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WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are more confident in the economy than they have been in seven months, an encouraging sign for President Barack Obama with six weeks left in the presidential race.
A new survey of consumer confidence rose Tuesday to its highest level since February on expectations that hiring will soon pick up. And a separate report showed home values rising steadily, signaling sustained improvement in housing.
"This is like an opinion poll on the economy without the political parties attached," said John Ryding, chief economist at RDQ Economics, a consulting firm. The confidence survey "says people are feeling better. If so, they are less likely to vote for change."
The Conference Board's index of consumer confidence shot up in September. The jump surprised many economists because the most recent hiring and retail sales figures have been sluggish.
The increased confidence could help explain recent polls that show Obama with a widening lead over Mitt Romney in some battleground states.
The consumer confidence index is closely watched because consumer spending drives nearly 70 percent of economic activity. The index jumped from 61.3 for August to 70.3 for September. It remains well below 90, the level that is thought to signify a healthy economy.
Among those feeling more optimistic about the economy is Darlene Johnson of Silver Spring, Md., who works for the National Institutes of Health. The value of Johnson's 401(k) account has risen. Home sales in her neighborhood have ticked up, too, and are commanding higher prices.
"I feel like things are stabilizing," she said. "I don't feel as uneasy as I did a few months ago."
But Johnson, who voted for Obama in 2008, remains undecided on which candidate to back. And she's still a bit nervous about the future.
"It will depend on how my pockets are looking," she says. "Everyday circumstances will drive my decision on how I am going to vote."
Economists point to some key reasons why consumers have grown more confident.
Stocks are up: The Standard & Poor's 500 stock index has surged nearly 15 percent this year. Gas prices have leveled off after rising for several months. And the broad increase in home prices is likely giving would-be buyers more confidence. When prices rise, buyers don't worry so much that a home might lose value after they bought it.
National home prices rose 1.2 percent in July compared with a year ago, according to the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller index released Tuesday. That was the second straight month in which year-over-year home prices have increased.
Some economists question whether the higher level of confidence is sustainable. They've seen the index spike briefly before since the Great Recession ended more than three years ago. Some say confidence could be affected by negative campaign ads that focus on the economy.
The consumer confidence survey polled 500 people. The part of the survey that gauges consumers' confidence in the economy now and the part that gauges their outlook for the next six months both rose. Consumers were much more optimistic about the short-term outlook for business conditions, employment and their financial situation.


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A job is one thing, a secure job is so much better
As we enjoy the summer break this year many of us will beholidaying with friends and family, sharing Christmas lunch with our loved ones or finally opening those books we haven't found time to read throughout the work year. But there are many workers who will have a very different Christmas experience this year.
Will Dai, a member of the National Union of Workers, works as a pick and packer in the warehouse industry but hasn't had work in weeks.
He says he just wants a fulltime job but all he can get is casual work through labour hire agencies. Will is living off savings that will only last two more months.
Will says he wants a job that feels secure, but in his world a labour hire agency sends a text on the weekend if he has any work the next week.
He says it's a nervous wait, hoping to get that text. Casual workers like Will are more likely to spend the summer worrying about how they will pay their rent than being able to take a family holiday.
While we often hear words like flexibility or freedom used to describe the benefits of casual work, what is rarely mentioned is the impact insecure work has on people.
On our sons and daughters, our siblings, our friends and their families. Eighty per cent of casual workers surveyed by the NUW said they would prefer permanent work. For them casual work is stressful, it makes it tough to pay bills and support families.
The dramatic rise in casual employment in Australia is now also beginning to affect permanent employees. We are seeing more and more instances of employers contracting out their entire workforce to third party logistics companies leading to a reduction in pay and conditions for workers who perform the same work.
Permanent workers at some NUW sites have told us they have safety fears for casual and permanent workers alike when labour hire casuals are just expected to step into a position without adequate training.
With up to 40% of all workers now engaged in insecure work with few rights, there is a clear trend emerging and the legitimate rights of all workers are now being challenged.
Traditionally our union has organised amongst permanent full-time workers. We have been slow to represent casual workers and understand the threats that their lack of work rights poses to permanent employees. That's why we launched our campaign, Jobs You Can Count On.
We have spent much of our time this past year working on this campaign and working on uniting casual and permanent workers across hundreds of our sites to support each other's right to safe and secure work.
This Holiday, think about Australia's casual workers who don't have the opportunity to take part in this year's festive season. William Dai has a simple wish, a secure job he can count on.
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Tim says:
I can see from an business viewpoint, it makes sense to have casuals because you can dump them in a down turn, or if they hurt their back (believe me it happens) . But what I really hate, is you get treated like a second class citizen with little respect, many factories and businesses would go broke if it wasn't for casual's due to idle labour, but from my experience, we get bullied, and have poorer conditions than the full timers. Really, I hate it and can't see why full timers have rights others worker don't have. It's like we have created different classes in this society. Governments love it because the can make statistics look good.
Bananabender56 says:
Maybe changing industry would help? I think that the days of secure employment is long gone and regardless of your skills and experience, unless you have tenure in teaching, your position is at risk.
