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Category: mad at companies

one last shot by charter

I got a call from Cablevision, my soon to be cable/phone/internet provider saying that Charter Communications wasn’t allowing them to port my phone number because I had called Charter to cancel my service. Charter had to get in one last sucker punch on me before I kick their sorry asses to the curb.
What? [...]

fuck charter communications

Today I will call and cancel my service with Charter Communications. This has been a long time coming. I’ve held out because the other cable provider in town is Cablevision, and while I want their service, I’ve been boycotting it because of how the Dolan family has destroyed the New York Knicks franchise. [...]

Rob Blatt vs. Charter Communications Round 3

First, some back story.
So when we moved into the house, I went batshit crazy trying to get Charter Communications to install my cable. It took almost two weeks longer than they said it would. They sent multiple differen trucks, each one telling us that they couldn’t install our cable because they needed a [...]

Colgate’s Response

Dear Mr Blatt
Thank you for contacting us over the Internet about Colgate Luminous
Toothpaste. Your interest in our products and company is greatly
appreciated.
Your response involved material we wanted to send you, therefore the
response has been sent via regular (postal) mail and should reach you
within three weeks.
If you do not receive this response through regular mail, or [...]

Colgate Luminous feedback to Colgate.

Feedback sent to Colgate today:
This product makes me – “Furious” (furious was an actual choice that I had)
Product – Colgate Luminous
Your “Stay-Clean Cap” stayed clean for about a month and a half, after that, it fell apart and made a mess of the toothpaste tube that it was the dispenser for. Not only did [...]