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  • Pipeline Data Releases Quarterly Statement

    Here’s a bit of news that’s bound to bring a tear to the eye of any current or former customers of Pipeline Data, Inc. whose experience may have been similar to mine. In it’s latest quarterly ’10-Q’ report, which the company must publicly release by law, they reveal that things didn’t go so well during…

  • 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…

  • 514-288-0420: Persistent Pests From ‘Opinion Search’

    It’s been a while since I have posted here about junk phone calls. I’ve been busy with other projects and have not had much time to post updates here, but since these people from ‘Opinion Search’ were so determined to reach me, I decided I’d give them a little press, so to speak. It started…

  • Small Online Businesses Beware of Scammers

    [Recipients of these messages originating from gmail.com addresses can report these abuses to abuse@google.com or mail-support@google.com which may result in the termination of their account] As I’ve mentioned before, we have a small retail business where we sell hobby-related products through a website. It’s not a big money-maker, but it does offer some nice additional…

  • 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…

  • Details of TJX Hacking Fiasco Come To Light

    Law enforcement has managed to round up 11 criminals who were behind the massive computer hacking scheme that resulted in the theft of millions of credit and debit card numbers as well as other personal information from retail giant TJX. Back when I first learned about the scheme, I posted that TJX needed a good…

  • 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…

  • Serious Internet Bug Causes Concern

    News has been coming out on some of the big media sites (see CNN) about a serious flaw that allows hackers to control how traffic is routed on the internet. I’m not sure what took the media so long to catch this story, but this is something that has been known for a while, and…

  • A Good Way To Quickly End Political Poll Telephone Calls?

    It’s no secret that I pretty much hate telephone calls from anyone but family and friends. There are of course exceptions, doctor’s offices confirming appointments, employers, someone advising you that you won the lottery — that kind of thing. Although I dislike receiving calls from those political pollsters, I don’t dislike them as much as…

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