  IowaCowboyWant to go back to IowaPremium
join:2010-10-16
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| My vote is for Bank of America While Comcast can get ugly at times, I think Bank Of America deserves the golden poo award. They are the ringleaders in predatory lending and business practices.
I will never do business with BofA ever again. I bank with a local bank.
TD Bank was good until the massive data breach.
Other companies who I think deserve the Golden Poo is Subway (declining quality), Dish Network (bad customer service), and McDonald's as they always serve the food cold.
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join:2011-03-27
West Palm Beach, FL | Re: My vote is for Bank of America Does McDonald's serve food?I think shit would be tastier! | |
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| | IowaCowboyWant to go back to IowaPremium
join:2010-10-16
Springfield, MA Reviews:
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| Re: My vote is for Bank of America I uses to be a fast food junkie until health issues took their toll. I try to eat at Subway and Panera Bread more and burger joints sparingly.
After I had an abdominal ultrasound for an unrelated condition and they discovered non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, I switched from Coke to Diet Mountain Dew. And I cut back on fast food and I try to cook on my Weber gas grill more. | |
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join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
kudos:1 | Re: My vote is for Bank of America As much as I love my diet coke, the shit is still bad. | |
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| said by IowaCowboy: I switched from Coke to Diet Mountain Dew. And I cut back on fast food and I try to cook on my Weber gas grill more.
you do realize that diet sodas are worse than regular sodas for you right? they cause your body to panic when it cannot absorb and process the fake sugars, and your body goes into a "storage" mode, in where you store more fats and other nutrition. Most people that drink diet sodas actually gain weight. Switch to something like powerade or a drink of the sort. Way less sugar and other stuff. I quit drinking pop regularly about 4 months ago, and now only drink it about 2 times per week(about 20 ounces each time), and I have lost 25 pounds without doing any other changes in dieting and exercise. | |
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| | |  antdudeA Ninja AntPremium,VIP
join:2001-03-25
United State
kudos:4
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| said by IowaCowboy:I uses to be a fast food junkie until health issues took their toll... Ditto after I turned 30. :/ | |
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| |  spewakR.I.P DadkinsPremium
join:2001-08-07
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kudos:1
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| said by mattmac:Does McDonald's serve food?I think shit would be tastier!
Don't you mean "Golden Poo would be tastier?"  | |
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| add wells-fargo to that list. they are just an in general crappy bank. The last year I banked with them it cost me over 3000 in "fees". I have been banking with a local credit union, doing the same shenanigans, and have paid exactly $25 in fees over the last 2 years(and I admit fault with that too!). | |
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| |  fuziwuziNot born yesterdayPremium
join:2005-07-01
Atlanta, GA | Re: My vote is for Bank of America said by Chubbysumo:add wells-fargo to that list. they are just an in general crappy bank. The last year I banked with them it cost me over 3000 in "fees". I have been banking with a local credit union, doing the same shenanigans, and have paid exactly $25 in fees over the last 2 years(and I admit fault with that too!).
My experience with Wells Fargo is far different. Ever since they took over Wachovia, I've had nothing but good service from them. My accounts have no fees (because I have direct deposit), at the branch near me they have always been super nice, their online system is great (even deposit checks using their app on my phone), and bill pay works as it should. Even their customer service via phone has been great the two times I've called. I know all the big banks get a bad rap, and mostly well-deserved (in the case of BA especially). But I have no reason to switch from WF for now.
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| IowaCowboyWant to go back to IowaPremium
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Springfield, MA | Re: I vote for ticketmaster, hands down... The '90s band Pearl Jam refused to play at venues that had TicketMaster as their ticket seller. | |
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kudos:4 | Re: I vote for ticketmaster, hands down... as opposed to the Pearl Jam who plays now?
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| | | IowaCowboyWant to go back to IowaPremium
join:2010-10-16
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| Re: I vote for ticketmaster, hands down... Didn't know they were still playing. Many of those '90s bands have since disbanded as they are now getting pushed off the charts by Lady GaGa, Ke$ha, Hot Chele Rae, All American Rejects, and Owl City.
