Globaleyeglasses.com offers cheap lenses, but what happens when you have a problem with your purchase. Well, one customer did, and she’s still waiting for a refund.
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I handle customer complaints for a living – the good, the bad and sometimes, the incredibly stupid.

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Jeni Wilson has two problems with a clothing store, and they seem to be related. Why can’t she get anyone to help her?

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Thinking of a career in consumer advocacy?

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The holidays are high season for scam artists.

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When Anthony Guglielmo buys a Kenmore oven from a Sears outlet, he finds the range doesn’t work as expected. He’d like Sears to replace it — after all, he bought “insurance” to cover it — but the retailer has other ideas.

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Wayne is so embarrassed by his decision to pay $2,300 for a travel club that he asked me not to use his full name. I understand his reluctance. He’s a well-educated professional who was just looking for a way to save money when he traveled, and he feels scammed.

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How quickly we are to invoke the “S” word when things don’t go our way.

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While Andre Klass is installing a computer, the chassis malfunctions, damaging the custom PC. Neither the reseller nor the manufacturer will take responsibility. Where, exactly, does the buck stop?

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