<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638</id><updated>2011-11-27T18:28:59.267-06:00</updated><category term='horrible'/><category term='poor'/><category term='HP'/><category term='fees'/><category term='Pizza Hut'/><category term='Nationwide Home Warranty'/><category term='Petco'/><category term='bad'/><category term='delayed flight'/><category term='canceled flights'/><category term='Target'/><category term='good'/><category term='customer service'/><category term='airlines'/><category term='circuit city'/><category term='grpahics card failure'/><category term='Lowe&apos;s'/><category term='class action lawsuit'/><category term='Canadian Fees'/><category term='Home Depot'/><category term='AirTran'/><category term='United Airlines'/><category term='NVIDIA'/><category term='Seacret'/><category term='US Airways'/><category term='united'/><category term='green'/><category term='Delta'/><category term='ATT'/><category term='Walgreens'/><category term='Comcast'/><category term='twitter'/><category term='autozone'/><category term='Air Canada'/><category term='Dell'/><category term='lies'/><category term='National Home Protection'/><category term='Cingular'/><category term='ULTA'/><category term='Southwest Airlines'/><category term='technical support'/><category term='Earthlink'/><category term='UPS'/><category term='Cheddar&apos;s'/><title type='text'>The ongoing decline of customer service in America</title><subtitle type='html'>Highlighting the ridiculous and unacceptable in the decline of customer service in this country.

Share your experiences with us by leaving a comment  regarding the different companies we highlight.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Lucy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>49</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-5950751821941919437</id><published>2010-12-31T13:20:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2011-01-07T19:08:19.398-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='united'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='airlines'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='United Airlines'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='horrible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='delayed flight'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='canceled flights'/><title type='text'>A United Airlines Nightmare</title><summary type='text'>To Whom It May Concern at United: (note: confirmation &amp; ticket numbers have been deleted for this blog post)In August I redeemed miles on Continental  for a trip home to Indiana for the Christmas holidays and was given a  ticket with United.  In trying to return to Houston on my  return leg of the trip, I ran into numerous difficulties that need to be  noted as it shouldn’t be this hard to get on</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/5950751821941919437/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=5950751821941919437' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/5950751821941919437'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/5950751821941919437'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2010/12/united-airlines-nightmare_31.html' title='A United Airlines Nightmare'/><author><name>txflygirl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16654471737980358864</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-2360268458285000521</id><published>2010-01-06T20:25:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2010-01-06T20:28:23.787-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Delta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><title type='text'>Delta Damages Planeside Checked Bag and Denies Claim</title><summary type='text'>To Whom it May Concern at Delta Airlines
Regarding: Damaged Bag 

On Wednesday December 30, 2009 I flew from Indiana to Houston via Atlanta with one checked bag and one carry on bag.  In Indiana I had to planeside check my carry on bag as the plane was too small for wheeled luggage.  Upon arrival in ATL I discovered that my bag had been sliced as if a knife were taken to it.  I was told by ATL </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/2360268458285000521/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=2360268458285000521' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/2360268458285000521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/2360268458285000521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2010/01/delta-damages-planeside-checked-bag-and.html' title='Delta Damages Planeside Checked Bag and Denies Claim'/><author><name>Lucy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-5254858166914327089</id><published>2009-09-02T21:46:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-02T21:47:44.393-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='united'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Comcast'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='twitter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poor'/><title type='text'>Does venting consumer outrage on Twitter actually work?</title><summary type='text'>This is a great article on Slate about using the internet to complain about a company and resolve a problem.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/5254858166914327089/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=5254858166914327089' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/5254858166914327089'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/5254858166914327089'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2009/09/does-venting-consumer-outrage-on.html' title='Does venting consumer outrage on Twitter actually work?'/><author><name>Lucy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-874978650517624906</id><published>2009-07-11T10:59:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-25T21:27:20.527-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='good'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='autozone'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><title type='text'>AutoZone excels at Customer Service</title><summary type='text'>The other night I was out running errands for a few hours and all of a sudden the radio acted weird and died. Then the a/c went out. And before I knew it all of the gauges went to zero and then jumped around erratically. Yep, my battery was just about dead which concerned me since I had just replaced the battery the previous week.On my way home I stopped at AutoZone to have my battery and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/874978650517624906/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=874978650517624906' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/874978650517624906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/874978650517624906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2009/07/autozone-excels-at-customer-service.html' title='AutoZone excels at Customer Service'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09522781910989986465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-8576931912813148663</id><published>2009-07-10T19:43:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-11T11:43:33.488-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seacret'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><title type='text'>Why I don't shop at Seacret</title><summary type='text'>Have you ever heard of Seacret?  They are one of the kiosks in the mall that ask you to smell a soap and you always say No and keep on walking.  One day I decided to stop.  I figured why not check out their products.  I was shocked at the cost of the items but thought I deserved a treat and I had been looking for a really good salt mixture for exfoliating.  