My 2003 GMC envoy is indeed of new brake pads and rotors for the front end. So I called around several places and one car dealership at prices so high it was actually ridiculous – Liberty, Buick, GMC trucks here in Matthews North Carolina (right below Charlotte, NC). They wanted $114 each for the...
Have you heard the news? The government has been testing and manipulating one of the world’s deadliest viruses – the H5N1 bird flu virus – to see if it can go airborne and how easy it is for this to occur. I just read an article in the Wall Street Journal that mentioned this...
I searched the internet for a great price on a Nintendo Wii remote plus. I figured that since they were selling for around $30 to $40 at my local stores then I should easily be able to buy one online for about half that price or so. Or at least that was the idea....
You wouldn’t think people would stoop so low, but it is happening and more often then you think. From Portland Oregon to Salem Massachusetts and just about everywhere in between, scammers are using Craigslist to reach unsuspecting prospective renters and steal their hard earned deposit money and first months rent. How do they do it? Well, you...
Before I get too far into this I want you to understand there are some very credible people looking into and investigating this matter right now. Scott Shields has been teaching martial arts and in particular Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for over 12 years. His first location was off Lawyers Rd. Now he has relocated...
I have to lay this one out – I got ripped off big time by the local jackasses at Stanley Steemer. My wife and I wanted our carpets cleaned and I made the biggest mistake of my life by calling Stanley Steemer. I saw their commercial on TV and figured they were the best...
I have been to numerous job fairs over the years, in good times and in bad (like after the dot com bubble burst and the NASDAQ crashed. Many times I am not actively seeking a job but am just out perusing and networking. I have my own businesses and am kind of at the...
I have been trying to cancel clear wireless since February 2011 and have finally succeeded but only after having to drive to a BestBuy and having them call while i was with them. For being a month to month no contract service I feel like my rights have been violated by this company. Why...
I was looking to replace my VW jetta with a newer model and maybe something a little bigger. So I heard an ad on the radio about how great the service and prices were at Carolina Volkswagen so I went there (boy, do I wish I hadn’t). I was in for a nightmare of...
What I really hate are anoying phone calls from bill collectors that don’t know what they are doing and call looking for someone that doesn’t even live at your address. This has been happening to me quite a bit lately. It almost always seems to come from this (704)717-5564 number. Lately I have to...
My AC system stopped working the other day and the guy from my church (Calvary Church) that usually fixes my home repairs was apparently in jail for non-payment of child support (I found this out from his relatives when I tried to contact him). So, I had no other avenues that I knew of...
I don’t know what it is with North department of motor vehicles (NC DMV), but lately every year they managed to screw up my car’s registration or inspection information. I just recently received a letter stating that my vehicle had not been inspected within 90 days of the plate expiration as is required by...
My girlfriend had gone to the hospital for some stomach cramps that were fairly severe. She ended up seeing a ER doctor at CMC University and had a ultrasound of her stomach done by Charlotte Radiology. Actually, according to the hospital staff I spoke with, the ultrasound was performed by hospital staff (probably a...
My old Honda Accord was getting up there with the mileage as it had just passed 150,000 miles and I was beginning to look into replacing it with a newer model. So, I decided to stop by the local Honda dealership on Independence Blvd. here in Charlotte NC. It turned out that this was...
I just got a message left on my answering machine for someone that doesn’t live at my house. The message was from a debt collector named General Revenue Corp and it was 100% in violation of the FDCPA (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act section 804 and 805 in particular cover this). Per section 804...
Earlier this year my young son had a UTI/bladder infection, but there was more to the problem. He went to the family physician because he was urinating blood – not badly, but definitely enough to be concerned. The family physician had him sent over to the local hospital (Carolinas Medical Center University) where we...
I went to the Walmart the other day and saw that there was only a very few cash registers open and the lines were very, very long. The line I happened to be in was very very slow. It seemed like I was in line for over half an hour. After being in line...
Today I stopped in at the Burger King here in the great big city of Parma Ohio – I’m being facetious, here – not about the stop into Burger King, but the fact of our town being big). I was Hungry – real Hungry as I had been working hard and built up quite...
I had always worn glasses all my life – I was born with crappy vision in both eyes. The vision in my one eye was worse then the other and I always had to wear coke bottle glasses since I was a little kid. When I grew up I was always the butt of...
When the movers I hired and had booked for 3 weeks confirmed on Friday July 1st,2011 then cancelled on Saturday for that Sunday move 10am, I was horrified that I was not able to find movers. But I was told to look on Craigslist and did so. i found Kirk at Move My Stuff...
