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Ryanair CEO Needs Police Escort After Gloating In Front Of Laid-Off Workers

Commented by Verdant Pine Trees:
2:53 PM on February 9, 2012

Memory problems.

How I Lost $470 To A Vindictive, Abusive, Extortionist eBay Buyer

Commented by Verdant Pine Trees:
2:49 PM on February 9, 2012

Sure, there are (and have been) bad sellers. While powersellers were given special privileges, that doesn't take away from the fact that occasional sellers have to deal with this kind of BS.

Oh, and I was primarily a seller, and had my share of scumbags to deal with, but also received broken merchandise and bootlegged tapes as a buyer.

How I Lost $470 To A Vindictive, Abusive, Extortionist eBay Buyer

Commented by Verdant Pine Trees:
2:43 PM on February 9, 2012

My man, you need to look into postal fraud.

Hard-Up College Students Turning To Food Stamps

Commented by Verdant Pine Trees:
11:20 AM on February 8, 2012

So, you mention going to school in that way - but you don't mention if you, like the advice you give students, decided to drop out for a year, and then return?

You know what that's total bunk? Because in many programs at state-funded colleges and universities, if you don't complete by a given period of time, you have to start all over again and repeat classes.

Ask Tax Cat: What The Heck Is Going On With The Business Mileage Rate For 2011?

Commented by Verdant Pine Trees:
11:00 PM on January 25, 2012

Your friend might look at whether they can get a write-off under "unreimbursed job expenses" instead...not mileage.

One Man's Plan For An All-Out Attack On His Excess Baggage

Commented by Verdant Pine Trees:
2:39 PM on January 5, 2012

He sure is. But I'd like to see a woman who has had his kind of success on his type of plan (which I think is in the right direction). My husband loses weight much, much faster than me on that kind of regime. Despite lots of exercise and changes I only lost about 13-15 pounds last year.

PayPal Tells Buyer To Destroy Purchased Violin Instead Of Return For Refund

Commented by Verdant Pine Trees:
2:16 PM on January 5, 2012

No, I don't think you get it. In this sort of scam, what a person does is swap near-identical items - one they keep (the seller's) and the one they already have (damaged, counterfeit, etc.). For instance, it happens with Xboxes and other expensive equipment.

This is why many people who sell put secret marks on their merchandise using a pen that can only be seen under black light, so they can confirm the item they have returned to them is theirs and not a damaged copy.

My only negative on eBay, after hundreds of orders, was something similar.

Suze Orman Gets Tough & Answers Your Questions In Chat With Consumerist

Commented by Verdant Pine Trees:
5:55 PM on December 14, 2011

Not that I necessarily agree, but maybe she's arguing this because it's not dischargeable in bankruptcy. If you have bad CC debt, if you had to, you could walk away, but you can never walk away from your student loans.

Ambush Locally-Owned Businesses With Support Via Cash Mob

Commented by Verdant Pine Trees:
3:29 PM on December 14, 2011

Many of those innovators who expect us to give up privacy and not worry about it are themselves young people, like Mark Zuckerberg, who haven't thought through (or don't want us to think about) the long term implications. For one thing, the sheer amount of numbing crap that we wade through thanks to oversharing.

I use social networking quite a bit, but I still take steps to preserve my privacy, as much for the people who are following me as for myself. Frankly, I don't care what Wil Wheaton ate for breakfast - nor do I need to know it about my dearest friends and family.

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