var json_comments = new Array("<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13980245\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=1172156\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=1172156\">Seokso</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13980245\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T11:42:24-05:00\">July  1, 2009 11:42 AM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13980245);\">Moderate</a> |</span>	<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://consumerist.com/mt-static/plugins/Moderate/moderate.js\"></script>	<script type=\"text/javascript\">		successMsg = \"\";	</script><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13980245');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>This sounds like a scam by the \"collections agency\" to get your credit card info.  There's a similar story here: <a href=\"http://www.millersmiles.co.uk/identitytheft/AOL-email-scam-1115521443a.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">[www.millersmiles.co.uk]</a></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13980245, 'Seokso')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13980250\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=307161\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-307161-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=307161\">Coles_Law</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13980250\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T11:43:06-05:00\">July  1, 2009 11:43 AM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13980250);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13980250');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>Did she recently stop working for Time Warner?  She never explicitly said she canceled (which I wouldn't either with a free account), so if she stopped working for TWC or they dropped this benefit, that could explain the charges.  It does not explain the phantom credit card, however.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13980250, 'Coles_Law')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->								<div class=\"num-replies\">2 replies</div>	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-13981066\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=864790\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=864790\">madgoat</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13981066\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T13:08:49-05:00\">July  1, 2009  1:08 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13981066);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13981066');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13980250\" rel=\"nofollow\">Coles_Law</a>: Going out on a limb here but maybe TW was paying its AOL arm for this benefit via a Visa card?  I've heard of stupider things companies have done so I wouldn't be surprised if this were the case.  If AOL was a money-losing division, which it was, and TW was a money-maker then paying the AOL division would make tax sense for the company.  Depends on how they structured the company when they merged.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13981066, 'madgoat')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-14003414\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=249257\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=249257\">bwcbwc</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-14003414\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-02T10:07:22-05:00\">July  2, 2009 10:07 AM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(14003414);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=14003414');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13981066\" rel=\"nofollow\">madgoat</a>: OR maybe there's another person with same name as the OP. But then how did the emails get to her?  TW corporate Visa seems to make the most sense.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(14003414, 'bwcbwc')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>     <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13980268\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=191367\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-191367-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=191367\">sybann</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13980268\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T11:46:10-05:00\">July  1, 2009 11:46 AM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13980268);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13980268');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>Do I have an AOL story... They can't do this to me because I cancelled the credit card that automatically paid them. When I contacted them to change the payment method to a newer (better less criminally high in interest rate) card they asked for my address - when I gave it I was told it was the wrong address - I'd moved. This was the only method they had at the time to ID me - an old address. I moved a lot in those early to middle days of my career. The only way... i told them to cancel my account if there was no way to update the address and payment method. I've never looked back. Businesses get what they deserve.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13980268, 'sybann')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->							<div class=\"num-replies\">1 replies</div>	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-13992988\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=255004\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-255004-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=255004\">Ezra Ekman</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13992988\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T19:46:06-05:00\">July  1, 2009  7:46 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13992988);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13992988');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13980268\" rel=\"nofollow\">sybann</a>: Er... they CAN do this to you because they did it to someone else who clearly did not have the credit card in question.</p><p>This isn't about being billed erroneously to a credit card; it's about being billed erroneously at all - and then being sent to collections for it.</p><p>I'd recommend you just send them a notice of cancellation in writing, via certified mail, and be done with it.  If you get sent to collections because you failed to properly close your account, you've got no one to blame but yourself.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13992988, 'Ezra Ekman')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13980276\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=530576\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-530576-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=530576\">summerbee</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13980276\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T11:47:46-05:00\">July  1, 2009 11:47 AM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13980276);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13980276');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>Get some WaReZ and punt them offline.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13980276, 'summerbee')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->								<div class=\"num-replies\">2 replies</div>	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-13982061\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">William T. Sprague Jr.    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13982061\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T13:53:58-05:00\">July  1, 2009  1:53 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13982061);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13982061');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13980276\" rel=\"nofollow\">summerbee</a>:</p><p>OMG, i almost spit my water at the screen.  oh god the days in junior high when someone pissed you off and you could just punt them offline . . .ah the memories.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13982061, 'William T. Sprague Jr.')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-13982214\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=401024\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=401024\">RZachSmith</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13982214\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T13:59:02-05:00\">July  1, 2009  1:59 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13982214);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13982214');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>@<a href=\"http://consumerist.com/5305122/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later#c13982061\" rel=\"nofollow\">William T. Sprague Jr.</a>:</p><br /><p>I laughed. Those were certainly the \"good ol' days\"</p><br /><p>I personally miss instant messaging in crazy wavy rainbow font. Good times.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13982214, 'RZachSmith')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>     <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13980287\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=530576\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-530576-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=530576\">summerbee</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13980287\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T11:49:27-05:00\">July  1, 2009 11:49 AM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13980287);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13980287');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>But in all seriousness: See if they can provide you with the last four digits of the CC#. I work in a customer service call center and it's not all that uncommon to see \"VISA\" or \"MC\" thrown in where it should say \"AMEX\". Sometimes it IS user error. Maybe then you can find something that matches up?</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13980287, 'summerbee')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->							<div class=\"num-replies\">1 replies</div>	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-14041096\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">Gennady Kovshenin    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-14041096\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-04T13:09:53-05:00\">July  4, 2009  1:09 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(14041096);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=14041096');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13980287\" rel=\"nofollow\">summerbee</a>: You mean the FIRST four digits, not the last, CCs are identified by the first digits.