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What Happened:   I got caught up the the frenzy over Netflix changing their pricing structure. So I canceled my account with them.

Lesson Learned:    Later I realized that I rarely streamed videos anyway, and was not really missing that feature. I signed back up and wound up paying less than I was before.

Details:   It was embarressed because I thought someone at Netflix would see what I had done.

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Dec 1, 2011 07:05 AM - Smart Shopping - by michaeldb46 (man)

 

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What Happened:   What happened: Don’t do business with big banks no matter what they say or how slick their advertising is. They are all a bunch of thieves.
Lesson Learned: When my local bank was bought by a big nation bank, I kept my account because I believed what they said. Within a month I realized that what they did and what they said were not even close to being the same. Worse than politicians.
Details: I had a saving and check account with a small local bank. Because I kept $2000 minimum in the savings account, I did not have to pay any fees. They were bought by, I’ll call them, First Greed of America. They sent me a notice that they would be taking over in three months, but nothing would change. Every two weeks after that I got junk mail from them assuring us the Nothing Would Change. When First Greed finally took control and sent my monthly statement, there was a $6 ‘membership assessment’. I was assured that this was not a monthly fee, but an assessment. Next month I got another $6 membership assessment. I went down to the bank and very politely said WTF. I was not paying any fee before, but now I am and they had repeatedly said there were not going to be any changes. The teller was no help, so I talked to the manager, who was the same from before. He told me there was nothing I could do because of the new rules from the new owners. I closed both accounts.

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Nov 9, 2011 02:12 PM - Smart Shopping - by Adam (man)

 

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What Happened:   What Happened: I got a call one day form a general contractor who said he was doing some work in the neighborhood, and did I need any work done on the house. Well in fact, we needed the roof repaired and some water damage to the ceiling and walls repaired. This guy came over and said if we signed a contract today, we would get a 25% discount. So we signed a contract and gave him one third of the money. Well, the guys he sent over to do the work were a bunch of incompetent, lazy, beer swilling !#$&*%. I called the contractor a number of times and got nothing but promises to fix it. But no improvements on the work. I finally threatened t call the contractors board and my lawyer. We settled the amount I stilled owed him. I got someone else to finish the work.
Lesson Learned: Don’t let anyone do work for you unless you get references first. And never, never, sign with someone who pressures you to do it now.
The Details: If the guy was a good contractor why was he cold calling people to get work. If he was good, he should have all the referrals he needs.

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Nov 9, 2011 02:12 PM - Smart Shopping - by Angela (woman)

 

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