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howardgr replied on October 14, 2009 04:53 to the problem "Google Checkout bugs & Terrible Customer service" in Overnight Prints:

Gee, I"m having a similar issue. I needed cards for tomorrow. They arrived today. All are cut wrong. see http://www.flickr.com/photos/howardgr... for an example of an old card and a new card (just a reorder) cut wrong.
They are asking me to pay for overnight shipping so I can get them when I need them. They should have made the order right to begin with. I am still arguing with them, but after what I've read here, I believe I'm not going to, how do you say it, Get Satisfaction from them.
Oh, and I asked for them coated only on one side - they are coated on both sides. I like people to be able to take notes on the back of the card. Again, they won't admit to the problem.

howardgr started following the problem "Hard to reach Customer Service when Problems Occur" in Overnight Prints.

howardgr replied on August 26, 2009 21:28 to the problem "Total shut down of service" in my6sense:

I haven't signed in for a while - can't see where to sign in. Assume this is because of your outage?

howardgr asked a question in Cerado on August 01, 2009 14:17:

Manually add a card number?

Is there a way to manually add the number of a card where you don't have the card to take a picture?

A comment on the question "What happens if I hit a Twitter limit?" in Twitter:

Ok, you've got me. My entire argument falls because of this.
I tried to give you some credit for trying to be helpful, even though in doing so you've managed to be insulting to others.
Please feel free to continue to comment on this argument until you are tired of it. I'm done. – howardgr, on December 21, 2008 16:18

A comment on the question "What happens if I hit a Twitter limit?" in Twitter:

Ok, you've got me. My entire argument falls because of this.

Instead, I should just call you out as the troll you are for saying that all PR people (I'm not one of them, by the way, but some of them are my clients and friends) are " especially noisy, because they know other people are noisy, and as they'd like to be on your front page they try to be noisier", and "Using twitter.com to manage following 2000 people is just ridiculous" and "Where do you live/write that you can find more than 2000 people to follow? I live in a major metro area with 3 million people and not even 1000 are on Twitter." As if you know any of those things as facts.

Please feel free to continue to comment on this thread until you are tired of it. I'm done. I'm going to follow as many people on Twitter as I can and drain the commons of API resources and I'm going to go turn on my water for you now. – howardgr, on December 21, 2008 16:18

A comment on the question "What happens if I hit a Twitter limit?" in Twitter:

Yes, and I'm sure he does. However, you've stated his idea to follow people is ridiculous, so therefore, why should you pay attention to my analogy either? You can't manage to see other people's points of view. You insult people ad hominim. You're obviously trying to be helpful as you have a huge number of Get Satisfaction answers you've made, but perhaps you should try to answer the questions people ask, and not tell them how their brains work and how it is impossible for them to manage their social graph in any way other than the way you declare is not ridiculous.
I'm quite happy following >1200 people, and continue to follow more. – howardgr, on December 21, 2008 15:08

howardgr replied on December 21, 2008 13:56 to the question "What happens if I hit a Twitter limit?" in Twitter:

API is an "application programming interface" - typically how computer programs talk to servers or to each other.
What it means for you is - if you were to use Twitter via a client software program, something like TweetDeck.com, you can only "ask" twitter for information and updates around one time per minute.

If you're just using twitter via the web or text messaging it is not something you'll have to pay attention to.
Good luck on Twitter. Whats' your twitter name so we can follow you?

howardgr marked one of micknyc's replies in Twitter as useful. micknyc replied to the question "What happens if I hit a Twitter limit?".

howardgr replied on December 21, 2008 13:35 to the question "What happens if I hit a Twitter limit?" in Twitter:

So, Thomas, interesting from a fellow whose get satisfaction profile says "Dont' take me too seriously" - you're taking this situation too seriously.

RBLevin asked a question, and you've managed to put him down, insult PR people, journalists, people who 'can't possibly' follow more than 2000 people, and people who live in small towns.

Stop being so helpful here. Your water analogy doesn't, um, hold water.

Because of bad actors, we should all behave and use twitter the way you want us to?

It's more like - "well, no one could possibly read all the books in a library, we should limit them to 2000 only. Oh, maybe someone should burn the ones I don't want people to read too."

howardgr replied on December 20, 2008 23:13 to the question "What happens if I hit a Twitter limit?" in Twitter:

Wow, I'm really surprised at the tone people are using to answer RB's very legit question. It is perfectly fine to follow that many people, no one is reading every tweet anyway.
RB - you might look at TweetDeck.com or PeopleBrowsr to help create an interface that let you manage the various twitter streams (@ you, Directs, and even searches). Hope that's helpful.

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howardgr replied on July 31, 2008 02:05 to the question "What happens if I hit a Twitter limit?" in Twitter:

Yes, because of course, no one except spammers want to start an account on Twitter to talk with their customers any more.
There's a "block" button when people you don't want to follow you, like @longerdonger, show up. Use it.
For those of us who actually want to use this system to bring companies into the 21st century concept of listening to their customers, these limits are, well, limiting. So this is an opportunity for a discussion about this. To, well, get satisfaction on the topic.

howardgr replied on July 31, 2008 00:51 to the question "What happens if I hit a Twitter limit?" in Twitter:

This doesn't really answer the question. It also doesn't let one know how to start a new Twitter account, for example, for a brand. What happens if the brand tries to follow a bunch of people to get established and join the conversation? Is it too late for a new account on twitter to get popular with these limits?
Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater, people.

A comment on the question "What happens if I hit a Twitter limit?" in Twitter:

How about watching to see which accounts are getting the most "blocked" votes and limit their following ability? Anytime I find a spammer, etc following me, I block them. Track that, and let people who have large accounts like Geek Mommy, Scoble, etc do what they do. – howardgr, on July 27, 2008 18:06