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(14041096, 'Gennady Kovshenin')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end 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href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13980312\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T11:52:30-05:00\">July  1, 2009 11:52 AM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13980312);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13980312');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Keyword: Lame</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13980312, 'squinko')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13980315\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=47390\"><img        src=\"/mt-static/support/assets_c/userpics/userpic-47390-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=47390\">Chumas</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13980315\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T11:53:23-05:00\">July  1, 2009 11:53 AM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13980315);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13980315');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Call your state attourney general regarding both instances and also go here: <a href=\"http://www.ic3.gov\" rel=\"nofollow\">[www.ic3.gov]</a><br />It's the internet crimes division. After all, you had an account which was used to possibly commit theft as well as identity fraud so you can file a report there too.</p><p>Once you have all of those reports in the que, call up AOHell and let them know that they'll be recieving a subpoena regarding any and all account information. So this can be resolved. In a friendly manner, yeah, that's it.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13980315, 'Chumas')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13980330\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=14399\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-14399-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=14399\">Rhainor</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13980330\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T11:55:48-05:00\">July  1, 2009 11:55 AM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13980330);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13980330');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>EECB, perhaps?</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13980330, 'Rhainor')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display 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height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=349596\">Verucalise (Est.February2008)</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13980600\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T12:27:17-05:00\">July  1, 2009 12:27 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13980600);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13980600');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>Why would you update an account that you stopped using years ago? Especially when the notice said they are having problems BILLING you? I would be afraid that they would try to fraudulently bill me, even if after updating it said the account was still a free account.</p><br /><p>I would put a fraud alert on your credit report in case this is a case of identity theft, find out the last 4 digits of the billing card as another commenter said, and contact the Attorney General. Provide them any and all information you can to prove this account was supposed to remain a free use account.</p><br /><p>Who knows, you should contact Time Warner and ask them if their free AOL use changed or if it's still free. Maybe it's not anymore...</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13980600, 'Verucalise (Est.February2008)')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->								<div class=\"num-replies\">2 replies</div>	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-13980653\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=929652\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-929652-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=929652\">katstermonster</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13980653\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T12:33:36-05:00\">July  1, 2009 12:33 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13980653);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13980653');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13980600\" rel=\"nofollow\">verucalise-T minus 22 days!</a>: If you're asking why the OP would call in response to the \"update your account notice,\" it's pretty clear: her credit is flawless. If she had ignored it, they likely would have sent it to a collections agency.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13980653, 'katstermonster')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-13981360\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=90095\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=90095\">rawsteak</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13981360\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T13:25:36-05:00\">July  1, 2009  1:25 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13981360);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13981360');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13980653\" rel=\"nofollow\">katstermonster</a>:</p><p>i would have contacted tw/aol and said, \"what's there to update?  this account is closed!  free account?  awesome, except no, i don't want it.  please close it and do not contact me.  EVER.  not for a free car, not for a free burial plot.  what's your customer service id#?  is there a case number for this?  gimme that too.  lemme talk to your supervisor after this.\" just make a big stink about how much i don't want it.</p><p>it sounds like someone's records got mixed up with yours, like some fields were entered in the wrong place.  that would be a good time to bring that up.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13981360, 'rawsteak')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-13981544\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=929652\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-929652-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=929652\">katstermonster</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13981544\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T13:33:40-05:00\">July  1, 2009  1:33 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13981544);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13981544');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13981360\" rel=\"nofollow\">rawsteak</a>: Did you read the article? Regardless of what the OP told them, they continued to insist that she owes them for 4 months of service. They have her name attached to the account, regardless of whether she closes the phantom account now, they can and WILL send it to collections, and she will get screwed over unless she can straighten out the confusion.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13981544, 'katstermonster')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-13981613\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=929652\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-929652-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=929652\">katstermonster</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13981613\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T13:36:38-05:00\">July  1, 2009  1:36 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13981613);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13981613');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13981544\" rel=\"nofollow\">katstermonster</a>: And this time I need to read the article...it has ALREADY been sent to collections. But to that end, this isn't about refusing current service, this is being billed for previous service. Refusing service in the future won't help anything.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13981613, 'katstermonster')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>     <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>     <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>     <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>    </div>","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13980684\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=277413\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-277413-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=277413\">kabuk1</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13980684\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T12:36:48-05:00\">July  1, 2009 12:36 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13980684);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13980684');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>Oh, how i hate AOL. they are one of the true evils incarnate. i have dealt with few worse companies than AOL. took me 20 minutes to convince them to cancel my account back in 2000. they offered me 2 more free months, this &amp; that, that &amp; this, blah blah blah till i finally just YELLED at them to cancel my account of id file a complaint with the BBB. then months later i found out they sold my info to other companies, who started randomly debiting my visa for \"services\" i never recieved, asked for, or was even told about. basically just took my money. i had to close my bank account because of these SOBs. i shouldve sued their asses.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13980684, 'kabuk1')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->									<div class=\"num-replies\">3 replies</div>	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-14035022\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=966367\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=966367\">SatanicGuinea</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-14035022\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-03T21:30:38-05:00\">July  3, 2009  9:30 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(14035022);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=14035022');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13980684\" rel=\"nofollow\">kabuk1</a>: The bit about AOL selling your CC # is something I haven't heard of, but the bit about AOL being hard to cancel is something AOL got in trouble for. They had to agree to \"lighten up\". They might have paid a fine also, don't recall.