XBOX Live Support is Terrible
Congratulations, Microsoft, you're XBOX Live support team has the dubious honor of being the worst I have ever dealt with.
Its bad that your Web site gives me absolutely no information about how to deal with my issue.
Its very bad how the "email us" doesn't allow me to select the proper problem I'm having.
Its just terrible that the CSRs are also completely unable to help as well.
Now, the obvious thing to think is "Wow, I've got some real big issue!" Wong. I just can't migrate my account from one Xbox to another. I tried and tried, but nothing I did worked.
So I called Support. I could barely understand what the person was saying! She could barely understand what I was saying. The only help I could get was what email address I used to sign up for the account.
It was something, though, so I decided maybe I could login to Xbox.com with that email address and retrieve my billing information that way. I thought wrong.
Quite frankly I don't think its worth the trouble anymore. I don't know how much time I've spent trying to solve this problem to only wind up no closer to a solution.
The shear fact of the matter is, I don't play on XBL that much as it is - even though I've faithfully paid the $6.95/month access fee whether or not I use it.
But, given the fact that I cannot rely on Microsoft to provide adequate support, I think I'm leaving XBL for good.
Which leads me to my next problem. How do I cancel my account through Microsoft? The CSRs that I cannot communicate with or the Web site where I cannot access my account?
Forget it, I'll just go through my bank.
Dear Random Facebook Users,
I hate you.
Why? You think university/college tuition is slavery.
You have the audacity to compare being kidnapped, being stripped of all rights, and then forced to work against your will for some slaver owner to freely entering into a contractual agreement to pay professors for their time.
I cannot even fathom how you can possibly dare to compare those two things. One: a horrible act of violence against another. The second: a generally well accepted idea that you pay someone for their goods and services.
It's like when PeTA compared eating chicken to the holocaust.
I... I... I honestly cannot think of anything else to say, please, just grow up.
Warm regards,
Greg.
P.S. I know what you're trying to accomplish: getting the government to pay for the tuition for you. But don't get me wrong, I still hate you.
Its really a bad idea, but, since you all seem to be against a little thing called "research" I'll provide some relevant facts:
First, there is no free lunch, or free breakfast, or in this case no free tuition. Money has to come from somewhere and it will either come through inflation (like with Healthcare) or through new taxes. Either way, you'll end up paying for the professors, classroom resources, and a boatload of government bureaucrats.
Second, the rise in tuition costs are largely due to the increase in people going to school. Figure classrooms, dorms, and the surrounding communities can only support a limited amount of students. As more students converge on a given campus prices rise due. It's simple economics.
Third, government subsidized loans are a huge reason for the increase in tuition costs. As the cost of money for students is cheap, students typically can safely borrow more money and be able to pay it back. The obvious benefit: students can pay higher and higher tuition costs. The drawback is with students being so flush with cash universities have no reason to control costs. Instead, the university can charge ever higher premiums and know students will just borrow the money.
Fourth, you have proven, beyond a shadow of a doubt a college or university education makes anyone smarter. Tuition as slavery? I know, I made a huge deal about it before, but, still. Maybe we should just abandon universities and actually make stuff in factories (which, by the way, pays more than you might think), instead of whining the "problems" we do or do not face.
Like I said before: I hate you.