Recently blogged about this issue: though information about this appears nowhere on the card or in the terms of service, iTunes Cards ( ... with store credit or an iTunes Gift Card in Canada. Customers residing in Canada may only purchase games ... to issue you 10 song credit. Again i apologize and i hope this issue gets resolved. I will also apply [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 00:53:47
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On Chase’s Customer Service
Chase gets it. Their customer service number, for both U.S. and Internation is printed on the back of every credit card, as I assume most credit card ... t want my credit card being shut down for suspicious charges. So, I gave Chase a ring. After a short [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 04:06:51
Online Services Problems: Credit Cards
This week, I was at the Virtual Goods Summit in San Francisco (my session writeups should appear on http://freetoplay.biz over the coming days) ... providers” (companies that specialized in extracting cash out of your users via credit card, paypal, pre ... are - in general - shockingly bad (lazy or plain stupid, usually) at handling their customers’ money [more...]
Date: 2008-10-13 05:31:49
Buy Amway Products, Get Drink, Play Pool. And They Take Away Your Credit Cards.
Wired, reports that a credit card company has come under fire and FTC investigation for “behavioral scoring”: reducing credit limits for people who use a variety of services. These services included, “Direct ... counselors, automobile tire retreading and repair shops, bars and night clubs, pool and billiard [more...]
Date: 2008-06-23 16:12:59
Price-fixing won't help gas retailers cope with higher fees Steve Bartlett, president and CEO, Financial Services Roundtable - Washington USA TODAY's article "Credit card fees eat up gas ... fees on credit card transactions. The proposed solution described in the article is misguided on many [more...]
Date: 2008-07-21 05:36:36
Credit Card Fraud as a Business
If names like Max Butler, Jeff Norminton, Brett Johnson and Christopher Aragon don’t mean anything to you, ... Telephone Fraud Prevention Service Visa Doesn’t Like Merchants Disposable Credit Card Numbers ... and CardersMarket? Max Butler was the mastermind behind the biggest organized credit card fraud rings [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 21:22:14
Think You're Having a Bad Day?
It could be worse: Visa CEO loses his credit cards Imagine running the world's largest credit card network, and not having your own plastic. That's what happened to Visa Inc Chief Executive Joseph Saunders. He spoke Thursday morning at a Goldman Sachs financial services conference in New York, and had come from San Francisco, Visa's [more...]
Date: 2008-12-11 19:54:29
AAA Can Do That…?
AAA Can Do That…? Did you know that an early form of an automotive social network took root in 1902? ... people are not even aware of. Automotive Financial Services: Need help with credit cards, personal ... bond for covered traffic violations may also be available. Body Shops/Repair Service: AAA has done [more...]
Date: 2008-10-02 18:32:33
Keep Watch For The Missing Quarter
How secure is yours? How secure is yours? HARRISBURG PA - Internet chat rooms are filling with complaints from credit card customers nationwide ... : File a dispute immediately with your credit card company; Call Pennsylvania’s Bureau of Consumer ... business with. The company, Adele Services of Melville NY, doesn’t exist, according to a report Sunday [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 10:40:26
F|R Crib Sheet: 15 Sites to Cut Your Startup Operating Costs
Clever founders always eke the most out of every buck ... job of winnowing down and showcasing the many different small business credit-card offers out there. And in coming weeks, BillShrink plans to add a credit card service that will, like its wireless [more...]
Date: 2008-07-19 16:15:50
F|R Crib Sheet: 15 Sites to Cut Your Startup Operating Costs
Clever founders always eke the most out of every buck ... job of winnowing down and showcasing the many different small business credit-card offers out there. And in coming weeks, BillShrink plans to add a credit card service that will, like its wireless [more...]
Date: 2008-07-19 16:00:27
What Do I Mean by, “You’re Fired”?
I’ve had a surprisingly energetic response to my recent posts telling various companies, “You’re Fired ... . Whether or not the “Firing” is company-wide or location-specific depends on the offense: The poor service ... a credit card charge, or filing a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. I know a lot [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 19:17:37
Consumer Credit Counseling
Consumer Credit Counseling January 17, 2009 at 5:00 pm · Filed under Credit Counseling Services div style=’float: right; width: 100px; padding: ... on financed loans and credit card debt can become onerous and when you add in penalties and late fees ... impossible for anyone to compete in today’s arena without the aid of a credit card. And that’ [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 22:00:36
Weekly Roundup and Carnivals
This week I again participated in some great carnivals so check them out ... for the Automaker’s bailout.” I say let Honda and Toyota show them how it’s done. Ashley tells us “credit card customer service stories“. I found them hilarious! Nickel talks about “Five ideas for Charitable [more...]
