THE Thread

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

I was when i was in middle school, but I was on that and AOL.

I'd like to know how the heck AOL remains hte most commonly used ISP in the nation when their prices on dial-up are higher than pretty much every other ISP available and once you've got their software in your pc it takes an act of God and a note from Congress to get rid of it all.

I've never used it but I have friends that do/did and report nothing but nightmartes as a result.

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

thats only cuz i work up sweat doing the raps and punch

*end drama*

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

Not only does it take a lot to get it all off your computer, Ive had 2 friends that were getting charged well after they canceled. Then when they changed accounts because AOL wouldnt stop collecting, AOL reported them to the credit agencies. I was like WOW AOL is like the mafia, thas gangsta!

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

I'd like to know how the heck AOL remains hte most commonly used ISP in the nation when their prices on dial-up are higher than pretty much every other ISP available and once you've got their software in your pc it takes an act of God and a note from Congress to get rid of it all.
I've never used it but I have friends that do/did and report nothing but nightmartes as a result.

people are generally stupid and fear change.

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

lowered expectations.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

my first introduction to the intraweb was apple talk....for the old school mac...then i moved on to compuserv...prodigy..and finally tried AOL..all long before broadband..

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

Not only does it take a lot to get it all off your computer, Ive had 2 friends that were getting charged well after they canceled. Then when they changed accounts because AOL wouldnt stop collecting, AOL reported them to the credit agencies. I was like WOW AOL is like the mafia, thas gangsta!

While I was overseas last year someone fraudulantly signed me up for AOL with a direct bank draft (have no freggin clue how) as the funding source. As soon as I saw the withdrawal I went to the bank, had the withdrawal reversed, then closed the account and opened a new one (whatta freggin nightmare as eBay and PayPal and so, so many other things used that account for various things //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/mad.gif.c18f003ab0ef8a0d9c27ca78d77a6392.gif)

When AOL found out I had reversed the charges and got my $$ back they started threatening to take me to court. I calmly told them that at the time I was "signed up" for their service I was close to 10,000 miles from Louisiana and could easily prove that I was decidedly not stateside and if they wished to pursue fraud charges they were more than welcome to and then asked what they thought a judge would think about them being the largest ISP in the country and so glaringly failed at verifying information about a new customer allowing my money to be essentially stolen until I figured out what was going on (my bank's online banking site FTW!)

Edit: 13 more 'til 4K. Like, wow or something....

Reckon I'll need to make a thread about it?!? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

yeah im getting real close to 3G

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

While I was overseas last year someone fraudulantly signed me up for AOL with a direct bank draft (have no freggin clue how) as the funding source. As soon as I saw the withdrawal I went to the bank, had the withdrawal reversed, then closed the account and opened a new one (whatta freggin nightmare as eBay and PayPal and so, so many other things used that account for various things //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/mad.gif.c18f003ab0ef8a0d9c27ca78d77a6392.gif)
When AOL found out I had reversed the charges and got my $$ back they started threatening to take me to court. I calmly told them that at the time I was "signed up" for their service I was close to 10,000 miles from Louisiana and could easily prove that I was decidedly not stateside and if they wished to pursue fraud charges they were more than welcome to and then asked what they thought a judge would think about them being the largest ISP in the country and so glaringly failed at verifying information about a new customer allowing my money to be essentially stolen until I figured out what was going on (my bank's online banking site FTW!)

Edit: 13 more 'til 4K. Like, wow or something....

Reckon I'll need to make a thread about it?!? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

AOL, like that money would have hurt them. Money hungry bastards. I hate big companies when they do stuff like that.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

yeah im getting real close to 3G

1 more!

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

OH NOES!!!

All celebration threads shall be delteated! Immediately...

nG

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

w00t3rz...there it is

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

Also prowler, I think you should make a thread about sayin reckon.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Ha ha, I'm kidding //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

nG

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

anyone who starts a thread for less than 10g's should bear the brunt of a team-ram-rodding