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Congratulations?
Congratulations?
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Sorry, but Comcast will always be worst company EVER. I just want people never to forget this. AIG may have won this battle, but Comcast will always win the war.
You suck Comcast. There is a reason I pay way more for the competition, even in this economy.
called it in round 1
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How about a soda bottle of urine? I'm sure you could find plenty along your nearest highway.
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I think the Comcast consolation prize should be some sort of lifetime achievement award for \"outstanding\" performance in the WCIA contest over the last several years.
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@johnva: Just this morning, half of the midwest dropped offline due to Crapcast not being able to keep their upstream connection up. Way to go, guys.
Since #1 in the contest gets a golden #2, I think the prize for #2 should be something urine-themed.
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Can we get Comcast a complimentary fios subscription?
If they have a problem with that, they can twitter about it.
Nice idea. But not sure Comcast would know what to do with a 20 x 20 mbps connection since they are too busy saying DSL is the new dial-up which it's not of course. Nice going Consumerist voters -- grouping AIG and Comcast together in the finals.
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I called it day one. Then again I also said CueCats were a pretty good idea... so what do I know?
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I smell a rat! Comcast had the inside track until the timely release of that AIG bonus data last week.
Congressional hearings into the fairness of this contest to come!
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@rpm773: It certainly looks like AIG manipulated this contest. No big deal for them. They probably think all publicity is good publicity.
Perhaps a giant inflatable poo for Comcast. To be placed outside of their offices.
Or maybe just a real poo. In a paper bag. To be lit on fire and placed in all of their locations...
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Awesome - the runner up trophy for Comcast is becoming a reality!
I think someone in another thread came up with the idea of a golden toilet seat? Golden poo, and golden toliet seats go quite well together.
Would really love to see a major news source such as CNN or Fox pick this up and run with it.
Would bring a really warm fussy feeling to all us Consumerist supporters.
Start cranking out those press releases!
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@htrodblder: Philly.com picked it up, probably for the Comcast angle. The comments section was pretty civil but of course deteriorated into name calling.
@htrodblder: What on earth would Fox have to say about it?
\"Breaking News: Anti-Capitalist Internet Communists Ungrateful for Free Market Offerings; Threaten Livelihoods of Millions, Declare Fatwah on AIG and Comcast\"
\"brown-haired guy who's not black-haired guy who's not Steve Doocy, back to you.\"
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@veg-o-matic: \"Brown-haired old White guy who's not black-haired old White guy who's not Steve Doocy (an old White guy), back to you.\"
Fixed! :D
@Trai_Dep: Woah woah woah woah woah woah. WOAH.
Are you trying to say there's something unrepresentative about Fox's \"information personalities?\"
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Don't worry Comcast, you're a shoo-in for next year.
This year was special because of the economic meltdown. But Comcast is a regular suck-fest every year.
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@Harry Pothead: I ask again, what is so horrible about Comcast that they deserve to be the WORST company in America? Frankly I've not heard a compelling argument
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@Radi0logy: lying to their customers
providing shoddy service
inconsistent reps
[consumerist.com] sums it up
@Harry Pothead: Don't know. I feel bad for Comcast Frank since he has been doing his darnedest to fight the tide.
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Maybe it was that guy with the prosthetic leg that pushed it over the top. I know I clicked on them after I read that one.
I've enjoyed all the Comcrap stories...mostly because I don't have them. And I thank my lucky stars every day!
Get over comcast, yes they suck, yes they're evil. But AIG played a large part in this clusterfuck to the poorhouse. Comcast provides media connections, they suck deal with it. AIG screwed the country.
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A wonderful choice! Congratulations on this truly deserved slap in the face.
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Wow, Ticketmaster totally got robbed.
Oh, well. As the Red Sox fans say, \"there's always next year\" and \"I'm functionally retarded, except I pronounce it 'retaaaaaaaahdid'\".
Little sad Comcast didn't complete the job here but hey since when has Comcast ever really completed a job.....da dum chhh
Maybe add some runner-up categories next year, like \"most evil\", \"unintentionally bad\", \"worst service\" and many more.
I think a string of second place finishes will count for a lot when it comes to hall-of-fame balloting.
Also, can we start a hall of fame, except instead of \"hall\" we could say \"colon\" or something?
Comcast would enjoy a prominent place, like a baseball player who had a tremendous career but never won MVP due to others having singularly freakishly good seasons while he performed at a consistently great level.