I find the sugar scrubs are sticky and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/8576931912813148663/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=8576931912813148663' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/8576931912813148663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/8576931912813148663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2009/07/why-i-dont-shop-at-seacret.html' title='Why I don&apos;t shop at Seacret'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09522781910989986465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-8218055594739802297</id><published>2009-07-10T19:06:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-10T19:36:54.510-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HP'/><title type='text'>HP still fails in customer service</title><summary type='text'>I've been amiss in updating my HP story.  When we left off it was March and I had sent my laptop in for it's 2nd repair.  It came back rather quickly in early April and HP had replaced the mother board which of course included a new graphics processor.  However, per their policy they are still giving out the "bad" processors so the same problems are occurring again.  I called HP about two weeks </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/8218055594739802297/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=8218055594739802297' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/8218055594739802297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/8218055594739802297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2009/07/hp-still-fails-in-customer-service.html' title='HP still fails in customer service'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09522781910989986465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-6942442417680548103</id><published>2009-07-10T18:10:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-11T11:44:34.709-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Comcast'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poor'/><title type='text'>Oh Comcast, you give me a headache!</title><summary type='text'>I thought I would give Comcast a second chance.  I thought I could forgive and forget.  But, oh how they just want all my money by inaccurate billing.  Oh how they love to waste my time by making me talk to people who don't have a clue how to do their jobs.After using AT&amp;T's Basic DSL for a few years I was ready for a faster speed - however that wasn't offered in my area by AT&amp;T.  Cable Internet </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/6942442417680548103/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=6942442417680548103' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/6942442417680548103'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/6942442417680548103'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2009/07/oh-comcast-how-you-cant-do-anything.html' title='Oh Comcast, you give me a headache!'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09522781910989986465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-1286650593218441864</id><published>2009-07-03T13:43:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-11T11:44:00.601-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='technical support'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HP'/><title type='text'>Advice for dealing with HP Technical Support</title><summary type='text'>Another HP nightmare.I originally had a Pavilion DV8000.  It kept crashing.  I  reloaded the OS three times and that did not fix it.  It was sent back  three times for repair and that did not fix it.  I kept going around with  Technical Support (the stateside ones aren't bad, but the idiots in India are terrible!   They work from a "cookbook" with no real understanding to either the software or  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/1286650593218441864/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=1286650593218441864' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/1286650593218441864'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/1286650593218441864'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2009/07/advice-for-dealing-with-hp-technical.html' title='Advice for dealing with HP Technical Support'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09522781910989986465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-772302481469722638</id><published>2009-06-06T20:29:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-06-06T20:39:26.294-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Walgreens'/><title type='text'>No longer a Walgreen's Customer</title><summary type='text'>For years I have loved shopping at Walgreens enjoying their Easy Saver Rebates program, the friendly employees, and just the overall experience.  I know, it's Walgreens.  But no more.  Walgreens discontinued their Easy Saver Rebates program in May with no notice given to any of their shoppers who have participated in the program for years and years.  Employees knew nothing of why it was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/772302481469722638/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=772302481469722638' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/772302481469722638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/772302481469722638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2009/06/no-longer-walgreens-customer.html' title='No longer a Walgreen&apos;s Customer'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09522781910989986465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-7438883124993066889</id><published>2009-06-06T20:25:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-06-06T20:29:01.278-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lowe&apos;s'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poor'/><title type='text'>Lowe's Disappointment</title><summary type='text'>Today I stopped by Lowe's just to pick up something quickly.  I was shocked to find that on a Saturday that there was not a single check out lane opened but only the self-service check out lanes.  Do I need to point out that Lowe's is a home improvement store and the majority of purchases made do not sync with checking yourself out. First of all those machines check the weight of items and have a</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/7438883124993066889/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=7438883124993066889' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/7438883124993066889'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/7438883124993066889'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2009/06/lowes-disappointment.html' title='Lowe&apos;s Disappointment'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09522781910989986465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-1631246594282462954</id><published>2009-04-08T19:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-08T19:26:28.342-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Canadian Fees'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UPS'/><title type='text'>Ridiculous UPS Fees in Canada</title><summary type='text'>I sent a package of gifts to a friend in Canada thinking it would be a nice surprise for her. I should have known something was not right when the process of mailing this package was no easy feat. I had to list every single item in the box, the quantity, the cost per unit, and the weight per unit and all of that had to add up to the total cost of the box and the total weight. Ugh. Um, I couldn't </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/1631246594282462954/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=1631246594282462954' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/1631246594282462954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/1631246594282462954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2009/04/ridiculous-ups-fees-in-canada_08.html' title='Ridiculous UPS Fees in Canada'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09522781910989986465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-7941314360197311075</id><published>2009-03-29T18:09:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-29T18:18:03.071-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NVIDIA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grpahics card failure'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HP'/><title type='text'>HP is definitely wearing me out</title><summary type='text'>It's a game of survival basically.  