill Bill".
AOL was a scumball operation in 1995 when I had them for 3 months and it cost me about $900.
They were a scumball operation when they merged with Time warner and all their bogus bookkeeing came to light.
They were a scumball operation when they said they were surprised by what "John" did here, and said they fired him.
It's just what they are.
My Dell laptop crashed, to get the support I needed (drivers) I kept getting told I needed to buy an extended warranty for only $49.95 for one year.
I finally found most of the drivers, I needed to get it up and running again.
Oh by the way, the manual I received with the laptop stated that enclosed was a driver cd.
"Why not just cancel your credit card and wait for AOL to purge you from their database? "
That is exactly what I tell my aol pals...LOL! Works every time, too...simply amazing. AO-hell doesn't like not getting that $23.95 a month for their lousy service.
I sometimes refer to that movie as Willie Loman in his second life.
Actually it's pretty easy to cancel AOL. Just tell them you are leaving this country FOREVER. They will cancel it.
Y'all have GOT to check this out.
I wonder if this might convince my parents to ditch AOL.
Nah . . . probably not.
I did the free trial, and never paid a dime for almost 3 months worth of service.
Cancelling was a pain, about a 10 minute call with some Punjabi, or whatever, but he finally accepted I was not going to pay 15/month to 'enhance my online experience' with AOLwhich i only used as a portal anyway.
> Fortunately I've now found a company that provides dialup for the week.
Could I trouble you for a link. I might be able to use that on occation.
Note:
The Baldwin character, whose name is actually Blake, only appeared in the movie and not the B'way show. The part was written specifically for the movie...
Glad I didn't try Vonage. I get unlimited long distance from ATT.
Actaully this is not a good idea. You still need to cancel it. Otherwise AOL can sell your debt to the collection agency. And it was reported that AOL did.
Telemarketing (outgoing calls) is dying thanks to a combination of blocking technology, caller ID, privacy measures (unlisted phones, etc.), mobile phone use, and of course the fed-up public who forced their Lobbyist ATM Withdrawal Specialists - er, Congressmen - to do something about it.
Unfortunately, this has failed to convince the marketing weenies and they now view all incoming calls (support, service) as sales opportunities - even when the customer wants to terminate due to horrible service, substandard/defective products, high prices, etc. This "Verify" stuff has become pervasive....they have all your information on a screen in front of them but want to ask 10x about address, e-mail, etc. etc. It's supposed to build rapport but I refuse to play the game if and when I have to phone any company. I tell them you have what you need - let's move onto the action steps.
Wait until you try to port away from Vonage. One of my lines is at 76 days now.
How about $4 for a month?
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