Have you ever refused to do business with a company because of bad customer service even if they had a slightly better price?

Reason I am posting.

I work on PCs and because of the price of parts in the last 3 years it is no longer cost efficient for me to build my own PCs. I now buy them from the market place and and just charge a setup fee. Less money for me but most of my money today is generated by virus and spyware removal and recovering lost data.

For the most part I usually dealt with Dell where I would order the PCs and have them with in 7 to 10 days. The only sticking point I had was having to deal with people I could not understand and more than they could understand me. (Language barrier).

This time I ordered 4 PCs from HP. A sale totaling over ,000. 14 days later I still did not have the PCs nor did I get any confirmation (e-mail) as to the progress of the sale or when they were or are being shipped except the date I was given when I ordered them.

I called HP, gave them the order number and asked where they were as they are already 3 days behind the promised delivery date. She said let me put you on hold for a few minutes. 6 minutes later, I was pick up by FedEx Ground and they asked my for the waybill number. I was never given one by HP.

However the woman at FedEx Ground went above good service and search by address and found they were in transit for delivery the next day.

I called HP back and got another person and told them the story. She said did you find them? I said yes with no help from HP. She said so you have no problem and hung up. An these were Americans at HP.

I view this as a management problem. I am going back to Dell.

Any in put or horror stories on your side?

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I get this call every night, but there is a phone number. Is there any good way to do a reverse lookup of the number and find out where this is coming from?

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So lately I have been wanting to get in touch with close friends from highschool. I had a great friend whom I only called by a dorky highschool nick name. They actually moved away and since I have not been able to find this person because I didn’t know their real name. Information I do know about this person: their age, their highschool and graduating year, city they live in and city they work in. So with that is there anyway to even get their real name or get in touch with them?

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My question has to do with affiliate internet marketing. For years I’ve used one shared web hosting account and I create multiple add-on domains on it for all my various sites. I know it’s not a good idea to have all of your domains on one server because search engines can see they all come from the same IP address if you link the sites and if you’re server goes down, all of your sites are down. No site access = no money coming in.

I see that several of the top power affiliates get themselves a reseller hosting account so they can create individual websites rather than add-on domains, but they’re still all on the same IP address and if the server goes down, all the sites will be down.

Reseller hosting is considerably more expensive than shared hosting and I know you can offset the cost by selling accounts and domain names from it, but let’s say you don’t sell to other people.

So what’s the advantage of using reseller hosting instead of shared hosting for affiliate marketing?

Also, yesterday I was looking at some reseller hosting. I need to do some more research, but tell me if something like this is in the ballpark or too expensive. These are just the high level features, but bascially, anything you can do on a shared hosting account, you can do on this so I certainly wouldn’t be losing anything.

.95/mo
cPanel
25 GB diskspace
250 GB data transfer (both of those are far more than I currently use for my 40ish domains)
free eNom to sell domain names

So, why would I want to use a reseller account instead of shared hosting?

WARNING: I don’t mind hearing about your reseller promotion, but please answer my main question above – what’s the advantage? I’ve been doing this Answers thing long enough to know that if you turn this into a sales pitch, vindictive Yahoo Answers members and competitors will turn you in for commercial solicitation and you’ll get your account banned, so promote with caution because people suck. So I will say this loud and clear to the Yahoo Answers team, please don’t ban anyone. This community is about getting answers and that’s what I’m looking for.
UPADTE: Thanks, Joe. You made a couple of points that escaped me. You’re right about moving domains, so much easier when not dealing with addons. Also, a reseller account would be more stable than shared. ResellerZoom was the one I was looking at. HostGator is more cost effective on a per GB basis, but it’s also overkill for what I need at this time.

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This is a poem I wrote like a month ago……Please let me know what you think

Beneath The Surface
By: Reem Ahmed

We all feel weak at times, no one is forever strong,
Sometimes you think you’re invincible, but this doesn’t last for long.

Everyone has a reason for who they are, a story no-one knows,
Well, this life is full of secrets, that’s just how it goes.

You think someone is lucky but you don’t know how much they’ve lost,
Yeah, they may seem to have everything, but what’s the cost?

So, don’t go judging someone by the way they appear,
Coz behind every smile & laugh there may be a hidden tear.

No one said life is easy, just like we lived in heaven, there’s hell,
Nobody’s an angel, & guess what? You’re not one as well.

So why search for other’s flaws when you already have your own?
Mind your own life, your own problems & just leave people alone!!

