Topic: customer frustration
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Tesla Roadster Refund Fight: $50,000 Deposit Stuck for 8 Years
Tesla Roadster reservation holders have faced significant challenges reclaiming deposits for a vehicle that remains undelivered eight years after reservations opened, with delays extending five years beyond the original 2020 launch date. Technology reviewer Marques Brownlee experienced a difficul...
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Bankrupt Futurehome Shifts Smart Hub to Subscription Model
Futurehome shifted its business model, locking essential smart hub features behind a $116 annual subscription, leaving customers frustrated after years of lifetime access. The change stripped non-paying users of core functionalities like automation and remote control, with only minimal features r...
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Sam Altman Demands Refund for $50,000 Tesla Roadster Deposit
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is seeking a refund for his $45,000 deposit on the Tesla Roadster 2.0, reflecting broader frustration among reservation holders over the car's prolonged delays. The Roadster was initially promoted with ambitious features like a 620-mile range and rapid acceleration, whi...
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Bose Open-Sources SoundTouch Speakers Before Discontinuation
Bose is releasing the SoundTouch API to the public, allowing the tech community to develop new applications and integrations, which will extend the utility of these speakers after their core cloud services are discontinued. The speakers will lose integrated smart features and software updates, bu...
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Why Walmart Still Doesn't Accept Apple Pay
Walmart does not accept Apple Pay or any NFC-based contactless payments in its U.S. stores, instead promoting its own Walmart Pay QR code system. The primary reason for this policy is data collection, as Walmart's proprietary payment methods allow it to build detailed customer shopping profiles, ...
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The Trump Phone: Is It Real Yet?
The Trump phone remains unreleased with no concrete launch date, and the company has provided no updates or communication regarding its development or availability. Early adopters paid $100 deposits during the preorder phase nearly five months ago, representing a significant sum of money that is ...
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iPhone 17 to Break a 15-Year Record No Flagship Has Touched
When Apple releases the iPhone 17 in a few weeks, the timer will start for the new flagship model breaking a record set 15 years ago. iPhone 17 set to outlast (with key differences)If current reporting holds, iPhone 18 will not arrive until spring 2027. That would mean iPhone 17 will sit at the top of Apple’s mainline lineup for about 18 months, surpassing the iPhone 4’s record and setting a new benchmark for the longest standard iPhone run. The iPhone 4 to iPhone 4S stretch created an upgrade d...
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