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2011.10.29 Halloween

nospam@example.com (Brad Grissom) — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:28:00 -0700

2010.10.29 Halloween Party

nospam@example.com (Brad Grissom) — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:40:00 -0700

Currently Reading

nospam@example.com (Brad Grissom) — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:57:00 -0700

MY ENTIRE BOOK RATINGS LIST is a list of all the books I have ever read, with my rating for each one.

Below is a snapshot from MY ENTIRE BOOK RATINGS LIST on 2010.11.04 of some recently read books:

Roald Dahl

Id	Rating	Title	Author	Finished	F
298	#########	Half Broke Horses	Jeanette Walls	2010 Oct
297	#######	The Invention of Air	Steven Johnson	2010 Oct
296	########	V for Vendetta	Alan Moore	2010 Oct	F
295	######	Beautiful Boy	David Sheff	2010 Oct
294	######	Wine for Dummies	Ed McCarthy	2010 Oct
293	########	Revenge of the Whale	Nathaniel Philbrick	2010 Sep
292	######	Roald Dahl Audio Collection	2010 Sep	F
291	########	Fatal Forecast	Michael Tougias	2010 Sep
290	##########	Contact	Carl Sagan	2010 Sep	F

	Rating Scale
##########	Good rating (10 stars)
#	Bad rating (1 star)

SimplyAudiobooks Review (SimplyAudiobooks.com audiobook rental service)

nospam@example.com (Brad Grissom) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:12:55 -0700

After 6 years of service with SimplyAudiobooks.com, I am finally canceling my account. When I first signed up for SimplyAudiobooks in 2004, I was incredibly impressed with the service. Ship times were fast and I received the books on my queue very quickly. Unfortunately over the last 3 years (the last 2 years especially), the quality of service has diminished significantly.

I first noticed 2 years ago when I was on the very expensive $35/month 3-books-at-a-time plan. I was finding that they only ever had one or maybe two books shipped out to me. I started complaining and customer service would say "We're sorry, here, we will ship out the next item on your queue." I finally downgraded my service to the 2-at-a-time plan and of course now I only ever get one book at a time. I frequently have times where I am waiting for a week or two for the next item to ship.

Initially customer service said "Make sure you have at least 20 or 25 items on your queue." I took this to the extreme and for the last 3 years I have always had about 35 items on my queue, yet the problem still persists.

I fear that SimplyAudiobooks has the same problem that Netflix had where senior customers become lower on the priority list. The company favors its new customers in order to receive an initial pleasant experience. Well take it from me, a 6-year old customer who has paid approximately $2,000 to this company: beware that the quality of your service may diminish over time.

I apologize that people can't leave comments on my website. It was getting too badly spammed, so I disabled the feature. If anybody has had this same poor experience with SimplyAudiobooks.com, please e-mail me at brad @ this domain name and I will post your experience here. I am only posting on my website because a quick Google search for "SimplyAudiobooks.com Review" only turns up a few personal blog entries. So I figured I'd post to my blog as well. Thanks.

2009.12.31 New Years Party "Funny T-Shirts"

nospam@example.com (Brad Grissom) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:13:00 -0800

2009.12.05 Hiking Threemile Creek

nospam@example.com (Brad Grissom) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:37:00 -0800

2009.10.31 Halloween Party

nospam@example.com (Brad Grissom) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:24:00 -0700

2009.08.16 Brad's Old 1993 Honda Accord

nospam@example.com (Brad Grissom) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:41:00 -0700

2009.08.01 Kim and Brad Backpacking

nospam@example.com (Brad Grissom) — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:09:00 -0700

2009.07.10 Allison's Birthday

nospam@example.com (Brad Grissom) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:42:00 -0700

2008.12.31 New Years Eve Party -- Theme is Hats!

nospam@example.com (Brad Grissom) — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:01:00 -0800

Dec 2008 thru Aug 2009

nospam@example.com (Brad Grissom) — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:52:00 -0800

2008.11.01 Halloween Party

nospam@example.com (Brad Grissom) — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:13:00 -0700

2008.08.09 Seattle and Alaska

nospam@example.com (Brad Grissom) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:48:00 -0700

2008.04.06 Cessna 172 Flight to La Junta

nospam@example.com (Brad Grissom) — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:49:00 -0700