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Rebecca Montoya

Jan 26, 2016
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Just placed my third call to AOL corporate. Upset at the company and trying to disable the 2-Authentication Factor. I do not have the same phone number or the disable code and have left 3 messages with AOL customer service for a call back to get this taken care of.

It has been 3-5 business days and still no call. I have not been able to check my emails going on 2 weeks now. I have been with AOL for several years and never had a problem until now.

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Barbara Nester

Jan 23, 2016
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I have always enjoyed all your articles that you print, until tonight. I wanted to watch what i thought was a story of a cat and a dog. When i clicked on, what i got was pure porno. I am not a prude but i do not go for that.

I did not watch it except to see that it was a Facebook article. I do not subscribe to any of those things and i don't want to see anymore. These are my thoughts and complaint about AOL.

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Clark Mixon

Jan 20, 2016
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My problem is not with AOL, it is with Computer Checkup. Computer Checkup will not through its entirety. Mid way through the scan you get an "unexpected internal error". To complete a Computer Checkup Scan one must run each individual program comprised of Computer Checkup.

Since we are paying a monthly fee for this capability, surely it can be fixed to run on Windows 10.

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Doris Ferrell

Jan 19, 2016
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I am tired of the aol saying opps need to restart. I have been having this problem for a while and been letting it slide. If it keeps up i am going with another company.

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Rich

Jan 13, 2016
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When I open up a news item of interest, the large photo screen remains black with a yellow circle spinning. What do I do to resolve this problem? I need to contact AOL customer service to complain, but there is no number listed on their website.

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Charles Schmidt

Jan 2, 2016
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I use AOL browser a lot and use eBay, Last week alot of the script used in ebay, now small blue color script and cannot be read on an iPad or iPhone.

However if another browser is used such as outlook or MSN the script is OK, I think some other sites in addition to EBAY have the same problem. I have been paying for AOL for years and this has never happened before.

Also, I do not like the new format of aol that appeared on my computer today. I would like it reversed to the old way.

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Cornelia C Moynihan

Dec 23, 2015
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Today AOL offered a chance to vote on the question of women's abortion rights. The choices were slanted -- specifically "Would you support women's health clinics if abortions were not paid for by the government?" Outrageous.

All women's health issues should be covered, including anything to do with reproduction. Not all fetuses are perfectly created -- Mother Nature often provides for such mistakes with what is termed miscarriage or spontaneous abortion. At other times a dead or non-viable fetus remains for nine months in the womb. Before Roe v. Wade, a woman in such a situation had to get certification from two psychiatrists that she should be allowed to have an abortion, and it was still often difficult to find a qualified physician to perform it, even in towns with highly educated…

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biker_tom2@aol.com

Dec 13, 2015
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I loaded their latest AOL Shield software. I found out with AOL Shield software running, it would screw up the Charts of Account in QuickBooks-on-line. I could not use any of the drop down menus. I uninstalled AOL Shield and then they started working.

I thought you should be aware of this problem. AOL Shield does not work well with QuickBooks on line.

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Revonna King

Dec 10, 2015
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Until now, I have never had trouble signing into my email account. My password has been changed by someone. I called customer service today 12/10/15 and spoke with Claire. She asked me about the security question, but it was wrong. I asked to speak with a manager and she put me on hold 5 minutes, came back and said manager was busy. She told me unless I answer the question, there is no way to access my account. There has to be another way.

I have very important attorney papers I need from my email I cannot lose. I can be reached at 469-554-3219. If someone doesn't remember their security question, then what do they do? I fear I have been hacked and my information changed. If AOL looks through my email, surely they will see everything addressed to me, but that AOL customer service could…

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Noele Filius

Dec 8, 2015
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Enough with your popping videos. I want to check the weather in my town. Can't anymore, Katy Perry and an add from GM compete loudly against each other and no delete button to shut them up and finally see the weather information.

I want to read an interesting blog. Can't anymore, a very loud video pops up and scared the daylights out of me. Where is the enjoyment in that? If AOL is trying to tell me that I have to pay to watch what it displays, then say so and I can make an enlightened decision.

