This morning I received a phone call from 1-800-419-7370. Caller ID showed it as “Unknown.” So I let the answering machine pick up. It was Tracfone, the pre-paid cell phone company. They left a pre-recorded message with some sales offers. I called back to “opt-out” and was told all circuits were busy. I redialed a [...]
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Car Warranty Telephone Scams
Have you been getting those ridiculous telemarketing scams from some robot telling you that your car’s warranty has expired? I got my call from 909-691-9149. See these articles for more information: As states investigate extended auto warranty industry, consumers launch class-action suit against Wentzville firm Want the phone number to the “Your car’s warranty is [...]
Phone Book Spammers
Interesting article about fighting back at the losers that litter your lawn with phone books: Giving The Phone Book Spammers What For.
Junk Mail Received During the 2008 Elections
During the 2008 election cycle, which included for me the US Senate (Warner vs. Gilmore), US House of representatives (Connolly vs. Fimian) and President (Obama vs. McCain), I collected all the political junk mail that was sent to my home. I’ve finally gone through it all (32 pieces of mail) to present this summary: Republican [...]
Commercial or Art?
Wow, check out this (?) commercial for Hovis Bread. Is it art? Is it commercial? Does it tug at your heartstrings? Does it make you think? Yes to all of those questions. An awesome commercial.
Comcast Junk Mail
I receive at least one piece of junk mail from Comcast a week. I’d like it to stop. If someone from Comcast actually reads this post, AND can get the junk mail to stop, please contact me. Thank you. (Although I realize such a person at Comcast doesn’t exist.) I guess we’ll find out if [...]
Bob’s House
Very nice ad for the Super Bowl. I hope I catch it when it airs. Don’t adjust your computer’s speakers.
Junk Mail Received During the 2007 Elections
The 2007 election system has come and gone. Whew, I’m glad that’s over! Now I can sit back and wait a few months for the 2008 election process to start. What? Oh yeah, it started even before the 2007 elections were held. Sigh. During the 2007 election cycle, which included the Virginia state Senate, Delegate, [...]
TV Sets at the Gaspump
Submitted to BP.com: I just visited the BP gas station nearest my home. Sometime in the past week, they have added TV screens at each pump playing news updates and weather. Ugh! I wont’ be back, despite the convenience of this gas station. There is an Exxon across the road, which is just as convenient; [...]
Vistaprint Still Sucks
So, three and a half months after “closing” my account with Vistaprint (see Vistaprint sucks for details) guess what I got in the postal mail today? Junk mail from some loser motivation speaker series addressed to me with my tagged postal address. I always give a unique shipping address to companies I order stuff from. [...]
