Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan deserves to lose her seat
I just sent this letter to Stewart Umholtz, the challenger to Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan in the upcoming election:
Category Archives: Consumer activism
Kudos to Intuit
I use TurboTax to do my taxes every year, and I’m signed up for Intuit’s AutoRenew program, which means that they send me the new version of TurboTax automatically every year when it comes out. I’ve got a credit card on file with them, and they charge the credit card when they ship the software.
NSTAR stops sending people paper bills, without their permission
I got this email from NSTAR on August 14:
Ford sucks; is anybody (affordable) any better?
My wife and I own a 1995 Ford Taurus, which we bought used, and a 2004 Ford Freestar, which we bought new, from Framingham Ford, in Framingham, MA. Framingham Ford has lived up to all the negative stereotypes associated with car dealerships. We will certainly never do business with them again. Furthermore, because of the… Read More: Ford sucks; is anybody (affordable) any better? »
I just made some phone droid’s day
Chase keeps sending me these checks to get me to enroll in one of the various services they offer, like their “Chase Fraud Protector” service. The deal is that depositing the check causes you to be enrolled in the program automatically, and then if you cancel within a month they don’t actually charge you anything.
US Airways + personal stupidity = breaking Shabbos *sigh*
US Airways Attention: Customer Relations 4000 East Sky Harbor Boulevard Phoenix, AZ 85034 To whom it may concern:
Sub-par service from the Marriott
I recently stayed at the Marriott hotel in downtown Durham, North Carolina while traveling on business. There were signs plastered all over the hotel about the hotel’s “Whatever It Takes” initiative for making their guests comfortable. Shortly after my arrival, I went down to the front desk to ask if they had any Advil or… Read More: Sub-par service from the Marriott »
CVS Photo Center strikes out
July 13, 2006 Thomas M. Ryan, President CVS Corporation One CVS Drive Woonsocket, RI 02895 Dear Mr. Ryan, They say that 96% of customers you lose won’t tell you why they left, even if you pay them. Pay attention… I’m the other 4%.
Snapfish rots
To view someone else’s shared Snapfish album, you have to register as a snapfish user.
Tel Aviv’s Agam Fountain in disrepair
My family and I just returned from a two-week trip to Israel, during which we spent a couple of days in the Tel Aviv area. While we were there, we stopped by Dizengoff Square to see the Agam Fountain. The last time I saw it was in the summer of 1986, shortly after it was… Read More: Tel Aviv’s Agam Fountain in disrepair »