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Cliff Shepard

Nov 4, 2015
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On Monday, Nov 2, 2015, I started a chat with Tech Nathaniel Rein. My problem was I could not get Google to search when I pressed the search button. I answered several questions including what operating system I was using which was Windows XP. I had version 9.7 and he told me I had to update to 9.8.1 and that he would take care of it if I gave him control of my computer, which I did. He proceeded to get rid of my old AOL files, among other things, and then turned me over to John (didn't get his last name) who proceeded to install version 9.8.1 which was successful, to a point since I now could google. However, when I went to Facebook and my bank Wells Fargo, it was formatted.

The next day, Nov 3, 2015, I started a chat with Joel C concerning my current problem who informed me 9.8.1 was…

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Fred Dettmer

Oct 30, 2015
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Ever since AOL modified its program in the wake of the issuance of Windows 10, it has been incredibly difficult and risky to try to write emails. A variety of keystrokes, which do not seem to follow any consistent pattern, cause AOL to sign off, eliminating the email being drafted. It has gotten to the point where I am forced to draft my emails off-line (i.e., in my word processing program) and then paste the text into an email box on AOL.

Even that sometimes fails because the act of pasting the text into an email can cause AOL to sign off. Some of the keystrokes that have caused AOL to sign off include up, down, left and right arrows, backspacing, "ctrl + any letter", tab, etc. I have written to AOL twice about the problem and gotten back each time an automated response assuring me the…

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Byron Jones

Oct 30, 2015
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Just spent over 2 hours writing a very difficult and complicated email to a client. just as I was getting ready to send it something erased the entire email except for the address of the recipient. I am absolutely furious.

I can find no way to restore the info. I can not believe there is not a two step process that can stop an accidental deletion of an entire email or at the very least a way to recover info that just suddenly vanishes.

Now that I look online I see more AOL complaints than I can count. Wow!

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Jerry S. Donehoo

Oct 29, 2015
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When I try to send or receive an e-mail, AOL mail goes off line. Ever time I type a letter "AB or C" AOL goes off line. When advertisements are loading AOL goes off line. I do not have any trouble when the advertisements are not running.

It is only when the advertisements are running that the problems occur. I can write in the body of the e-mail without any problems but when I try to address my e-mail AOL goes off line. It is very frustrating.

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Michael Desparte

Oct 26, 2015
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When I type an address of someone I want to send an email to. Most of the time I cannot type anything. com as if it were going to send it to aol. Then I try to erase the aol part and I cannot erase it.

I get the little blue rotating circle. then it stops and the "go ahead and type indicator shows up again" and I then try to type, and nothing happens. I am lucky if I can type a full address within a half hour.

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Robert F. Lucas

Oct 17, 2015
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For no reason my AOL email will not load. I have jumped through every hoop to get it resolved on line. Seven calls to "Tech Support" have met with waiting times of 11 to 30 minutes with no connection. The password and security questions have not changes for many years.

However aol keeps stating that the password is incorrect and that it cannot identify me as the user of the Genserve account.

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Stanley Raber

Oct 17, 2015
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Recently my AOL "Welcome" page has been changed. Now, above the daily news highlights, is a series of advertisements that I never asked for and do not want to have. I followed the instructions to eliminate them. The response I received is that I cannot eliminate them. These advertisements that AOL is putting on my AOL desktop are paid advertisements, paid to AOL. I am paying AOL $300 every year for my Email service.

I am insulted that AOL takes my money and then sends massive advertisement to me. I would appreciate if you can totally remove these advertisements from my Email. If you refuse to do this I will file a complaint with the FCC. You are violating my privacy with these advertisements.

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Alan Pryor

Oct 3, 2015
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Within the last 5 or 6 months the following: Way to many ads. Trying to opt out of ads causes AOL to jump around, while you are trying to read an article it switches you to another article, page, or an ad.

AOL e-mail sign in page pops up while viewing news and when you try to back-space to where you were it kicks you out. Trouble opening AOL.

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Marc Gifford

Sep 7, 2015
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I have been with AOL since the beginning. I refer to the news 2 or three times a day, everyday. I do not like having to wait for Hillary Clinton finish her advertising lies before I can read or view a news article..

