Arrr! (March News)
Winter Quarter has been kicking my ass. My ass hurts.
It’s been a lot of studying, a lot of writing, and a lot of reading – with lots of gaming in between to help keep my stress level down, with lots of explosions.
The only major dark spot I’ve had so far this quarter is my exam for Microsoft Access in my Computer Applications class, which I totally flunked. Every other exam has had good scores, though. Note to self: Read Textbook More Often, Whenever Possible.
The Spring Quarter will start on the last week of March, and with it comes studying Macintosh computers. Frankly, I would like to get a waiver on that, because I do not want to go near an Apple product anymore. Not after the time I lost $106 to a fraudulent charge through their MobileMe service – during the Mastercard Dispute process, I received a copy of the Apple receipt, and it had gobbleydook for customer information. None of it was accurate.
This led me to one conclusion: Apple, with a high-volume and high-revenue-generating service such as iTunes and MobileMe, does not make it a standard practice to cross-reference customer information with the address information of the bank card information. This makes it easier for scammers to “ping” bank cards for validity before said scammers drain the card of all money. Apple is indirectly profiting from this scam, and they know it. To make matters worse, Apple is refusing to take responsibility by ratcheting up security – they won’t even issue refunds to people who are obviously victims of fraud.
I make it a point to not do business with companies that do not care about their customers.
So with that, I say this: Fuck you, Apple!
-NK Out.