Chris Nahr
11-11-2005, 01:43 AM
From Lee Holmes' Precision Computing (http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/PermaLink,guid,dd5a95f4-4b5f-408d-8b0f-50abaa75be6d.aspx), about a colleague who tried to buy a digital camera online:
For some reason, there is an entire cottage industry (in the little cottage called Brooklyn, New York) that sells the camera for below cost, but cancels the order on you unless you buy hundreds of dollars of over-priced accessories.
“Don’t be cheap? Listen. That is ridiculous customer service. Cancel my order and goodbye.”
“Cancel your order? You really want to pay the 30% restocking fee for canceling your order?”
“What restocking fee? There is no order, and you’re not going to charge me one.”
“Oh yes I will.”
“Go ahead, and I’ll dispute the charges on my card and it’ll cost you even more.”
“Don’t you even dare. You do that, and I’ll break your neck. You hear me? I’ll come there and break your f-----g neck. I’ll …”
Evidently, intelligence tests are not part of “new hire training,” as this guy leaves a death threat on voice mail with an unblocked number.
“You better not pick up, b---h. I’m gonna to come down there and break your god damn neck. You heard me, alright? Kid, you better hear me, b---h. Do you hear me, B---H? Yes, you’d better believe it. You’re in biiiig trouble, my friend.”
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Holmes goes on to report that these scammers, which change URLs and company names frequently, also have set up entire review websites that contain fake customer reviews for their products. Read the whole thing, it's hilarious.
For some reason, there is an entire cottage industry (in the little cottage called Brooklyn, New York) that sells the camera for below cost, but cancels the order on you unless you buy hundreds of dollars of over-priced accessories.
“Don’t be cheap? Listen. That is ridiculous customer service. Cancel my order and goodbye.”
“Cancel your order? You really want to pay the 30% restocking fee for canceling your order?”
“What restocking fee? There is no order, and you’re not going to charge me one.”
“Oh yes I will.”
“Go ahead, and I’ll dispute the charges on my card and it’ll cost you even more.”
“Don’t you even dare. You do that, and I’ll break your neck. You hear me? I’ll come there and break your f-----g neck. I’ll …”
Evidently, intelligence tests are not part of “new hire training,” as this guy leaves a death threat on voice mail with an unblocked number.
“You better not pick up, b---h. I’m gonna to come down there and break your god damn neck. You heard me, alright? Kid, you better hear me, b---h. Do you hear me, B---H? Yes, you’d better believe it. You’re in biiiig trouble, my friend.”
<click>
Holmes goes on to report that these scammers, which change URLs and company names frequently, also have set up entire review websites that contain fake customer reviews for their products. Read the whole thing, it's hilarious.