[packetized]

That you would have to communicate this to a customer via HN is pretty damning.

[nixgeek]

Au contraire, I sincerely appreciate the personal touch. Probably nothing to do with them, but he’s offered a conduit for them to send additional details, and committed to looking into it. That’s more than OP seems to have got through official channels.

Every company of some size has “WTF” edge cases, IMO it matters how we handle them, even if sometimes handling it takes an unusual or unofficial form.

[packetized]

The fact that the OP had to resort to unofficial channels to get satisfaction is the problem, full stop.

[mirimir]

Actually, it's better than the norm. I've seen many stories like this where nobody reached out.

[packetized]

I would say that is much more damning of their state of customer interest.

[mirimir]

I don't disagree.

It's just that I don't recall seeing anyone from Google or PayPal reaching out like that.