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Monday, March 08, 2010

Finances, and the average person.

The average person from what I can see is always living from pay check to paycheck.  We are always trying to buy the biggest car, the best house, the best electronics, and so forth.  We are trying to one up the neighbors, as well as obtain everything that our parents have worked 30 years in obtaining.  I think part of the reason our economy is struggling so hard is because we all have a problem managing our finances.  I think we all in some degree or another are FISCALLY RETARDED!

If you are an average person working paycheck to paycheck trying to make it there is some hope for you.  I think one major thing that will help is if you have a fund that you can fall back on if you need to.  start out with saving $100 - $200.00 and then start saving up from there.  The purpose of this fund is for any time you have a struggle that you generally rely on Credit cards for.  This fund will replace your credit cards.  If you have a problem and you need to fix a leaky roof, or a flat tire.  You will use this fund, instead of going into more debt. 

Second thing you can do is start paying off your debt.  Best thing to do is start with the smallest bill you have and pay as much on that as you can.  Once you have that paid off, you will need to put that money towards the next highest bill.  And continue the process till you have all your debt paid off. 

Think of the money you can make once you don’t have any payments.  You can save up for big purchases, and start paying cash for those items.  You will have a much happier life.

I think if we can all work on this we could pull the economy out of the recession that we are in, and be able to thrive as a nation, as a people, as a continent, and as a world. 

Friday, February 12, 2010

Skullcandy is No Bueno

Gather ‘round, let’s have a conversation about the woes of crappy products, and the bad customer service of said products.

I found this great blog that really puts into words how big companies don’t give a flying rat’s ass about you, or me, and they will sell whatever crap they have in stock, and ignore any customer feedback, good or bad.  Before I share this blog with you, let me say first of all that this is not the first time I have heard of this issue from Skullcandy, and subsequently I will not buy their products as they don’t seem to care about having customers anyway.

The blog I’m referencing is: The Good Ol’ Days.

In this post, she talks about her brand new Skullcandy ear buds shocking her ears.  Literally electrocuting her ears.  I could not believe it when I heard of this happening.  What kind of company puts out a product that is hazardous in this way?  In this post this chick says that she even contacted Skullcandy’s customer service and they completely ignored her email.  If there was a product malfunction, that would definitely be something I would want to look into, rather than ignoring it all together.

Skullcandy is like the ostrich of the business world; burying their head in the sand and pretending like it’s not really happening.  Good one, Skullcandy.  Way to own up to your mistakes.

I’m here to spread the word; we as consumers shouldn’t have to keep these types of companies in business.  There are headphones from different brands that we can buy that will not cause us to lose brain cells, and that will listen to our feedback should we provide it.

So suck it, Skullcandy.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

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Thursday, December 31, 2009

The Box

So if you are planning on watching the movie the box, please don’t read any further, because I’m going to do 2 things Number 1. I’m going to spoil it for you, and number 2.  I’m going to save you time and money.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362478/

This is my take on the movie, and what I remember.

1.  The movie starts out with a family that is living a normal life 2 working parents. and trying to make it with their income.  They get woken up at 5:45 in the morning with a random box on their porch with a button to push.  5:00 in the afternoon some random stranger comes to visit and explains that the purpose of the box does 2 things if they push the button they get 1 million dollars, and someone in the world, someone they don’t know dies, simple as that.  If they don’t push the button no one dies, and they don’t get the money.  He gave them 24 hours to make the decision.  long story short they push the button, and get the money, and someone dies.  You would think thats the end of the movie, but it goes on. They start by telling the police, which in turn makes this random stranger come after them, and threaten them and come after them.  Turns out this stranger worked for the military, and died and came back to life and started “testing” people with the boxes.  They spend the whole movie trying to stop the stranger from coming after them, and at the end of the movie he is in their house and said your son is deaf and blind, and the only way to fix him is for the father to shoot and kill his wife (the mother) and so ends the show.

I hope this all made sense.

2. now that you know how the movie goes you don’t have to waste your time, and money to see it.  You will be much better off without it in your life.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Electrochronic

If you like rap, and if you like rock and or roll you will definately like Electrochronic.  They are emerging out of the woodworks of the utah music scene.  They are hitting the scene with a force of ten thousand bolts of lightning.  Once you listen to one song they hook you in, and you can’t stop listening.  You MUST check them out on their website at:  http://electrochronic.com  You will be shocked, and amazed!