🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sat, 24 Jun 2000 20:07:17 GMT, "TurboSnail" <martink2@flash.net>
wrote:

>I decided to try the new online Internet gift certificate company,
>FLOOZ.com.  I saw Whoppi on TV.  Big Mistake!
>
>I sent $326 to a friend on June 23, 2000, Friday night.  The entry screen
>guaranteed delivery in TWO hours.
>
>Saturday morning at noon, I checked out my account.  I did not see the
>posting.  So, I tried to use their chat.  I was told that the transaction
>was pending and that CITIbank was holding authorization.  So I call
>CITIbank.  No, the $326 had been authorized early in the morning.
>
>I call 877-GO-FLOOZ (notice that their is no Z on the phone?)  I speak to
>"Nilsa" who tells me that basically the transaction is "on hold" and there
>is no one in management there that can make any decision.
>
>So I basically dug a hole and put my $326 into it for the weekend.  I could
>have sent the money by Western Union and at least had it arrive.  Plus the
>fact that there is "no one" there to help really stings.
>
>Boycott this ripoff!!!
>

Maybe if you slit your wrists you might feel better.

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