Date: 2008-12-12 14:30:46
Wednesday Night Marketing News
When I lived and worked in Metro Detroit, the Auto Show was one of the highlights of winter.. ... . "The issues are limited range, long charge times and durability," says David Champion, Consumer Reports ... Financial Services Private-Label Credit Card Biz 'More Bleak Than Sunny' by Les Luchter "Online [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 23:00:00
One-Stop Shopping Calamity
The news that Citigroup is considering selling half its Smith Barney brokerage unit to Morgan Stanley is seen as evidence that Sandy Weill's plan for ... from one financial institution. Credit cards, checking accounts, mortgages, brokerage services ... a one-stop financial shop is officially dead. But the financial supermarket is the bad idea [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 18:00:00
Global Investing Roundups Friday, December 19th, 2008
FedEx Announces Profit, Cost Cuts; Report: Wal-Mart to Sell iPhones; GM Denies Chrysler Merger Talks; Discovery Applying for Bank Status; ... reported. Credit card firm Discovery Financial Services (DFS) added itself to the list of companies ... ; Carnival Cruises to 4Q Profit FedEx Corp. (FDX) mixed bad news with good in its latest quarterly [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 11:29:55
Arrange Your Own Debt Consolidation and Save Money
Amazon.de Widgets Debt consolidation companies can and have provided excellent services to thousands who have had severe credit card debt and who were suffering financial problems as a result. However, these services are not free and also many people don’t like the idea of handing over their personal information to these companies. The solution: DIY debt consolidation. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-25 15:43:00
Car Repair and Cashback Cards - Big Spender Edition
“Hey man, just put it on your credit card…” That’s the best answer the Honda service manager could give me as I attempted to negotiate with him to cover the repair costs for the air conditioner compressor failure on our Honda CRV. Honda ... they were paying for the replacement parts but I told him that the $600 repair was still a lot of money [more...]
Date: 2008-09-08 04:01:03
eCommnerce Chargebacks and Remedies
According to a recent report (Oct, 2008) by CyberSource (a leading payment & risk management services company) ... with their bank or credit/debit card provider. Sometimes the consumer dispute is untrue, and their refund claim ... . In cases of credit card fraud, the merchant loses the goods or services sold, the payment, the fees [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 07:09:50
Headline News - January 14, 2009
Wall St. Journal: Bank of America to Get Billions in U.S ... AIte Group Report: U.S. Credit Unions: Seize the Opportunity Note: Throughout the day, as Payments ... Services Acquires Private Label Credit Card Program of Canadian Luxury Jeweler Birks Bank Systems [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 13:26:41
Bailout bio for American Express
American Express was founded in 1850 and is headquartered in New York, New York. It is known best for its global payments and travel operations. The Company’s principal products and services are charge and credit card products, and travel ... Documents | Federal contracts Lobbying reports | Political Contributions | Related Articles [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 21:51:52
Global is as Global does
Owned by financial services firm Barclays, Barclaycard is one of the largest credit card providers in Europe and India. And it recently ... for us as a UK credit card company, but they do not reflect the global payments company we have become [more...]
Date: 2008-10-03 10:29:07
Latest News in Credit Repair and Credit Score - Nov 26, 2008
The truth about credit repair services - WCNC 21 Nov 2008 at 8:22am CHARLOTTE, N.C. — If you have trouble getting loans and credit cards because of your credit score, you’re not alone. There are more than 30 million people in the United States with blemishes on their credit [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 16:32:31
Disposable Savings
Do you happen to be an employee of a company that offers payday loan? ... . What if it is you, employee or not, you want to buy something, for example a gadget that yoy wanted so bad yet you don’t have enough cash? Good thing there are credit card companies who offer their proud service [more...]