I can't see how you can create a guaranteed job for life - certainly no private enterprise could supply it.
Steve says:
Labor and the unions have waged a hate campaign against business for years now, they have stacked Fairwork with their "mates", why would any smart business operator put on new employees with the unions and Labor in charge. Look at the Craig Thompson saga if you think the unions really give a stuff about workers.
acotrel says:
I just heard a comment on the ABC r adio that many women have been earning $5000 dollars less than men doing the same work. The claim was made that people have the right to know the salaries of the others working around them. I can remembe being specifically told by one employer not to reveal my salary to other staff, however I suggest the lack of transparency is dangerous.
When Howard and Costello took over government from Keating, the competition issue as still unresolved, and it was not continued to be pursued by the Liberal Party . Commitment to 'continual improvement' was a priority in many companies, and in fact Howard even attempted to use the coercive Workchoices to destroy an essential component - industrial democracy. Working with unions is not rocket science - all that is needed is a fair deal all round. Unless we change away from our adversarial nature we will never be able to compete satisfactorily in our globalised free market, and we will all eventually end up out of work.
I hate pies says:
The irony is that the unions, and in particular, their bosses like yourself, are the people that are driving businesses toward using casual workers with your excessive wage demands and threats. That and your government's IR laws. Congratulations, you've really represented your members well.
Tubesteak says:
If you want a better job then get the skills, experience and qualifications necessary to earn it
If all you do is mindless manual labour or simplistic processing then you don't have much to offer and aren't very valuable. Your job could be done by a trained monkey. An employer is not responsible for ensuring you have a comfortable lifestyle. Their job is the bottom line. If you're just a small cog in a big machine then you are replaceable and it is incumbent on the employer to get the best return at cheapest cost
If you want more out of life then endure you have in-demand skills that command a premium and can add value in the job market
Bill of Queensland says:
A secure job is an illusion! Jobs and salaries are subject to the global laws of supply and demand. Organizations rely on systems rather than people. In the past long term employees possessed in their memories much of the knowledge now in computer systems. Experience in the company is therefore often not valued as highly as NEW experience gained in other companies. Many of the entry level jobs have become redundant with the introduction of computers which have flattened the administration and management hierarchies. Career paths progressing from assistant clerk to clerk to assistant officer to officer to supervisor to assistant manager to manager no longer exist. Many entry level jobs have been outsourced to low-wage countries and many head-office operations are not located in Australia. Advice to this generation. Manage your own career path! Invest in your qualifications and complement these with a broad range of experience. Ten years' experience is preferable to ten times one years' experience.
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"We are seeing more and more instances of employers contracting out their entire workforce to third party logistics companies leading to a reduction in pay and conditions for workers who perform the same work."
What's this? Larger companies are changing the way they employ people due to business conditions and the fact that unions made employing anyone in Australia more expensive than other viable options? Yeah, that sounds about right - actions lead to consequences. Don't you change the way you allocate your spending in your household budget if something gets more expensive? Thought so.
"This Holiday, think about Australia's casual workers who don't have the opportunity to take part in this year's festive season. "
Yes, as much as I'm sure you'll be thinking of all the small business owners who cannot take any leave over Christmas because firstly, you can't trust any employee to not rip your place off while you're away, and secondly the only way to be able to afford to open on weekends or public holidays is to do it yourself and not get paid because of ridiculous penalty rates you'd have to pay your 'staff'.
Mayday says:
Unfair Dismissal laws are the reason casual work has surged and permanent work is disappearing.
The unions are responsible for this by overstepping the mark so business has pulled back and will not risk hiring employees they cannot remove.
It riles me when I hear union reps carry on about casual workers and their lack of job security, they created the problem and then apportion blame on the employers.
ramases says:
You yourselves are the main cause of employers taking on casual workers at reduced pay and conditions.
The unions have always wanted more and more money but nowhere do I see a rise in productivity are a prerequisite of this extra money, instead a decline in the amount of work required. Employers cant keep increasing peoples pays without a return but this seems to have escaped the unions.
I had always worked as either a casual or contractor in factories and always had a permanent position because I turned out more product than those in the same places on wages. Therein lies the problem. The Unions always tried to get me the sack because I made their members look like what they were, idle layabouts who knew it was so hard to be sacked that they didn't have to exert themselves to stay in the job.
I carried this over into my own business later and always took on casuals who knew that to make money and stay employed they must produce. They made money, they produced much more product than wages workers , my prices stayed down and I made money, a win win situation that is sadly lacking in most Union shops. To top it all off I gave them bonuses at Xmas every year because of the effort and work they put in and in the years that I had my business didn't have to sack one worker for not doing his job.
Its time that the employers were given back the rights that the Unions have taken away from them and they be allowed to hire and fire people without having to go through this ridiculous process that now exists. Its the employer who pays the money not the Unions but the Unions insist that they run this country as they seem fit even though it means more and more jobs either going overseas or just disappearing. Will the last worker please turn out the lights!
encee says:
I'm a contractor. I only get paid for the hours I work. It wouldn't be so bad if I was paid accordingly.
