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Article #106243Re: Eisa Suspends and Expires
From: Rod Speed
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 00:00
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 credit card is out of date.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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