Posted by A on February 19, 2008, 11:02 pm
You know these set top boxes coming out soon so you can get HDTV to come
through your old regular TV? (because analog transmission is ordered by
the govt to stop next February?).
So, I tried to use their website to "apply for" those coupons worth $40.
And, after filling out the form, it bombed me off with an error (after
telling me I had to allow them to set a cookie). I tried several times AND
with two different web browsers.
Next trick: I decided to call their 800 number on the telephone and make a
voice "application" for the coupons. So what happened? Its all robot voice
menus and you never talk to a human being. It asks a lot of question
including what is your home phone number and then that phone number is
looked up by their computer because it then, by robot voice, asks "is
__X__ your address" and punch "1" if correct, then it asks my name and
spell it out, and asks if correct press "1" and then, guess, what ... it
comes back (the robot voice) and says "you are not elligible for a coupon"
and if I want to appeal that I have to send a letter and they give a
confirmation letter.
I have not seen any articles that explain who is or is not elligible for a
coupon.
This, and all the money they spend to check up on "eligibility" with
database accesses sure seems like a big waste, a big betrayal, and a big
doublecross to me.
And, if I fill out the form with pen/pensil and mail it in, what secret
criteria could they come up with to deny or otherwise say I'm not
elligible for the coupon now?
Are they collecting all this data for a database? For what?
Posted by Tim May on February 19, 2008, 11:50 pm
> You know these set top boxes coming out soon so you can get HDTV to come
> through your old regular TV? (because analog transmission is ordered by
> the govt to stop next February?).
>
> And, if I fill out the form with pen/pensil and mail it in, what secret
> criteria could they come up with to deny or otherwise say I'm not
> elligible for the coupon now?
>
Check any box that is marked "Hispanic" or "African-American."
These giveaways are reserved for the Usual Suspects, the negroes, the
Mexicans, the immigrants, welfare recipients.
Taxpayers subsidize these boxes so that the untermenschen will have
their Oprah, their Mexican wrestling shows, their Air America liberal
t.v.
The irony is that people who stay at home and watch t.v. all day
usually have plasma t.v.s and LCDs that are better than what working
whites can afford.
--Tim May
Posted by George Grapman on February 19, 2008, 11:53 pm
Tim May wrote:
>
>> You know these set top boxes coming out soon so you can get HDTV to come
>> through your old regular TV? (because analog transmission is ordered by
>> the govt to stop next February?).
>
>> And, if I fill out the form with pen/pensil and mail it in, what secret
>> criteria could they come up with to deny or otherwise say I'm not
>> elligible for the coupon now?
>>
>
> Check any box that is marked "Hispanic" or "African-American."
>
> These giveaways are reserved for the Usual Suspects, the negroes, the
> Mexicans, the immigrants, welfare recipients.
>
> Taxpayers subsidize these boxes so that the untermenschen will have
> their Oprah, their Mexican wrestling shows, their Air America liberal
> t.v.
>
> The irony is that people who stay at home and watch t.v. all day
> usually have plasma t.v.s and LCDs that are better than what working
> whites can afford.
>
>
> --Tim May
As Tim May infests yet another group I once again kill file him. Tim
blames all his unhappiness on minorities.
Posted by beebs on February 20, 2008, 1:27 am
> As Tim May infests yet another group I once again kill
> file him. Tim blames all his unhappiness on minorities.
Why the announcement? Just killfile him. Do you
expect to get a medal?
beebs
anarchist
Posted by Stormin Mormon on February 24, 2008, 9:23 pm
It's part of the usenet tradition. You have to ANNOUNCE it everytime a
usenet poster no longer appears on one screen, in one house, for one person
sitting at one computer.
--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
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> As Tim May infests yet another group I once again kill
> file him. Tim blames all his unhappiness on minorities.
Why the announcement? Just killfile him. Do you
expect to get a medal?
beebs
anarchist
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> through your old regular TV? (because analog transmission is ordered by
> the govt to stop next February?).
>
> And, if I fill out the form with pen/pensil and mail it in, what secret
> criteria could they come up with to deny or otherwise say I'm not
> elligible for the coupon now?
>