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Who would win: Batman or Superman?
The Dark Knight would teach Kent the new meaning of kryptonite.
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Where is that darn number?

One thing that has always bugged me about dealing with online merchants is how difficult they make it to speak with a real person when there is a problem that cannot be solved using their online resources. There is a reason they hide their toll-free numbers – it’s much cheaper for them to use automated e-mail responses or other online forms of communications than a warm body.

However, there are times when voice communication is the only solution, but some hide their telephone numbers well. So well, in fact, that only the savviest of consumers can find them buried deep inside their Web sites, and often after spending countless hours doing it.

Toward that end, here are the top five hardest to find 1-800 numbers for online-based companies:

Amazon.com: 866-216-1072 for customer service; 877-251-0696 for seller support.

eBay.com: 888-749-3229 or 800-322-9266 for customer service (6:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Pacific, M-F).

Yahoo.com: 866-562-7219 for customer service (6 a.m.-6 p.m. Pacific, M-F); 408-349-3300 for the corporate HQ; 866-562-7228 for billing; 866-458-8744 for tech support (6 a.m.-6 p.m. Pacific, M-F).

Google.com: 650-253-0000 for the general switchboard (press 0); 866-246-6453 for general advertising (Press 22 for a live customer rep.).

AOL.com: 888-346-3704 for customer service (keep pressing 0 until you get a person, but wait until the intro is over)

And, of course, there’s a Web site for everything - for more popular customer service phone numbers, go to www.dvdtalk.com/csr.html.


Here's your (not so) totally useless fact of the week:

A newborn baby expels the equivalent of its body weight in poop every 60 hours, or 2.5 days. If you ask any mother, it’s much more than that!


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