Oh No, Not Again!

Dammit!  They evil empire that runs Blogger YET AGAIN pulled my advertising privileges.

I'm not even going to mention their name (We'll call them Scroogle) or their ad program, because the last time I did, it messed with the search engine numbers on my old blog. Yes, if you speak ill of the corporation that does "no evil", you will be silenced.

No sooner did I establish a new account than I got this email:

"While going through our records recently, we found that your A******e account has posed a significant risk to our A*****s advertisers. Since keeping your account in our publisher network may financially damage our advertisers in the future, we've decided to disable your account. Please understand that we consider this a necessary step to protect the interests of both our advertisers and our other A*****e publishers. We realize the inconvenience this may cause you, and we thank you in advance for your understanding and cooperation"

Alright, what did I do now?  Last time around this happened, my viewers had allegedly gone click happy on the ads.  I never clicked on my own ads, but you know….I can't keep track of everyone else's comings and goings.  

But what set them off this time?  Was it the swearing?  It was the swearing, right?  What else could it have been?  A post that bashed B&H Photo?  Hmmm…. Perhaps.  I even established an entirely new email identity, but these guys took me down in like 2 posts.  Apparently, I am Persona Non Grata in the Scroogle Universe.


And once again, when they remove the ads, you're left with a big, gaping hole below the first post on your site.  So thanks for that, dickheads.

BTW, what the hell does "going through our records" mean anyways?  Do they have someone on the payroll whose job it is to read stupid blogs like mine?  And I hate the phrase "thank you in advance".  I wouldn't use it unless I'm going out of my way to be a complete jerk.  Hey Scroogle, go f*ck yourself in advance.  At least now I won't be walking on eggshells when it comes to content and my unabashed consumer watchdog reviews.

OK, so f them.  I don't need no stinkin' Netflix and Icelandic Air ads crummying things up.  I'm calling on all my web savvy and financially savvy friends out there to help me out.  How can I get some legit advertisers on my site?  I'm looking for companies that want to place their ads on a site where 90% of the content is from a borderline neglectful dad who writes about stupid crap in Fairfield County and uses the occasional swear word.  If anyone has any suggestions, let me know.  I'd like to keep things on this Blogger site for ease of use.  Unless they throw me off, which could happen any day now.

Thanks in advance.  No, really.  Thanks.

Consumer Report: B&H Photo & Video

That's right. I'm a consumer and here's my report:

I'm madder than a highway patrolman on the opening night of Fast 5 over the latest bullsh*t saga of the week.

B&H, I love you, but tonight, I really hate you.

Quick backstory: I am in the market for a nice HD monitor for my editing system. I need a screen I can reference while I'm editing now that everything has gone high def. I guess the little JVC 9" monitor isn't cutting the mustard anymore. RIP, standard def.

I found a very nicely-priced Sony 40" with 120Hz frame rate on the B&H website around 3PM. The price was around $630, $650 tops. So I put it in my "cart". But then I got pulled away for a few hours. I got back on the computer shortly after 6PM to buy it.

Lo and behold, the price has now hiked itself up to $763. ????? Are you f-ing kidding me?

So I tried calling….no phone customer service after 6. Then I got in their online chat service. I wish I saved the transcription, but I'll give you the gist of it:

Me: I put this monitor in my cart at $630 and the price has jumped up to $763 in the span of two hours. WTF????

B&H Phone dude: That was a daily special. It's over now. Putting the item in your cart doesn't mean you get it at that price.

Me: I'm tired and can't think of any witty comebacks. You guys suck!

Well now, I didn't say that last part. But I have to point out at this time I have spent thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars at B&H. Both personally, and recommending purchases for the multi-million dollar corporations I've worked for. And I wasn't gonna get into that with the online customer service. I shouldn't have to.

In my perfect world, the correct answer would have been, "Yes, I can see you wanted to buy that TV earlier today. We will honor the price of $630. I'll help you ring up that order now."

Memo to B&H: If you put an item for sale at a certain price, friggin' honor that price, at least for a 24 hour period!

So now here is an online article to crummy up your reputation, complete with tags and all. All over 100 bucks and change. And I know from experience that B&H loses their marbles whenever someone talks ill of them on message boards. So in the future, be more like Walmart and "match that price". Especially since it's your own.

Off to Costco. They've got a monitor for about the same price. And hopefully less aggravation.

*Grumble* I'm still gonna need that Blackmagic HD Link Pro from you guys….. Dammit! B&H got the world by the balls.