Comments for Tim Trautmann http://timtrautmann.com My point of view on technology, running, aviation and more. Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:56:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Saying Goodbye to Groupon and Co. by Valerie http://timtrautmann.com/2011/06/saying-goodbye-to-groupon/#comment-59 Valerie Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:56:43 +0000 http://timtrautmann.com/?p=112#comment-59 Just out of curiosity, did you happen to have a credit on your Groupon account? I want to close my account as well, but there is a credit and I don't want to close it and loose my money. Valerie Just out of curiosity, did you happen to have a credit on your Groupon account? I want to close my account as well, but there is a credit and I don’t want to close it and loose my money.

Valerie

]]> Comment on Saying Goodbye to Groupon and Co. by Yvonne Tomczuk http://timtrautmann.com/2011/06/saying-goodbye-to-groupon/#comment-56 Yvonne Tomczuk Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:17:07 +0000 http://timtrautmann.com/?p=112#comment-56 I am trying to stop Groupon e-mails as I am not interested, my daughter in law must have put it on when she was last here. I just cannot find how to get rid of them, every day more and more. Help! I am trying to stop Groupon e-mails as I am not interested, my daughter in law must have put it on when she was last here. I just cannot find how to get rid of them, every day more and more. Help!

]]> Comment on Saying Goodbye to Groupon and Co. by Charleston West http://timtrautmann.com/2011/06/saying-goodbye-to-groupon/#comment-52 Charleston West Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:26:02 +0000 http://timtrautmann.com/?p=112#comment-52 Just deleted my account due to some customer satisfaction issues regarding refunds. Had to actually call the company (18775214191) to have this done. I asked the representative how to do it from the website and she informed me there isn't actually a way to do that right now. All you can do from the website is unsubscribe to emails and daily deals. Your account remains active, however. The company wants to keep you as a subscriber (even if you don't receive the emails) because it pumps up their number of "active subscribers". This helps them attract businesses to work with. If you're looking for this particular answer then you're already dissatisfied with their service. If you're just doing some research, be warned of their highly inflexible refund policy, even when it's related to severe medical disabilities and accidents. Good luck. Just deleted my account due to some customer satisfaction issues regarding refunds. Had to actually call the company (18775214191) to have this done. I asked the representative how to do it from the website and she informed me there isn’t actually a way to do that right now. All you can do from the website is unsubscribe to emails and daily deals. Your account remains active, however. The company wants to keep you as a subscriber (even if you don’t receive the emails) because it pumps up their number of “active subscribers”. This helps them attract businesses to work with. If you’re looking for this particular answer then you’re already dissatisfied with their service. If you’re just doing some research, be warned of their highly inflexible refund policy, even when it’s related to severe medical disabilities and accidents. Good luck.

]]> Comment on Saying Goodbye to Groupon and Co. by mushtaq http://timtrautmann.com/2011/06/saying-goodbye-to-groupon/#comment-38 mushtaq Sun, 25 Sep 2011 23:45:19 +0000 http://timtrautmann.com/?p=112#comment-38 Think it a shame that consumer protection Institutions and international legal regulatory bodies have not made it compulsory for all web portals to offer a mandatory fully visible choice for canceling an account, especially where the registration is very easy! I don't remember ever having signed for different types of newsletters from Groupon. It now means canceling each different type separately, although apparently I must have subscribed to them all at once. Petty biz-tricks that apparently even established Institutions don't seem to shy away from! And it is all legal, even when in my opinion absolutely immoral! Making it easy to fall in a trap no matter of what kind, and goddamn difficult to get out! If registration is easy, so should be the cancellation. If newsletters are dumped ad hoc, there should be an option to cancel them all at once! If Groupon keeps on sending me Newsletters, even after I have canceled the Subscription a number of times, and I have no option to directly cancel my Subscription or account, I am forced to report them as Spam. If many of that do that, perhaps they may change, but seems people are happy to receive bulk mails! I too have my box fatigue-full of them! Think it a shame that consumer protection Institutions and international legal regulatory bodies have not made it compulsory for all web portals to offer a mandatory fully visible choice for canceling an account, especially where the registration is very easy!

