Consumer Karma

Category: Consumer

  • Pipeline Data/Secure Pay Continue To Suck

    Since my nightmarish experience with merchant account services from Pipeline Data/Secure Pay/Whatever-other-names-they-use, I have decided to keep an eye on any news regarding the company (companies?) and also watch for any other tidbits that show up from other customers. I do not easily forget experiences like the one I endured during my association with that…

  • Everyone Needs To See This Warren Buffett Interview

    The sky is falling! The sky is falling! There’s a lot of fear out there, and our friends in the media are feeding on it like a shark during a feeding frenzy. Yes, the economy is bad, and yes, unfortunately some people are losing their jobs and that really stinks. But what this is about…

  • Stickers, Stickers Everywhere!

    I wonder who had the big idea to put a little sticker on each and every vegetable or piece of fruit in the supermarket. Sure, I am exaggerating a little, since there are probably still some produce items that are not individually labeled, but probably not many! I see this kinds of stickers regularly on…

  • Just In From Delta Airlines: We Really Don’t Care!

    They say flying is no fun anymore. You have to pay extra for the food now and even for your luggage on some airlines. I am not sure if Delta Airlines is one of them, but one thing I do know is that their idea of customer service sure has taken a dive. I talked…

  • Stop Cluttering The Screen!

    I cannot remember when the trend started, but just about every television channel on the air these days has to have their logo on the screen during every program. I believe these are generally referred to has "bugs" and although a small semi-transparent bug in the lower-right corner of the screen does not bother me…

  • Watch For Zero Percent Credit Card Offers

    With all the foreclosures and credit card defaults these days, it seems the credit card companies are having a harder time signing up new customers. This can work to your advantage, and in some cases, you don’t even have to sign up for a new card. I recently used my Discover Card to make a…

  • Massachusetts ‘Cannot Afford’ Sales Tax Holiday

    Some readers may know that I am a former resident of the Bay State, commonly known as The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Sometimes I consider myself more of a refugee than just someone who decided to move away after living there all my life. Living in New Hampshire these days, I still watch a lot of…

  • Should The Oil Speculators Be Reigned In?

    These days there seems to be a lot of argument about whether or not speculators are a major factor in the rising price of oil. Speculators basically invest their money on the basis of what they think the value of something — in this case — oil, will be in the future. I traded stock…

  • Online Pharmacies: Not What You Might Think

    Like a lot of people, when I heard the phrase "online pharmacy," I would always think of all those spam e-mail messages I would get that were pitching Viagra or Cialis or some other drug or herbal supplement that would promise to dramatically increase the size of a certain part of my anatomy. Because of…