I'm told I should be getting a higher hourly rate than my permanent colleagues.
I don't. So not only do I get less per hour, but I don't get paid for public holidays or sick days and can't afford to take a week of to wind down. I'm really feeling the pinch these holidays.
My job has been just been advertised. Hopefully I will be the successful applicant!
AdamC says:
Where does that 40% figure come from, the ACTU's 'Think of a number and quintuple it' statistics factory? Seriously, what rubbish.
Unionists are interesting people. They seem to have this great reverence for an idealised past which, like all idealised pasts, never existed. How many of us would want to go back to union Utopia of the 1960s-1970s? Think about it. Many workers spent their whole careers screwing parts into cars in inefficient, tarriff-protected factories. The shops shut on Saturday afternoons; the pubs shut at 6pm; many women did not work outside the home. (Men needed the jobs, you see.) Oh, and cafes and restaurants barely existed. Meanwhile, the economy shifted between periods of high-inflation growth and high-inflation stagnation.
Yeah, fun times.
On casual staff, I actually support maintaining casual loadings, because there are negative externalities, usually borne by the worker, that arise from using casual labour. An example of this is that casual workers find it more difficult to obtain finance to buy a home than an equivalent, permanent worker. Loadings cash out these negative externalities and discourage employers from using casual staff for ongoing roles.
Having said that, the author's case study is a problem of underemployment, not casualisation as such. It is quite possible for permanent staff to want more hours. Union-endorsed employment policies will not help anyone on that score.
Achmed says:
Look in your court lists and see how many employers are being taken to court for breaching the Minimum Conditions Act. See how many employers are exploiting workers particularly young workers by not paying them the correct amounts or making them work hours outside the law. And you will also find that it is a Union that is assisting them because the worker does not have the resources to take these rotten employers to court.
Casual and short term contract workers cannot get a loan, permanent work is required by banks. That condemns these workers to renting, unable to purchase a house, unable to get a loan to get a car etc. Consider the effect on the economy that this has.
Mel says:
I guess you just should have tried harder at school .... or start your own business. But hey that would mean hard work wouldn't it?
Achmed says:
I see the usual union bashing sport is on again. All Unions are bad, terrible entities. Bash them all, lump them all together.
When was the last time anyone saw heavy handed industrial action and unrealistic demands from the Shoppies union, thats the union that covers checkout "chicks/guys" and the person working in the big shops like Myer/Coles/DJ's, or the same from the union that covers Child Care workers, or the union that covers your local council workers, or that which covers Police, firies, ambos?
A couple of extreme unions get all the media and the sheep lump all unions in the same pot.
I've been a union member and active in the operations on my Unions executive, unpaid, for over 30 years. None of our members have lost a days pay due to strike action.
Get real, just like there are rotten employers who exploit people there are radical unions.
SAm says:
There are 2 sides to the coin. Yes, casual work works fantastic for some people, and their employers, but many (possibly the majority) of casuals hate it but cant get anything else. My wife is one of those.
expat says:
By the end of the decade the vast majority of employees will be on either casual or contract type roles. The only full time jobs will exist in the public sector.
Give me a good (non emotional) reason why any business would employ someone full time in the current business environment?
It would be suicide for a small business in this environment to be employing anything other than casuals and preferably contract where possible.
Bob says:
Yeah, well I've read all the comments and it's undoubtedly not a happy scene out there, I started work in '47 and have been through most of it and I certainly wouldn't like to be starting out again now! Back then I would walk out of a job and straight into another one, there were more jobs than people but that will never happen again - at least in this century! Want the bad news or the badder news? The bad news is that it's not going to get any better and the badder news is that it's gonna get a whole lot worse before it's done. As a society we're headed for an upheaval as great as that in 18th century England at the time of the industrial revolution and we're little better prepared to cope with it than were they. If you want a glimpse of what it may be like, read about the 'robber barons' of late 19th century America - Astor, Carnegie, Ford, Mellon, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt & others - and how they made their money and treated their workers. If nothing else, history teaches that 'those who ignore the lessons of history are condemned to repeat them'
Let's not forget the 'march' of progress which has now become a helter skelter ride with new products and processes tumbling out almost daily. Think the big money men & Governments aren't champing at the bit to get their hands on untiring & cheap disposable workers or warriors, they won't have to wait much longer. Got a son or nephew apprenticed as a fittrer & turner, he's wasting his time - 3D printers are here! Thinking of building a house with brickies & chippies & tilers, forget it - 3D printers again! Wanna star in movies or telly, better be quick 'coz avatars are getting better and better and they don't throw hissy fits nor demand humungous salaries or 5 star. Job at a call centre listening to the complaints and sorting out the messes, AI is coming closer every year.
Some of the comments harp on the role of the unions and what they can/should be doing, well the short answer to both is pretty much zilch! In my time I have been a unionist, a union delegate and on the board of union trusts and in all that time I never met any union official who put the union aims and ideals ahead of his/her own advancement. They all exhibited, to a greater or lesser degree, a belief in the 'whatever it takes' syndrome.now rampant in the Labor party. I would also observe that nearly all the talking union heads on the telly have either Northern England, Scottish or Irish accents and seem intent on refighting the class battles of the 18th & 19 th century!
