First of all, I take spam very seriously. Since I get about 40-50 spam emails per day, I’ve established a few procedures I use on a daily basis that help reduce the amount I am personally exposed to:
Reduce the spam:
Trust no one. If I’m on a website that asks for my email address in order [...]
“Rebate promotion may increase price of bed.”
That’s contained within the fine print at the bottom of the screen during the commercial for a Craftmatic adjustable bed. The way the deal is presented is that you, the consumer, calls a toll-free number to get some information pack about the bed. In the packet is a $200 [...]
During my annual review of every finite detail of all my accounts (banking, credit, and retirement included), I found something I thought odd — I had a balance on my business Citibank card account, even though I expected to see a zero balance.
The entire balance from the July 18 statement was paid in full, received, [...]
I’ve been trying for a couple of years to get one of my 401(k) accounts rolled over to one of my other retirement accounts. Granted, I haven’t been trying all that hard, because it’s not a terribly difficult process. I just hate dealing with paperwork and bureaucracies.
Most of my efforts have been concentrated on the [...]
I noticed two odd refunds on my Citibank credit card bills last month — both from Schwartz Settlement Refund in the amounts of $1.97 and $6.85. Of course, so did hundreds of other bloggers around the web, most with refunds in the range of $0.03 to $0.73. I paused a while on the hunt for [...]
An update!
Another client has seen the light and has decided to pay in accordance with the compromise I proposed. Woohoo!
That, and the shopping cart application is coming along well, albeit slowly. I’ve been doing some side research on the ‘net and I have seen many message boards clamoring for simple features and simple integration, yet [...]
My difficulties in getting an ex-client to pay for services rendered were alleviated in part due to my posting my grievances here on my blog. The ex-client, who is running for political office, was sent a link to my complaints about her most likely by a constituent or friend. Within days I had resolved the [...]
When ItsYourDomain deleted my domain and made me pay a huge ransom to get it back, it took several days of emails to get a resolution.
Excerpted below is Ted Cucci’s reply:
Richard, I have tried to explain to you numerous times how the whole domain thing works. You purchased your domain through an affiliate who resells [...]
I have a complaint about the way my family and I were treated at the American Airlines Admirals Club in San Jose, CA on November 17, 2003.
My parents and I were ticketed for American Airlines non-stop flight 268 from San Jose, CA to Boston, MA with a scheduled departure of 1:30 p.m. We arrived at [...]
I received this response to my recent email, another episode in the continuing saga of my dealings with an ex-client:
I am sorry that you feel this way. I have been asking for months for you to call me to discuss your contract, and you have chosen not to do so. Thank you for the information [...]
