Product Review: EA Games + POGO = A NO GO
I had a horrible experience with POGO and their CLUB POGO service. Rather than just explain it, I am copy and pasting the online correspondence that occurred between their customer service and me. And while it was eventually resolved in my favor, I would like you to look at how long it took for this to be resolved. And even more importantly, read what cause the problem to begin with.
Customer (Kristina): 01/19/2008 09:10 AM
My name is Kristina Brooke (username kandykd3). I signed up for Club Pogo’s free trial on January 18, 2008 and chose the Paypal option. No where did it say that I would be charged instantly- and to do so negates the idea of a 14 Day Free Trial. I called your customer service hotline on January 19, 2008 and spoke to a representative who was rude and basically implied that I was an idiot because I used my PayPal account and not my credit card. If the 14-day free trial is offered for credit card users only, then PayPal should not be offered as an option. As someone who uses PayPal often to pay for online purchases, I find it odd that Cub Pogo would offer it as an option for payment but then ignore the terms of a Free Trial by charging right away. Your customer service representative was not only unprofessional, but uneducated and disrespectful as well. I am offended by the service that I received and, although I may have signed up for Club Pogo in the future, I am now turned off by the service. I would like to cancel my subscription and be given a full refund as soon as possible. Failure to do so will result in me taking further action with The Better Business Bureau.
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Product Review: The Cost of Losing Weight
The Morning Show had a hot topic of discussion today about the KimKins diet (I am not linking to the KimKins site as I do not want anyone going there thinking that I have endorsed it), a dangerous online diet that seems to promote starvation (600-800 calorie diet) and is run by a deceitful woman named Heidi Diaz (aka Kimmer, aka Kimberly). The Kimkins diet website boast success stories in which people lost substantial weight in as little as 5 months. Unfortunately, they have also experienced severe health problems in the process.
But this post is not about the dishonest Heidi. It is, however, about people like me. People who are morbidly obese are susceptible to these kinds of scams.
I am 341 pounds. I am severely overweight and have been for some time. I wasn’t always. I used to be very fit but always on the high end of my accepted weight range. I gained a lot of weight over the last ten years and am now trying to lose it. But I am frustrated. I am depressed. I am tired of the staring. The under-the-breath comments from my students. The arrogance of the doctors who look at me and assume that I sit at home all day stuffing my face with food. The people who think that because both my husband and I are fat that my daughter must be nutritionally abused. Even my mother, the woman who is supposed to love me unconditionally, has remarked that I would be pretty if I lost weight and that I am too fat to be pregnant. I am disheartened by comments of some people who say that they would rather be without limbs than fat. I hate that when movies want to show that some one is ugly, they make… Continue reading
Product Reviews: Christmas Gifts that Won’t Kill
With the Holiday Season coming, hubby and I are very concerned about the numerous toy recalls as of late and are asking all family and friends to avoid buying any toys for Mya from the major toy companies.
Here is my “Safe Toys” list all of which can be purchased online. Please check these sites or read the Cool Moms Picks Safer Toy Guide.
The items below are things that we like made by people/companies we trust.
Voila Stacking and Threading Fish
Jigsaw Alphabet Puzzle (Capital Letters)
Wooden Rainbow Stackers
Numbered Snail Puzzle
Product Reviews: HP for Me
After the debacle that was my last printer purchase, I wasn’t really sure which printer to buy. I had the unfortunate fortune to have a BestBuy close by with a very limited selection of printers. And, as a teacher being without a printer for too long would have been a real pain. So, I gave in and purchased a HP.
I have to admit that despite my hatred of Hewlett-Packard’s use of outsourcing to man their customer service lines, I am really liking their HPC5200 All-in-One Printer. It scans, copies, prints pictures, and has built in templates for shopping list, note book paper, and mazes. You don’t need a computer to do any of this either as the HPC5200 can print directly from a memory card.
I am not going to get into the spec (DPI are not really my forte). However, I want to point out the following:
(1) While it is slow (all HP’s seem to have this problem), it prints flawless and evenly colored images.
(2) It is loud and it shakes while printing. However, it does not have any paper-feeding issues.
(3) There is a separate paper-tray for photo paper and regular paper.
(4) And this is by far the COOLEST feature: the CD label printing tray. You can print CD labels directly on to the CD with this nifty utility.
Again, I recommend this printer if you need to print good quality copies. However, if you are in a rush, stay away from HP, there are faster printers out there.