Expressive Opposition

The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Social Disobedience

“I’m calling to conduct a political survey. In the upcoming election for Nebraska Governor, who do you favor, Dave Heineman or David Hahn?” The unsolicited caller’s name was Peggy, an undisclosed volunteer for the David Hahn campaign. So under the guise of conducting a political survey, Peggy had an array of loaded questions to ask, clearly engineered at persuasion towards her candidate. Does a bad volunteer indicate a bad candidate? Probably not. You can’t always help who likes you. How about when a candidate has volunteers conduct a telemarketing campaign under the guise of a political survey in order to persuade potential voters? Now that is the real question, and has been addressed in this angry_squirrel exclusive.

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In keeping with our eBay reporting, there’s more news on the Internet auction evil empire. Due to their inability, or unwillingness to provide sufficient staff for customer support, eBay established public forums for buyers and sellers to ask questions, get advice, and learn about procedures or new policies on eBay. However, the shocking reality to poor average eBayers is that when they ask innocent questions, they are treated with brutal smugness, insults, and belittled by the very moderators and so called expert users that are supposed to be there to help. There is something rotten at the very core of every aspect of customer service that manifests with a strong stench all about ebay.com.

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There are problems with the popular Internet auction site eBay in which most users are aware. There are dishonest practices used by sellers, which exploit shortcomings in the auction system that eBay just overlooks. But there are also holes in the eBay site software that allow concrete forms of consumer fraud, which could easily be amended by eBay. Those holes pose clear liability on eBay’s part and it is time someone pulled the trigger and forced eBay to clean up their act! Because, when you’re the only game in town for auction sites, you just don’t seem to care whether the customer is getting screwed as long as you’re cashing in.

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