diamondmaster1 commented on Target Employee Says Whatever She Feels Like At The Time

"@ryatziv: "Because it's their job to answer the phones and provide accurate information to the customers?" Not necessarily."

diamondmaster1 commented on Worst Company In America 2008: Round 2 Bracket

"@zero_o: They sell worldwide, and recently began opening direct retail stores in the US in relatively exclusive areas in Beverly Hills, Houston and Dallas."

diamondmaster1 commented on Visa Officially Says Stores Cannot Deny Purchases If You Don't Show ID

"@weedpindle: It's a common misconception on the part of the public that a merchant will get their money if the purchase is approved. Don't believe me?"

diamondmaster1 commented on Get Your Free GrandCentral Number

"04/16/08 and still no email.... I believe I should start to take this seriously."

diamondmaster1 commented on Scam Watch: Credit Card Shaving

"@johnarlington: A complete and total change on the part of the American public would have to occur for that to happen smoothly with all transactions, starting with the Rabid Privacy Freeaks (RPFs) who are so paranoid that they believe you can memorize all of their ID info with just a glance."

diamondmaster1 commented on Get Your Free GrandCentral Number

"@diamondmaster1: 03/22 and STILL no email from them. Wonderful timely service, eh?"

diamondmaster1 commented on Federal Reserve Extends Its Lending Authority In Bear Stearns Bailout

"Wait. This is just the tip of an ever-growing iceberg that will force a major renovation of our entire economic system, running into 2010--when the largest number of baby-boomers hits retirement age. Those of you reading this just THINK you're going to retire on time, and comfortably. Think again."

diamondmaster1 commented on For the retail managers lurking

"@sohmc: "I left wondering if Best Buy, et al had an appointment system, if they would do better." Nope--I can tell you from experience that people HATE being told they have to make an appointment in retail--pretty much for anything, for that matter."

diamondmaster1 commented on Get Your Free GrandCentral Number

"Put in my request/reserve for a GC number on 2/29; to day is 3/10, and still no email from them... So when does anyone think I should expect to hear from them?"

diamondmaster1 commented on You may notice that the site

"Doesn't work for me in FireFox 2.0.0.12--whenever I try to pull up a story, I get an error stating that the browser tried to pass something that was too long to the site: Bad Request Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.Size of a request header field exceeds server limit. Cookie: SESSID_GANJA_be4ecb82f9c17d4b1dbf12e462035e5f_CHK=9399607e7c7cbed6a06810b21e5c7a03; SESSID_GANJA_48c9f1132a81b9c32d9c6b017682a7fe_CHK=7c9b36b5ffbe4cfd9ae95f7f397af56a; SESSID_GANJA_fd694c8e3995820e80a45b5d3b967ac4_DATA=returnto%7Cs%3A1%3A%22%2F%22%3Bremember%7Ci%3A1%3BuserId% (With a LOT of stuff deleted for SOME brevity here) Apache/2.0.59 (Unix) PHP/5.2.5 mod_perl/2.0.3 Perl/v5.8.8 Server at 127.0.0.1 Port 80 Don't know why this is happening, and it doesn't happen consistently, either, but I go to IE7.0.5730.13 to read this site since that works fine."

diamondmaster1 commented on Get Your Free GrandCentral Number

"Using the article link, I wasn't able to sign up, but was able to put a reserve in and told to wait for a communication from Grand Central/Google. Let's just see if the service is still free--I have my doubts, but am willing to be proven wrong."

diamondmaster1 commented on Special Ring Sold Only Online, Wowie Zowie!

"Most of you won't know this, but neither of those rings currently exist--those are computer 3d renderings off of one of the jewelry-specific CAD programs like Matrix or Artcam Jewelry."

diamondmaster1 commented on Record Decline In U.S. Home Prices, Foreclosure Filings Up

"Next time--and every time--the new property tax bills come out, I intend to dispute the vale assigned to the house in light of the downward pressure on home values/prices."

diamondmaster1 commented on Former VP Admits "Enzyte Male Enhancement" Ads Are Complete Fiction

"Did the former VP testify under immunity from prosecution?"

diamondmaster1 commented on Woman's Credit History Goes Missing, Giving Her A Credit Score Of Zero

"Lots of Luck...I have documented proof of errors in all three Bureaus and they STILL will not correct them, nor will they put a 100-word statement from me as required by law."

diamondmaster1 commented on The IRS ain't so evil, they

"@catskyfire: I'm with you there; I got my W2 yesterday, and filed in under 15mins using Turbotax."

diamondmaster1 commented on Sears' CEO Has Been Fired

"CEOs are dropping like flies in retail across the US after the debacle that was Xmas 2007. Nothing really new here; move along!"

diamondmaster1 commented on Self-Employed? Here's How To Do Your Taxes

"@ManiacDan: Too true! I was once employed by a firm that preferred to miscategorize their employees as 'independent contractors'--despite the fact that they met NONE of the IRS criteria for such a classification. Wonder if the IRS still pays snitches if they collect back taxes on companies?"