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Re:Google Cloud Platform free for 60 days by downandout on Sunday March 08, 2015 @07:14AM (#9165253)
Agreed. I was once wronged by Google Checkout (before it closed, obviously). I couldn't get any response at all from the company, so I called a few numbers and eventually a random developer at Google looked up and gave me the name and phone number for the director of Google Checkout. I posted the number in a few forums where other incredibly frustrated merchants were looking for help.

Instead of getting some people to respond to the messages these people apparently left, within a day, the number was disconnected. That is how they tend to deal with customer service issues.

Re:Google Cloud Platform free for 60 days by riobard on Sunday March 08, 2015 @07:29AM (#9165271)
Not to defend Google's attitude towards customer service, but you do realize it's inappropriate to post someone's work phone number as a public-facing custom support line, right?
Re:Google Cloud Platform free for 60 days by skj on Sunday March 08, 2015 @10:18AM (#9165637)
How can you possibly think that was the right thing to do here?
Re:Google Cloud Platform free for 60 days by downandout on Sunday March 08, 2015 @10:34AM (#9165681)
When you see countless stories about small businesses being seriously damaged by a service, it's hard to not want to try to help them.
Re:Google Cloud Platform free for 60 days by skj on Sunday March 08, 2015 @12:39PM (#9166123)
In no world would what you did help them. Poor judgement.