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AloofDoof Sends Alerts When Ads You Like Appear On Craigslist

AloofDoof Sends Alerts When Ads You Like Appear On Craigslist

Reader Sedo just sent us a link to aloofdoof.com, a website that lets you set up keyword searches on Craiglist. We haven’t tested it, but it appears to be similar to WishRadar for Amazon. Sedo writes,

"Why Is CVS Automatically Refilling My Prescriptions?"

"Why Is CVS Automatically Refilling My Prescriptions?"

It took three calls from CVS’ automated reminder service for me to realize what was going on: CVS Pharmacy was refilling our prescriptions without our asking for them to be refilled, and then their automated dialer was calling us to notify us that we had a prescription waiting. Nobody in my family requested to have a prescription refilled, yet three times CVS called us to tell us to come and pick up our prescription.

CareerBuilder's Free Resume Review Is Bot-Driven Junk

CareerBuilder's Free Resume Review Is Bot-Driven Junk

Sometimes”‘free” means “wow what a great bargain,” and sometimes it just mean worthless. CareerBuilder offers a free resume review on their site—enter your email address, upload your resume, and “we’ll email you the results of your free evaluation, including tips on writing a resume that will help you land the interview.” All it really does is collect your address so it can send you unsolicited email (we got spammed 30 minutes later), and your “review” is just a boilerplate page of generic advice.

Verizon: Go Ahead And Email Us, We're Not Going To Read It

Verizon: Go Ahead And Email Us, We're Not Going To Read It

At least Verizon is being honest about the fact that they’re not going to read your emails, right?