February, 2006


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Feb 06

Amazon Customer Service Experience

Amazon LogoI have ordered many things from Amazon for the last 5-6 years and never had a single problem. So, I didn’t have to deal with the customer service.

I think I was destined to have a problem in one of those years and it happened in my last order. Actually, I am not sure where if Amazon is directly responsible for the problem. Basically, what happened is that although Amazon notified me about the shipment of the item and provided me a tracking number, USPS tracking site does not show any information about the package since day 1 of the shipment. The order was shipped on February 10th and I don’t see any information about it. I wanted to call and check with Amazon about what the problem could be.

I immediately made a search on customer service phone numbers and found the famous The Amazon.com Customer Service Page where the numbers are listed. Now, I am on hold for the last 18 minutes.

This is pretty funny actually, as I was typing the 18 minutes of wait time above some representative picked up the phone and I had to stop writing this. I explained him the situation and I was wowed when he offered to send a replacement with expedited shipping. I will get my package on Friday. I must say this was my best customer service experience to this day. I am very satisfied and I am glad I decided to call and do something about it.

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11
Feb 06

Insomnia Radio Podcast

IRAre you listening to the Insomnia Radio Podcast? If not, I strongly recommend the show. Jason is doing to the show since the early days of the podcasting craze and I kept listening to his show until this day. The reason I keep listening is not only the great new music but also his enthusiasm and dedication to produce a great show. He now started doing daily shows instead of a one long weekly show and it is much better this way.


10
Feb 06

Brave Future American Lawyers

Insomnia at livejournal reports a brave protest by Georgetown law students.

Alberto Gonzales spoke before law students at Georgetown today, justifying illegal, unauthorized surveilance of US citizens, but during the course of his speech the students in class did something pretty ballsy and brave. They got up from their seats and turned their backs to him.

To make matters worse for Gonzales, additional students came into the room, wearing black cowls and carrying a simple banner, written on a sheet.

One comment for the post summed up my thoughts as well:

May each and every one of them remember this when they are senior members of firms, judges and politicians themselves….


10
Feb 06

GMail Crashes Firefox

I hate it when logging in and logging out of GMail causes Firefox to crash. I don’t know why this is happening and I am seeing it a lot lately.