So here I an in my dotage croaking gloom & doom like some latter day Cassandra but that's just me and my vision of the future, yours is different and either - or neither - may be valid. Society will survive, it always has, but you may not like the result!
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In May of 2008, four members of Lehman Brothers' senior-level management received a letter from a 14-year company veteran, Matthew Lee, who at the time was a senior vice president.
"I have become aware of certain conduct and practices," he wrote, "that I feel compelled to bring to your attention." Referencing excerpts from the firm's code of conduct, Lee cited several business and financial reporting practices which he believed to be "possibly… unethical or unlawful."
Lee was relieved of his duties with the firm in late June that year.
His story is exemplary of the whistleblower-like firings and resignations that have graced headlines since the days of Enron. Consider Michael Roseman, the former chief risk officer of now-bankrupt MF Global, who reportedly told then-Chief Executive Jon Corzine that the firm's bets on European bonds were too risky. Roseman was told he'd be replaced in January 2011, months before the firm declared bankruptcy due to its exposure to European sovereign debt.
These examples, while extreme, represent a larger scale problem that exists across workplaces: When you disagree with management's practices or the business's decisions, can you voice your dissent without killing your career? Business disagreements arise all the time: from unfair vacation policies and promotions to struggles with pay practices and unethical behavior.
It's unclear whether or not dissenters come out on top when they do speak up. At Lehman and MF Global, the employee lost their job and, inevitably, business connections and recommendations. It took front-page articles for the professional reputations of other dismissed big-bank veterans to be repaired. Had they not complained and simply quit, they may not have been labeled troublemakers. Each did find new work and, perhaps most importantly, avoided being implicated in subsequent legal actions.
Indicating your disapproval of someone's management style or the way your company is making decisions is a sensitive subject, said Dr. Jeffrey Kassing of Arizona State University. "It's no wonder you wind up putting your career at risk." Thus, the vast majority of people put up with a tense situation and remain silent.
A 2003 survey from New York University found that 85% of employees interviewed kept quiet when concerned with workplace policies or practices. Respondents reported being told to "shut up" and "grin and bear it" to avoid being labeled "troublemakers" or "tattletales." Others said they were concerned about preserving their relationships with superiors, that speaking up would be futile, or that the company would retaliate against them in some way. Most just want to avoid being the bearer of bad news.
"People who are younger and earlier in their careers are more susceptible to these pressures," said Jordan A. Thomas, chair of the whistleblowing practice at New York-based law firm Labaton Sucharow. "Sometimes they're influenced by arguments that things have 'always been done that way,' or that they're 'done like that everywhere.'"
In 2005, Kassing produced research showing the sequence of issue-reporting strategies most upward dissenters follow. Most approach problems proactively at first: They present a reasonable solution to their managers, or provide them with irrefutable facts to build their cases. If those approaches don't remedy the problem, they repeat the complaint to their supervisor, circumvent them if there's still no change and, in a rare number of cases, threaten to resign.
The success of such tactics depends on how serious the problem really is, the quality of the supervisor-subordinate relationship and how concerned the dissenter is with saving face, said Kassing, who has conducted more than a decade's worth of research on upward dissent in organizations and authored the book Dissent in Organizations.
Reporting issues to the boss can be a slippery slope. You should consider multiple angles to decide which path to take: silence, speaking up, or exiting altogether.
Defining "Real Issues"
The decision to engage in a business disagreement is rarely black and white. When the problem is an unethical, immoral or illegal business practice, the choice should be clear, experts said. "The longer you know of something and do not report it, the more you become complicit with the behavior," said Donald Palmer, a professor of management at the University of California at Davis who specializes in the role of power and politics in corporate decision making and is the author of the upcoming book, Normal Organizational Wrongdoing.
Confronting your supervisor over irritants or annoyances, however, can be destructive, Kassing said, because it appears that you're doing so for your own personal gain. "People can frame a problem and talk about it in ways that make the issue seem more principled, " Kassing said, "but you can't just go in and add window dressing to make something look principled when it's not."
For more weighty issues -- like the risky trades that were being taken at MF Global -- you have to weigh the career impact of addressing the problem against the impact if the issue itself explodes. "The risk officer looks at the trades, but there's always the chance that it could be wildly successful," said Palmer. "It's risky from a career standpoint to do the things that will make you famous when you're right."
The Relationship With Your Boss
People who feel they have control over their circumstances, are comfortable arguing, or have a good relationship with their boss are more likely to address business concerns with their superiors than people who have high career goals or lack trust in their boss. However, in the 2003 study from NYU, researchers found that 25% of employees don't feel comfortable approaching their direct boss when they see a problem.
Making the decision to go above your boss can be the most uncomfortable one to make. "Unequivocally, you're going to put your relationship with your supervisor at risk," Kassing said, which is why circumvention is often a last-ditch attempt before resignation. "People need to clearly balance the importance of the issue to them against the effect that it's having on the superior-subordinate relationship." In at least half these instances, the relationship with the direct supervisor suffered.
