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Consumerist Wants To Know: Who Is The Worst Company In America

Antivertise! — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:17:02 +0000

Consumerist, a popular consumer advocate website, wants you to vote on who the worst company in America is. Current contenders: Bank of America vs. Citibank. What do YOU think?

LCR – Really The Worst Game Ever Made?

Antivertise! — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:42:43 +0000

A smart reviewer takes a stab at pointing out what he calls “The Dumbest Game Ever Made”. He expresses some bafflement at how the game was so well received on Amazon, and then proceeds to skewer the game by calling it “barely a game at all.” The game is called “LCR”. Read the full review at The Core Mechanic Blog (great gaming blog).

Check out the Left Center Right Dice Game Reviews at Amazon – its only about 4 bucks, which may be part of the appeal. Let us know what you think at the antivertise Twitter stream!

Bad Verizon Service Story

Antivertise! — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:35:07 +0000

From the web at I’ve Paid For This Twice Already…

It seems that employees of an unnamed Verizon store were unable to wrap their heads around an account holder passing away: when his family tried to have the plan canceled, they told her no one could cancel or alter the plan except for the original account holder – who is deceased!
Here’s the real point of the article:

My mom had brought the death certificate with her, and the employees told her it didn’t matter, no one else was authorized without my dad giving them authorization, even though he had passed away.

Read the full artice at I’ve Paid For This Twice Already…

Best Buy Ripoff

Antivertise! — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:04:21 +0000

Posted to Antivertise from the web:

Just read about a guy in Michigan or something that basically got scammed by Best Buy with false advertising:

http://consumerist.com/5052880/best-buy-cancels-your-order-as-you-stand-there-shouting-stop

Welcome To Antivertise!

Antivertise! — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:07:30 +0000

Antivertise.com is a new (beta) web application that allows you to post bad experiences you’ve had with products to Twitter and Facebook! Go ahead and tell the world why a product sucks, and what happened when you used (or tried to use) it. Share you experiences with any product, and we’ll post it for the world to see!