Dear Sony Corporation: I bought a top-of-the-line Sony Vaio laptop last January and on Tuesday it failed the simple task of turning on. When I called for service you claimed someone would call me the next day to schedule a technician to come in the next three days and repair it and NO ONE CALLED. Then when I called to check you told me “there was a problem” and I now have a NEW CASE and have to wait again for someone to call.
SONY ELECTRONICS ARE UNRELIABLE
Incredible ripoffs
My tiny Fujitsu computer’s space bar is stuck so I have to send it in for repair. This seems relatively normal and although a big inconvenience, I do not consider it a ripoff. But I was going to adopt Evvie’s old Dell laptop to substitute while it’s gone and here’s where I was ripped off. Mainly so I could continue to easily share files with my big desktop, we had to either upgrade to XP Professional or Vista in order to have the “offline files” feature. Both cost about the same, around $200. So we decided to upgrade to Vista because eventually, like it or not, we’ll all have to do that. So I went to the Vista website, dutifully downloaded and ran the update advisor program to evaluate the computer, and it listed the Dell Inspiron 700m and it said something like “you can upgrade!” But after two failed hours-long installations that only failed at the very end, I went to the Dell website and find out this computer is NOT upgradable. RIPOFF!!!!
Then, there’s Verizon, the most dishonest evil company I know. Out of their many ripoff practices, the one I highlight right now is their strategy where they sneak-add features to unsuspecting landline phone service customers. About a year ago I went online and got rid of a bunch of services that we would never have asked for, and I got $40 a month taken off our bill!! So yesterday we once again looked closely at our account online– you can’t tell these things from the printed bill — and we discovered we were being charged for new services, such as *69 and “ultra call forwarding,” that we had never requested. Why would anybody with caller ID ever pay for *69, which is a number you can call to find out who called you. Why would I ever have ordered ultra call forwarding for our second line? I know they’re doing this to millions of people and making millions. Susan and Arastu, can’t we sue them? You could win justice and recompense for the oppressed consumers and then use the legal fees to set up your own law firm. Wouldn’t that be great?
Incredible ripoffs
Jenny purchased a second cradle for her PocketPC. The text says “Charge and synchronize your iPAQ.” Sounds good, doesn’t it? You’d assume that it comes with the little AC Adapter to plug it into the wall, wouldn’t you? A necessary part for its usage? BWAA-HA-HA-HA-HA! You’d be wrong.
HEY HEWLETT-PACKARD: THIS IS A BLATANTLY FALSE AND DECEPTIVE RIP-OFF, YOU PATHETIC THIEVES.
