magus_melchior commented on Verizon CSR: My FiOS Bill Is Always Wrong, Too

"Big yellow mess?"

magus_melchior commented on My Article In Reader's Digest, Interview In GOOD Magazine

"@DeepFriar: You do realize that they have the cash to hire bouncers, bodyguards, and other goons, right?"

magus_melchior commented on Adobe Needs Eight Employees To Completely Screw Up CS3 Cross-Grade

"@Jay Levitt: Inkscape does have a functional Windows port."

magus_melchior commented on Bad Voodoo: Transforming Student IDs Into Debit Cards

"@SVreader: Methinks that's the "reneg from the agreement with bank" fee. We probably agree that the university ought to eat that sort of cost because they agreed to a questionable deal in the first place, without at least talking it over with students."

magus_melchior commented on Best Buy Sells Broken PS3 With Mismatched Serial Numbers, Denies Return

"@omerhi: Okay, they're the worst electronics retailer around, and I wouldn't set foot in one even if they paid me."

magus_melchior commented on Dell Won't Stop Sending Me Catalogs So I'm Burning Them

"Lesson for Dell: Don't contract with a marketing troll."

magus_melchior commented on Worst Company In America '08: Nominate

"@douchrti2004: Can I second that?"

magus_melchior commented on Wells Fargo's Website Wants You To Use Netscape Navigator For Security Reasons

"Looks like a consultant built the WF Financial site and left them with a browser checker that's stuck in the past."

magus_melchior commented on Happy Ending To Best Buy Refuses To Honor 2 for $25 DVD Sale Story

"@Maude Buttons: Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'd thought the musical "forte" was Italian, like 90% of the directive words you'd find in sheet music (unless Debussy or Mahler was writing)."

magus_melchior commented on Woman Finds Thumbtack In Snack Wrap, McDonald's "Takes It Very Seriously"

"@ancientsociety: It means, "Nothing more to see here."

magus_melchior commented on Visa Extended Warranty Protection Replaces Infamous "Dusty Playstation"

"@Buran: On the contrary, if there's any exposed contact or circuit board on the optical drive, dust can conceivably cause a short."

magus_melchior commented on Owner Still Has To Pay For Dead Cat's Banfield Health Plan

"@Jaysyn: You'd probably find a mandatory binding arbitration agreement in there somewhere."

magus_melchior commented on Are The New Apple Products Worth Buying?

"@Asvetic: Very true."

magus_melchior commented on Are The New Apple Products Worth Buying?

"@ivealwaysgotmail10: Dude, chill."

magus_melchior commented on American Express Writes Down $275 Million Because You Can't Pay Your Bills

""In Walden, Thoreau talks about how early New Englanders would make their first homes by digging a cellar in the ground and putting a roof of saplings and bark over the top of it."

magus_melchior commented on Is Dell's Tech Support Staff Trying To Sell You Things Yet?

"@nytmare: When all else fails, use Civil War technology."

magus_melchior commented on Maryland Electric Company Sends You Unsolicited Light Bulbs, Charges $12

"@Dibbler: He could be posting from a mobile device."

magus_melchior commented on Nominate Consumerist For Bloggies

"mmm..."