Date: 2008-11-01 06:27:49
Judgments - Remove from Your Credit
by John Cooper Judgments are also called default judgments or credit card judgments. These terms all have the same meaning ... be removed and you should not be responsible. This is when I would suggest a credit repair law firm ... . You can actually hire them at a reasonable rate. A very popular credit repair service Lexington Law [more...]
Date: 2008-11-28 20:09:41
Wimbledon Live - Stream or Download Matches
Wimbledon 2008 starts today and runs to July 6 and I discovered that Wimbledon provides a two week ‘Wimbledon Live‘ service. For a flat fee of $24 ... them my credit card. This kind-of defeats the “free” part of the ‘Download (FREE)’ offer. Read ... of the 2005 Federer vs. Roddick Wimbledon Final. The quality wasn’t great (see pic above), but it [more...]
Date: 2008-06-23 11:46:43
Customer Service, or Lack Thereof : Revisited
like their rewards. This morning, though, I logged into my Chase account and scoped out their current “Balance Transfer Offers” and here’s what it ... credit card, it takes a few days for the transaction to appear on the credit card balance [more...]
Date: 2008-07-23 11:48:45
Opinionist: Inside Games: What the Beijing Olympics is really about
Lately, the Olympics has started to remind us of the kind of conversation wherein someone is prepared to reveal a secret, ... to credit card services, with the omnipresent five Fuwa [more...]
Date: 2008-07-27 02:36:42
Get Out of FreeCreditReport.com’s “Triple Advantage”
FreeCreditReport.com is the heavily advertised company that offers “free” credit reports ( ... reminder to check your bank and credit card statements at least once a month so charges like this don ... if you sign up for a trial offer for their monitoring service with a monthly fee. They have huge [more...]
Date: 2008-07-25 18:29:44
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28Dec08 Dolla bill, y’all By John Vierdsen Categories: Politics Tags: Hogan Gidley, Katon Dawson, Republican National Committee, ... , there are numerous payments for credit card charges, so it could be entirely possible that the SUV payments are on one of the party’s cards. Also, there are plenty of expenditures for car service and repair [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 07:35:45
Audit of California Avocado Commission uncovers at least $1.5 million in questionable spending
During the three-year audit period, 18 employees used commission credit cards to pay for purchases including meals, flowers, luxury spa services and clothes from high-end retailers, the report says. Something has been rotten at the state agency behind a splashy $7-million annual marketing blitz on television [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 08:00:00
Debt consolidation service
Nowadays almost all adults in American society has credit cards in their wallets ... is, there are companies who are willing to help those people who are in bad credit situation in fixing [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 04:26:46
Twitter Terror
I was amused to read that a draft Army intelligence report identified micro-blogging service Twitter as a potential tool for terrorists ... are our tools: sneakers, sandwiches, credit cards, cars, steak knives, box cutters, cameras, cell phones ... digital communications, Twitter is a pretty weak medium for planning bad things. Copies of every post [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 15:12:22
Eliminate Debt
Most people,at some point of time in their lives are affected by debt and then lead a dejected and totally unhappy life ... in the web site.The web site also provides you information on how bad a credit card debt ... .It is very important that one finds a good debt consolidation service to eliminate [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 22:44:46
THAT'S IT!!!! I am creating my own bailout plan
I woke up the following headlines this morning: * DHL to cut 9500 jobs and close US service centers * Government provides record aid ... to have your APRs lowered or limits increased (no credit pull of course).- Lower the interest ... dollars in my 401K account and I have had a couple of credit card companies try my patience [more...]
Date: 2008-11-11 00:07:00
A Bad Week in Ardwulfsville
Over the weeekend, I had my credit card number stolen and some bogus charges made to it. Called the bank immediately and was told that I would need to come in to the branch to sign the paperwork the next day. The customer service rep could not tell me which of the two card numbers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 22:00:53
Merchant Services Charge-back Horror: Why Paypal Ia The Only Way:
_3248 Creative Commons License photo credit: David Boyle in DC There are reasons why I had the outrageous gall to re-start my online marketing ... ), those customers can decide to lie to the banks at any time, about an e-check, or a credit card payment ... to our merchant account when that happened. As if it wasn’t bad enough that people stopped [more...]
