FreeMarketGravy commented on Court Rules Customs Agents Can Collect Data From Laptops & Cellphones Without Cause

"@MelL: That's not searching your mind as much as asking you to answer questions."

FreeMarketGravy commented on Court Rules Customs Agents Can Collect Data From Laptops & Cellphones Without Cause

""We wonder how long it will be until our minds are also considered luggage and subject to search without suspicion." Yeah, got to watch out for those machines that read your mind and copy everything you have in it."

FreeMarketGravy commented on Consumer Price Index Shows That Consumers Like Eating Out, Gasoline

"@HIV 2 Elway: Probably a fair amount and why not?"

FreeMarketGravy commented on Dear Steve Jobs: FedEx Stole My Mom's Mother's Day iPod, Please Help!

"Sounds like someone read the story of Steve Jobs forwarding an e-mail to a subordinate and took it way too far."

FreeMarketGravy commented on Chrysler: Want $2.99 Gas For 3 Years? Guaranteed?

"@LJKelley: And I've got a mid-90s Dodge Ram that I've beaten like it was going out of style and it's still running like a dream besides some minor electrical problems (broken cigarette lighters that I never use anyway, two speakers blown)."

FreeMarketGravy commented on Iowa Best Buy Won't Sell To You Unless You Sign Up For Rewards Card?

"@EyeHeartPie: In what world is causing a scene the mature and proper way of dealing with a problem?"

FreeMarketGravy commented on Iowa Best Buy Won't Sell To You Unless You Sign Up For Rewards Card?

"@nardo218: Yes, causing mob scenes due to your own ignorance (not that they should be pushing them on anyone, but Rewards Cards are apparently free now) is a great way to go about handling situations."

FreeMarketGravy commented on Having Your Credit Card Stolen = Accidentally Free MP3 Downloads From Amazon?

"I had a recent similar experience with a new debit card."

FreeMarketGravy commented on Iowa Best Buy Won't Sell To You Unless You Sign Up For Rewards Card?

"I know hating on Best Buy is a favored pastime here (and with good reason), but anyone who thinks this is a company policy or anything other than a manager freaking out over low Rewards Card signups for the week/month/quarter/year and overreacting with a terrible plan to "correct" the numbers is delusional."

FreeMarketGravy commented on If You Love Junk Mail, Visit The Direct Marketing Association's Advocacy Website "MailMovesAmerica.org"

"@RobinB: See, they're right."

FreeMarketGravy commented on Miss A Payment And Gadget Disables Car

"@Pithlit: Sure, it happens."

FreeMarketGravy commented on Miss A Payment And Gadget Disables Car

"@Pithlit: Maybe you're right, maybe you're wrong."

FreeMarketGravy commented on Miss A Payment And Gadget Disables Car

"@Pithlit: Please present to me statistics about how many of these boxes have or are expected to strand motorists who pay their loans on time or don't try to argue with me using purely speculation. And yes, humiliation is subjective."

FreeMarketGravy commented on Miss A Payment And Gadget Disables Car

"@Pithlit: You're imagining a risk where none exists. And no, you're not being treated like a criminal unless you're being detained and cuffed."

FreeMarketGravy commented on Miss A Payment And Gadget Disables Car

"@Pithlit: Humiliation is subjective."

FreeMarketGravy commented on Miss A Payment And Gadget Disables Car

"@Pithlit: It only lowers the bar for people who are risky loan prospects. But let's assume you're right and every car dealership puts these boxes in every car ever and doesn't remove them until you've paid off the loan."

FreeMarketGravy commented on Miss A Payment And Gadget Disables Car

"@mariospants: What?"

FreeMarketGravy commented on Miss A Payment And Gadget Disables Car

"@Pithlit: I repeat: "it's the individual's responsibility to govern their financial decisions, not the banks or the corporations' responsibility to babysit anyone's checking account or hold anyone's hand through a loan application."