"In these circumstances, people have probably already breached the subject with their boss more than once, and it's clear to them that the boss won't do anything about it," Kassing said. When an issue goes unaddressed by the boss, it can take on a more principled appearance: "Not only do they have the original issue, now they aren't being heard." Circumvention will also happen when the boss is the culprit, he says.
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Above all, you must consider whether keeping your job is worth staying in a situation you fundamentally disagree with. "If you get a no, that's a response," said Kassing, "but if you're getting no response, and nothing is happening, your claim seems to have been ignored and it's putting the company at risk and jobs in jeopardy, that's something more pronounced."
Before you take a stance, make sure you understand the power dynamics of your organization. "Information gets distorted as it goes up the chain of command," Kassing explained. The 2003 research from NYU noted that subordinates themselves tend to distort the information they convey to their superiors more favorably, as a means of cushioning the blow and saving face.
Overall, you need to decide if the severity of the situation and its impact on your job satisfaction is worth sticking around at the company. "If the personal matter goes unresolved to the degree that it becomes difficult for the individual to stay, he or she should wait it out while looking and ideally find other options," said Kassing. "Jumping ship, so to speak, at the slightest disagreement, probably is not a good precedent to set and likely could do long-term damage to one's professional reputation."
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Stained glass window for Algemeen Handelsblad, Amsterdam 1929*
Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985), nephew of the famous physicist from Leiden, designed these panels to commemorate the one hundred-year anniversary of newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad. The stained glass window was originally placed in the stairwell of the office of Algemeen Handelsblad situated at the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 240.
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Earthlink Customer Service has know clue what customer service is
Posted by Mhebel on 10/27/2007
Here is a transcript of my online chat with Earthlink.
Little background: I have been a Earthlink customer for 8 years, I started with dial-up, moved to Earthlink Broadband through my local cable company 4 years ago.
This August I noticed a 1.95 access fee on my cable bill, so I called my local cable company to inquire and was told that it was a charge Earthlink was passing thru on my cable bill. So I called Earthlink and after a 49 minute phone call Earthlink was able to confirm that yes they were charging the extra 1.95, but couldn't tell me why. I asked this to be removed, and was told they would and refund all past charges (Now I know that 1.95 per month does not sound like much, but time that by the thousands of customers, you get my point).
September bill comes still being charged. Called again and another 37 minutes later I am no further alone then a month ago. This time a went to my local cable companies office and inquired what could be done. Nothing other than switching services, which I choose to do.
Guess what in October I get yet another bill from Earthlink, and this time I used the online chat to handle the issue.
General Info
Chat start time Oct 27, 2007 9:05:17 AM EST
Chat end time Oct 27, 2007 9:43:06 AM EST
Duration (actual chatting time) 00:37:49
Operator Delphina T
Chat Transcript
info: Welcome to Earthlink LiveChat. Your chat session will begin shortly.
Not at home and you want to read your email? With EarthLink Web Mail you can check your email from any computer with an internet connection!
info: 'Sylvain Q' says: Thank you for contacting EarthLink LiveChat, how may I help you today?
email@example.com: I disconnected service last month, and I am still getting billed. Why?
Sylvain Q: I am sorry to hear that. I will try my best to assist you.
Sylvain Q: What was the name of your first pet?
email@example.com: *******
Sylvain Q: Thank you for the account verification information. I was able to verify your account.
Sylvain Q: I see that the bill plan was downgrade to Premium Mail (email only).
Sylvain Q: You can access your EarthLink email addresses from any computer anywhere.
firstname.lastname@example.com: As I told the lady on the phone SEVEN times I did not want any services from earthlink. Why am I getting Premium Email?
Sylvain Q: Okay, would you like to inactivate your account completely?
firstname.lastname@example.com: Yes, That is what I asked for over a month ago, I have a new provider that did not raise rates without a notification.
Sylvain Q: I see that there is a due amount on the account.
Sylvain Q: We can process your request once the due amount is cleared.
firstname.lastname@example.com: What is the due amount for? I pay thru my cable company. What would I owe direct to Earthlink for?
Sylvain Q: The due amount on the account is $5.95.
Sylvain Q: It is for the period from Oct 2-Nov 1.
firstname.lastname@example.com: For what I was NOT a customer, I CALLED AND DISCONNECTED PRIOR TO OCT. 1
Sylvain Q: Thank you for your patience. One moment while I transfer you to one of our senior specialists who will assist you in closing your account.
info: Please wait while I transfer the chat to the best suited site operator.
info: 'Delphina T' says: Thank you for contacting EarthLink LiveChat, how may I help you today?
Delphina T: Hello, I see you've already been chatting. Please give me a moment so I can read the previous chat and pick up where you left off.
firstname.lastname@example.com: This is why I left in the first place eight years I have been a customer, called in and could not get any help with my account so I found another provider, and now I have to pay 5.95 to leave earthlink?
email@example.com: This rates up there with charging a 1.95 access fee. And can not tell me what the access fee is for.
