• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Are there any stores you refuse to do business with?

Page 2 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.
Originally posted by: KeithP
I recently signed up with Verizon for FIOS internet service and have had nothing but problems trying to get the billing correct. Since I signed a 1 year deal I am stuck at the moment but first change I get I am dumping the service. FIOS is great, but Verizon customer service is unacceptably bad.

-KeithP
Click to expand...

that reminds me that I will never get a Sprint phone...I bought a Sprint Krazer from Costco a few years back, but didn't like it...I returned the phone two days after I bought...

It took 4 months for them to get the billing resolved on it. I was charged an early termination fee the next month, got a credit the month afterwards, another ETF and late fee the following month. Took about 10 calls at 30 minutes each (probably being generous here) to finally get it straightened out...how can a customer service for a company be so incompetent???

 
Home Depot: hate going there with a passion.

In my experience, going to home depot means being involved a traffic jam to get there, spending gobs of time wandering around the ridiculously sprawled out and cavernous store trying to find what you need, trying to track down empolyees to get shit down from the 30 foot shelves, waiting on long checkout lines (though they've remedied this a little bit with the self checkout) and finally, being involved in another traffic jam on the way out. It's insane.

You know how lumberyards used to work?

You would just drive your truck right into the yard and start loading your wood. Within 5 minutes of your arrival a yard guy would show up and ask you if you needed a hand. If not, he would ask you what else you needed and he would go get it for you. After you had everything, he would write you a ticket and charge your account. DONE. 20-25 minutes tops.

You can't get out of Home Depot in under an hour, usually more like 1:20. I just can't believe people tolerate it.
 
I actually choose to shop at Gamestop rather than other stores for games. Prices on new games vary very little, and I'd rather support a game store than a generic big box store, because Gamestop is the only game store left around here. They have a better selection of games, and they sell used games (if you wait for their buy 2 get 1 free sales, they're actually not a bad deal). I don't care that they take games out of the boxes that they put out on the shelves, and then later sell those games as new. As long as the game works and I'm not buying it as a gift, I don't care.

If Gamestop went out of business, I'd probably buy from Toys R Us. They have a great game selection too.
 
Originally posted by: nutxo
Costco.

Lack of a social conscience, destruction of low income neighborhoods and numerous criminal activities .

They do paint themselves pretty well though.
Click to expand...

I'm not a fan of "big-box" type stores in general, but I didn't know Costco was as bad as WalMart. Links?
 
Originally posted by: InflatableBuddha
Originally posted by: nutxo
Costco.

Lack of a social conscience, destruction of low income neighborhoods and numerous criminal activities .

They do paint themselves pretty well though.
Click to expand...

I'm not a fan of "big-box" type stores in general, but I didn't know Costco was as bad as WalMart. Links?
Click to expand...

There are no links It was all covered up nicely but I was there. We won against costco and they still managed to get a midnight session with the city council ( no public notification ) and got to build a parking lot and a driveway through a city park. Its a very long story. Maybe Ill tell it again someday.

I do hear costco pays better than walmart though. I guess that makes up for everything in some people miinds.

 
I can't think of a single place I'd down right refuse to go to.

I have places I prefer to use over others, say Publix over Kroger for example but in a pinch, if I need something and Kroger is closer then that's where I'm going.

I really hate shopping at Wal-Mart but I really don't mind going there for quick in and out kind of things either. I ALWAYS park in the old change parking lot and enter at the side of the store to avoid the crowds and then go in and grab the one or two things I need and GTFO of there as fast as I can.

For general shopping though I'll pick Target over Wal-Mart ever single time if given the option, though Target doesn't have the automotive selection and ammo section, which sucks.
 
Originally posted by: nutxo
Costco.

Lack of a social conscience, destruction of low income neighborhoods and numerous criminal activities .

They do paint themselves pretty well though.
Click to expand...
I thought businesses coming into low income neighborhoods were a good thing (taxwise).
 
Old Navy - I hated their commercials and didn't want to give them money to make more. Seems to have worked.
 
Burger King because their food tastes like shit. Ditto for Papa Johns, I got the worst pizza I've ever had from them once and ever since then I refuse to ever order from them again.
 
Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Bose store
Click to expand...

/thread


Oh and island burgers. I ordered their pepper burger there and i might as well have just eaten a pepper shaker. Gross!
 
Originally posted by: nutxo
Originally posted by: InflatableBuddha
Originally posted by: nutxo
Costco.

Lack of a social conscience, destruction of low income neighborhoods and numerous criminal activities .

They do paint themselves pretty well though.
Click to expand...

I'm not a fan of "big-box" type stores in general, but I didn't know Costco was as bad as WalMart. Links?
Click to expand...

There are no links It was all covered up nicely but I was there. We won against costco and they still managed to get a midnight session with the city council ( no public notification ) and got to build a parking lot and a driveway through a city park. Its a very long story. Maybe Ill tell it again someday.

I do hear costco pays better than walmart though. I guess that makes up for everything in some people miinds.
Click to expand...

:laugh: :thumbsup: to Costco for destroying low-income neighborhoods and bringing in jobs that pay better than most other retail stores.
 
Originally posted by: nutxo
Costco.

Lack of a social conscience, destruction of low income neighborhoods and numerous criminal activities .

They do paint themselves pretty well though.
Click to expand...

Um no? I just sit around and wait till you link me to some google video costco conspiracy movie.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top