Virgin Mobile sucks
I sent the letter below to the CEO of Vigin Mobile over a month ago. Thus far, there has been no response. Can anyone suggest a decent, inexpensive prepaid cell phone service?
Category Archives: Consumer activism
Why we’ve stopped buying red meat
My wife and I have recently made the decision that, at least for the time being, we will no longer buy any Kosher butchered red meat (although we will probably continue to eat red meat out of our house and buy pre-prepared fleishig foods). I am writing this article to explain our decision, to (a)… Read More: Why we’ve stopped buying red meat »
“American Friends of Tzohar”: disreputable, money-wasting charity
As I’ve written previously, I’ve been trying for almost a year to eliminate junk mail from my mailbox. The main strategy I use for this is, quite simply, to ask the organizations that send me junk mail to stop, and to escalate my request when it goes unheeded. In extreme cases, where the escalation is… Read More: “American Friends of Tzohar”: disreputable, money-wasting charity »
Fighting junk mail, one envelope at a time
Do you get a lot of junk mail? I mean the kind that arrives on paper through the able ministrations of the U.S. Postal Service, not the kind that arrives via email. You know, mail-order catalogs, promotions from the phone company, requests for money from charities, that sort of thing. Do you throw most of… Read More: Fighting junk mail, one envelope at a time »
Fascinating phishing attack — the links are fine, but watch out for the toll-free number!
A phishing message in my spam folder caught my eye today, so I decided to take a closer look at it. It claimed to be from CapitalOne. It had a legitimate sender address, a legitimate Subject line (“Please Call Us Regarding Recent Restrictions”), and convincing-looking content that was mostly lifted straight from a real CapitalOne… Read More: Fascinating phishing attack — the links are fine, but watch… »
Target vs. Dillard’s
Several years ago, a Target store opened near us in Watertown, Massachusetts. Having grown up in Minneapolis, I had fond memories of Target and hoped that this meant we would finally have a tolerable department store near us. To say that I’ve been disappointed by our local Target would be a monumental understatement.
Continental: $billion, multi-national corporation, doesn’t get that not everybody uses Microsoft
I recently checked in for a flight on Continental Airlines through my PDA. It’s very cool that Continental has a way for people to do this. At the end of the check-in process, I was asked whether I wanted to pick up my boarding pass at a kiosk, have it emailed to me for printing,… Read More: Continental: $billion, multi-national corporation, doesn’t get that not everybody uses… »
Galen Gruman collects email addresses for InfoWorld and IDG to spam
Some time ago, author Galen Gruman, an Executive Editor at InfoWorld, started a petition demanding that Microsoft continue to sell Windows XP past the time when they had originally intended to stop, on the grounds that many individuals and businesses saw no need to switch to Windows Vista and shouldn’t be forced to do so.… Read More: Galen Gruman collects email addresses for InfoWorld and IDG to… »
Shout-out for compactappliance.com
I heartily recommend compactappliance.com for all your compact appliance needs — wine refrigerators, beverage coolers, ice makers, compact refrigerators, portable air conditioners, dehumidifiers, window air conditioners, combo washer dryers, 12 volt travel coolers, and many others. Let me tell you why.
Verizon: “Orange didn’t work, let’s try blue!”
As a followup to my previous blog entry about stupid, deceptive advertising from Verizon, I got this envelope in the mail from Verizon the other day: Apparently the brilliant marketing folks at Verizon figured, “Well, gee, orange didn’t work, so let’s try blue!” What a bunch of idiots.