06 Nov
In an effort to convince consumers to pay via its service, PayPal is planning a massive promotion in which it will give $100 million back to users. Those who buy from a list of merchants that have joined the holiday program will be eligible to receive up to $20 off their purchase. The promotion will [...]
Posted in Customer Service, Shopping by: Kathryn
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25 Oct
Two sites that everyone should have in their feed readers or live bookmarks are the CPSC recall site and the FDA recall site. (At the FDA site, in the center column click Recalls, Product Safety and on the page you go to, click RSS Recalls News Feed in the right column.) Just today, my family [...]
Posted in Bad products, Customer Service, Shopping by: Kathryn
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08 Oct
From Download Squad: Everyone who buys a PC after October 28th (as the rumor goes) will get either free or discounted Vista next year. Press releases indicate that anyone who buys a new computer with Windows XP Pro, XP Tablet PC, or XP 64-bit edition will be able to upgrade for free, and only those [...]
Posted in Customer Service by: Kathryn
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16 Sep
Hooray! Good news! From GoNintendo: “… Here’s the deal with the “trade $50 worth of stuff for a pre-order deposit” rumor. This rumor is true…however there is a catch. As of right now, Gamestop is doing a test run of this “offer” in the state of Hawaii and the island of Guam ONLY. All the [...]
Posted in Customer Service, Video Games by: Kathryn
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15 Sep
How horrible is this?! According to a post at Go Nintendo, the only way you can reserve a Wii or PS3 is by trading in games and accessories that value more than $50, combined. You can’t pay cash, even if you pay in full! (Once your trade-in value reaches $50, however, you can pay more [...]
Posted in Customer Service, Video Games by: Kathryn
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09 Sep
Disclaimer: I do not work for Burger King! I rarely order onion rings, but tonight I had a taste for them and my mom didn’t want to cook, so I got Burger King for us all. When I got home (I know, I should have checked at the window), they’d forgotten to put my onion [...]
Posted in Customer Service, Restaurants by: Kathryn
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