Gift Cards Are they really worth it?

The gift card industry has really exploded in the past 10 years. Many years ago these were called gift caertiifcates and were often a piece of paper for use at a store or in many cases a local small business merchant. recently The Sharper Image filed chapter 11 bankruptcy and all their gift cards are [...]

No More Expensive Razor Blades

The popular razors for men and even women use blades that can run as much as $20.00 a package or more. In fact many drugstores and supermarkets put the blades under lock and key due to theft. Many of the stolen blades can end up at a flea market or EBay. Gillette has 4 blades on the [...]

Frequent Flier Miles- Don’t Save Them for long!

In a previous blog post (shown below) I wrote about spending your frequent flier miles due to devaluation and other issues. Now airlines are in a much worse financial shape than ever due to record high fuel costs. Many airlines are reducing the number of flights they have which also affects how many award seats [...]

Scripted Robotic Customer Service Reps-We value your business

I hear the following on a regular basis: “We value your business”. This is the robotic words from the customer service rep. Usually they tell me that they aren’t going to correct the issue I called about, however they keep repeating how they value my business. This is whether the customer service rep is based [...]