How the HELL does one contact Google?

ScreamSlasher5X · January 18, 2020

Alright I have something serious that I really need help with. For years I have had problems with my email. Getting other peoples emails and people messing with my stuff. I have too much at stake with the email that I cannot just swap everything over. My email is Gmail. My issue is Google DOESN'T allow you to contact them. How in the F am I suppose to sort this issue?

Bombastinator · January 18, 2020

30 minutes ago, ScreamSlasher5X said:

Alright I have something serious that I really need help with. For years I have had problems with my email. Getting other peoples emails and people messing with my stuff. I have too much at stake with the email that I cannot just swap everything over. My email is Gmail. My issue is Google DOESN'T allow you to contact them. How in the F am I suppose to sort this issue?

I’ve Had the same problem as well for a long time. I’ve been meaning to dump Gmail for years. I’ve tried to contact them and gave up. I’ve resigned myself to having to swap email addresses and providers. It’s a huge PITA ive been avoiding.

Recently it’s become a major concern as critical emails are going into a file I can’t access except through search, and I only get the top hits for search so my search has to be very accurate to even know they are there.

My gmail addresses are very old. I was an early adopter. “Back when ‘don’t be evil’ was the company slogan.

Bramimond · January 18, 2020

You have to sue them. Or post a story on Hackernews and get it to be trending.

January 18, 2020

Android phone?

Just say "hey google" and ask for a contact number or something.

TempestCatto · January 18, 2020

You'll have to go here https://support.google.com/mail/community?hl=en

Which likely won't do too much good. But good luck.

ARikozuM · January 18, 2020

Just type anything into anything anywhere. They're tracking everything you do, everyone you do, and everywhere you do.

ScreamSlasher5X · January 18, 2020

22 minutes ago, TempestCatto said:

You'll have to go here https://support.google.com/mail/community?hl=en

Which likely won't do too much good. But good luck.

@TempestCatto You're right it isn't any good. Not because the link you shared isn't any good but the support is fucking terrible. I admittedly used it over a year ago, twice, and got little to no help. From what I could see no Google employee actually even uses that place and it's run by community members which either off nothing or very little. I basically got told what I already knew and that there wasn't really a whole lot I could do. I get Google has over a billion people using their services but it's a scandal that they have nothing outside shitty useless automated customer support.