Date: 2008-11-01 17:55:10
No Costs Are Fixed
My first year in business was bewildering. The various services necessary to run a business took some effort to figure out and pull off at the right time. Insurance, credit card processors, telephone and Internet, payroll and accounting, and even the almighty lease all had to be properly budgeted and planned. The following year, when I went [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 08:01:00
Ensim-Infrastructure Management Software Provider
Do you are CEO of Managed Service Providers, Web Hosting company or other Internet companys, If you answer is “yes”, another, ... Credit Card (0) Camelback Displays Material Sell Online (0) Look at the Whitaker Wellness (2) Hosting ... to finance my education (4) Tell You a Bad Credit Loan Shop (0) The Visionary CEO Inspired Me (0) Fab [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 08:30:15
Study: Wire-transfer shops vulnerable to PC viruses and hackers
There has been an alarming amount of viruses on the PCs used to transfer funds and personal financial information. Reno, Nevada (CaymanMama.com) ... Security numbers to credit card numbers to tax documents.” The study found that the infections likely ... and a few on every block that offer some type of money transfer service making it a valuable [more...]
Date: 2008-12-11 18:40:54
Economy so bad National won’t take advantage?
Heat on public sector bossesPublic service bosses face renewed pressure to cut spending as Treasury warns the economy will stall this year and ... in the face of warnings New Zealand's credit rating will be downgraded if debt gets out of hand ... , plasma TV’s and cosmetic surgery on credit cards wasn’t sustainable (who would’ve thunk [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 18:18:00
Apple throws wrench in iPod Mechanic's schemes
Let me put forth this modest proposal: if you plan on running a company that fixes iPod, ... advantage of Apple’s warranty service. The suit says that Woodhams got Apple to repair broken ... of his customers on the appropriate forms, receiving new replacement units, then denying credit card charges [more...]
Date: 2008-06-27 20:23:22
Daftar Kata Kunci Harga Tinggi, HPK
Daftar Kata Kunci Harga Tinggi, HPK HPK atau High Paying Keyword adalah kata kunci yang memiliki nilai CPC (Cost Per Click) ... experience work 27.71 6.50 bank card chase credit 20.79 6.50 valencia car hire 20.45 6.50 ... services web 24.05 6.49 free mortgage quote 20.51 6.49 bad credit consolidation 18.37 6.49 best [more...]
Date: 2008-07-06 00:48:38
WIRELESS
WIRELESS The incoming Obama administration has earmarked just $6 billion for wireless and broadband services as part of an ambitious $825 billion ... for the U.S. government to spend $30 billion or more to help improve broadband infrastructure ... announced a device that can clip onto its wireless handhelds and enable retailers to take credit cards [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 18:45:09
Best Buy Update: Terrible Customer Service
Here's a followup to the Best Buy fiasco yesterday. On my lunch break, I called the Best Buy store in Bangor Maine (where the transaction occured) ... , I have to go into the store to resolve this dispute. That's right, people. I paid Best Buy to mess ... I have to? Definitely not. But this doesn't end here. I'm going to contact my credit card company [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 18:01:24
CheckPoint ZoneAlarm Pro v8.0.59.000
ZoneAlarm Pro combines multi-layered Firewall security with robust Anti-Spyware that protects your PC and your privacy on the Internet ... . And our real time Identity Theft Protection services monitor and repair all suspicious activity linked ... and even in the physical world. - Stops pre-approved credit card offers, which contain sensitive [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 12:55:49
Nintendo’s A+ Customer Service
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll ... warranty for all hardware repairs. Best of all, my credit card wouldn’t be charged until I got my Wii ... . Perhaps I’m rating this too soon, but I just had my first contact with Nintendo’s customer [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 05:59:47
Reasons behind the Nose-diving Blog Income
If you have been going nuts over the continuing downtrend of your blog income, here are the reasons ... , insurance, credit cards etc, are doing! :) Take a short break! Play PickJack, Learn and Earn a few Cents ... . Pubmatic, the ad optimization service, has published a report on the Ad rates trend for the past [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 21:16:06
Facebook Music Coming through Lala Deal?
Lala is a small music streaming service in comparison to more prominent sites like Last.fm, but Eric Eldon reports that Lala may be leading the bid for a partnership with Facebook ... be especially true if music purchasing options could be integrated with Facebook’s credit card account [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 15:56:37
