Imagine my surprise when today I opened my statement for my business savings account XXXXXXX (an activity I do only a few times a year as there should be no activity in the account whatsoever) only to find that the balance is negative $19.83. Yup, that’s right — $19.83 less than $0.
On April 13, 2005, I went to the Wells Fargo branch office within Safeway at [street] and [street] in [city], California to make a deposit into my business checking account (XXX-XXXXXXX).
The teller took my deposit and noticed that my business accounts consisted of only a checking account and a line of credit. She said that [...]
I have been a loyal, long-time customer of Citibank for many years, always feeling safe when purchasing goods in brick-and-mortar stores or shopping online because Citibank has always been in my corner in the fight against fraud.
Until now.
When Day and Night Furnace Company refused to refund $4,100 paid by Citibank credit card account number XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX [...]
Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart, based the cornerstone of his marketing campaign in the mid-80s on “Made in America”, offering to pay 5% more for goods manufactured in the United States — a practice and ethic long gone at the world’s largest retail store. Today, consulting firm Retail Forward estimates that 50% to 60% [...]
Or maybe even a slave to it…
I’m in the middle of one of the worst tax seasons I’ve ever had. Despite making much less than half of normal, it looks like I’m going to have to fork over some pocket change to the IRS, all thanks to that nasty bìtçh called self-employment tax. Under the [...]
Two weekends ago, I decided that our family was going to have a monthly mandatory “field trip”, an educational outing that combines a bit of local history with a sprinkle of fun. Our inaugural excursion was to Lou’s Living Donut Museum near downtown San Jose, California.
The original Lou was one Lucius Ades, a decorated World [...]
One of my regular visitors read the article about the no-talent web designer and decided to let them know about my observations. Looking back, I wish he hadn’t.
Just because you have a knife doesn’t make you a surgeon. Just because you have a wrench doesn’t make you an auto mechanic. And, just because you have a computer, Photoshop, a lot of time on your hands, and an Internet connection doesn’t make you a web designer.
