Author: effinrantadmin

Is it just me or is Amazon going to be the most powerful company in the world​ (if they aren’t already)​? Mind you, Amazon literally started as an online BOOK market…   They have sold books from the inception of the company.  They should be pretty good at it, right? This post is tailored for those more…

An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg:Hey Mark, not sure if you need any help at your upcoming congressional hearing but I don’t think you have anything to worry about. Equifax negligently leaked the highly sensitive personal and financial details about consumers including names, birthdates, street addresses, credit card numbers, drivers license numbers and Social Security…

Dear Priceline.com…To whom it may concern: I attempted to bid on a hotel room and received the following notification: Sorry – Due to constantly changing inventory we couldn’t complete your hotel purchase. Your credit card has not been charged. I was not informed that my bid was accepted or declined and was under the impression…

A friend contacted me asking if I could recover all the pictures from her laptop that she had sent in to Best Buy for repair. To make a long story as short as possible….   The laptop stopped working, she took it to Best Buy where she had purchased the laptop and the extended warranty. …

I thought I’d put in a “positive” rant…   “’tis the season”  I guess I recently received the following note from LivingSocial Thank you for purchasing the LivingSocial deal for four movie tickets from Weekly Cinema. Unfortunately, Weekly Cinema has unexpectedly gone out of business and the deal is no longer valid. We are extremely sorry…

So a friend of mine recently returned from military service in Iraq.  Wanting high speed internet, high definition television and TiVo service (not DVR service but real TiVo) the only solution was to have mediacom install a cable card(s) at the residence.   For ease of billing they were also the default choice for broadband service. …

This is a story of how I lost my patience, and was liberated from my cable provider… I arrived home on a Friday evening after work to find I was unable to access the internet. I found that odd because my service had been pretty reliable.   I called customer service and was on hold for…