Re:How to get attention (Score 1)

This is good advice. In really dire circumstances, it can work. One time, I had ordered some components from a company that promptly folded. They had my money, I had no gear. Their normal phone lines were disconnected. Through whois-derived faxing, emailing, and hacking about with their voicemail system, I was able to bitch to enough people to get a refund. In a lot of voicemail systems, you can press # or * and it'll error on something like, "invalid selection" and give you a new menu. Of course, there will be the old, "If you know the extensiion of the person your trying to reach..." when you get to this, hit a bunch of digits. If it doesn't get to anyone, sometimes the VM system will offer you a directory, this is the jackpot. Write down all these numbers for calling and faxing. If you bombard them with enough angry letters, they may get scared or annoyed and send you your money. This worked for me that one time even when the company had released official press releases that they were no longer doing refunds. I got my f!@#$#ing $1200 bucks back. This leads me to my next lesson. Beware of internet retailers who's prices are "too good to be true". Chances are they won't be true for long.