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HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TAKEN IN BY ANY OF THESE COMPUTER GIMMICKS?

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HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TAKEN IN BY ANY OF THESE COMPUTER GIMMICKS?


[+] ballot by Kiki
created Sun Aug 13, 06

PC Fastlane recently named these 10 things the worst computer gimmicks ever dreamed up. Have you used one (or more) of them?

I used Geek Squad once, when Norton locked my computer up, and found them to be very helpful. They said most of their business comes from Norton because they don't tell you to uninstall your old version before installing the new. So maybe Norton should be the gimmick and not Geek Squad!

ADM-520 MicMouse
USB Flash Drive Pen
Card Keeper
AOL
Nexus Prolong
O&O Linux Defrag
Canned Air
Bigfoot Killer Network Interface Card
Geek Squad
Anti-Static Wrist Strap

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COMMENTS:
Voted : AOL
I actually had AOL tell me that they had no record of me in their database. This was strange because they were taking money out of my bank account every month.

I had to CHANGE MY BANK ACCOUNT in order for them to stop taking money and guess what? That's right, they sent me a f*cking letter asking to know if I wanted to sign up again.

AAAAARGH!!!!!
by wideheadofknowledge on Sun Aug 13, 06 11:32pm [+]

Voted : Bigfoot Killer Network Interface Card
Oh, this brings back so many memories of my days in the evolution of the Modern Computer Age. So much total crap out there, so little time to slam it all. As for Norton, I must say this. It's not a bad thing, if you have money to toss after it ad infinitum and people to feed the beast 24/7/365. If you're a home user on your own, don't even pick the crap up. Had it on my last two computers, and I suspect it's why I needed to *get* the second. On this one, a year after I uninstalled Norton, I'm still finding odd traces of it.
by Truthseeker013 on Mon Aug 14, 06 6:01pm [+]

As for Bigfoot Killer, a company i once temped for used it, and it lived up to its name. Killed the entire network.
by Truthseeker013 on Mon Aug 14, 06 6:01pm [+]

wide, I'll go you one better. I've got a friend whose mother had AOL. SHe died six months ago, and they've still been drawing payments from her account, even after he notified them of her death. He had to hire a lawyer to fax them her death certificate before they would close the account.
by Truthseeker013 on Mon Aug 14, 06 6:04pm [+]

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