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Offline Seagoon

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« on: August 08, 2006, 12:41:06 PM »
Apologies if you've already seen this one, but here is an article that further builds up AOL's legendary Customer Service Record.

Even dead people can't escape AOL

As an aside, many, many moons ago, before the advent of cheap broad-band and DSL, I tried the AOL "free trial." I found out that the word "trial" was actually a reference to the experience of trying to cancel the service before the free portion expired. Getting out of the Columbia House Record and Tape Club was actually easier.
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« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2006, 01:11:31 PM »
Thats pretty sad. I'm glad I didnt have those kind of difficulties when I left AOL.

I do still get AOL *free trial* CD's in the mail though. :lol
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« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2006, 01:22:19 PM »
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I do still get AOL *free trial* CD's in the mail though. :lol


The free trial CDs are evil little devices.
Encased in these small CDs are totaly operational, tiny nuclear powerplants.
The powerplant produces power for the ittle bitty radio receivers that are also included and Encased in the CDs along with the superminature sleep detection devices.
At the moment REM is detected , the sleep detector engages a tronsponder that notifies the Top Secret AOL Mind Control bunker.
At this time, nondetectable to the human ear, subliminal broadcast are started.
When recorded and palyed backwards these broadcasts consist of the message....."AOL is the shiznits."







:noid
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« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2006, 01:31:08 PM »
AOL Cd's make dandy drink coasters. Another RV'er uses them to make wind chimes and light reflectors to scare away birds from the rig. I use one as a spacer in my satelite tripod setup.
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« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2006, 02:05:22 PM »
Remember the good old days when they used floppies?  You could just format them and you had a free floppy disk.
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« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2006, 02:06:47 PM »
they make great land fill
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« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2006, 03:11:21 PM »
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Originally posted by Jackal1
The free trial CDs are evil little devices.
Encased in these small CDs are totaly operational, tiny nuclear powerplants.
The powerplant produces power for the ittle bitty radio receivers that are also included and Encased in the CDs along with the superminature sleep detection devices.
At the moment REM is detected , the sleep detector engages a tronsponder that notifies the Top Secret AOL Mind Control bunker.
At this time, nondetectable to the human ear, subliminal broadcast are started.
When recorded and palyed backwards these broadcasts consist of the message....."AOL is the shiznits."







:noid


That's pretty funny. :lol
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« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2006, 03:25:03 PM »
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Originally posted by Seagoon
Apologies if you've already seen this one, but here is an article that further builds up AOL's legendary Customer Service Record.



In addition, AOL just released the searches of over 650K+ members from over a three month period. It contains a level of odd that makes me cry for humanity. It also contains VISA numbers, social security numbers, full names, addresses and phone numbers.

WTG AOL.
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« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2006, 03:40:24 PM »
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AOL Cd's make dandy drink coasters. Another RV'er uses them to make wind chimes and light reflectors to scare away birds from the rig. I use one as a spacer in my satelite tripod setup.


LMAO thats exactly wat i do with every AOL Disk, COASTER! lol you will never run out and if u do well call aol and ask for a disk or two lol.
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« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2006, 04:19:12 PM »
They make crappy coasters, it's the hole in the middle that makes it so.

A better use is to cover the hole with a post-it-note on the backside then set them up on a shooting range, put a .45 through the hole w/o touching the cd at 25ft and claim bragging rights to being a good shot, but it's more fun to be off a bit.  :D
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« Reply #10 on: August 08, 2006, 04:30:22 PM »
Might wanna save some now.
they may become collectors items.

with AOHELL going the free route.
They will no longer be giving out those disks
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« Reply #11 on: August 08, 2006, 04:31:15 PM »
Oh and the funny part is.
Yes AOL is going ot be free for anone with their own ISP.

But if you WANT their customer support.
Your gonna haveta pay :rofl
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« Reply #12 on: August 08, 2006, 05:39:01 PM »
This kind of nonsense is more common than you might think.  I had a similar problem with AT&T @Home broadband a few years ago.  

When I moved I closed my account and returned the modem and got a receipt.  They continued to bill my account for months even though we made numerous calls, faxed the modem receipt and sent certified letters.  They would admit that the account was closed and then they would say that we would no longer be billed, yet every month they took more money out of my account.  I finally closed my entire account with that bank because of it.

I always wondered if someone there was embezzling money from other ex customers like me.  Talked to a lawyer about it but it would have cost more money to pursue it than I lost.
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« Reply #13 on: August 08, 2006, 11:30:05 PM »
In the interest of providing a spectrum of opinion, I've been an AOLer from its beginning and have always enjoyed it as the most user friendly portal on the internet.  

AOL certainly has had its ups and downs, but it also still has around 15 million subscribers.  Evolving to FREE is a bold move that would have been even more impressive a couple years ago, but better late than never.

AOL declined mostly because while it dominated telephone access providers, it never repeated that dominance in cable access.  Yet AOL was still appealing enough with its bring your own provider option that I stayed with it after I got Comcast.

Take another look at AOL.  Won't cost you a cent.
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« Reply #14 on: August 09, 2006, 10:15:13 AM »
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In the interest of providing a spectrum of opinion, I've been an AOLer from its beginning and have always enjoyed it as the most user friendly portal on the internet.  

AOL certainly has had its ups and downs, but it also still has around 15 million subscribers.  Evolving to FREE is a bold move that would have been even more impressive a couple years ago, but better late than never.

AOL declined mostly because while it dominated telephone access providers, it never repeated that dominance in cable access.  Yet AOL was still appealing enough with its bring your own provider option that I stayed with it after I got Comcast.

Take another look at AOL.  Won't cost you a cent.


Yeah, if you don't mind that AOL releases your private search queries to be shared with the entire internet, then AOL is just for you! :aok
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