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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]