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Re: PC Mag Tax Software Review

#437
From: Liam Devlin
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 06:24
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THenry@abiz.invalid wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 01:57:44 GMT, "Dannie"
> <sloopoke.noname@nospam.optonline.net> wrote:
> 
>>>That is a total waste of time. Direct expressions to Intuit can be
>>>very easily ignored with no real consequences. Only a loud,
>>>continuous, wide as possible discussion of the displeasure will have
>>>any meaningful effect.
>>
>>Here I disagree. 
> 
> It would seem so, but there are countless examples of how public
> exposure was the key - whistleblowers who were fired, then rehired
> after a public expose, consumers ripped off by a business, but after
> the local radio/TV station airs the case, the company fixes it (after
> months of saying "go away"), tire recalls after public articles... the
> list goes on and on. 
> 
> I believe public exposure is important in getting action. Why else
> would they try to suppress it so much? :-)

Good point here, any way we could get a TV consumer advocate involved? 
That kind of attention gets noticed!
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