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**Illusion** · 06-22-06, 12:00 AM

Saw this on the Today show this morning. That customer service rep just wouldn't take no for an answer. AOL did end up firing him though.

**Seattle Slew** · 06-22-06, 12:11 AM

That was hysterical.

**BigDog** · 06-22-06, 12:15 AM

The guy cancelling had a lot more patience than I would have.....I couldn't imagine being talked to like that by a customer service rep........Damn!

**JoshW** · 06-22-06, 09:20 AM

They have used that technique for years, but this is of course an extreme version of that. After a firm request to cancel they are supposed to stop, but their top reps usually push it further.

**natrass** · 06-22-06, 11:35 AM

"Close the account or put your supervisor on" could have helped.

I get the feeling the guy had tried to cancel previously as he seemed pissed off from the off.

Bad CS can take years off your life if you let them.

I felt angry just listening to it. Good tape.

**Seattle Slew** · 06-22-06, 01:43 PM

It's like the telemarketers. You always have to say no twice for them to give up. This was beyond over the line.

**bigboydan** · 06-22-06, 10:56 PM

that guy was worst than a use car salesmen

**slacker00** · 06-22-06, 11:28 PM

Business as usual for AOL. I had the exact same thing happen almost a year ago. I went through as many CS people as possible, continuously asking for supervisors, but nobody was worth a damn. I ended up going to my credit card company to block AOL from billing me. When I called my credit card rep, I explained that I'd been overcharged, etc, and the my CC rep said, "Let me guess, AOL." My only regret is starting service with them in the first place.

**SwampyJ** · 06-23-06, 12:34 PM

For AOL that is probably considered good CS. With telemarketers, when I say I am not interested and they keep going, I just hang up on them.

SwampyJ