ABCMouse was recently punished by the FTC, to the tune of $10 million. They were fined for a variety of deceptive practices, including recurring charges to customer credit cards for membership renewals that were either not disclosed or difficult to terminate. Auto-renewal traps are nothing new. ABCMouse is certainly a big name, but many other … Read more
From 2011 to 2019, Google tried to get in on the social media craze with their Google+ platform. It never caught on, and the nail in its coffin was when it was shown that users’ information was not safeguarded well. Anyone with a Google+ profile may have had their PII revealed to 3rd-party developers. If … Read more
Just don’t. It’s a trap. No good can come of it. It’ll all end in tears. Please don’t buy that laptop. I’m talking about the Windows laptops that are out there for $200 (or less). I call them traptops. They look and sound awesome, from the marketing! Especially on Black Friday or Prime Day, but … Read more
I’d like to mention a couple of my favorite “daily deal” websites, Woot.com and Meh.com . Woot.com started some 16 years ago as a site that sold just one item, each day. That item changed everyday — today it could be a vacuum, tomorrow it could be gourmet coffee from Guatemala. Whatever it was, it was offered at a truly … Read more
Federal law makes it so you may obtain free credit reports, once a year. AnnualCreditReport.com is the easiest site for obtaining your credit reports. ACR is simple and straightforward, and will pace you through to each of the big 3 credit reporting agencies, to collect each record. There are other websites and companies that may offer … Read more
Gamers, please check out CheapShark: https://www.cheapshark.com/ This website collects video game prices from all over and lets you use them to save money. You can quickly find the best price on the game you’re about to buy.Or search for sales and super-low prices. You can even set price alerts and get notified when a game price … Read more