This is crazy. In 2012, who’s ever heard of any online store calling a customer to confirm an online order … much less the biggest retailer on the planet?? But it’s true. I got a call from Walmart to confirm an order that I placed online. Here’s how it happened: On Sunday (Aug. 19th),...
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As I mentioned before, I’m still in the process of unpacking some boxes — primarily old personal paperwork like bills and pay stubs and stuff like that. I was going through a folder with stuff from 1999 (yes, really) and found part of their membership statement/invoice. It had this: How’s that for a blast...
Read more →I took this photo last time I was out at the store doing some grocery shopping. It’s not obvious, so let me explain. On the upper shelf, you can buy one 40 oz. jar of peanut butter for $4.08. On the shelf below it, you can buy a wrapped two-pack of 40 oz. peanut...
Read more →Three weeks ago today, on December 7th, I bought a new TV at Best Buy for my office. The one I bought is an LG brand, 32LE5400. It had all the things I wanted: 1080p 120 hz refresh rate built-in Internet connectability right size for my office right brand — either Samsung or LG...
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