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(14035022, 'SatanicGuinea')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13985612\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=1024374\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=1024374\">MinorAnnoyance</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13985612\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T15:49:14-05:00\">July  1, 2009  3:49 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13985612);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13985612');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13980684\" rel=\"nofollow\">kabuk1</a>:About ten years ago, I actually had to change Banks because my bank told me they couldn't cancel my AOL payment without AOL's consent... this after I had been trying to cancel through the normal process for months.</p><p>It's sad when someone else has more control over your bank account than you do.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13985612, 'MinorAnnoyance')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-13983713\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a 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     <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13980706\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=156594\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-156594-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=156594\">lockdog</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13980706\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T12:39:00-05:00\">July  1, 2009 12:39 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13980706);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13980706');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I had an AOL account in the early/mid 90s. I remember the first time we got connected at 800 baud. I would gladly pay some token amount for that account again, if only for access to the ancient emails and any that have been sent to it since! Come to think of it, I can't remember a single spam mail on that account ever. Wow I'm old.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13980706, 'lockdog')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->												<div class=\"num-replies\">6 replies</div>	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13983822\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=570288\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-570288-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=570288\">calquist</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13983822\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T14:53:19-05:00\">July  1, 2009  2:53 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13983822);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13983822');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13980706\" rel=\"nofollow\">lockdog</a>: I remember when we first got AOL in 1995 I was allowed 1 hour per week and my mom would sit next to me if I wanted to be in a chat room (I was only 9). If I wanted anymore time during the week my mom would charge me $3.65/hour.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13983822, 'calquist')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13980837\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=199472\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=199472\">hypochondriac</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13980837\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T12:50:36-05:00\">July  1, 2009 12:50 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13980837);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13980837');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13980706\" rel=\"nofollow\">lockdog</a>: Cheer up, your not that old. Did make me feel younger though, since I had Aol with a 14.4kbs modem.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13980837, 'hypochondriac')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13982127\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=156594\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-156594-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=156594\">lockdog</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13982127\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T13:56:05-05:00\">July  1, 2009  1:56 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13982127);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13982127');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13980837\" rel=\"nofollow\">hypochondriac</a>: Oh, I remember 14.4 too (and maybe something before that, but what was the speed, 12.2 or something). But 800 was a big step up at the time, by the time 56k got popular I was out of the house and on the college's blazing network (since I was one of like three kids in my just wired dorm that brought a computer).</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13982127, 'lockdog')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-13983981\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=131723\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-131723-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=131723\">theblackdog</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13983981\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T14:58:57-05:00\">July  1, 2009  2:58 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13983981);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13983981');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13982127\" rel=\"nofollow\">lockdog</a>: 9600 baud was one that I remember, it's what my dad used to VPN to his work.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13983981, 'theblackdog')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-13985676\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=1024374\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=1024374\">MinorAnnoyance</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13985676\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T15:51:55-05:00\">July  1, 2009  3:51 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13985676);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13985676');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13983981\" rel=\"nofollow\">theblackdog</a>: Am I the only one here that actually started off with a 300 baud modem?  Same one I had been using for Qlink on my old Commodore 64.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13985676, 'MinorAnnoyance')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-14039171\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=389492\"><img        src=\"/mt-static/support/assets_c/userpics/userpic-389492-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=389492\">catastrophegirl chooses not to fly</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-14039171\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-04T04:11:24-05:00\">July  4, 2009  4:11 AM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(14039171);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=14039171');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13985676\" rel=\"nofollow\">MinorAnnoyance</a>: i don't even remember the rate of the first one my dad had but i remember someone would call him and ask him for permission to connect to the server and he'd disconnect, put the handset down on the phone shaped cradle on the modem and then they'd call back and connect.</p><p>when my friends came over it wasn't even worth trying to explain what that mass of wires and circuitry was on the table and why the phone was on top of it. back in the days when almost no one thought a server was anything besides the person who brought you food at a restaurant.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(14039171, 'catastrophegirl chooses not to fly')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->        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href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13996117);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13996117');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13985676\" rel=\"nofollow\">MinorAnnoyance</a>: In all fairness, it's likely that the 300 baud was what my dad used for a while at work, by the time I was old enough to understand what he was doing, it was 9600, and 14.4k was still a year or so off.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13996117, 'theblackdog')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div 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title=\"2009-07-01T17:03:23-05:00\">July  1, 2009  5:03 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13987781);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13987781');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13985676\" rel=\"nofollow\">MinorAnnoyance</a>: I kept the Hayes 110/300 baud modem card from our Apple ][e long after I'd upgraded to a 2400 baud version.  Eventually, I threw it out, but it was tough to let go.  Ah, nostalgia.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13987781, 'MauriceCallidice')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>     <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>     <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>     <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13981834\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=581631\"><img        src=\"/mt-static/support/assets_c/userpics/userpic-581631-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=581631\">korybing</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13981834\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T13:46:33-05:00\">July  1, 2009  1:46 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13981834);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13981834');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13980837\" rel=\"nofollow\">hypochondriac</a>: Hey, that's when I had AOL! 14.4kbs modem, man. I had a pad of paper next to the computer that I would doodle on while I waited for pages to load. When we upgraded to 56k (and ditched AOL) I thought the internet was SCREAMING fast.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13981834, 'korybing')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-13981067\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=1044937\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-1044937-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=1044937\">Skin Art Squared</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13981067\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T13:08:59-05:00\">July  1, 2009  1:08 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13981067);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13981067');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13980837\" rel=\"nofollow\">hypochondriac</a>: I can remember \"upgrading\" to a 14.4 modem. haha!