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Voice recognition for Customer Service lines sucks!
Close Encounters of the Cheap Kind has a new home at www.CheapEncounters.com! Ok, if there is one thing that drives me up the wall, it is the voice recognition systems that you now have the navigate...
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Buy.com and Connect3D not honoring valid rebates!
Close Encounters of the Cheap Kind has a new home at www.CheapEncounters.com! Here is a warning to the world to beware of rebates offered or advertised by Buy.com. Earlier this year, I jumped on three...
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Kenneth Cole Shoes STILL SUCK!
Close Encounters of the Cheap Kind has a new home at www.CheapEncounters.com! Just a quick update to a posting from several months ago. I had posted in March about a pair of Kenneth Cole men’s dress...
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Weird stuff from FNBO Direct
Close Encounters of the Cheap Kind has a new home at www.CheapEncounters.com! Sorry for the lack of posts this week. I had to go out Jersey for the beginning of the week, and then fell ill Wednesday...
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How To Complain and Win
Close Encounters of the Cheap Kind has a new home at www.CheapEncounters.com! It has happened to all of us. A product breaks and the manufacturer won’t honor the warranty. That big rebate on your new...
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Another Complaint Method – Company Stock Message Boards
Close Encounters of the Cheap Kind has a new home at www.CheapEncounters.com! I posted last week on How to Complain and Win. Well, here is another weapon in your complaining arsenal when conventional...
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Today’s Fight: Trilegiant
Close Encounters of the Cheap Kind has a new home at www.CheapEncounters.com! You’ve probably seen them before. The offers come with your credit card statement each month, or in banner ads on your...
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KMart: Our Disorganized Stores Make You a Thief
Close Encounters of the Cheap Kind has a new home at www.CheapEncounters.com! Here is a ridiculous story that appeared in the WSJ. This woman was shopping at a KMart in Bridgehampton, NY with her...
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Unimpressed with Drugstore.com
Close Encounters of the Cheap Kind has a new home at www.CheapEncounters.com! Always searching for a bargain, I recently took advantage of a promotion on Drugstore.com where you got $10 off a $25...
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Rant: Bank Customer Service Hell
Close Encounters of the Cheap Kind has a new home at www.CheapEncounters.com! This was not a good day for my nerves in maintaining my various financial accounts. Today I have had to waste nearly an...
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