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Ted Star Player
Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 3477
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 9:30 am Post subject: About to cancel AOL |
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These jerks are notorious for giving the customer a hard time when cancelling. Anyone have any cool ideas in mind for me to say when I call so I can piss them off and FORCE them to hang up the phone and cancel my account? |
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hoopschick29 Franchise Player
Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posts: 12898 Location: Los Angeles
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 9:33 am Post subject: Re: About to cancel AOL |
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Ted wrote: | These jerks are notorious for giving the customer a hard time when cancelling. Anyone have any cool ideas in mind for me to say when I call so I can piss them off and FORCE them to hang up the phone and cancel my account? |
Just tell them you signed a 12 month contract with someone else. _________________ So glad we gave you your flowers while you were here, Kobe. |
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Purps Star Player
Joined: 28 May 2001 Posts: 1679 Location: Los Angeles
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Ted Star Player
Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 3477
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 9:44 am Post subject: |
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Yea i actually heard that, and I have signed a 12 month contract with someone else. Good thing i didnt use a credit card when i signed up for their free trial, which i never used by the way. Aren't they legally obligated to cancel once I say cancel and then hang up the phone? |
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Ted Star Player
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 9:45 am Post subject: |
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oops sorry wrong forum |
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Exick Site Staff
Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 15880
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 10:03 am Post subject: |
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I once had my wife cancel 5 AOL accounts of mine at once (don't ask, the accounts had never been used). It wasn't a pleasant experience for her, but I don't think it was terrible either. There is absolutely nothing you can do to guarantee that they will cancel it except to continue bothering them if they don't. _________________ Game recognize game, Granddad. - Riley Freeman, The Boondocks |
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LaLakers999 Star Player
Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 1103
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 10:05 am Post subject: |
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lol ive been an aol customer for 10 years now |
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MyKRo Star Player
Joined: 15 Jun 2003 Posts: 5750 Location: Los Angeles
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 10:16 am Post subject: |
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Just tell them you are selling your computer and you won't need internet anymore.
They will offer you free months to stay. DON'T take it, tell them you don't need free months when you have no computer.
Get a cancellation number after you're done! Just incase they continue charging you, you can get the charges reversed if you have a cancellation number.
Good luck, and don't back down from the agent. |
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931 Starting Rotation
Joined: 04 Apr 2006 Posts: 525 Location: Boston
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 10:26 am Post subject: |
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AOL is free now if you have a high speed connection. If youre still paying, tell them you work from home now and your company hooked up a connection. They cant argue that. Use the same excuse when cancelling cell phones. _________________ "The lack of V-8 juice consumption in this league is appalling." - Bill Walton |
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Kobe>Lebron Star Player
Joined: 20 Aug 2002 Posts: 3571
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 10:37 am Post subject: |
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Lakers999 wrote: | lol ive been an aol customer for 10 years now |
I have heard AOL is a nightmare to get rid of.
I had a guy once try to sell me Credit Card insurance for a good 5 minutes
(MC) when all I wanted to do was a balance transfer. I told him No at least 10 times. The guy just wouldnt take no for an answer. _________________ "I was laying myself on the line by saying, if this doesn't work in three to four years, if we're not back on the top then I will step down because that means I have failed,"
Jim Buss (2013) |
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Ted Star Player
Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 3477
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 10:40 am Post subject: |
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I just called and the guy was very nice. I asked him if they changed their policies and he just laughed and said yeah. It took me less than 5 minutes to cancel my account, no BS questions no nothing, well except for that damn automated menu that takes you all over the place and a brief conversation with some guy in India, it went smoothly. |
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jjigga3000 Starting Rotation
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 11:48 am Post subject: |
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Get the persons info before you discuss anything, such as name and position. Then proceed to tell them to cancel your service, when they ask why, say because they want it cancled. Before they can say anything also say you don't want any comps you want it completly cancled. Then before you hang up, let them know if it is not cancled and you are charged any more fees on your card. you will hold them responsible and sue them. I can't believe you are asking how to cancel a bill. |
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Exick Site Staff
Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 15880
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 12:37 pm Post subject: |
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jjigga3000 wrote: | Get the persons info before you discuss anything, such as name and position. Then proceed to tell them to cancel your service, when they ask why, say because they want it cancled. Before they can say anything also say you don't want any comps you want it completly cancled. Then before you hang up, let them know if it is not cancled and you are charged any more fees on your card. you will hold them responsible and sue them. I can't believe you are asking how to cancel a bill. |
AOL is notorious for being bad about cancelling, which is the purpose of the thread. And you aren't going to scare some dude in India or AOL with threats of lawsuits. _________________ Game recognize game, Granddad. - Riley Freeman, The Boondocks |
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ocho Retired Number
Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 53714
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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i seriously don't understand why anyone pays for AOL. _________________ 14-5-3-12 |
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Socks Franchise Player
Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 10761 Location: Bay Area, CA
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 1:30 pm Post subject: |
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ocho wrote: | i seriously don't understand why anyone pays for AOL. |
Me either - hated them from the begining. They had quite a scam going as the "portal" to the Internet providing very minimal value for what you could get for free from Yahoo or even Excite or InfoSeek back in the day.
I'd be interested in looking at the demographics of their current customer base. I'd bet most of the folks are older and thought the shiny disk they got in the mail was the only way to connect to the this Internet thing. Or they're folks that had it from a long time ago and didn't want to change their email addresses. I finally managed to pry my parents off awhile ago. My dad had simply associated the Internet with AOL and didn't realize he could get everything he was paying for (except connectivity) for free. |
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Big Money Starting Rotation
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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They stopped billing me and automatically canceled when they didn't receive any payments after 6 months, then I just had to deal with a collection agency. I was 18 so I had no regards for my credit (I was so stupid then, now I can't qualify for any credit ) what men do for porn |
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LaLakers999 Star Player
Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 1103
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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Socks wrote: | ocho wrote: | i seriously don't understand why anyone pays for AOL. |
Me either - hated them from the begining. They had quite a scam going as the "portal" to the Internet providing very minimal value for what you could get for free from Yahoo or even Excite or InfoSeek back in the day.
