Here lie the posts I’ve written about consumerism. Money can’t buy happiness, but it can rent it.
I’ve been having intermittent problems with AT&T Wireless. I’m having difficulties using their “Fastest in Hagerstown wireless network.” Because I drive for both Uber and Lyft, this problem is more than a small annoyance. It stops me from earning money. Either I cannot accept ride requests or I cannot end a passenger’s ride because my …
AT&T is unreliable and its customer service to terrible Read More »
Up until a month ago, we were DirecTv subscribers. We switched back to Antietam Cable, the local cable TV provider for the Hagerstown area. The price was a bit cheaper, but that wasn’t the driving force behind the desire to switch. I wanted to switch because of the NFL Redzone. With DirecTv, to get the NFL …
DirecTv says installer will be here between twelve and four, fails to show up Read More »
The Carnival Triumph, the 893-foot passenger cruise ship owned and operated by the Carnival Corporation, is without power and is being towed slowly back to port by tugboats. There was a fire in the engine room on the third day of a planned four-day cruise in the Gulf of Mexico that left the ship without …
Take a cruise with Carnival and learn how to poop into a plastic bag Read More »
Beginning Sunday, retailers accepting credit cards in the United States can charge customers a surcharge for the “privilege” of using a credit card. This surcharge is a result of a class-action suit brought against credit card companies in 2005. The new surcharge can be as high as four percent of the purchase. Historically, credit card …
Unionmade, a San Francisco-based clothier that sells upscale, trendy crap to hipsters with too much money, was sent a cease-and-desist letter by AFL-CIO, the country’s leading organized labor group. In the letter, they state that the company’s name is misleading and causes people to believe that its $225 cotton hoodies are in fact made by …
Turns out clothes sold by Unionmade aren’t made by union workers Read More »
There’s a story making the rounds about a Norwegian woman who had her Amazon account canceled and her Kindle wiped cleaned of the e-books she paid for without warning or explanation. Evidently she created her Amazon account with the UK address of a friend. She did this to be able to purchase Amazon UK English …
Think you own the e-books you purchase? Think again Read More »