Why do you not have the stop in 5 seconds her. She makes me sick. I am considering changing provider because being forced to see here all of the time.

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Carl Hancuff

Sep 6, 2015
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Very unhappy with AOL. e. NCAA football scores) and get your page that say's "The web address I entered could not be found" So, I go to BING - type in the same information and get the answers to what I want.

If you can't and or won't address this I will use another engine! Fed Up!

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patricia carroll

Sep 6, 2015
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Been calling AOL tech support since August 14, 16, 18, 22 and Sept. 5. No resolution. Was transferred to level 3 tech support in Rochester, NY tonight. m. m. Recorded message kept telling me to hand & someone would answer soon.

I held on over an hour. Pretty poor service for a paying customer.

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gene hudson

Sep 3, 2015
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I used to have a paid account but several years ago I realized I was paying for nothing. Tech support is useless, mail doesn't work half the time, today service is so slow I feel like im on dial up modem from 20 years ago.

From what I can see and read AOL doesn't seem to give a rats ass and they just keep getting worse and worse. Trying to load something like Huffington Post is useless. It usually will lock up then reloads with the big "Whoops" page 3 or 4 times.

Just close your doors AOL, you haven't kept up with the times and your service sucks.

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Joan Irwin

Aug 30, 2015
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AOL installed itself without my permission. I leave my system on standby for updates from MS, so it's online 24/7. I activated my screen and saw the AOL icon on my task bar. YOU do not have the right to self install.

My typing skills suffer when I am mad... I don't want to see this happen again; are we clear?

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Teresa Whtie

Aug 26, 2015
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It appears that there was a service change to AOL in January where they bill you twice as much for twice the crappy service. It was getting to the point I couldn't switch between emails and every time I went into email, it would freeze. It was so frustrating!

Then when I cancelled the day they billed my account, my money wasn't refunded. AOL is a crook and a crock in my opinion. No wonder it is a dying breed-crappy service for a high cost. Google mail here I come.

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Misty Browning

Aug 19, 2015
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Today, I was speaking with "Alex". My initial call concerned being unable to find an old list. Alex did not think I could find it on my own so he took "control" of my computer and we made a new one.

I was curious and found out that all he had to do for me to find the old list was to instruct me to type the name of the list in the search window. I mentioned this to him and he told me that it was easier for him to do it himself than for him to tell me this simple step.

Second, I explained to him that I did not like the AOL version I am using and asked how I might change it. Again, he alluded that I would not be able to do this without technical assistance. I thought this was presumptuous of him.

So, I asked him where he was from. That's when he hung up in my face.

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John T. Brown

Jul 2, 2015
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Ad banners cover the story displayed making the story un-readable. Ad links require the reader of an article to keep juggling up and down to change pages. Ad links often are placed ware the next page icon should be regrinding the article reader to keep searching for the right icon and often it does not get you to the next page of the article.

Often when you do manage to get to the next page the image keeps jumping up and down. Whoever designed and approved these new pages should be fired and bared from ever doing computer design again.

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JOHN URICH

Jun 22, 2015
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My complaint involves AOL's Super Anti Spyware. No one including the technical support personnel can install this product on my computer. They took control of my computer for a hour or more and failed. It downloaded the software to my e-mail address but would not accept my e-mail address as valid to complete the installation. Upon returning from 2 months of rehab recovering from open heart surgery I discovered they have been billing me $3.99 a month for software that AOL can't install. I cancelled the spyware package and requested a full refund. They offered only a $3.99 for the current month.

Given the amount of my total monthly bill i wonder why they are encouraging me to find another service supplier who knows how to treat customers better. I don't believe AOL should be permitted to…

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Donna Carrasquillo

May 18, 2015
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First, allow me to explain to you that there are alot of times I do go to married chat rooms. These rooms are a great stress relief and a place where I meet my friends to chat with.

However, you have several people in these chat rooms who freeze a person screen.

Also give viruses where it messes up your computer. There is a person in a few of the rooms, JJ, who is rude, disgusting, and takes control over the entire room. I just can't believe with these type of complaints no one investigates these rooms and takes their aol rights away from them.