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@tc4b: Comcast : WCIA :: Hank Aaron : MVP
Comcast should carry away the prize once, but aside from that, they'll consistently finish near but not at the top.
@tc4b: Shouldn't it be called \"Hall of Shame\"? In the case of AIG, it certainly fits.
Also I like the idea of runner-up categories. Maybe concurrent voting for several categories would cut down on these 16-finalist matchups that seemed to go on forever.
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How about a \"worst customer service\" award? Give them a nice silver poo with a brief letter describing why they won such a prestigous award.
@Slackerchan: Different categories, like the oscars, nice. That sounds fun. But how could we do that with the bracket?
AIU.
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Meh. AIG and other financial institutions are likely not guilty of anything other than incompetance and mass hysteria.
eBay/Paypal and Ticketmaster, at a minimum, on the other hand are flat-out EVIL - malicious, malignant, parasitic infections on the ass of society.
@YouDidWhatNow?: I highly recommend you do some reading on the current fiscal crisis. I know that since AIG is taking a beating in the popular media, many are starting to question whether they were really all that bad or not. They were. Along with many others, true, but AIG is not just a hapless victim.
@tc4b:
I in no way would insinuate that they are a victim of any kind. They were absolutely part and parcel of the problem...I'm just saying they aren't evil - simply stupid. In my book, evil trumps stupid.
@YouDidWhatNow?: And I'm calling evil. They knew what they were doing involved tremendous rick, and the money they were risking was, in worst case scenario, yours and mine.
@tc4b:
Well, there you go. In my own little world i envision AIG employees honestly believing that everything was going to turn out OK - the implication being that they're not evil, just stupid. eBay/PayPal, on the other hand, I can't give any benefit of any doubts to - evil.
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And boom goes the dynamite.
A 1 year supscription to Time Warner Cable's \"All the best\" package for CEO Brian L. Roberts.
I hope that we recover enough in the next nine months so that AIG can take down the entire global economy AGAIN*, just so we can vote for them a second time.
* Yeah, yeah, yeah: others share large chunks of guilt too. H-u-m-o-r. Yeesh
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I think the runner-up prize (because we all think Comcast is special) should be that all of us stuck with the behemoth should pay our next month's bill with urine-soaked change.
How is TicketMaster not the worst company in America? They're organized to screw the consumer, while AIG is just going through tough times from some recent poor business decisions.
Ticketmaster is in my opinion one of the worst companies in the world.
Send Comcast a silver turd.
From a \"Consumer\" perspective , can you really say the AIG is worse than Comcast? I've been a customer of AIG and had no problems. I've been a customer of Comcast and can attest to many the stories here.
For Comcast, a \"Golden Shower\" would make a suitable booby prize.
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*tear* i was really rooting for ticketmaster
How about a Nintendo Wii Box with a bunch of rocks in it? Or maybe a silver hand with an extended middle finger?
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I think a good second-place prize would be a share of stock in AIG.
I vote silver poo trophy for Comcast!
And they deserve a Special certificate for being a Worst Finalist 2 years in a row! What an honor!
... and that is why i bought 2K of their shares. Things can only get better :)
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will consumerist be holding a press conference on the steps of aig headquarters to award this prize?
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Where's the \"One Shining Moment\" video?
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You should send them *real* thing as the trophy.
Brass is so expensive these days.
runner up should get some of that old school gag vomit
Number one should be a golden item, number 2 should be the poo!
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24 hours to vote and they've declared a winner? Really?
Like AIG (or then-defunct Countrywide) is going to learn anything from this prize. Comcast, as a viable, going concern would have gotten my vote.
I think it was pretty obvious AIG would \"win\" - everyone has been eager to express feigned populist outrage and hysteria at them. Its fun to hate on AIG, it makes you popular and gives you that \"rage against the machine\" illusion that all your friends like.
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Maybe you should send them a prize from one of the other contenders...say, a tasty snack made with peanut butter from Peanut Corp.
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Like AIG really cares what we think.
How about The Pete Rose Worst Business Award?
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Hooray! I think?
Well damn, I'm almost honored -- I worked for them until March, when they laid me off (maybe to protect the infamous bonuses). Perhaps a congratulatory note is in order. This has got to be a record -- has an insurance company ever won this thing before?
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Perhaps a Silver Poo for 2nd place?
@torgonius: Or a roll of golden toilet paper
@torgonius: Concurence
@torgonius: Silver Poo is a good idea.
My idea that I posted in the past article was a golden toilet