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5 minutes to a better price – Buying a new car…
This guy is amazing. The highlight for me…
“…you’ll feel like and asshole, that’s normal–it means you’re doing it right”
Credit cards
Posted by Matt on Apr 23, 2006 in grinds my gears, life
Credit cards are a necessary evil. There is a system, so fucking work it.
Good Riddance Junk Mail!
Posted by Matt on Mar 11, 2006 in grinds my gears
My quest to rid myself of junk mail continues. The steps thus far:
- Submit myself to the ‘do not solicit list’ run by the major credit reporting compaines.
- Called financial companies I do business with, that are currently sending me ads for services that I don’t currently use, and reuqested that I be put on their ‘do not solicit list’ and also request that they not ‘resell or distribute in any way, my personal information’
- Called financial compaines that I do not do business with and reuqested that I be put on their ‘do not solicit list’ and also request that they not ‘resell or distribute in any way, my personal information’
- Wrote and sent a letter to DMA (Direct Mail Association) requesting that I be put on their ‘Do Not Solicit List’ for mail, email, fax, and phone marketing, and that my name not be sold or given to any affiliates or 3rd party companies
- Called back the compaines I currently do business with and request that all ’statement advertisements’ be removed from my monthly statement mailers.
I’m doing all of this because I’m tired of all the wasted paper, I’m tired of having to fish thru my mail, and I’m tired of being sold out by the people I do business with. There’s too much noise out there, and I’m just trying to get rid of some of it.
You got screwed. Again.
It doesn’t surprise me, but still…did you know that if your TV lacks an HDMI connector, you won’t be able to play hi-def content?
Gee, thanks entertainment industry. Way to fuck with anyone who already bought and HD-TV and was simply waiting for content.
Kar-mometer
Posted by Matt on Jan 12, 2006 in grinds my gears, tech
My karma should be in good shape because:
- I helped someone get online at Panera (on a PC)
- I helped someone protect thier wireless network (on a linksys/PC)
- I helped someone reboot their wireless base station, and helped them figure out that the password had changed (on a PC)
See a trend there? I’m just sayin. It’s amazing PC products aren’t cheaper to offset all the wasted time.