They disrupt the entire rooms, nasty words and threats.

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Frank & Sharon DeBellis

May 14, 2015
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Main computer windows works fine. I have an iPad and approximately 2 hours ago went to internet and received an error message which doesn't allow me to do anything. Windows Firewall Warning *** your computer may have adware/spyware virus *** call 1-844-415-0000 which apparently is a bogus number according to reviews of this number on the internet. I called AOL and waited on the line 25 minutes and someone answered and then I was disconnected.

--Initially calling the 844-415-0000 4 times I was disconnected when I asked who I was speaking to. A person named Matthew called be back from 844-416-7294, said he was the manager and switched me over to another person in Illinois who kept putting me on hold as he couldn't help and then was disconnected again. Talked with another person John Martin…

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Judy Anderson

May 8, 2015
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The local news doesn't display local news, everything happening elsewhere. Get my local news back to local.

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Ron Suydam

Apr 20, 2015
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Today when I signed on to aol I could not get a picture on the info in the center of the screen (1 to 40). There is writing next to them but no picture.

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Olympia Zimms

Apr 8, 2015
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There are far to many adds that are covering full news stories and where the corner close ad choice does not close the ad rather it often has no choice to close the advertisement at all. This is getting to the point where what you offer is nothing but advertising as though you have gone the way of television and radio...PLEASE reduce these on our welcome page ASAP. I am considering switching to Bing or Google as my home base for searching and emailing if this problem does not get solved.

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Lloyd Cook

Apr 7, 2015
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Cancelled my AOL Broadband service in January 2015. Continued to receive billing for a service that was not provided. Went on lie after cancelling service with message stating the service was not active. Initlially disputed charge with credit card carrier in January, informed may be off the billing cycle for AOL, paid bill only to to receive another bill from AOL.

The credit card company processed the dispute and denied payment. 90 in charges and that my now cancelled account fro the last 3 months was suspended and that I needed to pay the bill. We did pay the bill, but was not pleased with the process.

We have not used this service for quite some time, but neglected to cancel the service previously, for which I take full responsibility for. I suspect this may be true for a number of…

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Shiela Mack

Apr 6, 2015
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Fraud companies are pulling my email account and using my background loan information to threaten me. Stating that I will be arrested. Calling my employer,and myself with verbal threats demanding payments. Again they were able to pull my online information and using it against me.

I have changed my log in sign-in over and over again, what else? Can I receive a new account?

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Jane Rose

Apr 5, 2015
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I paid for live help on the phone from Aol and I have been on hold for 43 minutes waiting for someone to pick up and help me. so far all i hear is some terrible music that is loud and annoying. You have charged me for this service and I am getting no service at all!

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christopher foster

Apr 3, 2015
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I have had my account invalidated i can not sighn on get to my emails as im looking for work and gave this email to companys i find it so frustrating that they can just take my email account away no waring or prior communications i have broken no rules or terms of contract , i have had this email account for over 14 years plz could some one help me with this ?

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Dorothy J. Meyer

Mar 31, 2015
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For the past couple of weeks aol is not responding or there is a long wait until it finally does respond. I have just had a computer scan and there doesn'y seem to be anything wrong - so please tell me what is going on.

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Gina

Mar 30, 2015
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Ive been on hold over an hour on TWO different phones and the music being played is really disturbing. I had to put my phone on speaker because who can sit and wait this long for a representative without going on with their lives.

Your music is morbid and these wait times are unacceptable especially since I pay you $13 a month for what you claim is FREE EMAIL. I call once a week and go through this on hold for an hour thing before Ive had enough and hang up.

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Don Punkka

Mar 26, 2015
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I went to my address book to find an address, I opened it up and found that my address book now contained HUNDREDS of addresses listed. 9 % strange addresses to me and all seemed to come from Yahoo members.

My computer has been invaded. I just spent an hour deleting these addresses one by one and haven't made a dent. The only thing I can see is to cancel my AOL and start a new E mail account. I do not want to do this as I have nearly 20 years of advertising with this address and losing this address will cost me a great deal of money.