Delphina T: I am sorry to hear that you are leaving us.
Delphina T: However, I will assist you through the cancellation procedure.
email@example.com: I have already left. A month ago.
firstname.lastname@example.com: Do I have to cancel every month?
Delphina T: No, I see that the account is active.
Delphina T: Let me inform you that if once the email address is deleted, all the emails of that mailbox stored on our server will be lost.
email@example.com: Why, I have service from Time Warner, I called in front of the Time warner agent and got a release number from you, thought that was it.
firstname.lastname@example.com: Fine, I do not use that account.
Delphina T: As accounts are set to close at the end of the current bill cycle, the closing date of your account is 11/01/07.
Delphina T: Please stay on hold while I cancel your account and provide you the confirmation number.
firstname.lastname@example.com: What account are you closing? I already have a number, so I could sign up with time warner over 4 weeks ago.
Delphina T: I see that you have a Premium Mail service with EarthLink.
Delphina T: So as per your request, I am inactivating the Premium Mail account.
firstname.lastname@example.com: NO, I told the lady on the phone I did not want ANY earthlink services. 7 times I had to repeat myself, why because the people at Time Warner where laughing at her for begging me to take earthlink services, and for me to have to repeat NO seven times.
firstname.lastname@example.com: I was on speaker phone in the reps office.
firstname.lastname@example.com: So what did I sign up for?
firstname.lastname@example.com: And show me my where I signed.
Delphina T: EarthLink offers a billplan called Premium Mail at $3.95 per month. I see that you have sigedn up for this plan. This plan includes 2 EarthLink email addresses, each with 100MB storage space and no Internet access.
firstname.lastname@example.com: Where did I sign? Show me my contract.
email@example.com: Know what if I every had wanted to return to Earthlink, You have ZERO chances of that, if you sign customers up for stuff that they NEVER ordered, and argue with them for a lousy 5.95, which is funny when you state it only costs 3.95 for the service you say I ordered, why would I ever want to deal with you in the future? I rather have dialup than earthlink after this.
Delphina T: I see that the Cable service is changed to Premium Mail on 09/21/07 and the confirmation number given to you is 132233868.
email@example.com: Yep my disconnection number to drop Earthlink as a provider.
Delphina T: I see that you had accepted for the Premium Mail.
email@example.com: Let me guess you get paid commission for "saving" accounts. Why not talk to the lady I talked to on 9/21, See if her story checks out? Oh I forgot at Earthlink the customer is never right, and the CSR is.
email@example.com: So what is the bottom line here, your not going to do anything, and you are wasting my time with this.
Delphina T: As per your request, I will process the refund for $5.95 which has been charged for the Premium Mail.
email@example.com: And is there any other Earthlink service I do not know about That will show up next month?
Delphina T: I was able to locate only one account.
firstname.lastname@example.com: So I have nothing with earthlink, and I will not get anymore nasty emails from earthlink?
Delphina T: Yes, do you want me to inactivate the account?
email@example.com: I thought thats what I did on 9/21
Delphina T: No, I see that the account was downgraded to the Premium Mail.
Delphina T: Please stay on hold while I cancel your account and provide you the confirmation number.
firstname.lastname@example.com: So is this going to take 20 mins or what?
Delphina T: As per your request your account has been cancelled and the confirmation Number for this inactivation is: 133684728 and is closing on 10/27/07.
email@example.com: YEA
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Posted by Anonymous on 2007-10-27:
Yeah I once had earthlink back in the day and spent 21 bucks a month on there crappy dial up service and i would always get unknown charges on my account so i decided to cancel instead of them to keep defruading me.
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-10-27:
It's hard to understand why Earthlink is still in business or why they have not been bought out yet. It has been years since I heard anyone say anything nice about them. Glad you were able to close your account in the end. Hope it stays closed. (VH)
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-10-27:
Majority shareholder of Earthlink is Sprint. That might explain a few things.
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-10-27:
I have no idea why j.d power gives earthlink or cox awards in customer service. They must not be customers of these companies. What next Vonage gets one to
Posted by Anonymous on 2014-03-21:
Thank you so much for that info and long transcript of incompetency on Earthlink. I have had that same experience with AT and T for my cell phone plan, which I've had for over 5 years. I should probably let everyone know. Any suggestions for cell phone carrier.
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Do Not Use EARTHLINK - EVER!!!!!
Posted by Coachmom on 04/05/2013
I called Earthlink to inquire about internet service. I erroneously gave them my credit card number as I intended to have it installed. After hearing more about their charges and services, I declined to hire their service and told them I do not want their service. Lo and behold I find that they turned me into collection for an unpaid bill. After many attempts to contact them I finally get a live person. They tell me that they have no record of me and therefore there is no charge. I called my credit card company who called them (with me on the phone) - we got the same reply. I've emailed, mailed, everything I can think of...I still have an uncollected fee from them which I refuse to pay as I did not have their service. I have/had a very high credit score and they are going to taint that.
NEVER EVER use EARTHLINK - they are scams..................
