Archive for April, 2009

Albertsons Big Relief Price… What?

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

For those of you not familiar with Albertson’s, it is a relatively well-known grocery store here in the Western US. Last week they announced their “Big Relief Price Cut” to all shoppers. They advertised some examples of markdowns, showing significant savings. The flier I saw listed 7 products on the cover, all of them with [...]

Credit Collection Services – Generic and Ignored

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Got a call today from 866-945-4973. As the phone rang and I saw the 866 prefix, I quickly Googled the number and saw it listed on some websites, so figured I should allow my voicemail to pick up. A few moments later, I received the following voicemail (X’s represent personal information I’ve left off for [...]

Waffles Update

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

A real-life move has kept me away from this site more than I would like, and I hope to get back to more regular updates soon. Thanks to all who have visited and commented, especially “Not Kevin” who has really made a solid contribution to this site.
Regarding the advertising on this site, I have said [...]

Scam Fodder on the Nightly News

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

If you want to get an idea where some ideas for scams are hatched, look no further than the nightly news. The biggest stories are the best fodder for scammers. Last year when gas prices soared to over $4 a gallon, it was a huge story. Soon thereafter, ads for water for gas started to [...]