I called my HP Executive Case Manager (ECM) immediately after my laptop returned from being repaired and expressed my disappointment that only the heatsync fan was replaced and the graphic card was left alone along with the rest of the motherboard even though I smelled it burning!  The ECM said there was nothing she could do about the repair that since the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/7941314360197311075/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=7941314360197311075' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/7941314360197311075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/7941314360197311075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2009/03/hp-is-definitely-wearing-me-out.html' title='HP is definitely wearing me out'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09522781910989986465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-680538456863361034</id><published>2009-03-17T12:25:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-17T12:28:32.907-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HP'/><title type='text'>Laptop back from HP</title><summary type='text'>My laptop returned from the HP Service Center yesterday.  Unfortunately all they replaced was the GPU fan which means they took care of one of the symptoms but not the cause.  Had laptop on last night for a few hours and the temp got up to 72 deg C which while hot is not anywhere near as hot as it was getting before hand.  However, my laptop did spontaneously shut itself down a few times which </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/680538456863361034/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=680538456863361034' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/680538456863361034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/680538456863361034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2009/03/laptop-back-from-hp.html' title='Laptop back from HP'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09522781910989986465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-131017741394973171</id><published>2009-03-13T19:14:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T19:18:30.070-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NVIDIA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dell'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='class action lawsuit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HP'/><title type='text'>NVIDIA Graphic Controller Chip Litigation</title><summary type='text'>I finally came across one class action lawsuit involving NVIDIA, Dell, and HP and that lack of acknowledgment about the faulty graphics cards.  What's even worse is the computer manufacturers are charging people $400 and up to repair the laptops and all they are doing is putting in a fresh faulty chip (which then fails even quicker than the first one did).   I'm glad there is a class action </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/131017741394973171/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=131017741394973171' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/131017741394973171'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/131017741394973171'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2009/03/nvidia-graphic-controller-chip.html' title='NVIDIA Graphic Controller Chip Litigation'/><author><name>Lucy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-7754979049436614658</id><published>2009-03-13T19:12:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T19:24:52.944-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dell'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HP'/><title type='text'>Wired Blog on NVIDIA/HP/Dell Faulty Graphics Cards</title><summary type='text'>There is a WIRED Blog entry on this issue of getting NVIDIA, HP, and Dell to admit that the faulty graphics card are causing laptops to fail at an alarming rate.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/7754979049436614658/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=7754979049436614658' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/7754979049436614658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/7754979049436614658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2009/03/wired-blog-on-nvidiahpdell-faulty.html' title='Wired Blog on NVIDIA/HP/Dell Faulty Graphics Cards'/><author><name>Lucy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-1508207625437359379</id><published>2009-03-03T15:18:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-03-03T15:25:38.978-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HP'/><title type='text'>New Executive Case Manager</title><summary type='text'>Last night a new Executive Case Manager (ECM) called me and she is soooo much nicer than the previous one and she actually listens and understands what I'm saying to her.The following is what I found out from her:1) They are replacing (for my series of laptops) the graphics card with the exact same one, Nvidia 8400M. I have asked her to confirm the manufacturing dates of these cards they are </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/1508207625437359379/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=1508207625437359379' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/1508207625437359379'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/1508207625437359379'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2009/03/new-executive-case-manager.html' title='New Executive Case Manager'/><author><name>Lucy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-7691956106129062348</id><published>2009-03-02T18:30:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-03-02T18:49:50.138-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HP'/><title type='text'>HP continues to amaze me (and not in a good way)</title><summary type='text'>Someone please let me know when customer service has turned into this?  Really, we have a known defect with a graphics card affecting thousands of computers, the OEM has provided almost $200 million to pay for repairs, and HP is fighting it tooth and nail.The saga continues...Over the weekend I had left a message for my original Case Manager asking him to please call me back on Monday and that I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/7691956106129062348/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=7691956106129062348' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/7691956106129062348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/7691956106129062348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2009/03/hp-continues-to-amaze-me-and-not-in.html' title='HP continues to amaze me (and not in a good way)'/><author><name>Lucy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-2426190224109238508</id><published>2009-03-01T19:54:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-03-01T20:00:18.508-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HP'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poor'/><title type='text'>New Tactic with HP</title><summary type='text'>I came up with a new plan for dealing with HP and that was to make sure they had the type of graphics card that is in my laptop properly documented.  