And before you go pointing out fingers, make sure your hands are clean,
Don’t judge a life you’ve never lived or judge sth you haven’t seen.

If you look beneath the surface, you’ll see a broken smile, eyes full of pain,
A loss of someone dear, a goodbye that needed too much strain.

In Every heart, there’s that hidden scar that never seems to heal,
and behind all these lies we tell, is the truth about what we feel.

You can’t really tell whether someone’s smile is fake or true,
Are they happy? Or just trying to cover the pain they’re going through?

There’s always that someone you misunderstood, that line you misread,
At times you didn’t notice someone’s pain, all the tears they’ve shed.

So, don’t act like you know it all, like you never lose in the game,
It was your own mistakes that made you the person you became.

You can’t tell if a book is good by its cover or by the title it has.
& neither can you judge someone by his past or what he was.

Everyone has the power to decide which road they should take,
Coz you can’t learn anything new if you never make mistakes.

You only know what you see & not all the secrets that people kept,
Sometimes our lives fall down & there are no other choices left.

If you don’t know what they’ve been through, you can’t judge what they’ve done,
Well, you didn’t see how hard it was to bear that pain, what it took them to carry on.

Life doesn’t come with instructions, plans aren’t easily aligned.
Whatever a choice someone makes, there’s a strong reason behind…….

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Over 13 months ago, about 20 FBI agent and police kicked my door down. I live in a nice home in a nice neighborhood. I am a single female and never have been convicted of a crime. They took my computer, documents, bank statements, phone records. cell phones, boxes where people had mailed me cell phones and searched the whole house while I was hand cuffed and thrown outside to be humiliate in front of my neighbors. Before this they pointed a gun to my head and told me to drop my cell phone. The female agent told me to relax and told me that I was not under arrest and asked that I be uncuffed and was nice to me. Before they knew where I was ,they kicked the bathroom door down too even though the other door to the same bathroom was opened. This was like a bad dream. It has been over 13 months and I have heard nothing. Again I was never arrested just searched
PLEASE DON’T SAY TO GET AN ATTORNEY. They cost 6 figures just to retain them. Many have felt that is it was going to go somewhere then they would have has an arrest warrant and not just a search warrant and over 13 months have passed. To my understanding the statue of limitation is 5 yeas. An honest atty said that if there is no pending case then there is not reason to get any atty.
My Question is if over 13 months have passed and I have heard nothing then am I probably okay. I even called them about one year ago and they told me that they would call me back and did not.

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I met this person at North Hollywood church of religious science, Los Angeles. I lost his contact but am trying to find online. I am looking for his email or phone number anything that I can contact this person. If somebody knows Dr. Lloyd Tupper, please answer me. Below is the link for his website but it doesnt say how to send mesage to him.

http://www.ggcsl.org/ministry/rev_tupper.htm

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Does anybody know the best website to reverse lookup a cell phone number?

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Yes they made a terrible mistake, of which has cost them dearly. But all this criticism is pointless. Will it help find Madeleine? No.
That should be the most important factor!
Give them a break and let them search for their daughter.

In my opinion there are some people who need their heads pulled out of their heads. They say they are suspicious and make suggestive comments about the McCann’s in which case they are implying their knowledge is greater than that of the British, Spanish and Portugese police! Also, half of these people fail to spell Madeleines name correctly!

Whether you are in support of the McCann’s or not, why can’t we just leave the McCann’s and police to search for their daughter and stop hurling insignificant accusations and blame around?

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This is origninal email.
Thanks for the inquiry. Got your mail in regards to snow white gypsy vanner horse up for sale. This is to let you know that the horse is still available. He is call Michel,Please let me tell you some details about Michel.Michel has been worked with from birth and has wonderful manners, ground, stable, and saddle.he has been trail-ridden extensively, and crosses water, Covered bridges, rides alone or with others.Rogue’s Midnight Sonata Was trained to drive by me as a 2 year old. he is 15.3HH
he is very calm and adores playing with kids, adults, and Other house hold pets.he loves taking rides and he loves people and enjoys being groomed and bathed. he does everything you asked of him.As a family, we have enjoyed Michel so much. This is a horse you can go up to in the field and ride with no saddle or bridle. You can sit on him, stand on him with difficulties,
brush him, bathe her, ride her in the sea or a river, take her into your house. he is just WONDERFUL. Michel is ridden and driven. I have attach his photos so that you can see him and if you really wanted to own him. We are presently here in salt lake city,Utah for a 9months church project and we just rented a home here with a barn where we can put Michel while we search for a new buyer. We plan on staying here for sometime.You are more than welcome to visit us at any moment. we are a very Welcoming family. I am selling Michel because my
17yrs old daughter(Jennifer) who was taking care of him passed away last Month ago through a car accident When she was on her way back from her piano classes. So the occupying Nature of my work does not permit me to keep Michel. Selling Michel out to another home will be a way of wiping Jennifer’s memories from my head which is making me disturbed each Time I think of her.
To sell Michel, I will like to know this from you.
Are you a breeder?
Have you had a horse before?
Will you be willing to send me some regular pics of Michel so we can See his progress. .?
How soon will you want to have him transported to you if you find
Difficulties to come for the pickup?