Some '90s bands are still going strong like Green Day. At the rate they're going they'll be the millennial generation's version of the Rolling Stones. | |
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| CheesePremium
join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
kudos:1 | While I sympathize for your plight, they still had to do the back-end work to get you those tickets. Was it thier fault the show was cancelled? If not, I believe they have a right to deny certain funds back. They certainly aren't the only ones who do that. | |
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TMs "handling" fee, to which they even charge on digital PaH tickets, is now up to $20 per ticket depending on the price of the ticket, and is non-refundable. If possible, I buy right from the venue that the concert is to be held at, and if not, I will not deal with TM at all. | |
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| once places started forgoing TM as their primary seller, ticket prices went down, and refunds were much easier if the show was canceled. TM is a pile of shit, and im glad I no longer have to deal with them. | |
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| | All a formality EA is taking the award again this year. | |
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join:2000-09-17
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kudos:1 | Re: All a formality The difference between Bank of America and EA is EA is destroying virtual cities and Bank of America is destroying real cities. | |
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AT&T, BofA, and Comcast all provide essential services that people can't do without. Two of those have monopolies throughout many parts of the country, and duopolies in the areas where they might have one competitor. BofA has a societal duty to provide consumers with essential financial services, but they at least have a bit of competition. The horror stories that I can tell you about BofA...they're unfuckingreal.
What I'm getting at here is how in the hell is a video game company at the top of the list when their products are meaningless compared to what the others provide? People's priorities are really messed up. | |
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join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | Re: All a formality They are in the final 4 because they pissed of reddit and 4chan, as well as most gamers on the internet. Those are very power things to piss off when you are in an online voting. | |
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| | | | said by Arty50:You know what's really sad? The fact that EA is even that high. I mean, they make non-essential items in a competitive market. If you get screwed by them, then buy someone else's games. Ticketmaster is sort of the same, except they have a relative monopoly.
AT&T, BofA, and Comcast all provide essential services that people can't do without. Two of those have monopolies throughout many parts of the country, and duopolies in the areas where they might have one competitor. BofA has a societal duty to provide consumers with essential financial services, but they at least have a bit of competition. The horror stories that I can tell you about BofA...they're unfuckingreal.
What I'm getting at here is how in the hell is a video game company at the top of the list when their products are meaningless compared to what the others provide? People's priorities are really messed up.
Right on!! Who gives a rats a** about some stupid game, or the company, when it comes down to real life matters?
AT&T should EASILY win this award,or Verizon, and I've never had AT&T.
Comcast, I have to deal with on customers computers and I agree, they totally suck. Charter should be immediately behind them though.
Never used BoA but know of them and their crappy practices and irritating phone calls and snail mails!
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join:2002-06-14
Las Vegas, NV
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| Re: All a formality HERE! HERE!! BofA has seriously SCREWED a lot of people, starting with me back in the 70s.. I swore I'd never do business with them again.. Unfortuantly, my mortgage with Countrywide got sucked into them in 2008, but fortuantly, QuickenLoans came to my rescue in January with a refi that dropped my payment by $200 and a 2% interest reduction.... BYE BYE BofA!!! F.U. Hope you win the worst company title.. you sooo richly deserve it | |
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| iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | Funny, when I called EA Origin support, they were quite good at resolving my issue. Then again, I don't play SimCity. | |
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| |  newviewEx .. Ex .. ExactlyPremium
join:2001-10-01
Parsonsburg, MD
kudos:1 | Re: All a formality As much as I hate Comcast; their pricing shenanigans, their consistently playing fast-and-loose with the truth and their "fuck you" corporate mentality, any company that puts out a single-player game that REQUIRES you to be online in order to even play the game you PAYED FOR deserves to be named Worst Company in America. | |
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join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | Re: All a formality I didn't know EA had a monopoly on city-building games... | |
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join:2003-07-05 | said by iansltx:Funny, when I called EA Origin support, they were quite good at resolving my issue. Then again, I don't play SimCity.
They got a lot of Blizzard staff when they had layoffs in Austin, there's also a ton of Bioware folks now working CS there. Probably the reason behind it. | |
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| | bs final four No Windstream or TimeWarner who are doing their best to make sure certain areas never get decent broadband. | |
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join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC
kudos:19 | Re: bs final four TimeWarner was part of the competition. They beat out Cablevision and FedEx only to fall to Comcast in the third round.
