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Consumer records themselves attempting to cancel their AOL account.

Author
Unknown
Date
1 Jan 2006
Type
Hard to cancel
Publisher
Youtube

In this old clip from 2006, a consumer attempts to persuade an AOL customer services rep to allow them to cancel their account. The rep makes it very difficult.

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