</p><p>...on my Packard Bell. It had a 200 mb (compressed and doubled to achieve that) hard drive and a 33mhz processor with \"Turbo\" button running Win 3.1 and a 5 inch floppy (literally floppy) drive. Thing was a $1200 boat anchor brand new. But hey, it had MS Paint which got me on the path to where I am today.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13981067, 'Skin Art Squared')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13981932\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=474880\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=474880\">Etoiles</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13981932\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T13:49:35-05:00\">July  1, 2009  1:49 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13981932);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13981932');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13981067\" rel=\"nofollow\">BZMedia</a>: OMG, you too?  Our Packard Bell came with a 2400 baud modem, running on Win 3.11.</p><p>Ah, Packard Bell.  We put a *1 gb* hard drive in there a couple of years later when the prices dropped enough that it could be a family Christmas present.  That and a 33.6 modem.  Good times.  I have never in my life opened up a less-upgradeable computer than that horizontal Packard Bell.  The mini-tower we got 3 1/2 years later was like a chorus of angels to my battered hands.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13981932, 'Etoiles')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-13981141\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=352646\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-352646-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=352646\">nybiker</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13981141\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T13:13:33-05:00\">July  1, 2009  1:13 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13981141);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13981141');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>@<a href=\"#c13981067\" rel=\"nofollow\">BZMedia</a>: You beat me to it with the blurb about upgrading the modem. Back in the '90s the big news was when you could put in the faster modem.  Now those were worthy upgrades! :-)</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13981141, 'nybiker')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>     <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>     <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-13980821\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=397120\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-397120-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=397120\">Brain.wav</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13980821\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T12:49:07-05:00\">July  1, 2009 12:49 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13980821);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13980821');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13980706\" rel=\"nofollow\">lockdog</a>: Unless something changed, your old password should still work to access free services, such as email and IM.  If you canceled before they started offering free email though, I can't say for sure if you can get to it.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13980821, 'Brain.wav')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13980777\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=1044937\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-1044937-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=1044937\">Skin Art Squared</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13980777\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T12:45:16-05:00\">July  1, 2009 12:45 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13980777);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13980777');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>AOL still exists?</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13980777, 'Skin Art Squared')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->									<div class=\"num-replies\">3 replies</div>	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-14004825\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=21984\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-21984-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=21984\">econobiker</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-14004825\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-02T13:29:50-05:00\">July  2, 2009  1:29 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(14004825);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=14004825');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>@<a href=\"http://consumerist.com/5305122/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later#c13980777\" rel=\"nofollow\">BZMedia</a>: There are actually still people who think that AOL is the internet...</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(14004825, 'econobiker')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-13981121\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=851357\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-851357-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=851357\">HiPwr</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13981121\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T13:12:37-05:00\">July  1, 2009  1:12 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13981121);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13981121');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>@<a href=\"http://consumerist.com/5305122/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later#c13980777\" rel=\"nofollow\">BZMedia</a>: My thought too. I guess you and I are living under a rock.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13981121, 'HiPwr')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-13981481\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=60778\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-60778-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=60778\">Fist-o™</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13981481\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T13:30:22-05:00\">July  1, 2009  1:30 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13981481);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13981481');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13981121\" rel=\"nofollow\">HiPwr</a>: Ever heard of Time-Warner? Now known as AOL-Time-Warner?</p><p>Um, yeah, they *Bought* Time-Warner.</p><p>'Twas a dark day indeed. How soon we forget.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13981481, 'Fist-o™')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13984002\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=131723\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-131723-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=131723\">theblackdog</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13984002\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T14:59:33-05:00\">July  1, 2009  2:59 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13984002);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13984002');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13981481\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fist-oâ„¢</a>: Not for much longer, Time-Warner is looking to sell off AOL and become just Time-Warner again.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13984002, 'theblackdog')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-13981709\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=17616\"><img        src=\"/mt-static/support/assets_c/userpics/userpic-17616-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=17616\">Smashville</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13981709\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T13:41:15-05:00\">July  1, 2009  1:41 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13981709);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13981709');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>@<a href=\"http://consumerist.com/5305122/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later#c13981481\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fist-oâ„¢</a>: I thought it was just kinda like \"Time/Life\". Life doesn't anymore.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13981709, 'Smashville')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>     <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>     <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>    </div>","","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13981041\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=659687\"><img        src=\"/mt-static/support/assets_c/userpics/userpic-659687-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=659687\">cc82</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13981041\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T13:06:44-05:00\">July  1, 2009  1:06 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13981041);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13981041');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>The strangest part of this article to me is that she says she has never had a Visa.  Who has never had a Visa??  If not a credit card, just about every debit/check card is a Visa, seems hard to avoid to me.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13981041, 'cc82')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->										<div class=\"num-replies\">4 replies</div>	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-14002709\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=24620\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-24620-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=24620\">Keter</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-14002709\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-02T07:25:49-05:00\">July  2, 2009  7:25 AM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(14002709);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=14002709');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13981041\" rel=\"nofollow\">cc82</a>: I've never had a Visa.  