Comments on: So sad, it’s funny http://www.seanpaune.com/2006/11/23/so-sad-its-funny/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:59:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Sean P Aune http://www.seanpaune.com/2006/11/23/so-sad-its-funny/comment-page-1/#comment-11932 Sean P Aune Fri, 24 Nov 2006 14:49:26 +0000 http://seanpaune.com/?p=864#comment-11932 I'll make a whole entry sometime about our run in with the BBB. Short version is, woman was clearly in the wrong, BBB didn't care to hear our side of the story, they were "there for her" and treated us like the biggest thieves ever even AFTER we showed them a copy of the rental agreement she had clearly signed stating exactly what we did. So I am sure they have good points, but they certainly left a bad taste in my mouth. Yep, the world-revolves-around-me thought process is getting worse. It was CLEARLY evident at the Black Friday sales I just got back from. Will post on those later. I’ll make a whole entry sometime about our run in with the BBB. Short version is, woman was clearly in the wrong, BBB didn’t care to hear our side of the story, they were “there for her” and treated us like the biggest thieves ever even AFTER we showed them a copy of the rental agreement she had clearly signed stating exactly what we did. So I am sure they have good points, but they certainly left a bad taste in my mouth.

Yep, the world-revolves-around-me thought process is getting worse. It was CLEARLY evident at the Black Friday sales I just got back from. Will post on those later.

]]> By: Luis http://www.seanpaune.com/2006/11/23/so-sad-its-funny/comment-page-1/#comment-11930 Luis Fri, 24 Nov 2006 10:29:16 +0000 http://seanpaune.com/?p=864#comment-11930 On the other hand, the BBB does take complaints and investigates them, and if a business is found to actually be in the wrong, it becomes public and can hurt them. When I tried to quit my first web host after they silently switched me to a 6-month contract without my consent, they double-billed me for a month I never got. I was getting the run-around from them, the most they offered was a promise for a credit spendable with them for future services, and even that came after many phone calls where they repeatedly hung up on me a crap like that. So I sent one final letter: repair the situation or I report them to the BBB. Almost instantly, they gave me a refund to my credit card account, and sent letters of apology. So, I'm not too unhappy the BBB is around. I have no idea of their effectiveness otherwise, but they can come in handy at times. As for the Amazon commenters... I agree completely, what a bunch of wankers! All part of the whole world-revolves-around-me mentality, I guess. On the other hand, the BBB does take complaints and investigates them, and if a business is found to actually be in the wrong, it becomes public and can hurt them. When I tried to quit my first web host after they silently switched me to a 6-month contract without my consent, they double-billed me for a month I never got. I was getting the run-around from them, the most they offered was a promise for a credit spendable with them for future services, and even that came after many phone calls where they repeatedly hung up on me a crap like that.

So I sent one final letter: repair the situation or I report them to the BBB. Almost instantly, they gave me a refund to my credit card account, and sent letters of apology.

So, I’m not too unhappy the BBB is around. I have no idea of their effectiveness otherwise, but they can come in handy at times.

As for the Amazon commenters… I agree completely, what a bunch of wankers! All part of the whole world-revolves-around-me mentality, I guess.

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