So tonight I called them and spoke to a very nice guy in India even though we had trouble understanding each other.  I found out btw he has an electrical engineering degree.  Everyone should be asking the following question:  why is he working in an</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/2426190224109238508/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=2426190224109238508' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/2426190224109238508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/2426190224109238508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2009/03/new-tactic-with-hp.html' title='New Tactic with HP'/><author><name>Lucy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-859957748408333929</id><published>2009-02-27T12:54:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-03-02T18:39:04.092-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HP'/><title type='text'>Rude HP Case Managers</title><summary type='text'>I will give kudos to HP calling me back in 15 hours after being elevated to a case manager.  However, their ability to understand and comprehend the issue and resolve it gets a big fat FAIL!1) They told me my notebook does not have one of the defective nVidia chips and in fact doesn't have an nVidia graphics card.   (It does, I specifically ordered my laptop with that brand of graphics card).  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/859957748408333929/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=859957748408333929' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/859957748408333929'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/859957748408333929'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2009/02/rude-hp-case-managers.html' title='Rude HP Case Managers'/><author><name>Lucy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-6761114646248072065</id><published>2009-02-27T09:24:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-27T09:40:59.793-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HP'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poor'/><title type='text'>HP Laptop is extremely hot and smells like it's burning.  Thanks HP!</title><summary type='text'>This week my HP Laptop started to get extremely hot and two nights ago it smelled like it was burning!  I was a bit freaked out I do admit.  I powered it off and let it cool down for about 24 hours before trying to use it again.  It quickly heated up again so I called HP.  Remember my laptop fiasco with the dead hard drive back in the Fall of 2007?  Well, it turns out that the replacement laptop </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/6761114646248072065/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=6761114646248072065' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/6761114646248072065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/6761114646248072065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2009/02/hp-laptop-is-extremely-hot-and-smells.html' title='HP Laptop is extremely hot and smells like it&apos;s burning.  Thanks HP!'/><author><name>Lucy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-2074251224094447200</id><published>2008-10-18T21:13:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-10-18T21:16:10.152-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AirTran'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><title type='text'>Bait and Switch at AirTran?</title><summary type='text'>Dear AirTran,Here is the flight I tried booking  on AirTran’s website this morning.  As you can see on the first page it said it  was having difficulties with the payment processing system and to call  1-800-AIRTRAN.  I called and was on hold for about 20 minutes before someone  answered the phone at which time they wanted to not only charge me the higher  fares (for what their computer said </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/2074251224094447200/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=2074251224094447200' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/2074251224094447200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/2074251224094447200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2008/10/bait-and-switch-at-airtran.html' title='Bait and Switch at AirTran?'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09522781910989986465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-4740076747479472254</id><published>2008-08-18T20:42:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-08-18T20:47:36.498-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='circuit city'/><title type='text'>Circuit City Frustration</title><summary type='text'>I went online looking for the best shipping deal when pre-ordering a Wii game coming out in September and found Circuit City had free shipping.  Awesome, right?  So then I redeemed points for a $50 gift card to pre-order the Wii game.  Does anyone see anything wrong with this picture?  It turns out you can't pre-order a Wii game using a gift card.  Not that it tells you that.  It tells you that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/4740076747479472254/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=4740076747479472254' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/4740076747479472254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/4740076747479472254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2008/08/circuit-city-frustration.html' title='Circuit City Frustration'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09522781910989986465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-1895904914882094426</id><published>2008-08-01T21:36:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-08-01T21:39:24.408-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fees'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='airlines'/><title type='text'>Airline Fees have you down?</title><summary type='text'>Check out this msnbc article about how to complain about the outrageous fees are now charging - from checking first and second bags to getting a drink while on a four hour plane ride."A complaint letter is a good start. There’s evidence that airlines count the number of grievances about a particular fee. They may even read the letter you’ve sent. In the past several weeks, I’ve had a chance to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/1895904914882094426/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=1895904914882094426' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/1895904914882094426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/1895904914882094426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2008/08/airline-fees-have-you-down.html' title='Airline Fees have you down?'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09522781910989986465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-441812810793958377</id><published>2008-05-25T16:00:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-25T16:06:10.362-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Petco'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><title type='text'>Petco no more</title><summary type='text'>Today I attempted to return kitty litter to Petco and was disappointed that they wouldn't accept it because it had been more than 30 days.While back I bought some expensive kitty litter made out of corn that is flushable.  