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Re: Eisa Suspends and Expires

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From: Rod Speed
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 00:00
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Just announced a takeover offer from Austar. From the detail,
looks very likely to be successful, particularly as the major
shareholder in EISA has obviously already agreed.

Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:394d9be7$0$17019$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au...
> Carla <carla_l@my-deja.com> wrote in message
> news:8ijvcl$ok9$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
>
> > My eisa account was suspended recently.  No notice, no nuffin.
>
> > I emailed them from another account and received
> > a reply along the lines of "call customer service -
> > your account has expired and has been suspended."
>
> > I called.  After the usual 15 minute wait I was informed that
> > the account had expired because the record Eisa has of my
> > credit card is out of date.  They couldn't even be bothered
> > sending email to keep their records up to date.  It's far easier
> > to drop customers, apparently.  The guy on the phone reckoned
> > that they're too busy to send out requests for credit card detail
> > updates.  But not too busy to cut me off, apparently!
>
> Thats likely done auto when the attempt to charge the card fails.
>
> > Fortunately I don't rely on these people -
> > I can see why they'll never make it to top tier.
>
> There are much more important reasons why that will never happen now.
>
> > This kind of "service" seems to be starting to gain some currency.
>
> Bit hard to separate your experience from the general tho.
> The technical term is 'pathetically inadequate sample'
>
> > I had the same problem with a mobile phone service connected to
> > RSL.COM last year.  They cut me off because the credit card expiry day
> > had arrived and they couldn't be bothered requesting new details from me.
>
> > Eisa is the outfit that tried to buy Ozemail isn't it?
>
> It is indeed and they show every sign of going down
> the tubes very spectacularly indeed because of that.
>
> The head fool has one hell of a history, his other major local operation,
> Edge, has been placed in the hands of the receivers both here and in
> the US, with everyone sacked. The only hope for EISA now is that
> someone will think they are worth buying. They'd have to be stupid.
>
> 'Johnston' Wang has already done a Skase, skipped the country.
>
>
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From: "Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Eisa Suspends and Expires
Date: 2000/06/20
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