MC through my credit union only.  It's not weird.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(14002709, 'Keter')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-14001802\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=500755\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-500755-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=500755\">ajlei</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-14001802\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-02T05:12:30-05:00\">July  2, 2009  5:12 AM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(14001802);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=14001802');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13981041\" rel=\"nofollow\">cc82</a>: WaMu/Chase use Mastercard too.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(14001802, 'ajlei')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13981573\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=929652\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-929652-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=929652\">katstermonster</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13981573\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T13:35:18-05:00\">July  1, 2009  1:35 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13981573);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13981573');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13981041\" rel=\"nofollow\">cc82</a>: Nope. My credit card and debit card are both MC. My bank only offers Master Card...granted, it's a smallish regional bank, but I know a LOT of people in the same situation....never touched a Visa.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13981573, 'katstermonster')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-13981499\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=60778\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-60778-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=60778\">Fist-o™</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13981499\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T13:31:09-05:00\">July  1, 2009  1:31 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13981499);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13981499');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13981041\" rel=\"nofollow\">cc82</a>: That's like saying, \"I dunno, I just never went swimming! What?\"</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13981499, 'Fist-o™')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13981049\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=219008\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-219008-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=219008\">savdavid</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13981049\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T13:07:07-05:00\">July  1, 2009  1:07 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13981049);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13981049');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Get a copy of your credit report. Find the credit bureau it is reported on. Write and dispute the charge, explaining what you just told us. Then check back in a few months. Make sure the collection is closed or off and hasn't \"moved\" to another bureau or shown back up on the same one again.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13981049, 'savdavid')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","","","","","","","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13981537\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=60778\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-60778-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=60778\">Fist-o™</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13981537\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T13:33:21-05:00\">July  1, 2009  1:33 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13981537);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13981537');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Off-Topic, sort of, but does anybody have a big collection of all the AOL disks (Then later CD-ROMs) that used to come in the mail? There were so many different proliferations of that. I hate AOL but I am curious to go back in time to see every free AOL disk that has ever been produced. Time 4 teh Googles!</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13981537, 'Fist-o™')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->											<div class=\"num-replies\">5 replies</div>	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-14039188\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=389492\"><img        src=\"/mt-static/support/assets_c/userpics/userpic-389492-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=389492\">catastrophegirl chooses not to fly</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-14039188\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-04T04:12:55-05:00\">July  4, 2009  4:12 AM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(14039188);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=14039188');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13981537\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fist-oâ„¢</a>: i used to turn them shiny side out and hang them on the door to reflect light from the window around the room for my cat to play with. who doesn't like free cat toys?</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(14039188, 'catastrophegirl chooses not to fly')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-14035076\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=966367\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=966367\">SatanicGuinea</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-14035076\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-03T21:34:08-05:00\">July  3, 2009  9:34 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(14035076);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=14035076');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13981537\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fist-oâ„¢</a>: I used to call AOL up and have them send me a box of trial CDs. That was funny. They weren't useful for anything except as amusement.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(14035076, 'SatanicGuinea')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-14006285\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">James Thomas Schubert    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-14006285\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-02T14:32:09-05:00\">July  2, 2009  2:32 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(14006285);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=14006285');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>One of the most interesting AOL Disks I recieved I got for free in a box of chex cereal...ahhh good old Chex Quest, it was bundled together with AOL to offset the cost of mastering the CDs.</p><p>I was like 7...such a good game...and sometimes I play it today...you can download it for free now...thank god since my disc broke</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(14006285, 'James Thomas Schubert')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-14004845\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=21984\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-21984-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=21984\">econobiker</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-14004845\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-02T13:31:10-05:00\">July  2, 2009  1:31 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(14004845);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=14004845');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>@<a href=\"http://consumerist.com/5305122/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later#c13981537\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fist-oâ„¢</a>: We used the tins for metal repair and making shims for machine leveling...</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(14004845, 'econobiker')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-14001807\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=500755\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-500755-100x100.png\"        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rel=\"nofollow\">Fist-oâ„¢</a>: My grandparents, for some strange-ass-I'll-never-know idea, used to save those up. And the tins were worth their weight in gold around my friend's parent's house.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(14001807, 'ajlei')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13981541\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=488235\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=488235\">yso</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13981541\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T13:33:33-05:00\">July  1, 2009  1:33 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13981541);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13981541');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I had a zombie account show up in my checking account and I NEVER HAD AN AOL ACCOUNT to being with.  Start with the credit report. File a fraud claim with AOL (that's the only option they gave me)....</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13981541, 'yso')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","","","","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13981782\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=81006\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-81006-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=81006\">SgtMajorFragg</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13981782\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T13:44:48-05:00\">July  1, 2009  1:44 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13981782);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13981782');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I was one of the original beta testers of AOL when it was distributed on a 720K floppy. I was recovering from back surgery and it was a pleasant diversion.</p><p>Fast forward to almost 10 years later; I called to cancel my account (probably a Mumbai call center) and was told that it would be done. About three months later I logged in and found that the account was still valid. By logging in, I automatically re-initiated the account and started the whole billing cycle.