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| | Bad, but not the worst No love for Comcast here (why they hell wasn't Delta in the bracket?), but my vote goes to TicketBastard. | |
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| | All deserve to win-lose Why not call it a tie? | |
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join:2003-07-01
Boynton Beach, FL | I can say I agree about Comcast I've had an issue recently with Comcast, still unresolved. Got a call from executive support. Three times, the same person, asking me the same questions like he hasn't talked to me at all. Giving me the same answer that he'll forward it. It's like you're in the twilight zone and they only remember you until they hang up the phone | |
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join:2002-03-03
Williamstown, NJ
kudos:5 |  A bad bank worse for people than the rest here
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join:2012-07-05
Independence, OH | Hugesnet Why is Hughesnet not in the Worst Company In America tournament? Because they would win hands down. | |
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join:2004-10-08
Rockford, IL
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| Based on actual experience I've never had any dealing with BOA (I'll take other peoples word and what I've read about it 'to be avoided') Not a gamer. Don't care about buying tickets online (Again, I've heard too many horror stories so I chose to avoid)
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join:2001-10-06
Bountiful, UT
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| Crapcast = the biggest loser I've done business with all four of these companies and even have a BoA credit card. While I wouldn't place any of them atop a pillar, Crapcast would win my vote for the leader of the pack in this category. And not JUST because they've been a horrid company for so long and can't even make it out of the bottom four after supposedly putting forth SO MUCH EFFORT to make a difference.
It's because their customer service just plain SUCKS. Most of their employees don't know a cable from a hold in their head. Lack of training on the part of employees and on the part of admin to HIRE good employees has got to be at the base of this. I dread EVERY SINGLE TIME I have to call this company and it completely ruins my day (which normally turns into 1-4 weeks) when I have to deal with their complete incompetence.
I should say there have been a few good ones who have been able to clean up huge messes others have made, but they are tough to find. There is one employee who even helps here at BBR and does a good job. But in a sea of hundreds I've talked to, I can count on ONE HAND the number of good experiences I've had. | |
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1 edit | The only happy BofA customer I guess I have been with BofA for close to 30 years and never had any problems and always received good and prompt service. If I ever have a question about my statements I have no problems getting someone on the phone who has a clue. When I did my mortgage it was fast and easy. Same with my refi. It was all done online with the exception of the notary whom BofA sent to my office. Perhaps it is because I never tried to rip them off by ducking my payments that I never had a bad experience with them. Same with the ML side. No problems ever.
Ticketmaster has been fine for me too. Aside from the stupid captcha never any problems. I always received what I purchased. Don't have Comcast. EA on the other hand would send me bad keys for downloadables and then take forever to respond. Then it was the play online codes that are tied to accounts so you can't sell the title when you are done.
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Las Vegas, NV Reviews:
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| Re: The only happy BofA customer I guess said by skeechan:I Perhaps it is because I never tried to rip them off by ducking my payments that I never had a bad experience with them.
So you're saying that only people who tried to screw BofA have bad experiences with them? Did you MISS the several cases where BofA forclosed on homes that had NO mortgage whatsoever, let alone not a BofA mortgage?? Were those people trying to screw BofA?? BofA richly deserves the "Worst Company" title as its actually seriously HARMED a LOT of people over the years vs a flippin' ticket seller (ticketmaster) or a game company (EA)????? Oh well, I guess it takes all kinds to make the world go round..... | |
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3 edits | Re: The only happy BofA customer I guess My violin plays for the dead beats. The one in a million actually harmed by any bank is free to sue them just as if they were harmed by anyone else. And before you start whining about arbitration, arbitration doesn't protect a bank against conversion and there is no arbitration if there is no mortgage agreement. | |
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| | | said by skeechan:I have been with BofA for close to 30 years and never had any problems and always received good and prompt service. I know several people who have said that at one point of time or another. They've all got screwed over eventually. Personally, I got them to admit to an error on their part that led to a faulty, and hefty, charge on my account. Even after I got a supervisor to admit to the fact that they had screwed up, she still wouldn't reverse the charge. I switched banks shortly after that and have never looked back.
