When a company does me wrong, I feel like telling people about it. I want to spread my hate and discontent for these companies across all avenues so that others don't suffer the same fate. That's Badvertising. For the most part, big corporations in this country have us by the taint. By virtue of having no real choices, most of us turn to large companies for one thing or another. When we're looking to get a quality product or service at a reasonable cost, we buy their stuff. When we need help with their product, we turn to them. When we turn to them, we get screwed. We get to talk to a computer and put on hold only to end up speaking to someone in India about our problem. We get smacked with mountains of taxes, surcharges, and fees that are passed on to us. We get frustrated.
It is because of this that I start another series of posts about firing large corporations that "work for you". It is here that I will chronicle my grievances in letter format and spread my word of fire. It is liberating. To be free of paying for substandard products and service and then to do everything in your means to verbally trash those who are responsible. So it begins. I give you Alltel.
Have you heard this annoying little jingle, "Come and get your love"? If you have, you'll probably recognize it as Alltel's. And if by 'love' Alltel means screwed, lied too, and ripped off, then 'come and get it'.
Dear Alltel,
Thank you for allowing me to purchase a cell phone plan from you. It was gracious of you to give me the phone for free and contractually obligate me for 2 years. I find it wonderful that you ration my minutes and restrict my areas of calling. I am finally free of the chains that bind and land lines. Please also accept my re-activation fee after you lost my address and failed to bill me. My bad.
Thankfully your representatives at my local branch, which by the way, are as numerous as cockroaches, were oh so helpful. They were even willing to give (err, illegally contractually obligate) my wife a new phone when hers stopped working. Luckily I was able to resolve this little issue. What was I thinking? I don't have the means to take on such a large corporation. Please step on my nuts for another year and a half. I'll wait it out. I can take it.
Now my time is up and we must part ways. I won't be continuing my service with you now or ever. Please accept this letter as thanks and an end to our friendship. May your company suffer a slow and painful death as you rot outside the gates of Hell.
Sincerely,
Geoff
On a personal note, I hate cell phones. Drivers with cell phones, phones on belts, and incessantly loud cell phone talkers. You are not important.
Dear Geoff,
ReplyDeleteI totally agree. We as "Americans" need to learn to just bend over when we agree to pay a big corporation for "agreed-upon" services. They won't be honest, they won't be up-front, they won't do what they say, and we are at their mercy or go without.