</p><p>I started receiving letters from bill collectors; called AOL and paid - telling them that if they billed me again I would file a complaint with the State Attorneys office for billing fraud. Never heard from them again.</p><p>AOL sucks. They know it. So does every unhappy AOL subscriber. There used to be an aolsucks.com website, but if you go there now it redirects to aol.com.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13981782, 'SgtMajorFragg')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->								<div class=\"num-replies\">2 replies</div>	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-13986487\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">Mark Rodrigues    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13986487\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T16:21:14-05:00\">July  1, 2009  4:21 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13986487);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13986487');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>@<a href=\"http://consumerist.com/5305122/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later#c13981782\" rel=\"nofollow\">SgtMajorFragg</a>: You were probably talking with someone in Spokane at the time. They tend to do that because the outsourced call center i worked at. the saves department would just give people a whole bunch of free months because the longer you stayed the more commission they make. but they wouldnt tell you that you had to call back in to re cancel your account after the free months.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13986487, 'Mark Rodrigues')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-13986758\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=474880\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=474880\">Etoiles</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13986758\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T16:30:07-05:00\">July  1, 2009  4:30 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13986758);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13986758');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13986487\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mark Rodrigues</a>: I totally abused that system in a cash-strapped year.  Three times in a year, I called up to cancel and just got 3 free months added on.  Considering that I was paying for the family's AOL out of my $4.50/hour babysitting money, that was a damn useful deal at the time.</p><p>Oh, 1998.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13986758, 'Etoiles')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>     <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>    </div>","","","","","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13982409\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">I_have_something_to_say    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13982409\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T14:05:49-05:00\">July  1, 2009  2:05 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13982409);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13982409');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I had a fraudulent AOL account tied to one of my creditcards at one time.  The bank took care of it for me fairly quickly.  Why in hell would you open up an AOL account with a stolen CC#?  That's thinking big.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13982409, 'I_have_something_to_say')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->							<div class=\"num-replies\">1 replies</div>	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-14012289\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=159466\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-159466-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=159466\">trujunglist</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-14012289\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-02T17:54:45-05:00\">July  2, 2009  5:54 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(14012289);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=14012289');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13982409\" rel=\"nofollow\">I_have_something_to_say</a>:</p><p>They didn't steal your CC, they used a seed to generate the number and filled out the rest of the info with bs because AOL used to have very minimal security for those types of things for a very, very long time. It used to be an easy way for \"hackers\" to get free internet access.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(14012289, 'trujunglist')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13982543\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=361494\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=361494\">maruawe42</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13982543\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T14:10:42-05:00\">July  1, 2009  2:10 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13982543);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13982543');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>This happened too me with AOL == I finally changed banks to be rid of their predatory ways... PS they haven't found me so far thank God.....I hope they die a slow death for the way they do business.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13982543, 'maruawe42')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13982598\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"http://\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a title=\"http://\" href=\"http://\" rel=\"nofollow\">serreca</a>    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13982598\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T14:12:52-05:00\">July  1, 2009  2:12 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13982598);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13982598');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I remember trying to cancel my account back in 2003. I had moved to an apartment complex for college students (I was a post-college intern so they let me live there) and the internet was free. I told AOL that I didn't need them anymore b/c I had free internet. The guy actually said, \"Really? I don't think you really have free internet, places don't do that for free.\" It took about 20 times of me saying, No, just cancel the account, and he finally got mad and said \"the account is canceled\" and hung up on me. Terrible business.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13982598, 'serreca')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->								<div class=\"num-replies\">2 replies</div>	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-14097040\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=37033\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-37033-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=37033\">TechnoDestructo</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-14097040\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-07T22:13:16-05:00\">July  7, 2009 10:13 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(14097040);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=14097040');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13982598\" rel=\"nofollow\">serreca</a>:</p><p>It's because they (and EVERY OTHER COMPANY EVER THAT HAS THIS PROBLEM) based either bonuses, raises, or continued employment on CSRs keeping people from cancelling.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(14097040, 'TechnoDestructo')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->                    <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-14031160\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=350236\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-350236-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=350236\">Lippmann</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-14031160\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-03T17:32:56-05:00\">July  3, 2009  5:32 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(14031160);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=14031160');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c13982598\" rel=\"nofollow\">serreca</a>: I had a similar experience canceling many moons ago.  The phone rep kept insisting that I would \"regret this the rest of my life\" and I would \"forever lose\" that account name.  It would have been hilarious if I wasn't so annoyed for having the guy waste my time.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(14031160, 'Lippmann')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13982767\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=596911\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=596911\">bastion72</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13982767\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T14:18:29-05:00\">July  1, 2009  2:18 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13982767);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13982767');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>My parents have AOL and so does my step brother. They only have it cause of the email account they use.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13982767, 'bastion72')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","","","","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13984675\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=685967\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-685967-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=685967\">heybtbm</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13984675\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T15:19:42-05:00\">July  1, 2009  3:19 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13984675);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13984675');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>I still have my AOL account/e-mail address from 1996. It's my only (non-work) e-mail account. It's been \"free\" since 2002 or so when I started using broadband.</p><br /><p>Remember the days when AOL didn't even have the \"WWW\"? The \"Internet\" as we know it was an added feature to AOL in '95/'96. Also: 2,400 baud FTW!