Worst Company in America?

demsrock

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Re: Worst Company in America? June 16, 2008 at 03:58 PM UTC #

Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
Paypal is a terribly shady company….they deserve to be on that list. Ebay does too.

I agree. In October I sold an item on ebay. The buyer paid for it on paypal then picked it up and left positive feedback. 6 months later paypal notifies me that there is a dispute from the buyer who denied ever getting the item and I only had 1 day to get my "proof" to them. I sent the positive feedback and that wasn't good enough since I didn't have good proof of delivery. The next day $520 was missing from my bank account and the buyer got the money back. When I called paypal (and ebay) they just said they couldn't help. I had to dispute it with my bank and finally got it back from my bank (which took about 2 weeks of not knowing whether I'd be out the money). So moral of the story, make sure you get a signature or proof of delivery if you're the seller, or if you're the buyer just go ahead and buy that big ticket item then dispute it 6 months from now.

elj

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Re: Worst Company in America? June 16, 2008 at 04:02 PM UTC #

Originally posted by 6949:
or if you're the buyer just go ahead and buy that big ticket item then dispute it 6 months from now.

Thank you for the idea; I will.

But seriously, I had a similar incident but nowhere near 6 months time and significantly less money, but still, paypal seemed a bit pedantic in their handling of the entire situation.

Got Haggis?

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Re: Worst Company in America? June 16, 2008 at 04:13 PM UTC #

Microsoft doesn't belong in that list imho

walkonby

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Re: Worst Company in America? June 16, 2008 at 04:30 PM UTC #

what about jesus and the catholic church? they really belong on that list.

still transparent?

elj

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Re: Worst Company in America? June 16, 2008 at 05:22 PM UTC #

Shouldn't the US Government be winning this hands down?

walkonby

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Re: Worst Company in America? June 16, 2008 at 05:29 PM UTC #

Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
Shouldn't the US Government be winning this hands down?

re-read before you post.

elj

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Re: Worst Company in America? June 16, 2008 at 05:35 PM UTC #

Originally posted by walkonby:

Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
Shouldn't the US Government be winning this hands down?
re-read before you post.

I have no time for research or fact checking. Who do you think I am, MSNBC?

walkonby

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Re: Worst Company in America? June 16, 2008 at 09:30 PM UTC #

Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:

Originally posted by walkonby:

Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
Shouldn't the US Government be winning this hands down?
re-read before you post.
I have no time for research or fact checking. Who do you think I am, MSNBC?

let's go share peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

elj

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Re: Worst Company in America? June 16, 2008 at 09:36 PM UTC #

Originally posted by walkonby:
let's go share peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

I'll bring the bread, you bring the toppings.

taperkat

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Re: Worst Company in America? June 17, 2008 at 05:57 AM UTC #

i've worked for a few of those companies, and at the moment i work for a fruit flavoured computer company, and it is disgustingly corrupt to the point that my 'fuck you' letter when i leave the company is going to be sent all the way to the top.

oh, and if anyone from work sees this it can be considered grounds for termination. :roll: