Comments on: We are the AOL. You will be assimilated. http://www.yourish.com/2006/06/23/1496 Cutting straight to the point Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:14:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Lloyd http://www.yourish.com/2006/06/23/1496/comment-page-1#comment-10520 Lloyd Sat, 24 Jun 2006 20:27:27 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/06/23/1496#comment-10520 When I cancelled my first ISP account-- not AOL-- I was asked why I was cancelling. Trying to be polite, I said I just wasn't using it anymore. The diembodied voice told me that my charges were going to run until the end of the calendar year and no refunds were allowed. I replied brightly, "Well that's a good reason to cancel your service." For some reason he became an angry disembodied voice. When I cancelled my first ISP account– not AOL– I was asked why I was cancelling. Trying to be polite, I said I just wasn’t using it anymore.

The diembodied voice told me that my charges were going to run until the end of the calendar year and no refunds were allowed.

I replied brightly, “Well that’s a good reason to cancel your service.”

For some reason he became an angry disembodied voice.

]]> By: Rob http://www.yourish.com/2006/06/23/1496/comment-page-1#comment-10452 Rob Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:27:14 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/06/23/1496#comment-10452 They get it. They just don't want to participate. They won't use the guy's URL. They want you to take their word for it and accept their condensed, summarized version. More importantly, they want you to stay on their site and only click on links that are paying to be on their pages or paying for clickthroughs. They get it. They just don’t want to participate. They won’t use the guy’s URL. They want you to take their word for it and accept their condensed, summarized version. More importantly, they want you to stay on their site and only click on links that are paying to be on their pages or paying for clickthroughs.

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