One of the worst stories I know of involves my old company. We used to have service personnel in several parts of the world at any given time. Naturally, they had company cards to cover their expenses while on the road. Anyway, when the economy tanked in 2008, BofA decided to cut the spending limit on all of our cards from 5 figures down to the low 4 figure range. It was barely enough to cover a flight, much less the rest of the trip. Here's the catch though. They did this overnight without so much as a phone call. No call, no letter, no nothing. One of our techs was in a middle eastern country, and unbeknownst to him or any of us, he tried to use his now over the limit card. When the charge bounced he was thrown in jail for credit card fraud and spent a couple of days there until we could clear the whole thing up. BofA didn't do shit to help us or him and they refused to raise the limit back up to their old levels. And before you accuse my old company of doing something wrong, the company had never made a late payment on it's cards and always paid the balances off in full every month. There was simply no reason to cut our balances like that and definitely no excuse to do so without providing notice of any kind.
Fuck that shitty company. I wish we hadn't bailed them out. | |
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join:2012-01-26
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kudos:2 | Re: The only happy BofA customer I guess Bullcrap. No one goes to jail for a declined transaction, I don't care if you are an Israeli in Iran. | |
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| | KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | We should not have bailed anybody out in the banking industry. All those millions spent on crooks like AIG and friends would have been better spent on NASA.
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join:2009-08-05
Minneapolis, MN | Same ole shit. Comcast, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Verizon, AT&T, and Ticketmaster all deserve the golden poo award. | |
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join:2009-01-31
Eatontown, NJ | Comcrap is number one! (when ranking the worse companies) In my opinion, Comcast is the worse company of all time distantly followed by AT&T and the rest. | |
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kudos:1 | Now EA says that complainers are Homophobes EA's Chief Operating Officer Peter Moore contends that EA’s decision to allow users to create lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) characters in some of its games has resulted in a voting campaign orchestrated by those opposed to portrayals of LGBT characters in games:
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join:2002-06-14
Las Vegas, NV Reviews:
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| May BofA rot in Hell... After getting royally screwed by BofA way back in my youth, with one of those deals where BofA had a special on-campus deal on free checking/savings/credit card back when I was in college, I swore on my mother's grave I'd NEVER do business with them again.. Fast forward to 2008, where the lender on our home, Countrywide, got absorbed into BofA, neatly cancelling my determination to never do business with BofA... Since the home is in Las Vegas, and showed it was "worth" $65K and with us owing $106K on it, I despaired of ever being able to give BofA the finger.. But I kept hearing those QuickenLoans ads where they claim even if you're upside down you could get refinanced, so I gave them a call, and sure enough, we were able to refi down to 3.99% from the 6.50% we had thru Countrywide/BofA, dropping the monthly payment down about $200... So I certainly hope BofA wins the "Worst Company" award.. They sooooooo richly deserve it... Judging from all the horror stories I read about them on the web, there should be a LOT of people voting for them... | |
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| | The bad math contest As someone who works for one of the Final Four, I have to say that I really can't take Consumerist and especially the WCIA seriously. Not that some aren't deserving, but most of the vote is based on misdirected anger and general lack of contact with reality.
But the whole "second worst company" nonsense just pisses me off. I've even shown them where the math fails, but they simply aren't concerned with being right, and that's a deal breaker for me.
Plus, they stopped having comments. What respectable blog doesn't have comments? One that doesn't want anyone calling them on their bullshit, that's what. Plonk. | |
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| spewakR.I.P DadkinsPremium
join:2001-08-07
Elk Grove, CA
kudos:1 Reviews:
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| Re: The bad math contest You hit the nail on the head. I would concede that some of the vote is based on misdirected anger and general lack of contact with reality. The squeaky wheel paradigm applies here.
The second point about no commenting, that is weak on their side. If you are going to have an annual (?) vote, shouldn't it be open to comments also? | |
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join:2005-03-09
Saint Clair Shores, MI | CC is bad is some markets, not so bad in others Well, thought they are pricey like Verizon for their services and nickel dime you to death. I've never had anything bad to say about their customer service. They are just overpriced and fee you at every turn for every little thing. They just opened a new service center by me and till that, that's been my only real gripe. I have BOA and again, maybe it's how much you keep in their safes but we have never had issues with them and they have always treated us well (alerts, fee's waved, etc). Sprint should be there because, well, most Sprint CSR's are just stupid. They do not know much of anything about the company or how their service works. They can't even take a dump without escalating it to the next level. And having worked for the company for 10 years (till 3 years ago), I can just say they are an embarrassment to the company.  | |
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