Do have a nice day and get back to me at your Convenience.I told my pastor about Michel shipping and he told me that he know of a reliable shipping company. Stay blessed like I said if I have to deliver him.He will be safe as he will come along with people who Will take great care of him as he gets to your Home, He will just be so comfortable and we have to work out
the shipping.Thanks and Stay Blessed.You have to pay 00 to own Michel.

Then this is the email I got from the shipping company plus I checked the IP address of the first email and it is from Utah.I just don’t know if it is a scam or not.

DEAR CLIENT,

THIS IS THE CUSTOMER SERVICE OF EQUINE TRANSPORTATION AGENCY WRITING TO INFORM YOU ABOUT A GYPSY VANNER HORSE NAMED MICHEL REGISTERED TO BE SHIPPED TO YOUR HOME ADDRESS TODAY BY DR. GONZALEZ. WE HAVE CARRIED OUT ALL NECESSARY TEST ON YOUR HORSE AND HE IS RELIABLE FOR SHIPPING TODAY AND SO WE NEED A SHIPPING ADDRESS WHERE WE ARE REQUIRED TO SHIP THIS HORSE AND THE ADDRESS SHOULD BE PROVIDED AS FOLLOWS

YOUR FULL NAMES
STATE AND CITY
POSTAL CODE AND PHONE NUMBERS
HOME OR BARN ADDRESS.

THE SHIPPING COST, FEEDING AND VET CHECKS FOR YOUR HORSE IS 0. WE HOPE TO BEGIN THIS SHIPPING ASAP TODAY IF WE GET THE REQUIRED ADDRESS FOR THE SHIPPING.WE ARE ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE.

THANKS

MANAGEMENT
E.T.A
Yes I emailed him about the horse.
I checked the IP address and it is from Utah

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I lost my dog, a male, small, un-neutered Yorkshire, a week ago, August 4 at 7 pm, in Queens area. I contacted Animal Care Center (ACC) to file a missing dog. Three days later, I saw in ACC’s website that someone found a dog that has same characteristics as my dog on the same day at 2 am in the morning. I contacted ACC, and we have a three-way call since the finder refused to call me directly. However, the finder insisted that the dog is not mine since our houses is 3 miles apart. So, I asked if the finder can send me the picture of the found dog (all the communication is via an ACC’s agent as a middle person since the finder didn’t want to give any of their information to me). When I received the pictures via email, I definitely knew that it was my dog. I contacted ACC straight away to tell the finder that it was my dog. However, the finder insisted that it wasn’t my dog and eventually stated that she wanted to keep the dog.

The problem is I don’t have the finder information at all. The Animal Care Center knows it, but is not allowed to give it to me without the finder’s permission.
How can I bring someone to the court if I don’t know who they are. Until now, we’ve been communicating via Animal Care Center. However, I know for sure that it is my dog. I asked them if I can meet the dog, that way they will know whether I’m the owner or not, but they wanted to keep the dog.

When the dog was missing, he didn’t have his tag on (he hates wearing it, so I took it off). He’s not microchip-ed as well. However, I have a bunch of his pictures and has his birth certificate.

The agent of Animal Care Center told me that the finder claimed that they spent 0 for the vet cost. Do I have to reimburse that money to them if I get it back? I don’t know if they are lying or not.

I did take care of my dog. I gave him meals everyday, take him out for walk everyday. I just didn’t take him to the dog saloon, and shave his hair by myself, so his hair looks uneven (all my friends do the same). But doesn’t not groom your dog in saloon means you do not take care of your dog?
I have some of his hair in his comb if they want a DNA proof.
He went missing because my roommate open the door (3rd floor) and he ran outside. Usually the entrance door on the 1st floor is always closed, but that time it was open. I wasn’t home that time, but after my roommate called me and told me, I went home straight away. She began the searching right after the dog ran out, but she lost the track. We search for 4 hours, put fliers within 1 mile around my house, but no result. Until I saw the posting in Animal Care Center website that someone found a Yorkshire on the same day.
I also wonder how come he could walk 3 miles. I just know for sure (and all my family and friends also) from the pictures from the finder that it was my dog.

