If the New York Times says the boom time of Harlem Real Estate is over, you know it’s over.
July 9, 2009
Worst Financial Gurus
Great roque’s gallery of bad financial gurus. Those ‘gurus’ who give bad advice, get indicted, go bankrupt, or bankrupt others. The post also links to an extensive debunking of Robert Kiyosaki book Rich Dad, Poor Dad. It’s worth a read whether or not you already think Robert Kiyosaki if full of baloney.
June 11, 2009
Scan and Fix Annoyance
Here’s how put an end to the Vista ‘Scan and Fix’ dialog issue with an iPod.
May 7, 2009
iTunes Sucks
Every version sucks more. Now it takes a billion years for the autofill feature to work. To make matters worse, while the thing calculates for autofill, it abruptly foregrounds itself every few second. So shitty and so inexcusable.
April 26, 2009
Joel Bauer
Meet Joel Bauer, he’s a man so far up his own ass that he can lecture you for 20 minutes on his philosophy of packing.
April 9, 2009
Sometimes stealing is just easier
The award for bad customer service this week goes to Steinberg, a software publishing company with a sales phone line that is always a busy signal. I considered buying an upgrade, but since I have to call and have no way to reach them, I guess I will buy something else instead. I wouldn’t do this, but I could also just download a cracked version in less time than it would take for me to get through to them or their email customer service. Sometimes it’s just easier to steal.
March 17, 2009
Fuck Chase Credit Cards
Fuck Chase. Fuck them in their overleveraged ass. And fuck the Federal Government for not regulating these thieves. I am sick to death of the goddamned usury and the arbitrary changes to terms. I can’t fucking stand the monthly mailers with balance transfer checks at ridiculous terms that you cannot get the fuckers to stop stuffing into every communication they send by mail.
Chase MasterCard has decided to change their rates yet again because they are not making enough money off of me. It was fine to have the rate at Prime + 4.00% when times were good and the lending was free, now they want Prime + 6.99%. Nothing has changed about me they just want to rape good customers for every last stinking cent they can get. 14 years, I’ve been a good paying customer, and they didn’t make the slightest attempt to keep my business or negotiate with me. Well, fuck that and fuck them. I’m now a former Chase customer and most likely will soon be a former user of credit cards entirely.
Is there any other product you know of where the seller can arbitrarily change the terms of a transaction after it has already occurred? I can’t. Why do these fucks get a free pass?
March 4, 2009
Job Losses by County
Times infographic on job losses across the US. (AKA, places you do not want to live.)
Disgusting
The NY Times has an article about DCM Services, a shitty little company that takes advantage of bereaved people and attempts to get them to play their dead relatives zombie debts.
My advice: if a debt collector calls about your dead or living relative’s debt, tell them absolutely nothing. You are only encouraging these disgusting bottom feeders.