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Not providing required speed, bad tech support
Posted by Dbacon on 12/30/2007
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA -- I pay for 6mps DSL internet connection from Earthlink. I often get service at 1.5 download, and 0.3 upload. I have tried to use Earthlink chat tech support for this problem. The techs give irrelevant advice about changing browser settings, when I don't even use a browser for email. Then they simply stop responding.
Today I waited for a response for half an hour on two different occasions, and finally gave up both times.
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Can't get an account closed
Posted by Kal32955 on 04/02/2014
ATLANTA, PENNSYLVANIA -- This has gone out to 26 consumer complaint companies. If my account is not canceled, it will go to TV stations, newspapers, and cable news networks.
I have sent a private message to Earthlink Internet as one Jen at Earthlink suggested with all the info they need in order to cancel my account. No response. I have posted on their Facebook page multiple times to please contact me to cancel my account. They keep posting private message (already did that), or call them. I do not have a phone. I have been trying to cancel my service with Earthlink since the day my former partner signed up for it last year. Their site makes it very difficult to figure how to cancel. I can't use chat. I can't call. I can't email. Now I see I have to send a registered or some other more expensive mailing to cancel this account. I think This company is ignoring me and I think that this company is stealing from me and thus am filing a complaint on this site.
I am being charged each month and have yet to use their services. I would like to have the services I do not want nor am I signed up for CANCELED. The account is under Kevin L. who has not been here since April, 2013. I would like all the money taken out of my checking account via my MasterCard refunded to date.
Now, most likely they are just another money grubbing corporation, and I probably cannot get it back. I repeat, I have never used their services, I did not order it, yet I am being charged since last May I believe. Cancel it now. Acct. 28810763. I am on disability and if this is not taken care of soon, I will get the TV stations and attorney generals involved.
Art Lucas
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Posted by Cwazychicken on 2014-04-05:
can you cancel it on your bank account or credit card? Can you report it to someone? This sounds horrible. You may have to change bank accounts in order to get them to stop.
Posted by madconsumer on 2014-04-06:
since the account is in someone else's name, that may be why you are having difficulty canceling.
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Earthlink Is A Rip Off - Will Not Honor Cancellation
Posted by Bevksmind2 on 01/28/2014
EARTHLINK continues to bill my credit card after 3 months of me telling them to cancel the account. It is outsourced and the people they have are rude and unresponsive.
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Posted by Shaun on 2014-01-30:
Put your cancellation in writing. The lesson learned here is DOCUMENT EVERYTHING. Then dispute any charges on your credit card statement.
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Earthlink DSL Customer Support
Posted by Sschlick on 04/24/2013
ATLANTA, GEORGIA -- I have been an Earthlink customer since dial-up days. I have worked in technical support but encountered a DSL problem at home that I could not solve. I gave this rating three stars because the problem is not yet solved. I would not give regular customer service any stars.
My problem began when my old DSL modem broke after 10 years faithful service. I paid Earthlink for Fedex 2-day shipping. The new DSL modem arrived and did not work no matter how I tried to tweak the connection. After spending hours with regular service reps (Patrick and Ethan), I was told my call would go to senior tech reps who would call back but didn't. Regular technical support expected me to wait for their call. Each time I called, the regular technical reps, they were polite, obsequious, and utterly ineffective. The only exception was one tech representative who chastised me for not waiting for a callback. Each time the reps ran through their support script even as I told them I was repeating the same steps over and over again and getting the same results.
At the reps' suggestions, I even called my computer tech support and made sure the problem was not with my hardware or setup. When I called this afternoon, a senior representative came to the phone and was unable to help. He offered to send me another new modem at no cost. I then called the Earthlink headquarters in Atlanta and got patched through to Tier-3 technical support. After nearly two hours of expert support, we determined the modem was indeed not working. Despite my initial frustrations with the regular reps, I was satisfied with the Tier-3 support from Atlanta. The Tier-3 technician *was* an expert who knew his business. Lesson learned: I will *never* *ever* call the regular support line again; the reps simply do not have the technical skills necessary to solve more than the most rudimentary problems. If the new modem does not work, I will sever my business relationship with Earthlink and move to another ISP.
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Earthlink Has Kept Their Promise, as to the Price I Got Since 2008.
Posted by Esalazar on 04/11/2013
I pay $29.95 for Earthlink internet service to this day. I have had Earthlink since 2008 at this price. It's not the fastest speed, but I'm in no hurry. I recently wanted to upgrade our cable service, but was told I would have to upgrade the internet service to theirs. The price I pay now is $64 for Earthlink and local cable. To upgrade both shot up to $90. I asked how much just for upgrading just the cable, not Earthlink. That was $99. Well since Earthlink kept their promise of $29.95 a month, I decided to stick with them.
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Posted by ok4now on 2013-04-12:
Excellent post. Earthlink is to be commended for honoring their price guarantee to you the customer. Since 2008 internet speeds have changed drastically. So while the price is the same you are no longer getting your monies worth. Example: I have FIOS Quantum 50/25, the fastest internet speed in the country. Don't believe the Comcast Infinity claims. This is pure Fiber Optic to your house, not copper like Comcast. Because I am a Verizon triple play customer I only pay $34.95 a month for internet. Would this be worth an extra $5.00 bucks a month compared to what you are paying Earthlink? Your money, you decide.