I have been trying to come up with a method to eliminate plastic bags (from stores) in my home. Mostly I use them to throw away the kitty litter. But with this corn type you </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/441812810793958377/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=441812810793958377' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/441812810793958377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/441812810793958377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2008/05/petco-no-more.html' title='Petco no more'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09522781910989986465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-2981232328071215193</id><published>2008-04-20T13:45:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-20T13:47:54.240-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Home Depot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='green'/><title type='text'>Home Depot's Green Attempt</title><summary type='text'>In this morning's home depot advertisement they stated they were giving away free reusable bags this morning and quantities were limited.  You see stuff like this every year around Earth Day, a company's attempt to look "green" without actually implementing any sustaining changes. I went to Home Depot this morning and found out that they only had 150 bags to give away and they were given away as </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/2981232328071215193/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=2981232328071215193' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/2981232328071215193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/2981232328071215193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2008/04/home-depots-green-attempt.html' title='Home Depot&apos;s Green Attempt'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09522781910989986465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-7033897846118532020</id><published>2008-03-12T20:06:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-12T20:13:22.760-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nationwide Home Warranty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='National Home Protection'/><title type='text'>Home Warranty (Beware)</title><summary type='text'>Dear National Home Protection &amp; Nationwide Home Warranty,I found your company's website to be very misleading.  In your contract terms it  says that each item is limited to $1500 to repair/replace.  However on this page  of your website your company provides the estimated cost to fix things if you don't' have a warranty,  but state if you had a NHP plan you simply pay the annual contract price </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/7033897846118532020/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=7033897846118532020' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/7033897846118532020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/7033897846118532020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2008/03/home-warranty-beware.html' title='Home Warranty (Beware)'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09522781910989986465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-3717396548930336290</id><published>2008-02-08T19:12:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-02-08T19:14:33.939-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Target'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><title type='text'>Has Target lost their mind?</title><summary type='text'>Here is Target's reply to my friend's incident I reported recently.  They want you to jump through hoops to return a 1 year old's birthday gift.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/3717396548930336290/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=3717396548930336290' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/3717396548930336290'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/3717396548930336290'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2008/02/has-target-lost-their-mind.html' title='Has Target lost their mind?'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09522781910989986465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-4433612085929613630</id><published>2008-02-01T19:04:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-02-01T19:05:09.652-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Target'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><title type='text'>Love Lost (Target)</title><summary type='text'>This is from a friend.Dear Target, I don't even know how to do this. I know that breaking up via blog is so childish, but I feel like our latest spat was also childish (on your part), and I'm pretty peeved right now. My little Claire got the cutest bathing suit for her birthday, but I'm afraid it won't fit her in a few months when we're actually able to swim outside. I don't have the receipt, as </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/4433612085929613630/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=4433612085929613630' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/4433612085929613630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/4433612085929613630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2008/02/love-lost-target.html' title='Love Lost (Target)'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09522781910989986465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-2209291623286851304</id><published>2008-01-27T18:07:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2008-01-27T18:07:38.050-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ATT'/><title type='text'>AT&amp;T's proposed filtering policy is bad news</title><summary type='text'>AT&amp;T’s big plan, which CEO Randall Stephenson shared this week at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, is to monitor traffic over its online network in what he claims is an effort to stamp out theft of copyrighted material. He failed to mention that such a plan is also unethical, impractical, insane, and given the CEO’s explanation, probably more than a little dishonest.“Do you guys want AT&amp;T</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/2209291623286851304/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=2209291623286851304' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/2209291623286851304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/2209291623286851304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2008/01/at-proposed-filtering-policy-is-bad.html' title='AT&amp;T&apos;s proposed filtering policy is bad news'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09522781910989986465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-7135616864082373429</id><published>2007-12-24T15:46:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-12-24T15:49:55.688-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ULTA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><title type='text'>Ulta - So much for help</title><summary type='text'>The other day I went into an ULTA store to pick up some hair products.  I asked one of the ladies for help in locating a specific hair product and she told me they were all too busy to help me.  I couldn't believe that was the response I received.   I then got in line at the register to ask for help and was told there was one girl working the floor to answer questions.  