I don’t remember ever having signed for different types of newsletters from Groupon. It now means canceling each different type separately, although apparently I must have subscribed to them all at once.

Petty biz-tricks that apparently even established Institutions don’t seem to shy away from!

And it is all legal, even when in my opinion absolutely immoral!

Making it easy to fall in a trap no matter of what kind, and goddamn difficult to get out!

If registration is easy, so should be the cancellation.

If newsletters are dumped ad hoc, there should be an option to cancel them all at once!

If Groupon keeps on sending me Newsletters, even after I have canceled the Subscription a number of times, and I have no option to directly cancel my Subscription or account, I am forced to report them as Spam. If many of that do that, perhaps they may change, but seems people are happy to receive bulk mails! I too have my box fatigue-full of them!

]]> Comment on Saying Goodbye to Groupon and Co. by Matt Whitby http://timtrautmann.com/2011/06/saying-goodbye-to-groupon/#comment-37 Matt Whitby Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:55:19 +0000 http://timtrautmann.com/?p=112#comment-37 Time to see how easy it is to close mine. I've sent and email and currently i've been holding for seven minutes to their helpline. Time to see how easy it is to close mine. I’ve sent and email and currently i’ve been holding for seven minutes to their helpline.

]]> Comment on Quebec’s Route 366 Extended Into Portland by Mike http://timtrautmann.com/2011/06/quebecs-route-366-extended-into-portland/#comment-7 Mike Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:53:43 +0000 http://timtrautmann.com/?p=101#comment-7 Here I was looking up stuff in Canada and thought the almighty google was translating my searching accidentally onto the maps. I was even more surprised when google search suggest already pre-filled Quebec Route 366 Portland. Hilarious that you even posted this! Here I was looking up stuff in Canada and thought the almighty google was translating my searching accidentally onto the maps. I was even more surprised when google search suggest already pre-filled Quebec Route 366 Portland. Hilarious that you even posted this!

]]> Comment on Earn Virgin America Elevate Points by checking in on Social Networks by Tim Trautmann http://timtrautmann.com/2011/06/virgin-america-elevate-points-by-checking-in/#comment-6 Tim Trautmann Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:38:54 +0000 http://timtrautmann.com/?p=136#comment-6 Agreed, it's not the most efficient way to accrue large point balances on your frequent flier account. But it seems like a fun way to get some extra points, especially for those people that are using social network check-in features anyway. Agreed, it’s not the most efficient way to accrue large point balances on your frequent flier account. But it seems like a fun way to get some extra points, especially for those people that are using social network check-in features anyway.

]]> Comment on Earn Virgin America Elevate Points by checking in on Social Networks by Mika http://timtrautmann.com/2011/06/virgin-america-elevate-points-by-checking-in/#comment-5 Mika Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:07:24 +0000 http://timtrautmann.com/?p=136#comment-5 Points, smointsh. This seems like a much easier way to get free travel http://lifehacker.com/5812114/get-extra-frequent-flyer-miles-by-using-a-credit-card-to-buy-1-coins-straight-from-the-us-mint Points, smointsh.

This seems like a much easier way to get free travel
http://lifehacker.com/5812114/get-extra-frequent-flyer-miles-by-using-a-credit-card-to-buy-1-coins-straight-from-the-us-mint

]]> Comment on Portland’s 100 Best Places to Stuff Your Faces by Marcos Domingues http://timtrautmann.com/2011/06/portlands-best-places-to-stuff-your-faces/#comment-3 Marcos Domingues Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:12:52 +0000 http://timtrautmann.com/?p=60#comment-3 Best of Brazil is a very nice place to eat 9th and Alder And hobos every Tuesday they have 2 diner for one is very good hobos is on 3th Street on Chinatown. Best of Brazil is a very nice place to eat 9th and Alder

And hobos every Tuesday they have 2 diner for one is very good hobos is on 3th Street on Chinatown.

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