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 Saturday, December 20, 2003
started 12/20/2003; 3:25:03 AM - last post 2/23/2004; 12:25:36 AM
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Doc Searls - Saturday, December 20, 2003 
12/20/2003; 7:25:03 AM (reads: 4316, responses: 1)
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Only 4 more procrastinating days till Christmas! 
| | I still haven't done any serious shopping, not that it matters (not yet, anyway). The friends and relatives are converging and things are getting all convivial and fun. |
| | I grew up in the New states: Jersey and York. So naturally I associate cold with Christmas. Even though we didn't have more than one or two white Christmases in all those years (your typical December New York forecast was "snow mixed with, then changing, to rain"), I loved sledding so much as a kid that I subscribed fully to the cozy & white Currier & Ives model of the Holiday season. |
| | But now, after fifteen years in North Carolina and eighteen in California (now completing our third year here on the South Coast) I'm finally getting to like a Christmas that isn't cold — a Holiday Season in a place where you can drive to the cold and the snow if you feel like it. But where there will still be evenings when you can dine outdoors at a restaurant on the town's main drag. |
| | The lights on the houses and trees finally seem congruous. Warm fuzzies without the cold frosties. Not bad. |
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Mike McGlynn - Reservation Rewards
2/23/2004; 4:25:36 AM (reads: 577, responses: 0)
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You smartly caught the scam behind Reservation Rewards but I have to confess, I was not wearing my reading glasses and did not look at the 10 dollar discount offer closely. Big deal, 10 bucks, right? The store I was using was Buy.com and they seem to run a lot of harmless discount programs. I trusted Buy.com.
I got a confirmation from Reward Reservations that I had enrolled and when I looked at my profile on their site, guess what? They had my Buy.com profile information including my Visa number. That made me look deeper. In the membership section I discovered that I was enrolled for 8 bucks a month. Hmmm. I somehow missed that little detail during my checkout at Buy.com.
I Googled Reward Reservations and found two hits where people were calling them a credit card rip off. I can see how that would happen. You suddenly realize that there is a recurring 8 bucks or so coming out of your bank statement each month but you do not recall authorizing it.
The Doc smelled it before stepping in it. I kind of knew immediately that I stepped in something stinky, but those other folks had been walking around with it on their shoes for several months. I'd be curious if their charges ever get reversed. I am also hoping that I don't get charged anything myself. Wish me luck. (Lesson learned, remember those reading glasses!)
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