July 21, 2009
This isn’t directly personal finance related, except if you consider I am trying to recondition something instead of just buying a new one. I’ve had it with my slow desktop PC and I’m converting it to the Linux operating system! Here’s the story: I bought a new PC about three years ago which came with [...]
Tags: computers, Linux, ubuntu, Windows
Posted in Linux
July 14, 2009
We all know and love the Snuggie, that cool blanket with the sleeves sewn in that is a mainstay of the cable TV commercial circuit. We have a Snuggie ourselves and they are as cool as the actors in the commercial make them seem, and yes you do look like a monk when you have [...]
Tags: free gift cards, Great Fun, rebate, scam, Snuggie, trilegiant
Posted in Customer Service, Deals, Freebies, Rebates, Scams
July 13, 2009
Frequent readers of my blog will know that I am not exactly happy with the huge growth of government we’ve seen of late, so this post shouldn’t come as a big shock. This was inspired by listening to a recent episode of The Survival Podcast, a favorite podcast of mine that discusses various topics related to [...]
Tags: frugal, libertarianism, Survivalism, survivalist, Taxes, thesurvivalpodcast.com
Posted in frugality, News/Trends, Taxes
July 9, 2009
Since I’ve posted a couple of times recently about bad customer service experiences, I though I would post about a positive experience I had, or at least a negative experience that was handled appropriately. I’ve been neglectful in posting the follow-up, but once this was escalated the situation was resolved pretty promptly. I posted last [...]
Tags: Customer Service, Office Depot, rebate
Posted in Customer Service, Rebates
July 8, 2009
This isn’t directly related to personal finance, but I liked this list of things to add to your daily routine to make your life less cluttered that was posted at Unclutterer. A lot of the list, however, deals more with just getting things done rather than managing stuff. Here’s a quick run down, and for [...]
Tags: clutter, personal effectiveness, time management, unclutterer
Posted in Tips, Working
July 7, 2009
I posted a rant last week about poor customer service I have encountered while grocery shopping recently, including one particularly irksome experience at Kroger. To make the long story short, I had a coupon that should have doubled and didn’t and no one, including the manager on duty, would make the adjustment to my receipt [...]
Tags: complaints, Customer Service, Kroger
Posted in Customer Service
July 6, 2009
Easy money from Chase is back again! Using this link you can generate a coupon for a $200 bonus when opening a Chase Business Checking account with a minimum of $500. The offer expires on July 31, but go ahead and print the coupon now since Chase will often pull the coupons off the website [...]
Tags: $200, bank account, bonus, business checking, Chase
Posted in Graveyard
July 2, 2009
Two bad customer service experiences in the last two weeks having me wondering if the general level of customer service is getting worse, or if I am just getting more irritable as I get older? Here’s the first one: I was at Kroger picking up a few items, including two packs of Kraft American singles. [...]
Tags: Coupons, Customer Service, Kroger, rainchecks, randalls
Posted in Customer Service