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Date:      Mon, 15 May 2000 16:23:25 -0700
From:      "David M. White" <dmwhite@u.washington.edu>
To:        president@juno.com
Cc:        info@nrwpr.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, mediarelations@globalcenter.net, barrs@perkinscoie.com, info@kana.com, projectfeedback@yahoo.com, perrinsaxe@earthlink.net
Subject:   Why Juno is the worst email provider in America
Message-ID:  <392086ED.37BA2A72@u.washington.edu>

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Juno President:

I have been trying to discontinue my Juno service for the last
half hour.  As a person who works for a living, I have been
calling from work since you are an internet provider that does
not allow a person to manage his/her account via the internet.

I have been trying to disconnect my Juno service.  I had to call
Juno three times to be connected to a human being.  The first two
times, after lengthy hold sessions, I was disconnected.  On the
third try I was connected to a young man so poorly trained that
he was having trouble reading his prompt card.  I gave him my
Juno email address.  He did not ask me my name, he read it back
to me.  He did not ask me my phone number, he read it back to
me.  He then asked me for my credit card number and expiration
date.  Oddly enough, I do not carry credit cards on my person on
a daily basis for safety reasons.  He refused to cancel my
account with me reading him my credit card number.

I explained that I was calling from work.  He said no.  I asked
to speak to a Juno supervisory person.  He said no.  I asked
again, and he said no.  I demanded to talk to a supervisory
person.  He said that there was no one there who would talk to me
unless I read him my credit card number.  I again demanded that
he let me talk to a supervisor.  He refused adding that he had
now told me no FIVE times, that he would not tell me again, and
that he was going to disconnect me unless I read him my credit
card number.

I asked him if he had any idea what kind of image a company like
Juno was creating when it's bottom rung telephone operators
refused to let customer talk to supervisory personnel on demand.
He said he did not care.  I asked him if he had any idea how many
people would be told about this encounter with Juno.  He said he
did not care and that unless I could read him my credit card
number immediately that he would be forced to disconnect me.  I
then asked who I needed to talk to in order to voice a formal
complain.  He said that it would in fact be him, but that Juno
could not accept a formal complaint unless I read him my credit
card number to verify my identity.

I am copying this email to my attorney, to the customer service
departments of every major email provider in the country, to
every email address I know both at work and personally, and I am
adding to my website as well as to my weekly mailing which is in
excess of 10,000 recipients.  I am also letting you know that if
this account is not closed within 24 hours, you will face legal
action.

Sincerely,
David M. White


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David M. White / Academic Programs Coordinator
Department of Pathology / Box 357470
University of Washington / Seattle WA 98195-7470
Phone: (206) 543-0269 / FAX: (206) 543-3644
dmwhite@u.washington.edu    radiusforms@yahoo.com
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