Category: "Public Service Articles"
Verizon's Safelink Wireless Refuses To Replace Fire Hazard Phone
By Paul Rudoff on Apr. 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM in Public Service Articles
SafeLink Wireless, the government-supported Lifeline service of TracFone Wireless, a Verizon company, provides free cell phones to low-income Americans. I have had a free cell phone from Safelink since 2016. For the first six years, they saddled me with… more »
United Healthcare Deceives With Outdated Dental Provider Search & Representatives Who Lie
By Paul Rudoff on Mar. 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM in Personal, Public Service Articles
I've already written about all of the dental woes I've had because dentists will usually stop accepting my insurance (Medicaid) after a few years, and then I'd have to find a new dentist. The latest variation on that was last year, when the insurance… more »
Stop & Shop's New Savings Station Kiosk Disables Internet On Some Customer's Cell Phones
By Paul Rudoff on Mar. 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM in Public Service Articles
Sometime in February 2025, the Stop & Shop supermarket chain here in the northeast United States installed "Savings Station" kiosks in their stores. Unfortunately, these kiosks have caused some customers to lose internet access on their cell phones,… more »
GameStop Employee Refused To Process Return/Exchange *With* Receipt Without A GS Account
By Paul Rudoff on Mar. 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM in Public Service Articles
Well, I guess it's now 100% confirmed that GameStop hires the worst people to staff its stores, and provides the worst customer service. After the incident in October 2022 with ex-store manager Brendan Guerrin, and GameStop corporate never providing me… more »
eBay Seller (grimreaper430) Makes Unauthorized Use of USPS Priority Mail Packaging
By Paul Rudoff on Jan. 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM in Public Service Articles
This is another in a series of articles about eBay, who covers up the deceitful business practices of its sellers, while turning its feedback system into an utter joke. I will do my best to inform the public about eBay's scummy practices and the bad… more »
eBay Lets Sellers (Pop.Market) Disable Messaging So Buyers Can't Contact Them
By Paul Rudoff on Jan. 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM in Public Service Articles
This is another in a series of articles about eBay, who covers up the deceitful business practices of its sellers, while turning its feedback system into an utter joke. I will do my best to inform the public about eBay's scummy practices and the bad… more »
United Healthcare Healthy Benefits Plus OTC & Healthy Food Extra Benefits Card - 2025 Information
By Paul Rudoff on Jan. 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM in Public Service Articles
In 2023 and 2024, I wrote about the extra benefits plan that was provided to me by NationsBenefits through my Aetna health insurance plan. Thanks to Aetna fucking me over with my dental plan, I had to switch insurance companies to United Healthcare.… more »
eBay Removes Feedback That Exposes Seller's (Azsa-9617) Deceitful Business Practices
By Paul Rudoff on Jan. 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM in Public Service Articles
This is another in a series of articles about eBay, who covers up the deceitful business practices of its sellers, while turning its feedback system into an utter joke. I will do my best to inform the public about eBay's scummy practices and the bad… more »
Aetna Changes Members Dental Plan, Forcing Them To Change Dentists
By Paul Rudoff on Dec. 4, 2024 at 8:50 PM in Public Service Articles
One of the problems with having a low income (read: poor) is that you are not afforded the luxury of having the best medical care, especially when it comes to dental. It's a problem that I have had to deal with for the past 30 to 35 years, and it just… more »
Disney Movie Insiders Gift Cards & Attempted Thievery
By Paul Rudoff on Oct. 31, 2024 at 9:44 PM in Public Service Articles
The Disney Movie Insiders program (originally Disney Movie Rewards) was launched in 2006. It allowed fans and customers to earn credits via a point system by submitting ticket stubs from theatrical films and "magic codes" from physical media (DVD,… more »