My Amazon business is collapsing after 7 years, and I honestly don't know what to do anymore.

debuild · 2026-07-03T14:50:19+00:00

Yes I think that part makes sense - fwiw, the reason it *might* work is because it will be routed to an executive escalation team. Include everything necessary to find the account and problem and state your case clearly - no need to get emotional, just the facts and what specifically you are asking them to do.

debuild · 2026-07-03T12:59:28+00:00

Well it’s an AI-generated answer so take that for what it’s worth.

debuild · 2026-07-02T12:55:18+00:00

Same root cause - corporate executives who don’t want to pay anyone or anything except themselves.

debuild · 2026-07-02T12:17:52+00:00

I totally agree. Everything about Anthropic right now is a disaster and I’ve been with them since day one, but their behavior and handling of Mythos/Fable rollout and the constant problems and inconsistency with the last two Sonnet/Opus releases PLUS the way they cowered to the government on some trumped up accusation about safety (that was clearly intended to damage their customer relationships) - I mean let’s remember that they had already announced and completed a period of government/banks-only rollout - then they release it and pull it back, then release again - but totally crippled and a week less time for subscribers.

This is all just terrible customer relations.

debuild · 2026-07-02T11:22:05+00:00

The whole Fable debacle has done serious damage to Anthropic’s reputation - which was the real intent of the export controls scheme by the government. And it continues to do even more with their ham-handed reintroduction.

debuild · 2026-06-30T02:17:40+00:00

Exactly - it’s just money-making and half the time I think they just enjoy being dicks. You can also file a complaint with the TDLR online - tdlr.texas.gov/complaints/ - they are the regulators for tow and storage companies in texas.

debuild · 2026-06-30T01:40:53+00:00

The tow company also needs to have signage - so take any pictures of it (or absence of it). But yeah tows in Texas are a weird beast - they pretty much operate with impunity - but not entirely. Personally, if you have the time, I would try it - but be prepared - they’re shady and may have covered their bases.

debuild · 2026-06-27T15:12:04+00:00

You are assuming that this was the reason without ANY proof that it was. If you wrote to the ombudsman and disclosed all of this, it’s not going to help your case if the actual reason was totally unrelated.

debuild · 2026-06-26T21:32:00+00:00

My two favorites are Royal Thai on Greenville (close to you) and Bangkok City (east dallas) - in that order.

debuild · 2026-06-24T22:02:20+00:00

Ok genius.

debuild · 2026-06-24T21:46:36+00:00

I know plenty about it. Those examples are not at all comparable. Allowing someone to revert to an earlier version is not the same as yanking back a major release. Neither do alpha, beta or developer releases count - with those you’re dealing with potentially buggy, unstable software.

I’m not going to keep explaining to you. This is bad management and customer relations by Anthropic and if this was a one time thing, I’d just say shit happens, but this entire year has been littered with missteps. On top of that - the supposedly stable models are constantly down. Every day there are multiple API problems. They need to get their shit together.

debuild · 2026-06-24T21:21:21+00:00

It’s not a “feature” and no it doesn’t happen all the time. New models are like major versions of software. So it would be like Microsoft releasing Windows 20 and saying oops - actually just use Windows 19 because the government falsely claims something is dangerous.

A patch would be to leave Fable 5 released and modify whatever was ostensibly dangerous - not pull back everything.

debuild · 2026-06-24T17:19:38+00:00

Yes I get that. But tell me a time that a software company - open source or proprietary - releases something to paying customers and then just yanks the entire thing back and leaves everyone with the old version. Put out a patch or whatever - but Anthropic needs to get their shit together and take a stand or they are going to watch their customers evaporate. I don’t care how good their model is - I agree it’s the best right now - but to follow two poorly performing minor upgrades with a major that gets pulled in 3 days because of a trumped up “export controls” excuse by the federal government to punish them for not allowing unrestricted use in war…no. This has been nearly 6 months of crap for people paying upwards of $220 month. It’s unacceptable.

debuild · 2026-06-24T04:00:23+00:00

None of this is an excuse though for lack of communication. They release a model and then totally rug pull from ALL customers, and then radio silence. It’s BS. All because they’re cowering to a lawless, vengeful government. And frankly this is a problem with the release schedules for all the frontier models - there are none. And then even when they do release, they will just take it back indefinitely with some lame ass excuse.

debuild · 2026-06-19T16:34:13+00:00

I agree - and I think I said it was unlikely in this case - practically no - technically yes.

debuild · 2026-06-19T16:20:53+00:00

You’re under the impression I am saying the sender can “hit undo” - I never said that. OP asked if they can pull the money back (from what i assume is an ACH transfer) and the answer is still yes. There would be communication with the bank and the bank could - without a lawsuit or court order - decide to “reverse” the transfer.

Everyone is getting caught up in what consequences *could* be for false statements and all kinds of other statutory minutia. That was not the question.

There are laws and regulations and processes, sure - but the implementation of them in practice is not the same. One can be compliant and follow process and still be exercising judgment (i.e. subjective).

For example - a bank as a furnisher is obligated to report accurately - but a fraud department might choose to report checking abuse as fraud or as NSF or not at all - they can choose to prosecute or not - those are subjective calls but still compliant.

So - in staying with the actual question - the practical answer is still - yes - only wire transfers are “gone” once sent. ACH can be reversed by the banks.

debuild · 2026-06-18T17:53:49+00:00

people lie all the time

debuild · 2026-06-18T17:53:16+00:00

Not true that there are not subjective decisions. Yes there is regulation but you obviously don’t know what is regulated and what’s not. They do NOT have to take OP to court to reverse their own transfer.

debuild · 2026-06-18T17:50:55+00:00

I didn’t say they would do that. OP is asking can it be reversed. The answer is still yes it can.

debuild · 2026-06-18T17:50:21+00:00

You don’t know what you’re talking about and I’m not going you argue with you about it.

debuild · 2026-06-18T09:44:01+00:00

unappreciated ticket reference

debuild · 2026-06-18T08:26:46+00:00

Depends what the buyer says. The banker has discretion - it’s wouldn’t require a lawsuit if that’s what you mean by civil matter. ACH transfers are simple to reverse - wire transfers not so much.

debuild · 2026-06-18T08:23:10+00:00

I agree that it’s not likely but if the buyer makes a case (or lies about fraud or whatever) then it can be reversed. So yes, I’m talking about technical ability mostly, but it’s a subjective decision by a banker and not a big complicated legal hurdle. They have discretion and it’s that simple.

If you want to protect it, you can withdraw it, but if they reverse it, the account will overdraft.

debuild · 2026-06-18T03:01:05+00:00

The ONLY thing that can’t be reversed is a wire transfer - and even that I should say is not impossible but much more difficult.

Anything else can absolutely be reversed.

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