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Arseholes and Double Handling

The makers of assorted websites can only be contacted via web-forms.... Message them. "Hi xyz issues / functions / requests for info etc...." The reply: You've got a new message on Acme Webpage Co.   Dear stupid customer, You have a new support message - to see this message please log in now at the Acme Webpage Co. with your login details: Thanks for using the Acme Webpage Co. So that means that I have to open my email and instead of a reply by email, saying more or less, "Response / Resolution of Issue" in the email, I get this: 1. I have to open the open the email. 2. I have to read the email. 3. I have to click on the link that opens the webpage. 4. I have to log into the webpage - with or without remembering what my user name / pass word actually is.... 5. After logging in, I have to read the message..... 6. Then I have to reply /respond / ignore / move on - get a life..... etc.. and then log out of that site.... And I am thinking Why in the fuck could they

Black & Gold - Makers of Shit

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This story I tell is about the slimiest "short changing" crap that corporate "team sleazes" can ever pull. OK "real tomato sauce" typically has about 76% tomato in it. That is what makes it really nice and thick. This percentage is more or less about the same, right across the board.... A little lower, a little higher - but more or less about the same.  OK so I am in FoodWorks and I buy what appears to be a bottle of typical tomato sauce..... And I am looking at this as I am using it..... And I am thinking, "This is looking pretty fucking watery if you ask me." - and no I am not flushing the bottle with water to add it to soup or something - this is how it actually comes in the bottle. Now without playing word games between puree and paste, the "real sauce" has about 76% of the tomato content in it, and Black & Gold has ONLY 20% tomato paste in it - thickened with flour and a shit load of food acid to buffer the PH into corrode your