</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13984675, 'heybtbm')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13984912\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=782863\"><img        src=\"/mt-static/support/assets_c/userpics/userpic-782863-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=782863\">PsiCop</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13984912\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T15:27:11-05:00\">July  1, 2009  3:27 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13984912);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13984912');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Starting in 2006, I started getting calls from a debt collector trying to get money for an AOL account. The only AOL account I ever paid for, I closed and paid off in 1999. So I have no idea why either AOL or Allied Interstate, the debt collector, thinks I owe them any money. I also have no idea why they suddenly decided, 7 years later, to start trying to collect it.</p><p>What's worse, the phone number and address they have for me, date to around 2003. I was not living at that address when I still had the AOL account, and was no longer living there in 2006 when they started trying to wring the money from me.</p><p>Usually when Allied calls for this, I tell them that I dispute the debt, ask them to send me documentation of it (to date they have utterly REFUSED to do this ... they always say they NEVER mail ANYTHING to ANYONE), and further inform them that the statute of limitations has expired, so the debt is unenforceable even if it existed, which it doesn't.</p><p>The person on the phone inevitably threatens me with \"taking it to collection\" (whatever that means, given they're debt collectors themselves!), or reporting it to a credit bureau (they have never done so, I've checked my credit reports), or even a couple of times they've threatened to \"send it to the legal department,\" at which time I say, \"Please do that, immediately. And let me know which staff attorney I need to discuss this so-called 'debt' with.\" They never give me a name, of course.</p><p>It never goes beyond that, though. After this, they usually leave me alone for a few months, then there's another spurt of \"robo-calls\" from them telling me to contact them. Last time they called me about this was about 6 months ago, so I think I'm due for another.</p><p>BTW the amount of the debt they think I owe, is something like $35. I have no idea how much they've spent trying to get this from me, but I don't see how this is worth their time or effort. What I think is that they're expecting I will be frightened into just paying it without realizing the \"debt\" is not enforceable, even if it were valid. However, even if I were to suddenly turn stupid the next time they call, and just pay it over the phone immediately, they still likely have spent more than that already and therefore can never recoup that expense completely.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13984912, 'PsiCop')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->								<div class=\"num-replies\">2 replies</div>	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-14005036\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=21984\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-21984-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=21984\">econobiker</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-14005036\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-02T13:40:32-05:00\">July  2, 2009  1:40 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(14005036);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=14005036');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>@<a href=\"http://consumerist.com/5305122/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later#c13984912\" rel=\"nofollow\">PsiCop</a>: Probably it is a completely bogus debt. You should send all the appropriate \"prove it to me or shut up and go away before I sue you\" documents to them to stop it.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(14005036, 'econobiker')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-14033340\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=782863\"><img        src=\"/mt-static/support/assets_c/userpics/userpic-782863-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=782863\">PsiCop</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-14033340\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-03T19:51:23-05:00\">July  3, 2009  7:51 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(14033340);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=14033340');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c14005036\" rel=\"nofollow\">econobiker</a>: I would not mind sending Allied Interstate a \"put up or shut up\" letter by certified mail, in fact I've tried. But they refuse ever to give me a mailing address or the name of someone I can contact there. It's always \"Pay up, now, over the phone, or (whatever threat the person chooses to throw at me).\" It doesn't matter what I say to them. Ever. I never get any meaningful information from them ... not about the AOL account, or about them.</p><p>I've looked the company up on Google, found a couple of addresses, and sent just such a package to one of them. It was returned, unopened, and marked \"Refused delivery.\" I suspect their corporate policy is to never accept delivery of certified mail.</p><p>Wonderfully shady operation. I've attempted to lodge a complain with the feds, but that went nowhere and I suspect nothing will ever happen to them.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(14033340, 'PsiCop')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-14072883\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">Daniel Tobias    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-14072883\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-06T23:29:34-05:00\">July  6, 2009 11:29 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(14072883);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=14072883');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>@<a href=\"#c14033340\" rel=\"nofollow\">PsiCop</a>: Maybe you can get criminal charges filed against them for making harassing phone calls?</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(14072883, 'Daniel Tobias')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>     <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>     <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13985074\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=20506\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=20506\">spanky</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13985074\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T15:31:34-05:00\">July  1, 2009  3:31 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13985074);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13985074');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I got a letter in the mail from AOL a couple of years ago, addressed to my full legal name, confirming that they had cancelled my account.</p><p>I have never had an AOL account, and I never would. I was on the internet before AOL was, so not only was there no need, but, like many others who were on Usenet at the time, I have always associated AOL with the Eternal September's first influx of idiots.</p><p>Anyway, I called them, and they initially insisted it must have been me and I just forgot or something. Then, they said it was probably 'one of my kids.'</p><p>When I impressed upon them that that was not the case, they refused to tell me anything at all about the account, except that it was closed and there were no outstanding charges for it. I realize that it's probably not actual provable fraud because whoever did it actually paid their bills, but AOL seemed pretty cavalier about the fact that some asshole was using someone else's personal information on their account.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13985074, 'spanky')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13985096\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=738213\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-738213-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=738213\">JGKojak</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13985096\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T15:32:15-05:00\">July  1, 2009  3:32 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13985096);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13985096');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>MY mother in law uses AOL... and I can't tell you the number of hours I've spend re-installing it for her, because it continually f's up her computer. I think I have finally convinced her to at least use IE for netsurfing instead of the aol interface (please no lectures on using mozilla instead, I'm lucky to convince her to use IE). But she still does email through AOL.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13985096, 'JGKojak')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->							<div class=\"num-replies\">1 replies</div>	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->     <!-- Loop through the reply comments -->        <div class=\"reply-container\" >            <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-14005181\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=21984\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-21984-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=21984\">econobiker</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-14005181\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-02T13:46:54-05:00\">July  2, 2009  1:46 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(14005181);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=14005181');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p><p>@<a href=\"http://consumerist.com/5305122/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later#c13985096\" rel=\"nofollow\">JGKojak</a>: About 10 years ago my (now ex) wife and I bought my parents a full year of dial up Mindspring when my sister and her boyfriend bought them their first home computer.</p><br /><p>So what is the first thing my father does? Signs up for the crap AOL trial period that was on the computer \"Because it was free.\" I told him to cancel whatever credit card he might have used for it and get the f- off of aol. As I remember he did have to cancel the card when they started charging him like $24.95 or something for a couple of months.</p><br /><p>I later got him into free yahoo email accounts because the Mindspring email concept was too much for him to handle.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(14005181, 'econobiker')\">Reply</a></div>		 	    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>                <!-- Display comment (reply comment, which may be a parent of more replies) -->            <div class=\"inner-reply-container\" >                 <!