I have many more serious problems in my life than that recounted here, but nonetheless: the fact that a banker can steal twenty dollars from my account—and then be backed up by this same bank—is still unconscionable. Here’s what happened. As my readers may recall from my last blog, I have been laid up for [...]
Part I – The Attack As readers of my blog know (see Parking Bureau Commits Violations) I discovered, three months after the fact, that I had been issued a “stealth parking ticket” of which I had been completely unaware. Once I became aware of it, the Parking Bureau attacked in force, and only after I [...]
The story thus far: when our just slightly out of warranty computer died, Dell first of all refused to fix it, then said they would, then reneged on the deal. In short, first they followed the letter of the warranty. Then they would give us a one time break. Then they denied what they just [...]
I’ve dealt with a lot of corporations, as everyone else has since their ascendance in the 80s, and generally one is dealing with a greedy but dimwitted monster. It takes time to pierce the corporate veil, but once you finally hammer out a deal, they stick by it. The loss or whatever gets written off [...]
Jun 212012
Last year I bought a Dell computer online for my lovely wife Liz—and it worked great! That is, it worked great for just over one year. On June 19 it still worked great. On June 20, it refused to start. The screen went black and white, with a big black dot in the corner. Nothing [...]
Everyone in Los Angeles hates the brownshirts—the rightly despised parking cops who ticket law abiding citizens for frivolous reasons or often for no reason whatsoever. However, their depredations have become even worse, no doubt by the pressure to raise money, that is, extort it from the people of Los Angeles. About six months ago I [...]
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