A few bitches and rants...
eBay/PayPal
So, I purchased an item on eBay. I've been so busy, I had forgotten how long its been. This item is not for myself, it is for one of my tech support clients.
Today, I get a notice from them... "Payment not received. If we don't get it by the 9th, we cancel the eBay purchase"
So, I go and check... sure enough, eBay lists the item as unpaid. This, however, is total bullshit.
SO then, I check PayPal. Sure enough, PayPal lists the auction as paid for, transaction completed successfully. The payment cleared instantly. This was back on April 13th, mind you. PayPal also directly associated the payment with the specific eBay purchase, so they are indeed directly linked in their system...
This is kind of amusing and stupid bullshit at the same time... get this...
PayPal (an eBay company) directly acknowledges payment was successfully made and processed. eBay (an eBay company), however, says payment was never made.
DO YOU SEE A CONNECTION THERE??? THEY ARE THE SAME GOD DAMN COMPANY... HOW DID PAYMENT NOTIFICATION NOT PROPERLY GO FROM PAYPAL TO EBAY !?!? THIS IS A COMPLETELY AUTOMATED SERVER-TO-SERVER PROCESS, NO USER INTERACTION REQUIRED AT ALL!!!
Whats worse? The way the "missing payment" notification is sent, there is NO FUCKING REPLY BUTTON !?!? WTF EBAY? more like #FAILBAY... Its sort of like Michael Bay, but without guns, explosions, hot chicks, robots, or action anywhere. Okay, I take that back, its absolutely NOTHING like Michael Bay at all!
Sponge
This band? HOLY SHIT MAN!!! They made one of my all-time favorite songs: "Plowed" which I discovered years ago in one of the very first AMVs ever produced (to End of Evangelion, for those curious)
Now, for years, I've tried to hunt down some of their music from time to time... Anything more than just this one song, right? ALWAYS failed... always... until... this week...
So now I've sampled countless songs by them from tons of their albums...
WHAT IN THE FUCKING SHIT !?!?! YOU'RE KIDDING ME RIGHT !?!?!?!? All of their music (besides the initial song) that I've heard so far sounds like absolute piles of talentless shit. It all just sounds like crap. Its all absolutely HORRIBLE.
Okay, putting things into perspective here... "Plowed" is and always will be one of my all time favorite songs. I heard it the first time back in high school, I think? The album is dated 1995, so yeah, its been a while. From then until now, I've always assumed they were some super awesome magically great band....
HOLY FUCK ALL MY DREAMS DESTROYED FOREVER!!!
In other news...
I HATE SONY.
No, I do not own a PS3. It is not the console that I hate.
I've always stated that I hate Sony as a company because of their business practices. They treat their customers like shit. They always have, and probably always will. They produce products that fail more quickly than their competitors (there was a class action lawsuit in Europe over the failure rates of the PS3). They knowingly developed a computer virus and hide it on their music CDs that they produced to spy on consumers to ensure they were not pirating music. And now, how long has PSN been down?
Friends, please remember that you VOTE WITH YOUR DOLLARS!!! Companies only continue shady business practices when you enable them by buying their products.
I always have and will continue to give any sort of financial support to Sony, because I simply do not agree with their business practices.
On a similar note, I have similar feelings for Apple Computers as well. Their business practices as of late have been less then stellar. They beat Microsoft in round one of "worst company in america for 2010" to give you an idea. Just imagine how they'll end up for the 2011 results after more and more problems with the iPhone and their software on it? Or how about how they are now suing one of their primary chip makers for also making a smart phone?
Once again folks, you vote with your dollars. Just remember the next time you bitch and complain about corporate douchebaggery, that anytime you buy a product from any of these companies that you encourage them and enable them to continue these bad practices.
So, I purchased an item on eBay. I've been so busy, I had forgotten how long its been. This item is not for myself, it is for one of my tech support clients.
Today, I get a notice from them... "Payment not received. If we don't get it by the 9th, we cancel the eBay purchase"
So, I go and check... sure enough, eBay lists the item as unpaid. This, however, is total bullshit.
SO then, I check PayPal. Sure enough, PayPal lists the auction as paid for, transaction completed successfully. The payment cleared instantly. This was back on April 13th, mind you. PayPal also directly associated the payment with the specific eBay purchase, so they are indeed directly linked in their system...
This is kind of amusing and stupid bullshit at the same time... get this...
PayPal (an eBay company) directly acknowledges payment was successfully made and processed. eBay (an eBay company), however, says payment was never made.
DO YOU SEE A CONNECTION THERE??? THEY ARE THE SAME GOD DAMN COMPANY... HOW DID PAYMENT NOTIFICATION NOT PROPERLY GO FROM PAYPAL TO EBAY !?!? THIS IS A COMPLETELY AUTOMATED SERVER-TO-SERVER PROCESS, NO USER INTERACTION REQUIRED AT ALL!!!
Whats worse? The way the "missing payment" notification is sent, there is NO FUCKING REPLY BUTTON !?!? WTF EBAY? more like #FAILBAY... Its sort of like Michael Bay, but without guns, explosions, hot chicks, robots, or action anywhere. Okay, I take that back, its absolutely NOTHING like Michael Bay at all!
Sponge
This band? HOLY SHIT MAN!!! They made one of my all-time favorite songs: "Plowed" which I discovered years ago in one of the very first AMVs ever produced (to End of Evangelion, for those curious)
Now, for years, I've tried to hunt down some of their music from time to time... Anything more than just this one song, right? ALWAYS failed... always... until... this week...
So now I've sampled countless songs by them from tons of their albums...
WHAT IN THE FUCKING SHIT !?!?! YOU'RE KIDDING ME RIGHT !?!?!?!? All of their music (besides the initial song) that I've heard so far sounds like absolute piles of talentless shit. It all just sounds like crap. Its all absolutely HORRIBLE.
Okay, putting things into perspective here... "Plowed" is and always will be one of my all time favorite songs. I heard it the first time back in high school, I think? The album is dated 1995, so yeah, its been a while. From then until now, I've always assumed they were some super awesome magically great band....
HOLY FUCK ALL MY DREAMS DESTROYED FOREVER!!!
Click to viewIn other news...
I HATE SONY.
No, I do not own a PS3. It is not the console that I hate.
I've always stated that I hate Sony as a company because of their business practices. They treat their customers like shit. They always have, and probably always will. They produce products that fail more quickly than their competitors (there was a class action lawsuit in Europe over the failure rates of the PS3). They knowingly developed a computer virus and hide it on their music CDs that they produced to spy on consumers to ensure they were not pirating music. And now, how long has PSN been down?
Friends, please remember that you VOTE WITH YOUR DOLLARS!!! Companies only continue shady business practices when you enable them by buying their products.
I always have and will continue to give any sort of financial support to Sony, because I simply do not agree with their business practices.
On a similar note, I have similar feelings for Apple Computers as well. Their business practices as of late have been less then stellar. They beat Microsoft in round one of "worst company in america for 2010" to give you an idea. Just imagine how they'll end up for the 2011 results after more and more problems with the iPhone and their software on it? Or how about how they are now suing one of their primary chip makers for also making a smart phone?
Once again folks, you vote with your dollars. Just remember the next time you bitch and complain about corporate douchebaggery, that anytime you buy a product from any of these companies that you encourage them and enable them to continue these bad practices.