But can the finder microchip a stray dog and the dog legally belong to them? I thought there’s a law in every state before they’re allowed to do that (I live in NY state)? Does the dog need to have a birth certificate to be microchip-ed?
I also have all the emails and posting from the finder that the dog is actually a stray dog.

I call the cop, and they can’t help me because I don’t have enough proof that it’s my dog. Apparently pictures and birth certificate are not enough. The cop said that they can’t arrest people or force them to meet up with me at the shelter.

Could you please let me know what should I do? Does the finder have the right to keep the dog? Can I get my dog back? Please, this is very important to me.
Thank you, guys.
I don’t know the finder email address. The agent at ACC copy paste the picture and sent them to me. So, I don’t know any info about them other than they live in Long Island City, NY, at 35th Street, 4th floor.
I overheard the conversation btw ACC teams.

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Hello there
Im cesar and i will be going to college in 2011, i want to start a Online company and i basically would like to have a co-founder, but how do i approach people and tell them "hey want to start a company with me" i mean how do you do that? im going to study System Engineering .

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I’ve been reading through the posts on here and most of them regarding moving to Alaska (Anchorage municipality) have been very informative and helpful, but I just have a few questions that are more specific to my situation.

1. We are leaving in January, and the car my roommate has now is in no way fit to drive around in Alaska (regardless of how often they clear the snow). We will be flying into Anchorage and hope to find an INEXPENSIVE but moderately safe vehicle, that will last at least for temporary inner-city use only while job hunting and exploring the town. Any recommendations for used car places (or types) besides Craigslist? (which we do plan on utilizing). Also, how much do studded tires generally cost?

2. What are the hours of daylight like in January?

3. Are there a decent amount of jobs available in the winter? We will be looking for anything really at first. I’ve had lots of random experience from coffee shops to working with developmentally challenged individuals, so I figure I should be able to find something relatively quickly with persistent searching.

4. What is the music "scene" like up here? I come from an area with a ton of local bands of varying styles from extreme metal, punk, to folk and bluegrass. Playing music and attending shows (mostly of the genres I listed) are really important to us.

5. Finally, are there any local microbreweries? I suppose I could have done a google search on most of these things but I’d like to hear some of your opinions.

Thanks!

Oh, by the way, we are moving because we are obsessed with the beauty and vastness of your forests, and have heard only good things about the people who live there (aside from a Wikipedia statistic about high percentages of sexual assault). I would also like to learn more about the laws regarding hunting and fishing and what not, as well as living off the grid in the Alaskan wilderness.

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Beneath The Surface
By: Reem Ahmed

We all feel weak at times, no one is forever strong,
Sometimes you think you’re invincible, but this doesn’t last for long.

Everyone has a reason for who they are, a story no-one knows,
Well, this life is full of secrets, that’s just how it goes.

You think someone is lucky but you don’t know how much they’ve lost,
Yeah, they may seem to have everything, but what’s the cost?

So, don’t go judging someone by the way they appear,
Coz behind every smile & laugh there may be a hidden tear.

No one said life is easy, just like we lived in heaven, there’s hell,
Nobody’s an angel, & guess what? You’re not one as well.

So why search for other’s flaws when you already have your own?
Mind your own life, your own problems & just leave people alone!!

And before you go pointing out fingers, make sure your hands are clean,
Don’t judge a life you’ve never lived or judge sth you haven’t seen.

If you look beneath the surface, you’ll see a broken smile, eyes full of pain,
A loss of someone dear, a goodbye that needed too much strain.

In Every heart, there’s that hidden scar that never seems to heal,
and behind all these lies we tell, is the truth about what we feel.

You can’t really tell whether someone’s smile is fake or true,
Are they happy? Or just trying to cover the pain they’re going through?

There’s always that someone you misunderstood, that line you misread,
At times you didn’t notice someone’s pain, all the tears they’ve shed.

So, don’t act like you know it all, like you never lose in the game,
It was your own mistakes that made you the person you became.

You can’t tell if a book is good by its cover or by the title it has.
& neither can you judge someone by his past or what he was.

