Comments on: Stop Junk Mail? That’ll cost you! http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/29/stop-junk-mail-that%e2%80%99ll-cost-you/ The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:46:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Conor http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/29/stop-junk-mail-that%e2%80%99ll-cost-you/comment-page-1/#comment-464725 Conor Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:52:43 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/29/stop-junk-mail-that%e2%80%99ll-cost-you/#comment-464725 So its Comcast thats sending me all this effing shite? ASDGG@LAJDSFGLASJDGWLJ@ I wanted to stop the Junk Mail but I could never get around to having to pay the 2.00. Maybe I should call them all irate like that guy and get it free. :D So its Comcast thats sending me all this effing shite? ASDGG@LAJDSFGLASJDGWLJ@
I wanted to stop the Junk Mail but I could never get around to having to pay the 2.00. Maybe I should call them all irate like that guy and get it free. :D

]]> By: Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/29/stop-junk-mail-that%e2%80%99ll-cost-you/comment-page-1/#comment-463640 Alex Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:36:33 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/29/stop-junk-mail-that%e2%80%99ll-cost-you/#comment-463640 I think I know what happened with the photo confusion now (it was copied to Neatorama's image server, with attributions to Tyler in the post by me) - my apologies to Tyler Yip. We always try to do right by the photograph owner. I think removing the photo and replacing it with the one from Consumerist should resolve the matter. Incidentally, I find the whole idea of the Consumerist blog brilliant - it certainly gives an outlet to people who got bad service from companies. @Mike Harris: whatever impact Neatorama has, it pales in comparison to it being on Consumerist and on digg. That's for sure! And lastly, about comcast itself: actually I used to have comcast for cable internet at home. Believe it or not, they were fine. They show up when the appointment said they would show up and did the job right. It was when Time Warner Cable bought the operation that the things got bad (at least for me): they didn't show up or call when they said they would. I actually wasted a week trying to get cable installed in my new office only to be told that they could *technically* do it, but they'd want another two weeks to see if they would but would gladly take my money first. I went with DSL. I think I know what happened with the photo confusion now (it was copied to Neatorama's image server, with attributions to Tyler in the post by me) - my apologies to Tyler Yip. We always try to do right by the photograph owner.

I think removing the photo and replacing it with the one from Consumerist should resolve the matter.

Incidentally, I find the whole idea of the Consumerist blog brilliant - it certainly gives an outlet to people who got bad service from companies.

@Mike Harris: whatever impact Neatorama has, it pales in comparison to it being on Consumerist and on digg. That's for sure!

And lastly, about comcast itself: actually I used to have comcast for cable internet at home. Believe it or not, they were fine. They show up when the appointment said they would show up and did the job right.

It was when Time Warner Cable bought the operation that the things got bad (at least for me): they didn't show up or call when they said they would.

I actually wasted a week trying to get cable installed in my new office only to be told that they could *technically* do it, but they'd want another two weeks to see if they would but would gladly take my money first. I went with DSL.

]]> By: Tyler Yip http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/29/stop-junk-mail-that%e2%80%99ll-cost-you/comment-page-1/#comment-463627 Tyler Yip Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:57:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/29/stop-junk-mail-that%e2%80%99ll-cost-you/#comment-463627 The original photo (mine) was used without the attribution required by its license and the flickr album it was copied to had an improper copyright statement. The original photo (mine) was used without the attribution required by its license and the flickr album it was copied to had an improper copyright statement.

]]> By: Nastia http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/29/stop-junk-mail-that%e2%80%99ll-cost-you/comment-page-1/#comment-463621 Nastia Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:46:07 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/29/stop-junk-mail-that%e2%80%99ll-cost-you/#comment-463621 yea... what's the new photo supposed to be? yea... what's the new photo supposed to be?

]]> By: Ali S. http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/29/stop-junk-mail-that%e2%80%99ll-cost-you/comment-page-1/#comment-463595 Ali S. Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:55:22 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/29/stop-junk-mail-that%e2%80%99ll-cost-you/#comment-463595 Is it me or is Comcast just digging itself a bigger grave? First the horrible service, then the FCC seat filling scandal, and now this? Jeez. Is it me or is Comcast just digging itself a bigger grave? First the horrible service, then the FCC seat filling scandal, and now this? Jeez.

]]> By: Johnny Cat http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/29/stop-junk-mail-that%e2%80%99ll-cost-you/comment-page-1/#comment-463582 Johnny Cat Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:29:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/29/stop-junk-mail-that%e2%80%99ll-cost-you/#comment-463582 Any particular reason the photo was changed? -just curious Any particular reason the photo was changed?

-just curious

]]> By: Mike Harris http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/29/stop-junk-mail-that%e2%80%99ll-cost-you/comment-page-1/#comment-463474 Mike Harris Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:19:24 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/29/stop-junk-mail-that%e2%80%99ll-cost-you/#comment-463474 It makes me wonder ... are these companies really that blind to the way in which information spreads on the very Internet they provide? I mean, one $2 charge has probably caused them, giving Neatorama's popularity, at the very least a few thousand dollars' worth of bad PR. Someday -- most likely in a few decades, when more Net- and meme-savvy people come to power in the corporate world -- companies are all of a sudden going to be very fawning, simply because they'll then be aware of the power of the 'Net to really set their reputation in rather hard stone. It makes me wonder ... are these companies really that blind to the way in which information spreads on the very Internet they provide? I mean, one $2 charge has probably caused them, giving Neatorama's popularity, at the very least a few thousand dollars' worth of bad PR.

Someday -- most likely in a few decades, when more Net- and meme-savvy people come to power in the corporate world -- companies are all of a sudden going to be very fawning, simply because they'll then be aware of the power of the 'Net to really set their reputation in rather hard stone.

]]> By: Pudifoot http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/29/stop-junk-mail-that%e2%80%99ll-cost-you/comment-page-1/#comment-463469 Pudifoot Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:10:41 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/29/stop-junk-mail-that%e2%80%99ll-cost-you/#comment-463469 All phone companies are evil. My phone went down yesterday, and the serviceman said "we will be there tomorrow between 8 and 5" O.O All phone companies are evil. My phone went down yesterday, and the serviceman said "we will be there tomorrow between 8 and 5" O.O

]]> By: the lord http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/29/stop-junk-mail-that%e2%80%99ll-cost-you/comment-page-1/#comment-463467 the lord Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:07:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/29/stop-junk-mail-that%e2%80%99ll-cost-you/#comment-463467 mhm comcast=devil mhm comcast=devil

]]> By: biltmore http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/29/stop-junk-mail-that%e2%80%99ll-cost-you/comment-page-1/#comment-463459 biltmore Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:51:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/29/stop-junk-mail-that%e2%80%99ll-cost-you/#comment-463459 Yeah, that's Comcast for you. They're the devil. Yeah, that's Comcast for you. They're the devil.

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