Comments for The Con$umer Guy http://consumerguy.com The Consumer Guy web site offers services to businesses, organizations and all consumers. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:08:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on PlayStation or PlagueStation? Another Lesson to be Learned About Internet Privacy by PlayStation Gossips http://consumerguy.com/playstation-or-plaguestation-another-lesson-to-be-learned-about-internet-privacy/#comment-120 PlayStation Gossips Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:08:17 +0000 http://consumerguy.com/?p=765#comment-120 I enjoy what you guys are usually up too. This type of clever work and exposure! Keep up the awesome works guys I've incorporated you guys to my personal blogroll. I enjoy what you guys are usually up too. This type of clever work and exposure! Keep up the awesome works guys I’ve incorporated you guys to my personal blogroll.

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]]> Comment on Here’s a Bright Idea – Energy Efficient Lightbulbs by Butch http://consumerguy.com/here%e2%80%99s-a-bright-idea-energy-efficient-lightbulbs/#comment-98 Butch Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:50:13 +0000 http://consumerguy.com/?p=932#comment-98 Surpirsgilny well-written and informative for a free online article. Surpirsgilny well-written and informative for a free online article.

]]> Comment on All that credit card info they ask for online keeps your account safe . . . NOT! by Jane M. http://consumerguy.com/all-that-credit-card-info-they-ask-for-online-keeps-your-account-safe-not/#comment-95 Jane M. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:00:05 +0000 http://consumerguy.com/?p=982#comment-95 Wow! Who knew? That is certainly the opposite of security on the part of Chase. On a more cheerful note, I had a better experience last fall when some non-innocent person grabbed my Amex card details as well as my email address and TicketMaster password (probably through a certain large email site) and charged two excellent tickets to the Music Awards in LA. Now we're talking big bucks here, almost a thousand dollars, but both AMEX and the TicketMaster Fraud Squad (yes, that's what they're called) contacted me immediately by phone and email. And the charge was made the very morning of the awards... The folks at TicketMaster told me that they caught the perp. Of course, she or he got my password to TicketMaster and my new AMEX card details, which they added to my TicketMaster account. I'm changing passwords a lot these days. Wow! Who knew? That is certainly the opposite of security on the part of Chase. On a more cheerful note, I had a better experience last fall when some non-innocent person grabbed my Amex card details as well as my email address and TicketMaster password (probably through a certain large email site) and charged two excellent tickets to the Music Awards in LA. Now we’re talking big bucks here, almost a thousand dollars, but both AMEX and the TicketMaster Fraud Squad (yes, that’s what they’re called) contacted me immediately by phone and email. And the charge was made the very morning of the awards… The folks at TicketMaster told me that they caught the perp. Of course, she or he got my password to TicketMaster and my new AMEX card details, which they added to my TicketMaster account. I’m changing passwords a lot these days.

]]> Comment on Are White Men the Dumbest People in the World? TV Advertisers Seem to Think So by Jane M. http://consumerguy.com/are-white-men-the-dumbest-people-in-the-world-tv-advertisers-seem-to-think-so/#comment-94 Jane M. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:44:35 +0000 http://consumerguy.com/?p=954#comment-94 Ha, ha. So true. But I don't watch TV, so I'm curious about how you came up with this hierarchy of idiocy. But I trust you, because I have seen enough commercials to feel that you're right. But surely other white guys share your opinion--do they simply not control the purse strings? Ha, ha. So true. But I don’t watch TV, so I’m curious about how you came up with this hierarchy of idiocy. But I trust you, because I have seen enough commercials to feel that you’re right. But surely other white guys share your opinion–do they simply not control the purse strings?

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]]> Comment on Here’s a Bright Idea – Energy Efficient Lightbulbs by Ellis Levinson http://consumerguy.com/here%e2%80%99s-a-bright-idea-energy-efficient-lightbulbs/#comment-85 Ellis Levinson Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:43:26 +0000 http://consumerguy.com/?p=932#comment-85 Good question, Cary. The actual mercury content is miniscule. Almost every home improvment store recycles the bulbs. Just "drop" it off. If you break one, take it in a container to a hazardous waste recycling event (like the ones that collect old paint cans and other hazardous liquids). If that is not feasible, sweep it up and seal it in a container like a metal can, stuff the top with a rag or newspaper, and toss it in the trash. Thanks for asking. Good question, Cary.
The actual mercury content is miniscule. Almost every home improvment store recycles the bulbs. Just “drop” it off. If you break one, take it in a container to a hazardous waste recycling event (like the ones that collect old paint cans and other hazardous liquids). If that is not feasible, sweep it up and seal it in a container like a metal can, stuff the top with a rag or newspaper, and toss it in the trash.
Thanks for asking.

]]> Comment on Here’s a Bright Idea – Energy Efficient Lightbulbs by Cary Kozlov http://consumerguy.com/here%e2%80%99s-a-bright-idea-energy-efficient-lightbulbs/#comment-84 Cary Kozlov Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:36:16 +0000 http://consumerguy.com/?p=932#comment-84 What about the mercury content in these bulbs? Should I be concerned when recycling or possibly breaking these? What about the mercury content in these bulbs? Should I be concerned when recycling or possibly breaking these?

]]> Comment on What’s with Those Direct Marketing Commercials that Offer a Second Item . . . for Free? by David http://consumerguy.com/what%e2%80%99s-with-those-direct-marketing-commercials-that-offer-a-second-item-for-free/#comment-80 David Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:55:32 +0000 http://consumerguy.com/?p=896#comment-80 If you visit the Chefdini web site, they have an additional scam: you order the item and it automatically comes with not only a second one (with added shipping), but you also get a secret gift, which, you guessed it, you have to pay shipping for, and they don't list the shipping cost for that one on the web site. So, let's do the math: 40 bucks for 2 Chefdinis and a gift. Let's assume $21 shipping, so you get two of these things plus a crappy gift for $61. Doesn't sound so good now does it? If you visit the Chefdini web site, they have an additional scam: you order the item and it automatically comes with not only a second one (with added shipping), but you also get a secret gift, which, you guessed it, you have to pay shipping for, and they don’t list the shipping cost for that one on the web site.

So, let’s do the math: 40 bucks for 2 Chefdinis and a gift. Let’s assume $21 shipping, so you get two of these things plus a crappy gift for $61. Doesn’t sound so good now does it?

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