I'd be interested in looking at the demographics of their current customer base. I'd bet most of the folks are older and thought the shiny disk they got in the mail was the only way to connect to the this Internet thing. Or they're folks that had it from a long time ago and didn't want to change their email addresses. I finally managed to pry my parents off awhile ago. My dad had simply associated the Internet with AOL and didn't realize he could get everything he was paying for (except connectivity) for free. |
its not as bad as you think..... because we only pay 20 bucks for unlimited access....and my wireless modem cost only 30 bucks a month which normally cost around 80 dollars so all in all i am only paying 50 bucks a month for High Speed internet access with AOL which i guess is a little bit above average.... and my SN has been the same for the past 10 years so I really dont want to change it |
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Omar Little Moderator
Joined: 02 May 2005 Posts: 90299 Location: Formerly Known As 24
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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Exick wrote: | jjigga3000 wrote: | Get the persons info before you discuss anything, such as name and position. Then proceed to tell them to cancel your service, when they ask why, say because they want it cancled. Before they can say anything also say you don't want any comps you want it completly cancled. Then before you hang up, let them know if it is not cancled and you are charged any more fees on your card. you will hold them responsible and sue them. I can't believe you are asking how to cancel a bill. |
AOL is notorious for being bad about cancelling, which is the purpose of the thread. And you aren't going to scare some dude in India or AOL with threats of lawsuits. |
Tell them if they don't cancel your account, you'll send Dick Cheney over there to take them hunting for cattle. Imply that the rest of the party will be comprised of (heavily armed) Pakistanis. They should be scared/ offended enough to make you go away. _________________ “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ― Elie Wiesel |
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Exick Site Staff
Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 15880
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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24 wrote: | Exick wrote: | jjigga3000 wrote: | Get the persons info before you discuss anything, such as name and position. Then proceed to tell them to cancel your service, when they ask why, say because they want it cancled. Before they can say anything also say you don't want any comps you want it completly cancled. Then before you hang up, let them know if it is not cancled and you are charged any more fees on your card. you will hold them responsible and sue them. I can't believe you are asking how to cancel a bill. |
AOL is notorious for being bad about cancelling, which is the purpose of the thread. And you aren't going to scare some dude in India or AOL with threats of lawsuits. |
Tell them if they don't cancel your account, you'll send Dick Cheney over there to take them hunting for cattle. Imply that the rest of the party will be comprised of (heavily armed) Pakistanis. They should be scared/ offended enough to make you go away. |
Bah, that's too far to go for a joke/scare. Just call the guy on the phone a Paki and be done with it. _________________ Game recognize game, Granddad. - Riley Freeman, The Boondocks |
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PassiontoWin Star Player
Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 4034 Location: Westside
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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AOL? That's so 1990's What took you so long to cancel? |
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Zhengi Star Player
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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Lakers999 wrote: | lol ive been an aol customer for 10 years now |
Wow! You poor thing. You have my sympathies _________________ I'm like a Hadouken, down-right Fierce! |
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topramen78 Star Player
Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Posts: 1879
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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Lakers999 wrote: | Socks wrote: | ocho wrote: | i seriously don't understand why anyone pays for AOL. |
Me either - hated them from the begining. They had quite a scam going as the "portal" to the Internet providing very minimal value for what you could get for free from Yahoo or even Excite or InfoSeek back in the day.
I'd be interested in looking at the demographics of their current customer base. I'd bet most of the folks are older and thought the shiny disk they got in the mail was the only way to connect to the this Internet thing. Or they're folks that had it from a long time ago and didn't want to change their email addresses. I finally managed to pry my parents off awhile ago. My dad had simply associated the Internet with AOL and didn't realize he could get everything he was paying for (except connectivity) for free. |
its not as bad as you think..... because we only pay 20 bucks for unlimited access....and my wireless modem cost only 30 bucks a month which normally cost around 80 dollars so all in all i am only paying 50 bucks a month for High Speed internet access with AOL which i guess is a little bit above average.... and my SN has been the same for the past 10 years so I really dont want to change it |
Emails and SNs are now free. You don't need to pay AOL to keep your email address. |
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Ted Star Player
Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 3477
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Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 12:10 am Post subject: |
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I actually just got a new computer and hadn't purchased internet yet (new residence), so i popped in a free AOL cd so i could use their service for a couple days before i ordered up real internet (since it takes a week for atnt to ship the modem and everything), and i never game em a credit card, but i never ended up using it anyways. Ain't no way in hell i'd pay for AOL, the only reason ppl go on there is to chat in those freaky ass chatrooms. |
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DancingBarry Editor-in-Chief
Joined: 07 Sep 2001 Posts: 40188 Location: O.C.
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Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 1:10 am Post subject: |
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ocho wrote: | i seriously don't understand why anyone pays for AOL. |
Perhaps that is why they are planning to lay off 5,000 employees right now. |
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The Dagger Star Player
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Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:39 am Post subject: |
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You don't need to give them an excuse....just tell them you want to cancel. If they ask why, tell them none of your business.
I went through a terrible ordeal a few years back. I got three months free and unfortunately they got my credit card number. They charged me for three months and refused to give me back my money. I asked to talk to a supervisor and he also refused. I asked to talk to his supervisor and he said no. On top of that, they still refused to close my account. At one point they were almost yelling at me.
I vowed to NEVER do business with aol ever again. |
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