Posts made in February, 2010
Synergy WA – Power Corrupts
Australia has a small population (20m) which means our service industries can turn into gigantic, Monopolistic bullies. Synergy is one such company. They aren’t quite as irresponsible as Telstra, but how Synergy deals with its customers is just as disgusting. Synergy is built around servicing the client. Or, rather, it ought to be. Their function is actually to take money for Electricity...
Read MoreCan’t Afford Em Buttons – Scam?
Can’t Afford Em Buttons (run by Patrick Stanley and Angie Spitzer) sell T-shirts, buttons and other cottage industry crafts online. Screenprinters by trade, the couple are working out of the Bronx in New York and they have a number of outlets online including their own CAE Buttons website. The business use PayPal and I bought 15 T-shirts from them in October last year. About one week before...
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