Updated 2/23/2010 - Other Opinion
and Rating Organizations
L Listings*
Lambs
Honda (Auburn, CA) - Junk Mail 10/15/01.
League
of Women's Voters - 1)
Using the debates as a vehicle to shut out third parties (even
qualified third parties) from the Senate debates in 2004. Working
for the Democrats and Republicans, the League has always been,
more or less, their "girls." We can't expect
an honest and open forum from this organization until they
open up the
debates
to third parties. They know that out-of-site is out of mind.
After not allowing California's third largest party
into the Schwarzennegar debates when he got elected,
some wide awake Americans realized that the system is fixed
and skewed. Thanks
to the League, we can look forward to endless wars and a skyrocking
national debt charged to our not-even-born children. They
also locked Judge James Gray out of the Senate Debates - DO
NOT WATCH ANY DEBATES HOSTED BY THE LEAGUE OR BY THE
COMMITTEE ON PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES. THESE DEBATES ARE
RIGGED AND WILL RESULT IN A BORING POLITICAL SHERADE AT BEST! -
8/1/04
Lexmark
- 1) 99 cent pricing, "Means don't trust us." 9/1/02
2) "Free" incentive printers don't work with incentivised
machines like the Apple iBook. 3) Customers are referred to manufacturer
of computer 8/25/02. 4) Black ink cartridges and printer cables are
not supplied. Customer is often not aware that to supply those things
the price of the "Free" incentive computer can climb up
to around $70.00.
Leslie,
Time (CA Legislature) - 1)
Using taxpayer's money as an incumbent assemblyman to distribute
his advocacy for 2) bigger state government and more controls
over
we the people with Senate Bill 1, the state's Office of Privacy
Protection and Federal Trade Commission. 3) Junk
Mail (He could improve his website to handle such communication
for far less money and while he's at it 4) he could post his
full record. 4)
Tim uses scary evidence that the average business and financial
institution
loses $10,000 per victim without footnotes
to the source of his evidence. 5) He fails to note that institutions
use such scary figures as an excuse to raise rates and charges
and that that is why they fail to prosecute or locate suspects
and why only one in 700 thieves get caught. I know firsthand
having watched one Credit Card company after another intentionally
drop the ball even when they knew who the perpetrator was. Good
thing I hear that he may not run for this office again.
Michael P. Murphy
DBA The Small Businessman - www.smallbusinessman.com
Technical Site Coordinator and Registrant
L Listings (Cont.)
Liberty
Names of America, Inc. (Domain Name Registrar) - 1)
Junk Mail, 2) Starts off "reminding you" that you need to
renew your domain. Many users that don't read the notice very carefully,
might
assume that they owe them money to renew their domain even though
they are currently using another registrar. Not only that, they
charge an outrageous price that is probably more, and in my case
over 300% more) than their current registrar. Another company, Register.Com, was
so successful at this type of deceipt that it is now one of the
largest in the business. I hate seeing the word "Liberty" associated
with such a disgusting offer. This is enough for me NOT to play
with this company at all. 10/31/05. Still up to the same games
2 years later on 3/26/07 and again four years later on 2/25/09, four years later. This time, they added that you could take advantage o fthe savings they have to offer you when, again, they are actually 300 percent more than the customer targeted. They prey on public stupidity. Caveat Emptor - Latin for "Let the buyer beware."
Linux
Computer Boxes - 1) Want something for almost
nothing, then a Linux box is your answer. However, you do
indeed get
what you pay for in this wet dream for those that long for
the good
ol'days of DOS. Linux, thus far, has proven that the "good
ol' days aren't all they were cracked up to be from 2) installation
problems to 3) general uselessness for lack of support and drivers,
Linux is not the answer to replace the corporate swindling Wintel
and Macorola world "we the lemmings" have supported
thus far. Probably never will be. OS's are unstable and planned
obsolescence has always been an integral part of the industry.
Patches is where the money is is at. If computers didn't
break every five minutes, where would the industry be? At
least Linux
is something for the geeks to play with rather than hack-venting
on the unstable and unethical world of the American Corporation
where IBM is attempting hedge its bets with the new OS. Now
that's the real irony, isn't it? 12/16/02.
Littermaid
- 1) Faulty designs where motor burns out within
a few years and past the one year warranty (Mega Model) 2) Enquired
on website about fixing the product and received an email requiring
me to open the battery compartment to get model number and provide
it to them along with purchase information. It wasn't there. 3) An
alternative for other models was to look in the box next to the
battery compartment.
It wasn't
there either (as a matter of fact no compartment door at all). 4) I
tried calling but got them after hours after enduring the phone
options
list. 5) I reached them after going through an
excruciating phone cue that made me think they'd rather I didn't
call them and
really
wanted me to go back to the
website that had failed. Imagine hearing about their website twice
and then having them slowly spell out the address over the phone. 6) Phone
cue voice said that if I didn't have the model number, the support
people
wouldn't
be able to help me. 7) Phone support came on after
a short wait, went through the process and informed me that they
have no motors or parts for my model. (Basically, I had a $200
paperweight. I think that Littermaid is aware of the product flaws
as new ones are somewhat revised but far from perfect products.)
8) The proper litter for them is also very hard
to find and pet store recommended litters are a muddy disaster.
- 7/8/2008
LNW
Insurance Administrators - (Sells Accident Insurance through Credit Unions) 1) Called within business hours, (before 5 pm on Wednesday and nobody answered. Instead, a extremely long drawn out message was played to me with no way to talk to anyone. Did they all go home??? How easy would it be to file a claim if this is what I got just trying to find out about them? If they are legit, I hope they address this issue. 2/23/2010.
Longs
Drugs - Junk Mail 8/15/01.
Lowe's
Home Improvement - Poor Accent Lighting section in Roseville
Store. Constantly out of stock and I leave store seldom filling
needs for all areas. (Poor Buyer) 12/4/04.CLICK
HERE SEE SPECIAL ARTICLE
Lysol Brand - 1) Disinfectant spary warning label says do not get in eyes or skin. However, defective spray nozel leaks onto trigger pouring product over hand while spraying to surface. posted 5/11/09.
