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Archive for the ‘Consumer Alert’ Category

Merry Christmas from Allstate?

Hi Thomas, I have always had Bob XYZ as my agent, but you are now listed on the website as my agent when I login, so I am now contacting you.  In addition, I will be sending a copy of this email to Bob XYZ and posting a copy on my website.  I was not [...]


WTF is “Natural Flavor”?

Checking out the pantry, I discovered a jar of Planters Five Alarm Chili natural flavor with other natual flavor Dry Roasted Peanuts.  Such an interesting byline to put on the front label of your product.   Now I’m wondering, wtf is natural flavor anyway?… and why are they mixing it with “other natural flavor”?   [...]


Gateway LX 6810 Desktop PC

I recently purchased a refurbed Gateway LX 6810 Desktop PC on a pretty sweet deal <500.  I’m not a fan of buying a built desktop, but this one had a lot of great components and a few features I was looking for: Nvidia GT120 Graphics Card with 1gb video RAM.  DVI, CRT, and HDMI output. [...]


Talk Fusion: Great Idea but a Terrible Business Model

UPDATE 6/4/09 I have been advised to make some changes/updates to this post.  I will be editing any/all instances where one could construe my opinion for fact, and placing the word alleged, or allegedly in a very clear manner. Furthermore, I do apologize if anyone in the course of reading this article took my opinion [...]