Consumerist Worst Company in America

[InOnePiece]

Friendly reminder that the deadline is tomorrow at 5pm Eastern, if you want to participate.

[JaguarX]

sooo any word on who won?

[TonyV]

Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina!


...Oh wait, maybe I'm thinking of something else.

[JaguarX]

Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina!


...Oh wait, maybe I'm thinking of something else.

Ah yes the new Pope. first one from Argentina I think.

Finally got a chance to check out website and dont see any updates so I guess they still counting the votes for consumerist.

Think they use white smoke too when the choice is made?

[FatherXmas]

Ah yes the new Pope. first one from Argentina I think.

Finally got a chance to check out website and dont see any updates so I guess they still counting the votes for consumerist.

Think they use white smoke too when the choice is made?

First one from the "New World" (first outside of Europe since Peter).  Took over 500 years.

[Taceus Jiwede]

First one from the "New World" (first outside of Europe since Peter).  Took over 500 years.

Ah what!  I voted for Bono.  He has a deep dark secret why he has to be number 1 at everything you know.

[FatherXmas]

Actually it turns out there were a few others from outside of Europe in the early days of Christianity.  My bad.

[TargetOne]

sooo any word on who won?

This was just the nominations round, where people can suggest any company they [dis]like. They'll tally the results, and in a few days will announce the companies with the most nominations, then put it up to a vote by the general public to see which one wins.

And as much as I might want to see NCsoft up there, I'm feeling no love for EA either these days. :P

[LadyWizard]

Anyone want to lay money we lose to EA after that Simcity debacle on the 5th?

[InOnePiece]

Didn't make the bracket...

http://consumerist.com/2013/03/18/here-are-your-contestants-for-the-2013-worst-company-in-america-tournament/#more-10122750

[Illusionss]

OOoooo, Paypal vs. Sallie Mae. Most of the other face-offs are pretty clear-cut, but that's a toughie.

I would totally LOL if EA took the crown three years running. Man. That's some epic craptactular right there.

[General Idiot]

Apple vs Microsoft in the first round, that's mean.

[TargetOne]

Didn't make the bracket...

I didn't expect that NCSoft would even be considered. The entire active player base of CoH was, at best, a hundred to two hundred thousand people. All the companies in the WCIA 2013 challenge, by contrast, have tens of millions of customers. Many more opportunities to piss people off.  ;D

[TargetOne]

I would totally LOL if EA took the crown three years running. Man. That's some epic craptactular right there.

EA only won once, in 2012. To be fair, the award has only been given out since 2006.

It would be great if they DID win twice in a row, though. And since the actual title of the award itself is "The Golden Poo", well... "craptacular", indeed. :D

[LadyVamp]

Bad as NCIdiocracy is, I don't think they can hold a candle to such consumer-friendly outfits as Bank of America or Direct TV, two absolute legends of craptastic behavior.

At least NCS does not try to foreclose on your paid-for house, when you never even had the mortgage financed by them in the first place.

They foreclosed on our up to date paid for game.

[TimtheEnchanter]

Apple vs Microsoft in the first round, that's mean.

Well, let's see... they both can be accused of having monopolies. Somehow I save far more money when I stay away from Apple though. Hmm...

[Segev]

Well, let's see... they both can be accused of having monopolies. Somehow I save far more money when I stay away from Apple though. Hmm...

Er, no. Since they are direct competitors, they cannot, by definition, be said to have monopolies. Duopolies, perhaps, but even then, there tend to be a number of smaller options in the field, even if they're not as influential as those two big ones.

[JaguarX]

So who won?

[Xieveral]

So who won?

Voting is still going on. From the look of it, the final round of votes may end up being between Bank of America and Electronic Arts.

[TimtheEnchanter]

Voting is still going on. From the look of it, the final round of votes may end up being between Bank of America and Electronic Arts.

The world had better be careful. They might end up partnering.