Everyone has the power to decide which road they should take,
Coz you can’t learn anything new if you never make mistakes.

You only know what you see & not all the secrets that people kept,
Sometimes our lives fall down & there are no other choices left.

If you don’t know what they’ve been through, you can’t judge what they’ve done,
Well, you didn’t see how hard it was to bear that pain, what it took them to carry on.

Life doesn’t come with instructions, plans aren’t easily aligned.
Whatever a choice someone makes, there’s a strong reason behind…….

I know it’s long, so I appreciate you reading all of it
please let me know what you think of it & don’t worry I accept criticism (as long as it’s politely written).
Thanks anyways.

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Ok, So I have self-published in LULU.com a few years ago, and I approved my book for it to be sold online on other websites, and I browse and I find my book everywhere, but I have made not so many sales, why ??? can they be cheating on me ? the website ? Its even in Amazon, E-bay and through Google search. I have tried promoting my book. I found my book listed on many websites of different countries, but no international sales so far, but now I worry that there might be something wrong. My book does`t cost so much money, It costs a little bit more than 10$ and much less than . I think www.lulu.com is a trustworthy website, since it has trust seals, etc, and it might be listed in the www.bbb.com, but I don`t know why I still don`t sell anything or much, only 1 or 2 people a long long time ago, and yet it appears everywhere around internet :S . HELP !!!!!

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I’m on the never ending search for a hobby. Something a little more productive than computer or reading books (about people doing productive things). There should just be a long list of lesser known hobbies…

I used to make little sculptures out of polymer clay. You can only make so many little penguins before you get bored and have no more ideas.

I can sew, sort of. I have the ability and the materials to sew, both by hand and machine, but long lengths of fabric annoy me and I have no idea how to use a pattern, so I usually just make little things out of scrap fabric and my own patterns (little stuffed animals, doll clothes, once I made a wand carrier for my harry potter obsessed friend)

I really want to try archery. But my mom doesn’t want to buy a bow if I don’t take a class and I refuse to take a hunting class (Why can’t the people from the renaissance festival offer classes?)

I like pottery, and the first time using a pottery wheel I didn’t totally fail, and it was fun, but buying a wheel costs more than my mom is willing to spend

All sports I have tried… Yeah, major fail. I cannot throw, catch or run to save my life, the only dance classes in my area is run by some one I really don’t like, and I’m not exactly a team person. I sort of liked soccer, but the only time I ever played was when I was in 4th/5th grade where you are less likely to get hurt.

Chorus = NO. Due to several experiences, I have learned to understand that the actual song is given to the people with squeaky, annoying voices who you can barely hear singing and the people who can actually sing are told to repeat a line for the whole song and be quieter so you can hear the other people sing. Plus groups of people singing is annoying.

Gardening is only at a specific time. I’ll be hobby-less in the winter.

Collecting requires spending and then just boring displaying. Yawn.

Is it that hard to find a hobby that doesn’t cost a lot of money, you don’t need to drive to all the time, and you could maybe talk to people who have the same hobby? Just suggest anything (Except hobby quizzes. I took a few of them and they were terrible. One told me I should start smoking weed.)
Oh, and knitting is boring, jewelry making is irritating, and I don’t have enough pictures for Scrapbooking (and its boring)
@Tom Felton: ROLLER SKATING AHHHH! (I’d fall down and hurt myself if I wasn’t too chicken to actually skate. Which stinks cause its one of the few interesting things to do within like 8 minutes to my house) And ice skating, I know how, but bad ankles run in the family, so I usually get a seriously sprained ankle (exactly why I’m not in ballet). And last time I went I fell and had like an epic fail moment.
OMG REMOTE CONTROLLED HELICOPTER!!! But that would probably get old fast..

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I am looking for a chat buddy, preferably male who isn’t in a hurry to talk on the phone or meet in person or will ask me to turn on my cam on a daily basis or want to talk about nothing but sex. I’m a fat single mom with 2 great kids and more issues than Time Magazine (although most are temporary), but I don’t have a soul to talk to about any of it. From a distance, I probaby strike most as a total loser, but deep down, I’m really not. I have one close friend, but she is so self-absorbed that I don’t even bother to tell her anything of real importance.

I don’t need someone who is a know-it-all but he has to be able to hold up his end of the conversation. If he has a country/small town background, that’s a definite plus. He doesn’t have to be good looking, no racial preference, just a decent person.

Where do I find a person like this?

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