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Fraudulent Charges - Air Suppy - Nasty Experience
Posted by Pp_ruth on 04/09/2013
WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS -- Totally frustrating, a night mare, I will never recommend EARTHLINK to any one! I was tossed around regarding internet connection for almost two weeks and the problem was never resolved; I was on phone with them almost daily for 1-2 hours regarding internet connection. The shipping cost of $20 for equipment was taken from my account without my knowledge; monthly fees were deducted from my account and yet no services had been provided AT ALL. I had an extremely difficult time canceling my order because they were trying to convince me to wait over and over; moreover they told me to hire services of an electrician to come and connect my internet. I had to yell and insist that I wanted them to cancel my order before they finally yielded. Another $90 was deducted supposedly because I terminated services that were never connected for even a moment and the grace period of 30 days will still 2 weeks away.
When I questioned this, they turned around to say that the $90 was being held because I hadn't returned their equipment. Again it was not my fault because they sent me another modem 2 days later, after I had terminated services. My money has not yet been refunded to date. Some of their staff members are rude and have no clue about what they are doing.
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Posted by Alain on 2013-04-09:
Looks like you're not the only one with complaints about them. Aside from here, there were several other sites with recent reviews of problems with Earthlink. They outsource their support and use 3rd party technical service and that may be part of the problem. You might want to check with your bank to see how to block/possibly recover fees from Earthlink.
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Fraudulent Charges
Posted by Geraldv333 on 01/04/2013
I recently found a charge from Eartlink for $9.95 on my Time Warner 3 in 1 pack bill. I never asked for it and they would only tell me what it was not offer any proof that I had signed up for it. (My contract is in writing.) Eventually Time Warner removed and credited me back 8 months but it seemed to me that Earthlink is the slimy one here.
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Posted by trmn8r on 2013-01-05:
First off, this is a lesson to review your bills in a timely manner - I believe the federal law is they have to rebate up to only 2 months if a bill is found to be in error. Thus you may have had a hard time getting it all back (congratulations), but you did.
Since they didn't explain what happened, it seems at a glance (UIMS) to know of the error was Earthlink's or Time Warner's.
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Earthlink adds erroneous bills to credit card and will not refund
Posted by Tired of being screwed on 12/17/2010
Earthlink loves to add little charges here and there. Like 4.95 per month for pc clean up service that they never provide. They also love to play shell games with your bill so you never see it. Of course, once you finally catch up with your bill and want to dispute the charges. You first get to go through about an hour of run around with the kind folks in India, then you are just told "Earthlink policy is that you cannot dispute charges beyond 30 days old". They screw you for as long as they can. They will admit the charges are incorrect but it is your duty to keep up with your bills and call them when you have a problem. They absolutely will not refund your money beyond a very small percentage of what they have stolen. They must be raking in thousands with this little scheme.
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If anyone needs further evidence of how much Ryan McMahon of Santa Ana Mater Dei has matured as a player in his senior baseball season, just examine what he accomplished last week when he was named the most valuable player of the Southern California Boras Classic.
On the first day of the tournament, he struck out four times in four at-bats against Newhall Hart.
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At 6 feet 3 and 200 pounds, McMahon was Mater Dei's starting quarterback as a junior and for much of his senior year while the Monarchs tutored junior Chase Forrest to take over. Others told him to give up football, because baseball was the sport for his future. But he made a commitment to Coach Bruce Rollinson and standout teammate Thomas Duarte that he'd finish his senior year.
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Said Rollinson: "After the 2011 season, where he suffered cruel and unusual punishment, it would have been easy for that young man to say, 'It's time for me to focus on baseball.' But he didn't do that. By making that commitment, he gave up substantial opportunities for national teams. It shows what kind of a kid he is. I'm his biggest fan right now."
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He signed with USC to play third base, but his skills and maturity are coming through loud and clear. He entered this week batting .479 with 18 runs batted in and three home runs in 15 games against top competition for a Mater Dei team ranked No. 1 in the nation by several publications.
"I'm honored to be talked about for the draft and honored to have a scholarship to USC," he said. "We'll figure it out in June."
Time flies by so fast when you're having fun, and that has happened to McMahon, who recalls showing up four years ago as an eager but slightly overwhelmed freshman following the likes of athletes named Matt Leinart, Matt Barkley, Cory Hahn and Ty Moore.
"At Mater Dei, it's kind of intimidating with all the greatness that happens in every sport," he said. "You come in looking up at those guys and want to learn from them and try to be like them. I asked a lot of questions and probably was told I was annoying at least once a week, but I was trying to get a feel for everything."
McMahon is a good listener and a good leader. He's already helping prepare his younger brother, Tyler, an aspiring seventh-grade athlete, for the ups and downs ahead.
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Whoever comes in contact with McMahon usually walks away with a positive impression, because he's all about effort, focus and dedication of the game.
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