[sf-lug] Buying Ubuntu Support from Canonical not as smooth as running the Operating System!

[jim stockford]

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On Oct 5, 2007, at 4:34 PM, Martin Owens wrote:

>> In reverse chronological order...
>> * Based in UK (so no US hours?)
>
> You won't be surprised to hear the number of British people
> complaining about US companies not putting staff on at 4am in the
> morning.
>
>> * Don't accept our corporate American Express (AMEX)
>
> Well that is to do with the way AMEX take the piss, I wouldn't mind
> but you try doing a switch/meastro or electron/visa transaction from
> the uk on US websites; i mean seriously banks screw us so badly and we
> don't even flinch. Then again no one in the UK accepts AMEX so you
> might as well throw the thing away if you go on holiday.
>
>> * After all this, we had to fill out the order by hand and fax the
>> paperwork back to a UK fax number (no US number available)
>
> What the hell is wrong with that? are Americans allergic to the
> international community or is it just something that you have managed
> to breed in over the 400 years you've existed. Get over yourself, a UK
> based company is damn well going to have a uk phone number, uk times
> and yes even uk banking and credit clearance.
>
> See this is why Europeans don't like doing business in the usa,
> customers in America whine about everything being foreign and
> different.
>
> Regards, Martin
>
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