Since the one girl was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/7135616864082373429/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=7135616864082373429' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/7135616864082373429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/7135616864082373429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2007/12/ulta-so-much-for-help.html' title='Ulta - So much for help'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09522781910989986465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-3339158626708101012</id><published>2007-12-06T21:37:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2007-12-06T21:44:18.034-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='good'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HP'/><title type='text'>HP - What a surprise!</title><summary type='text'>I called HP today because as I've been slowly getting my new laptop up and running with my software I've come to learn (as I've been told) that most of my software and hardware is not compatible with Microsoft Vista.  I've contacted the various makers of the software/hardware to see if they have drivers and upgraded utilities so that the versions I have would work with Vista, however, no such </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/3339158626708101012/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=3339158626708101012' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/3339158626708101012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/3339158626708101012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2007/12/hp-what-surprise.html' title='HP - What a surprise!'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09522781910989986465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-1018615564225550066</id><published>2007-12-02T11:55:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-12-02T12:03:12.195-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='good'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HP'/><title type='text'>HP Printer Driver Resolution for Vista OS</title><summary type='text'>Since I received my new laptop loaded with Vista I (of course like everyone else) am having difficulty loading the correct drivers (if they even exist) for my printers and other external devices to work with the laptop.HP's website gave the incorrect information for what driver to load for my specific printer.  I tried it two different times.  I scoured the web looking for someone who had a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/1018615564225550066/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=1018615564225550066' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/1018615564225550066'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/1018615564225550066'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2007/12/hp-printer-driver-resolution-for-vista.html' title='HP Printer Driver Resolution for Vista OS'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09522781910989986465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-3303067949747640068</id><published>2007-11-27T19:03:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2007-11-27T19:04:49.354-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HP'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poor'/><title type='text'>HP finally delivers</title><summary type='text'>After 7 weeks of waiting, the HP replacement laptop finally arrived yesterday.  A true miracle has occurred.  The laptop has lots of upgraded features, plus they threw in an air/car adapter.   Even though resolution did finally occur with HP, I still rate them as poor in customer service because it should not have taken 7 weeks to resolve my situation.  And it shouldn't have taken over 3 weeks to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/3303067949747640068/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=3303067949747640068' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/3303067949747640068'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/3303067949747640068'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2007/11/hp-finally-delivers.html' title='HP finally delivers'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09522781910989986465</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-4187841931369583153</id><published>2007-11-14T06:32:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2007-11-14T14:18:10.120-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HP'/><title type='text'>Laptop Update # gazillion</title><summary type='text'>Well, 6 weeks and counting and my laptop is still dead. HP said they were going to order a new laptop to replace it, but that seems to be a point of confusion. Personally, I'd rather just have a new hard drive to put in my laptop because I'm not ready to deal with Windows Vista. The lady who's been assigned my case at HP keeps calling me to ask if I have received the hard drive (which is the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/4187841931369583153/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=4187841931369583153' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/4187841931369583153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/4187841931369583153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2007/11/laptop-update-gazillion.html' title='Laptop Update # gazillion'/><author><name>Lucy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-4672547554755375240</id><published>2007-11-03T21:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-03T21:29:20.965-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HP'/><title type='text'>Another laptop update...</title><summary type='text'>After numerous phone calls to HP (and being on the phone for over 1.5 hours each time) I have yet to receive my hard drive.  Another delivery date has come and gone.  It's absolutely ridicoulous the way they have their system set up.  I don't understand why no one can explain to me why they can't ship a replacement hard drive for my computer.I finally was able to get transferred to the complaint </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/4672547554755375240/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=4672547554755375240' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/4672547554755375240'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/4672547554755375240'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2007/11/another-laptop-update.html' title='Another laptop update...'/><author><name>Lucy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-6624082921927324955</id><published>2007-10-25T16:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-10-25T16:07:29.200-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HP'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poor'/><title type='text'>HP - will they come through?</title><summary type='text'>Almost 3 weeks ago my HP laptop's hard drive failed.  Luckily (or not) it is under warranty.  At first HP told me I'd have the replacement hard drive within 3-4 days.  Those days came and went.  When I called HP, they said it was backordered and I'd have it in 3 business days.  Yeah, that didn't happen either.  Now it's been 2.5 weeks and I can't get anyone at HP to tell me what is going on.  Why</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/6624082921927324955/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=6624082921927324955' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/6624082921927324955'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/6624082921927324955'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2007/10/hp-will-they-come-through.html' title='HP - will they come through?'/><author><name>Lucy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-6988845230875663848</id><published>2007-10-02T18:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-10-02T18:59:35.647-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ATT'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poor'/><title type='text'>AT&amp;T:  Will it ever end?