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Entries Tagged as 'Bad guys'

An Offer You Can Refuse (maybe)

April 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Quick quiz: after the apolcalypse, which creatures will still scurry about the wasteland?
A) Cockroaches; B) Real Estate Agents; C) Mortgage Brokers; D) All of the above
Based on the amount of mailings I’m still receiving — despite the sub-prime mortgage meltdown — I’m betting D.

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Tags: Bad guys · General Frustration

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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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

And this is green how?

January 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

You may have received one of these over the weekend:

Consider yourself lucky — I got 2.

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Tags: Bad guys · Catalog Overkill

Episode 3 - UK Lottery Scam

November 17th, 2007 · No Comments

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You could already be a winner!

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Tags: Bad guys · Videos

Off The List - The Trailer

August 30th, 2007 · No Comments

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Getting off a mailing list — how hard can it be?

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Tags: Bad guys · General Frustration · Videos