What do I do and how did this happen?

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Ronald Hagenbarth

Mar 25, 2015
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3/25/15, 4:15 PM. I called AOL approximately 1:30, was advised an advanced technician would call me about 2:00 PM. No one called! For at least three or four weeks the AOL CALENDAR will not save or give a reminder for the day or date I chose, really aggravating. AOL always has had problems with the calendar. It says a server error occurred. AOL quite often come up with a prompt that AOL had incurred a problem, will resolve the issue, stand by. I then have to wait, sign in again. 'ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO CLOSE ALL THE TABS IN THIS WINDOW?’ If we go to the effort to close out the tabs, let us do it! Don’t make us go thru other motions. If we made a mistake, we will learn by it.

Since AOL took control of my computer to fix one of their other issues, I now have to go thru agonizing motions to…

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Neil Polson

Mar 23, 2015
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I have been unable access my account and to get hold of anyone from AOL for 3 days!!!!

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salvatore lombardo

Mar 23, 2015
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i picked up a virus on aol yesterday i didn't open it but it popped up it was called some kinda shield i been with aol since it began over 30 yrs ago at least i am a 71 yr old male,i am on my mack now because my gate way all in one isn't working any more i been on aol tonight fooling with your tec support we went threw various steps to try and resolve this issue after over 4 hrs of working on it it finally stopped working i was talking to a supervisor in tech support names leanord l with nothing working after be frustrated.

he said there wasn't anything else they could do and gave me the number for the billing dept said it opened at 8 am so at 8 i called them they kept telling me it was my fault. i sure am not a computer wiz then they sent me to software dept i got hung up on in there…

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Peter Groot

Mar 19, 2015
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AOL Answers since March 1 (18 days ago) has not allowed sign in with AOL screen name and password. Daily complaints via Feedback have had no reply.

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Bob Balazs

Mar 17, 2015
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I received a notice that AOL will start charging $750 PM after the 16 of April. After that a series of new connect was demonstrated, and now my emails are interrupted slowed down. At times I can not receive or discard messages.

It really a disgusting mess.

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E.Venezio

Mar 16, 2015
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I have registered a complaint to the ftc about this ongoing problem. All of the mail I send to the Aol folks is being returned to me by you folks. Yet all of their mail (Aol mail) is delivered to me.

Seems myself and friends are paying for a service and not receiving it.

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Roslyn Mangini

Mar 8, 2015
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I received an e-mail stating my Aol service I have was being increased to $23.09 it is now $20.99. When I started with AOL my service was free. I am finding it hard to pay the $20.99 as I am a widow on Social Security and really cannot afford what I am paying. I know people who do not pay for the AOL service they have.

I don't know why I have to pay for mine. I had a computer and had Mc Afee but I have a Apple laptop for the last 5 years. I also do not use other features. I just use your face page. I would like to keep AoL but the price is too high. Please answer me ASAP, as I have tried calling for two days and they have told me I would have to wait on the line for 25 minutes. Not happy that I could not talk to anyone.

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Lucy Quinn

Mar 1, 2015
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com. Since AOL never gave me a new email address, I do not have a good one,so I gave the old AOL address. Now, after writing a complaint on this issue, I got a message that they would have to check my identity at my email address (which is the old AOL one which is no good).

Therefore, my complaint will go nowhere and hundreds if not thousands of people will be right royally screwed by AOL's incompetence and lack of caring about the kind of job they do.

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tharacheril george

Feb 26, 2015
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I am aol user for long time but yesterday I could not use it due to poor care about customer. I need to talk someone who can change this attitude and fix my problems. I need to open my aol mail.

you are descrimating with age and race.

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s mills

Jan 27, 2015
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Used AOL mail for 20 years. I have a personal account and bc of recent lay off created a professional email account for linkedin and on my resume submittals. As of yesterday I am not able to access the professional account and when I call both the tech #s I am stuck in a loop to provide my phone # which I would not include in my profile.

Tried everything to get to a live person w no success. I emailed my complaint to AOL via my personal email account. that was over 24 hours ago and still no response. I am in the middle of setting up interviews etc and now this??? Really AOL?

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