</title><summary type='text'>I logged into one of my AT&amp;T/Yahoo email accounts this morning and saw my list of email in the portal, but when I clicked on inbox, all of my mail disappeared.  Yes, all of it.  ARGHHH!!!I was on the phone with AT&amp;T for over an hour as they had me do stupid stuff that had no bearing on recovering the email.  I was passed off from Level 1 to Level II, then told that a yahoo engineer would be in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/6988845230875663848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=6988845230875663848' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/6988845230875663848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/6988845230875663848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2007/10/at-will-it-ever-end.html' title='AT&amp;T:  Will it ever end?'/><author><name>Lucy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-8464398679064759470</id><published>2007-09-25T20:15:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-10-04T20:16:07.119-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Delta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Southwest Airlines'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poor'/><title type='text'>Delta - failure to disclose</title><summary type='text'>When the grandfather of my friend's husband died just recently they were quickly figuring out how to fly (without spending their daughter's college tuition money) from Washington D.C. to Austin, TX for the funeral.  The first thing they did was check various airlines for bereavement fares.Southwest - "We treat everyone equally.  All last minute tickets are sold at last minute prices."Delta - "We </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/8464398679064759470/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=8464398679064759470' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/8464398679064759470'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/8464398679064759470'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2007/09/delta-failure-to-disclose.html' title='Delta - failure to disclose'/><author><name>Lucy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-1666218158681299424</id><published>2007-09-18T18:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-09-18T18:18:59.545-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ATT'/><title type='text'>More AT&amp;T Woes</title><summary type='text'>Imagine my lack of surprise when I received a Disconnection Notice from AT&amp;T today in the mail for failure to pay my bill last month.  Considering that they forced me to give them a credit card to have on file to automatically charge my credit card each month (apparently being a Cingular customer for the past few years doesn't count as being an AT&amp;T customer), and that I had confirmed with </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/1666218158681299424/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=1666218158681299424' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/1666218158681299424'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/1666218158681299424'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2007/09/more-at-woes.html' title='More AT&amp;T Woes'/><author><name>Lucy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-7440263684736213024</id><published>2007-09-13T19:38:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-09-13T19:44:57.802-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ATT'/><title type='text'>Possible AT&amp;T Solution</title><summary type='text'>After two more phone calls to AT&amp;T to try and get resolution I might actually be getting somewhere.  I reached a person who was said it was ridiculous that I was having this much trouble getting a problem addressed, that she grabbed her manager as he walked by and took care of it right then and there.  We will see on the next bill if it carries through and I certainly hope it does.I am amazed </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/7440263684736213024/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=7440263684736213024' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/7440263684736213024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/7440263684736213024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2007/09/possible-at-solution.html' title='Possible AT&amp;T Solution'/><author><name>Lucy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-7000278204825395092</id><published>2007-09-08T20:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-09-08T20:45:30.885-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='good'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pizza Hut'/><title type='text'>Free Pizza!</title><summary type='text'>(Event occurred July 7)Now this is an extreme example of good customer service.  Back in July, a friend and I were out shopping and were starving.  We decided to order the 3 pizzas at $5 a piece from Pizza Hut. We paid for our order...went shopping some more, picked up our pizzas, went home and realized we got all cheese pizzas which was not what we ordered. My friend went back to get the right </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/7000278204825395092/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=7000278204825395092' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/7000278204825395092'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/7000278204825395092'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2007/09/free-pizza.html' title='Free Pizza!'/><author><name>Lucy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-5928284061631004229</id><published>2007-09-07T19:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-09-08T15:15:24.359-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ATT'/><title type='text'>Why I regret getting AT&amp;T DSL Service</title><summary type='text'>It all started on June 19th....I heard on the news that AT&amp;T is offering $10 DSL to people now! It's such a secret that they aren't advertising it on their website.But, never fear because I'm here! I've done the hard work of figuring out how to place an order. I even had to "chat" with an online rep because I spent 30 minutes looking myself and couldn't find it.Start here.Click on "See if you </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/5928284061631004229/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=5928284061631004229' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/5928284061631004229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/5928284061631004229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2007/09/it-all-started-on-june-19th.html' title='Why I regret getting AT&amp;T DSL Service'/><author><name>Lucy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-6155154925547299334</id><published>2007-09-06T20:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-09-06T20:55:00.062-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Comcast'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Earthlink'/><title type='text'>No, really, I do want to cancel my cable service!</title><summary type='text'>(Event occurred in August 07)I have Earthlink Cable Internet and have had it since 2002. I decided tonight to cancel it because I keep having billing issues with the cable provider. It used to be Time Warner Cable (TWC), but this past spring Comcast took over the market. Ever since I have moved, month after month, the billing has been screwed up. I call everytime and it takes on average 30-45 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/6155154925547299334/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=6155154925547299334' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/6155154925547299334'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/6155154925547299334'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2007/09/no-really-i-do-want-to-cancel-my-cable.html' title='No, really, I do want to cancel my cable service!'