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The Seedy Side of The Net, Part 1
No, I’m not talking about sites that feature pornography or other subjects that may be considered offensive to large segments of the population. Although the creators of these sites often figure very prominently in the schemes I will be talking about. Although some old-time internet purists probably still lament any commercialization of the internet whatsoever,…
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TracFone Sucks (Badly!)
Is it just me? Am I the only one around that is just completely and totally fed up with our global-all-things-to-all-people-call-our-overseas-call-center-and-everything-will-be-just-peachy corporate customer service push-button society? You’d think that with all the technology at our disposal and all the advancements made in recent decades, that we’d be getting the best-ever service from companies we decide…
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TracFone Warning
A while back I got tired of sending money to my cell phone provider every month for the grand privilege of carrying a cell phone around with me. I would not have been so bothered by it if it was something I used every day or perhaps even every week. I’m not a typical cell…
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Toshiba Sucks
During August of 2004 I purchased a Toshiba Satellite A65-S1662 laptop computer. If you’re in a hurry and don’t feel like reading this entire post, let me save you some time and just advise you to stay clear of Toshiba laptops and buy something better. There now, go back to your research. My Toshiba laptop…
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AOL: Internet Dinosaur Tries To Remain Relevent
Good customer service is something that seems to be in very short supply these days. I’ve always valued good customer service and I have a small group of favorite companies I like to do business with because I have had good experiences with them. It’s not a large list, but these companies have earned my…
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Sweepstakes Clearinghouse Sends Latest Deceptive Mailing
The latest dirt bags sending a deceptive mailing to my house is an outfit going by the name of Sweepstakes Clearinghouse with an address of 1555 Regal Row, PO Box 569600, Dallas, Texas 75356-9931. Notice the old trick they use by showing the ‘To The Order Of’ through the address window to make it look…
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More Deceptive Sleaze Bag Mailings
I got this one a while ago and it ended up in my shredder pile for a month or so. Since I never throw away anything intact with my name or address on it, I usually throw incoming junk mail into a pile that is destined for the shredder the next time I get around…
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National Awards Commission Weasels Try To Separate Me From My Money
The latest sleazy sweepstakes offer to arrive at my home via U.S. Mail is from an outfit calling themselves ‘National Awards Commission.’ They list a return address of P.O. Box 219800, Kansas City, MO 64121-9800. As you can see their deception starts with their name, as they are obviously using a name like that to…
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Penny Stock Crap Flood Continutes
They really are pumping PPTL up like crazy. Some scumbags(s) must really need to unload a boatload of this stock in a big way. I received four seperate spam messages on this stock yesterday, and those are just the ones that made it through the spam filters, so I suspect there were probably more that…
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No More Dell For Me
I’ve decided I will not being doing business with Dell any more. And probably not for the reasons you might suspect. Technically, I did not actually buy anything from them and never have. My mother-in-law was recently in need of a new PC and since I have heard good things about Dell desktops in the…
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