Archive for September, 2006

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 things […]

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. Cellular […]

Death of A TracFone

The airtime minutes on my TracFone expired yesterday. I will not be adding any more airtime. Ever.
I have some plans in store for my TracFone later this week, so if you like watching video of things getting destroyed you may want to come back and check it out.
Let me take this opportunity to summarize why […]

Don’t Be A Zombie

I’ll have to give credit to the spammers and other varieties of internet-dwelling lowlife for one thing: They are a damn creative bunch! They have come up with some absolutely ingenious schemes to keep the money coming in.
It used to be that a virus or worm or other nasty bit of software was released primarily […]

Yet Another Reason To Hate AOL

I had heard the stories more than once. Someone who has an internet-based business sets up a newsletter or a mailing list to stay in touch with customers and potential customers via e-mail.
After signing up and agreeing to receive the newsletter or mailing list messages, some clueless AOL user receives an e-mail message just as […]