Posts Tagged ‘consumerist’
Here’s a nice little tale about people who know better and still do stupid stuff: 1. Guy is a business owner. 2. Guy signs contract to get a loan, using vehicle as collateral. 2. Guy gets money and re-payment schedule. 2. Guy watches as first payment due date goes wizzing by. 3. Guy shows up […]
[This guy][2] is mad because his car (he bought used) is out of warranty and GM wants to charge him to fix it. I would try to point out the logical flaws in his argument, but he doesn’t provide any logic. The customer is not always right and you sir, are an idiot. _Response to […]
So you get a note from your mortgage company that they are freezing your HELOC (so you can’t draw any money against it) that you originally got as a part of your 80/10/10 loan. 1. Given the current status of the banking system, and all of the questionable loans they made in the past, why […]
It’s not that I hate people, I just think, as a general rule, people are stupid. (If you get offended by this statement, then your probably one of the people I am talking about. Like [this guy][1] on [Consumerist][2]. He gets an *estimate* for a moving job and when everything is packed up, it’s not […]
A while back I let my subscription to [Reader’s Digest][1] lapse–I just couldn’t justify the cost any longer. But when [Consumerist][2] posted a link that was offering it for $5 for the year, I decided to try again. I made it to the second page of my first issue (December 2008) before getting annoyed. There […]
_Response to the [Consumerist][0] post on [AIG Has Already Used Up 3/4 Of $123 Billion Bailiout][1]._ Can someone explain why this is an issue? What exactly were you expecting AIG to do with the loan? Save it for a rainy day. Its pouring buckets and if they had enough money, they wouldn’t have needed the […]
_Response to the [Consumerist][0] post on [Please, Citibank, Stop Sending Us Random Amounts Of Money!][1]._ Ask them to convert the checks to some sort of merchandise so that is falls under the USPS Rules for Unsolicited Merchandise. It may fall under that category anyway. (Check with your local postmaster.) [0]: http://consumerist.com/ [1]: http://consumerist.com/5068293/please-citibank-stop-sending-us-random-amounts-of-money
On a [Consumerist][0] [post][b], [downwithmonstercable][1] replies: > I get offers in the mail all the time to use “convenience checks” for my cards that give me a 4.99% rate or something. I don’t get it though. How is writing a check more convenient than a card? > That sounds kinda like a Jack Handey deep […]
_Response to the [Consumerist][0] post on [As Airlines Become More Efficient, Cheap Seats Become Harder To Find][1]._ Businesses tend to stay in business by making money. An airline which is selling off a bunch of cheap seats is likely not making money. Selling cheap, last minutes fares that make a profit over the marginal cost […]
_Response to the [Consumerist][0] post on [Bank of America CEO Explains How He Beat Wall Street][1]._ CEOs, just like star athletes, are not overpaid–they are paid what the market will bear. If they were not worth what they are being paid, then the company would not hire them. Each company tries to pay the best […]