Angry Customers use Web to Shame and Humiliate Companies whose Service Sucks

[mandy]

Disgruntled customers used to have little recourse against poor service and broken promises.

But as angry clients increasingly turn to the Internet to settle scores, companies, independent retailers and everyday wrongdoers are learning that consumers can have the last word -- and often the last laugh. The Web has turned into a place where shame and humiliation are sometimes the strongest weapons in fighting scams and unfairness.

AOL got burned last week, for example, when an exasperated customer recorded and broadcast online a service representative's emphatic reluctance to cancel his service. Comcast Corp. fired a technician after a videotape surfaced purporting to show him asleep on a customer's couch...

full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...01119.html

[Anita]

I've made a few postings at verrrrrrrrrry high traffic areas about companies that suck.