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Jan 30 2012

Making the best decision

by Mary Anne

The article written by Alonso Kramer

I was trying to use thewww.texaselectricityproviders.com/ website to figure out what the best options were for my energy utilities. I really need something I can rely on. At my one of my old houses, we had some problems with the provider. My husband and I always felt like we were being overcharged and it seemed like the electricity would cut out randomly for what seemed like no reason. We both decided we really wanted to do our research for the next house and avoid the same problem. We are set to move into our new house next month. We are both really excited. It is a lot bigger and a lot nicer than our first house together. However, since it is so big, I am a bit concerned about the price of our utilities and if we can handle it. My husband told me that he really thinks we will be fine. I just get a bit concerned because electricity is essential. I do not want to be strained for money so making the decision for the most cost-efficient and reliable source would be ideal for me right now.

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Jan 25 2012

Credit reports/identity theft?

by Mary Anne

A short while ago I filled up my gas tank at a Texaco station.  I saw that they were running a special rebate promotion for new Texaco credit card holders, so when I got home I went online and applied for a new Texaco credit card for myself, and a separate one for my hubby.

I got my card a few days later, but I noticed in my email in-box was a rejection letter for my hubby’s card.  It turns out that he was rejected because they don’t think he is him!  They said that they rejected him based on information from a credit report company.  So I printed it off and gave it to my hubby and told him to call the credit report company, which he has been trying to do all morning long.  I am concerned that this may have something to do with an identity theft attempt! 

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Jan 24 2012

How much longer can it last?

by Mary Anne

When I listen to the news about how the U.S. Postal service is struggling to stay afloat, I think about all of the competition that it faces – the UPS and Fed Ex are the largest competitors for packages, and for letters and documents the competitors are fax machines and the World Wide Web. People nowadays have a lot of options to choose from when it comes to delivery services. Sometimes I start to wonder if actually putting mail in our residential mailboxes might become a thing of the past.

I wouldn’t be terribly surprised if home delivery of the mail was cut down to only a couple of days a week, or even eliminated completely in favor of people having to pick up their mail in a central location like cluster mailboxes at the intersections of their roads, or like commercial mailboxes in a post office or a general store, like in the old days when the post office was just delivering mail by pony express. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that we would revert back to ponies, just that the mail delivery would end at the posts office and people would have to come get it from there.

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Jan 12 2012

Take the time to learn the details

by Mary Anne

With all of the gadgets that are on the market, it is worth your while to really check out the details before you go out and spend a lot of money on one of the new digital camcorders. A couple of years ago I had a camcorder that used a tape to record performances, and the tape length was ninety minutes. Well I started to have trouble with the batteries not keeping a charge, and I bought new batteries. Even the new ones would not keep a charge, so I decided it was time to invest in a digital one. I had no idea what exactly all of the terms meant, and I ended up buying one that would only record about ten minutes before needing to insert a new disk. That was very upsetting to me because I wanted to be able to record my kids recitals and school plays, which lasted a lot longer than ten minutes! So, do your research, lesson learned!

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Jan 11 2012

My youngest sister wants a new computer

by Mary Anne

My sister called me last night and told me that her old computer has died, and wants my help in finding and buying a new one.  I told her that I’d try to help her, but I am not sure that I have the expertise that she really is hoping that I have!  I asked her if she wants a new desktop computer or a laptop computer.  I think it’s important to know that right off of the bat.  She replied that she wants a new desktop, because her laptop is fine but she really prefers having the really nice large screen and spacious keyboard and mouse when she is working at home.

Then I asked her if she was going to be using it as a gaming computer or using it as a media center computer. She said it really was not something that she had thought about, but she really expected to just use it for “regular stuff” like word processing and Internet browsing and doing a few graphics applications.  So I suggested that she look a the workhorse computers for what type she wants, and suggested that she check out the shopwiki.com website for the best deals.

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