Consumer Karma

Category: Consumer

  • Hate Obnoxious Salespeople? Stay Away From Quicken Loans!

    I’m getting better at trusting my instincts these days, and most of the time it serves me well. That certainly was the case during my dealings with Quicken Loans very recently. As you may have noticed, mortgage interest rates have dipped again lately and are looking quite reasonable. Having missed out on the last round…

  • Cool Product For Avoiding Traffic Tickets

    Sometimes I just stumble upon and a product that I think is so cool that I just have to write about it somewhere. My big problem with this particular product is that I really have no use for it. But I guess I won’t let that stop me from telling others about it. The product…

  • Timely Advice: Read The Fine Print!

    I was watching the local Fox channel’s morning news show this morning and they were talking a little about deceptive advertising. If you have read some of the other stuff I have posted here, you’ll know that is one of my favorite topics. The show featured a fellow who operates a web site on the…

  • More Scam E-Mail Messages

    It’s been a while since I have posted any information regarding e-mail scams. Frankly, I just got a bit sick of the same old scams arriving in my inbox all the time and I shut off the e-mail account that was attracting most of it. Just today one of my other e-mail accounts picked up…

  • It Definitely Pays To Shop Around, Part 2

    Here’s another good example of why it pays to shop around. I was quite amazed to see how much I was able to save on auto insurance by switching to another company, With my oldest son newly licensed this year, I was warned by my insurance agent that the we would be paying more for…

  • UK Lottery Scam E-Mail

    Since I have eliminated most of my e-mail addresses that were receiving lots of spam, I was a bit surprised to see a new scam e-mail show up at one of my e-mail addresses. I have heard about these lottery scams before and have even received a few of them in the past, but this…

  • BeyondWireless: So Far So Good

    The new BeyondWireless phone has been activated and seems to be working fine. The guy in the “porting” department called me as promised to let me know the number from the old TracFone phone has been moved to the new phone. (Bye-bye TracFone, you will not be missed!) He also activated it for me, which…

  • Cell Phone Update

    After some searching for another prepaid wireless provider that would work in my area, I settled on BeyondWireless. Looks the costs will be pretty close to TracFone, maybe even a little cheaper. I ordered the phone from their website and received it in a couple of days. Since we wanted to continue using the same phone…

  • It Definitely Pays To Shop Around, Part 1

    I hate to admit it here, but I’ve never been much of a “shop around” guy when it comes to certain things. Sure, when I am looking for a new toy, I do tend to spend a lot of time researching and shopping around for the best price. However, when it comes to those mandatory…

  • Choosing A Service: The Lesser of Two Evils

    If you have read much more if this blog, you’ll know that I was a TracFone customer who was completely dissatisfied with their service. We were a 3-TracFone family. Originally, we bought one for my son. Seeing how cheap it was compared to our standard cell phone plan with U.S. Cellular, we ditched the U.S.…