(Thanks to everyone for updating their bookmarks to the new site. I realize that the name change is a bit confusing, but in the past couple of months, someone snatched up all domains that would make sense for a site named A Dollar a Day, so I decided the best option was to do a rename. Moving from Blogger gives me a lot more freedom. I may write up a post in the next few days detailing how I made the move, for anyone who happens to be thinking … [Read more...]
I still don’t like hidden fees
I really like when sites where you can buy plane tickets list the price with the tax and fees. Then you know exactly what you're going to be paying when you buy the ticket. Which is nice because if you travel and stay in a hotel, your hotel bill is all but guaranteed to be filled with taxes and fees of all sorts. Hidden fees continue to drive me crazy, and I may have a new favorite hidden fee. And when I say "favorite," I mean "fee I find … [Read more...]
The spammers are costing me money!
I have text messaging on my phone, but I don't have an unlimited plan. I pay 10 cents to send a text and 2 cents every time I receive one. I've done the math, and at this point, I just don't send and receive enough text messages to make the unlimited plan worth it. For now, I'm content to pay per message. Except now, I have started getting spam texts. Porn spam texts, of course. I knew that spam texts were common for people with unlimited text … [Read more...]
Hidden fees drive me crazy!
I am a huge fan of the column Red Tape Chronicles on msnbc.com. In it, Bob Sullivan writes about things like internet scams and consumer fraud. While we all hear stories about scams and fraud and think "Oh, I would never have fallen for that," this column uncovers stories that perhaps some of us might have fallen for, or at the very least, things we wouldn't be expecting to be a scam. This morning, I came across an article by Mr. Sullivan … [Read more...]