/><author><name>Lucy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-8489040385130378176</id><published>2007-09-06T20:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-09-06T20:51:16.775-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cheddar&apos;s'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poor'/><title type='text'>The Rules at Cheddar's</title><summary type='text'>(Event occurred in Jan 2007)What an interesting evening. Tonight I met up for dinner with a bunch of volleyball players I have met over the years. They had a tournament in Galveston today and went out to dinner afterwards. We went to Cheddar's, a new chain restaurant that opened up back in Sept/Oct here.So it turns out they have A LOT of rules and odd behavior!  It's very comical.  Read on...When</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/8489040385130378176/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=8489040385130378176' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/8489040385130378176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/8489040385130378176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2007/09/rules-at-cheddars.html' title='The Rules at Cheddar&apos;s'/><author><name>Lucy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-6766067525621591611</id><published>2007-09-06T20:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-09-06T20:46:16.536-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='good'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Air Canada'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US Airways'/><title type='text'>Air Canda: 1, US Airways:  0</title><summary type='text'>(Event occurred in Feb 2007)I spent this past weekend up in Canada visiting a very dear friend of mine. Right before I walked out the door (really!) I had an automatic call from US Airways telling me my flight was delayed by 99 minutes because the inbound aircraft was delayed. I can only assume it was coming from somewhere out East where snow and cold weather was blanketing the country.I called </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/6766067525621591611/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=6766067525621591611' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/6766067525621591611'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/6766067525621591611'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2007/09/air-canda-1-us-airways-0.html' title='Air Canda: 1, US Airways:  0'/><author><name>Lucy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-3643044003742454505</id><published>2007-09-06T20:39:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-09-06T20:39:45.593-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='good'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Southwest Airlines'/><title type='text'>Kudos for Southwest Airlines</title><summary type='text'>(Event occurred in April 2007)One of my coworkers discovered that the price for a flight she recently bought was heavily discounted all of a sudden. She had paid $120 to fly from Houston to Austin round trip and now the price was $60. Now, had this been any airline they would have said, sorry there's nothing that I can do. But, this was Southwest, an innovative and flexible airline. She called </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/3643044003742454505/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=3643044003742454505' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/3643044003742454505'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/3643044003742454505'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2007/09/kudos-for-southwest-airlines.html' title='Kudos for Southwest Airlines'/><author><name>Lucy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-3110613361804571767</id><published>2007-09-06T20:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-09-06T20:37:31.391-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='good'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cingular'/><title type='text'>Thanks Cingular!</title><summary type='text'>(Event occurred in May 2007)Two years ago when I moved to the apartment I had the hardest time getting out of my cell phone contract with Sprint, even after they tried to troubleshoot the problem for 6 months. The bottom line was moving a mile away my cell phone no longer worked. But, finally I was able to move on to Cingular which worked absolutely great at my apartment.Now, having moved again (</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/3110613361804571767/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=3110613361804571767' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/3110613361804571767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/3110613361804571767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2007/09/thanks-cingular.html' title='Thanks Cingular!'/><author><name>Lucy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-2243749375482549343</id><published>2007-09-06T20:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-09-06T20:34:24.805-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Earthlink'/><title type='text'>Is there intelligent life at Earthlink?</title><summary type='text'>Event occurred in  April 2007I'm dead serious. I doubt there is intelligent life at Earthlink. I've had nothing but headaches for the past 6 months every time I've had to call them. This time, it's about moving my service in 2 weeks. Those in India keep telling me there is no service where I am moving and there isn't service where I live now. Hmmm....interesting, because then who have I been </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/2243749375482549343/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=2243749375482549343' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/2243749375482549343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/2243749375482549343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2007/09/is-there-intelligent-life-at-earthlink.html' title='Is there intelligent life at Earthlink?'/><author><name>Lucy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2744579001484993638.post-5923410564519682468</id><published>2007-09-05T22:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-09-05T22:41:59.954-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='customer service'/><title type='text'>A new blog...</title><summary type='text'>Tonight we started this blog after one too many encounters with poor customer service in America (regardless of where the call center is located in the world).  I don't understand why so many people put up with poor customer service?  Why is it the standard in this country?  Why don't we stand up for good service?  Why, as companies get bigger, does their service decline?The purpose of this blog </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/feeds/5923410564519682468/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2744579001484993638&amp;postID=5923410564519682468' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/5923410564519682468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2744579001484993638/posts/default/5923410564519682468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://badcustserviceusa.blogspot.com/2007/09/new-blog.html' title='A new blog...'/><author><name>Lucy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
