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Entries from March 2008

The Smart Money’s on me?

March 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Credit market in crisis. Stock market tanking. Consumer confidence in the toilet.
So who does Smart Money feature? Yours truly, of course.
Now, let’s just see how much crap I get for this — in the mail, I mean.

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Tags: Good guys · Success Story

Limited Response

March 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Squeaky wheels occassionaly get something more than grease.
In this case, a little smoke up my butt from Limited Too Customer Service.

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Tags: Follow-up

Go ProQuo

March 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment

A quick shout out to a new company that just might put me out of business — woo-whoo!
ProQuo is a free service that will hold your hand as you dump catalogs, credit card offers, coupons and more.
I did an interview with CEO Steve Gal recently and will be posting it soon.
But, in the meantime, check […]

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Tags: Good guys

Estates Worst

March 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Want information about grotesque McMansions in golf course-adjacent planned communities?
Neither do I — but the folks at Estates West seem to think I do.

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Tags: Bad guys

DMA vs. Dataquick — And the answer is…

March 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Dataquick!
The DMA was actually very responsive and emailed confirmation of our opt-out registration — as of September 2007 — which I forwarded to Dataquick.
Now, we’ll see just how compliant “the real estate information experts” truly are.

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Tags: Follow-up

DMA vs. DataQuick — Someone’s Pants Are On Fire!

March 5th, 2008 · No Comments

I got some disturbing news last Friday regarding a recommendation I made on this very site.

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Tags: Bad guys · General Frustration

Limited Too What?

March 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Who knew evil would come clad in a bikini?
Not my wife when she ordered a gift from the Limited Too catalog.

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Tags: Catalog Overkill · General Frustration