Aaaannnd We’re Back!
After a 60 hours + downtime, Literal Barrage is back on line. I’ve received no explanation from VizaWeb, nor do I think that I am likely to. In light of recent events, please leave your recommendations for reliable hosting with…
Category Customer Service
The Joys Of Big Box Retail Outlets
Jeff over at the Shape of Days has discovered the “joys” of shopping provided by big name electronics stores (in this case, CompUSA). As regular readers will recall, I’ve had my own experiences with big box retailers, although not CompUSA…
A Post Delayed Is A Post Denied
Or: How I Have Virtually Assured Myself Of The Irrelevance Of The Information Contained Herein By Merit Of Waiting Until A Full Two Weeks After Bride And Groom Returned From Their Honeymoon To Post This Drivel I am many things…
I Keep Trying To Tell People, But Do They Listen?
Shame on Lileks. He went to Best Buy (cbtn) to replace a fritzy DVD player, managed to get upsold on a shady “HDTV” player and then discovered that Best Buy (cbtn) is no longer content with simply taking his money.…
What Timing!
No sooner do I post about Best Buy (cbtn) then I notice a thread on Fark pointing to this Gizmodo entry (pointing to this AnandTech forum thread which, in turn, reprints a Baltimore Sun article that the Sun website puts…
Now I Just Need An Eyepatch, A Parrot And A Diploma From “Pirate U.”
As of this morning, a long, drawn–out chapter in my dental history has finally drawn to a close. I had a gold crown (well, really almost an entire tooth) put in place to finally close out the Saga of the…
Brrrr.
I woke up to a cold house this morning – apparently, my heating oil company’s “auto” “replenishment” program wasn’t working right and my tank just plum ran dry. A repairman just stopped by and got us up and running and…
A Glutton For Retail Punishment
– or – Fool Me Once, Shame On You, Fool Me Twice, Shame On Me, Fool Me Thrice, You Must Work For Best Buy! As long-time readers will no doubt recall, I’ve had my troubles with Best Buy (and customer…
Even More Atrocious Customer Service
Yes, it’s that time again. Time for another installment in our ongoing series, “Doug Gets Poor Customer Service.” My wife and I went to Genuardi’s the other day in order to obtain certain products that we’ve been unable or unwilling…
Atrocious Customer Service
Let’s establish something: I attract bad customer service. I have bad customer service mojo. I am the customer service equivalent of two broken mirrors, an upside-down horseshoe, a sack full of black cats and roughly fourteen ladders standing in front…