-- For each reply comment, recursively display any reply comments -->          	    </div>        	</div>    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13985206\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=605002\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-605002-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=605002\">SeanMacATL</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13985206\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T15:35:18-05:00\">July  1, 2009  3:35 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13985206);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13985206');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>The transition from paid-subscription AOL to \"free\" AOL was not automatic.  I discovered I'd been billed for 14 months needlessly, because you had to enter the AOL interface through AOL's software and go to the \"My Account\" section, then select the \"free\" option with a mouse click.  And a verification click.  Etc, etc.<p>It sounds like OP got free AOL while working for TW, but never manually altered the account to be the newer \"Free\" version.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13985206, 'SeanMacATL')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","","","","","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13988029\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">CumaeanSibyl    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13988029\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T17:10:18-05:00\">July  1, 2009  5:10 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13988029);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13988029');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>We had AOL back in the day, and they gave my dad the usual runaround when he tried to cancel it. I recall that he put on his Large Displeased Man voice on the phone and everything was eventually straightened out.</p><p>The <i>real</i> oddity was, whenever we tried to uninstall the program, it would come back. There were always some files left in the darker reaches of the computer, and it would quietly restore itself upon connection to the internet. Eventually we had to print out a tutorial, boot into safe mode, and delete every last file -- couldn't get rid of them otherwise. Like killing a virus, or Outlook Express.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13988029, 'CumaeanSibyl')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13989834\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">                <a href=\"\"><img src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"         width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>            </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\">Anonymous    </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13989834\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T18:04:04-05:00\">July  1, 2009  6:04 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13989834);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13989834');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>My father actually had something somewhat similar happen with AOL.<p>When I was much younger, we had AOL, when suddenly our password wasn't working.  Attempts to change the password failed, as we could login to the email accounts associated.  Calls to AOL didn't resolve the situation, as they said that they couldn't verify his identity to reset the password.  That's when we realized that somebody else had stolen the account, changed the password and contact info, and AOL was none the wiser.  They continued to bill for a few months of service, until my father had to take them to small claims court to get the issue resolved.  AOL folded and paid back, in full, the charges.</p><p>You might've gotten duped here, so don't allow them to walk all over you.  Keep the pressure on and demand that they cancel your account.  They need to own up to their mistakes.</p></p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13989834, '')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13991621\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=488475\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-488475-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=488475\">HogwartsAlum</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13991621\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-01T19:00:22-05:00\">July  1, 2009  7:00 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13991621);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13991621');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I worked at a lab back in the late 90s that had AOL installed on one of the computers. Our IT man could NOT get it off.  No matter what he did, he could never uninstall it.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13991621, 'HogwartsAlum')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-13999673\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=396144\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-396144-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=396144\">Lucky225</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-13999673\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-02T01:39:18-05:00\">July  2, 2009  1:39 AM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(13999673);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=13999673');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>It's possible she had one of those 3-1-3-3-7 Screen Names that are word and less then 5 characters or some nonsense and someone simply wanted the screen name so they called and Socialed AOL for the account info, then called and stuck their CC, or a stolen CC, on the account so that they could look cool with all their other one-word screen name buddies, it's pretty common these days.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(13999673, 'Lucky225')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-14000158\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=1006072\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=1006072\">Claremole</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-14000158\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-02T02:21:05-05:00\">July  2, 2009  2:21 AM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(14000158);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=14000158');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Wait . . . AOL doesn't have any of your money and doesn't have a good credit card number that they can bill.  <br />Looks to me like you're sitting pretty.</p><p>Tell the collection agency it can either produce proof of the debt, or take a flying one at a rolling doughnut.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(14000158, 'Claremole')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","","","","","","","","","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-14012217\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=159466\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-159466-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=159466\">trujunglist</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-14012217\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-02T17:52:12-05:00\">July  2, 2009  5:52 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(14012217);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=14012217');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>My advice is to call them and yell at them until they take the damn charge away. AOL is incompetent. I've had so many bs charges from them in the past its ridiculous, and I've fought them over them all and won.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(14012217, 'trujunglist')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-14014946\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=5441\"><img        src=\"http://consumerist.com/assets_c/userpics/userpic-5441-100x100.png\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=5441\">Trowble (XBL/PSN)</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-14014946\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-02T19:25:51-05:00\">July  2, 2009  7:25 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(14014946);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=14014946');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>I just got billed the same 25.90 bill from AOL yesterday too and I want to wipe it clean from my account. I can't even find a contact # on AOL's website, this is pissing me off.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(14014946, 'Trowble (XBL/PSN)')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>","","","","","","","","","","<div class=\"comments-content\">        <div class=\"comment last\" id=\"comment-14109501\">    <div class=\"inner\">	 <div class=\"user-pic\">        <a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;amp;blog_id=1&amp;amp;id=349087\"><img        src=\"/css/images/default.gif\"        width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"user-pic\" /></a>    </div>        <div class=\"comment-header\">            <div class=\"asset-meta\"> <div class=\"vcard author\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&amp;blog_id=1&amp;id=349087\">pot_roast</a>        </div>				<div class=\"comment-date\"><a href=\"http://consumerist.com/2009/07/zombie-aol-account-crawls-out-of-the-grave-nine-years-later.html#comment-14109501\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2009-07-08T14:59:16-05:00\">July  8, 2009  2:59 PM</abbr></a></div>				<div class=\"comment-moderate\"><span><a href=\"javascript:moderateComment(14109501);\">Moderate</a> |</span><a href='javascript:void(0)' onClick=\"return moderate(this, 'http://consumerist.com/cgi-bin/mt/plugins/Moderate/moderate.cgi?__mode=flag&comment_id=14109501');\">Flag for review</a></div>            </div>        </div><!-- end comment header -->        <div class=\"comment-content\">            <p>Goes to show you what a bogus system the FICO scoring and credit reporting stuff all is. It's so reactive, not proactive. You can wind up with junk on your report, and it's up to you to do the legwork. That's not how it should be. THEY should have to prove it's correct first, not the other way around.</p>        </div>	<div class=\"reply\">	 <div class=\"reply-button\"><a title=\"Reply\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"mtReplyCommentOnClick(14109501, 'pot_roast')\">Reply</a></div>		<!-- if it's a top level category ' -->		    </div><!-- end reply- button -->    </div></div>        <!-- Display comment (top level parent) -->    </div>");