small victories
The CompUSA story has a happy ending. But not because CompUSA is a decent company. Digg got hold of the original Lost Remote post, and you can guess what happened after that. Viva la revolution, y’all!
Hey, 10 years ago CompUSA wouldn’t have refunded the guy his money. But it turns out there is such a thing as bad publicity, and it works! Occasionally. Take the news yesterday that CBS is likely going to renew Jericho, a show that was basically dead in the water coming out of upfronts last month. The fans weren’t having that. They sent the network lots of nuts — thousands of pounds by many accounts — which on the surface seems completely idiotic, but there is a story behind the significance. I’m not going to tell that story, just trust me.
Anyway, you can imagine CBS’s nut storage facilities filled rather quickly, and the squirrels were getting to be a problem (CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler is allergic to squirrels). This last part may or may not be true.
The point is, the network caved, or is caving, sources say, and CompUSA righted one of its wrongs, all thanks to the online community. And maybe squirrels.
Speaking of:
Robert wrote:
I’m glad it got resolved.. I had a feeling once it got on a site like Digg or consumerist something would get resolved. That’s why I like the consumerist - once a problem gets public on there most companies are pretty quick to make good. I knew the internet could be used for something useful again!
Now excuse me I need to go make my very own Zwinky.
Posted on 06-Jun-07 at 12:47 pm | Permalink
kiala wrote:
I don’t know anything about computers OR the gnomes that live inside them…but squirrels are fascists. And they hate America. And they hate freedom.
Posted on 07-Jun-07 at 11:21 am | Permalink
Mike Bijon wrote:
Robert, hahaha!
Posted on 13-Jun-07 at 2:42 pm | Permalink