Digital Podium

Disgusting and Blatant Debit Card Phishing Scam!!!

2010-04-16T16:29:00.000-07:00

These bastards are running an automated debit card phishing scheme by sending out mass spam texts pretending to be "National Bank" and then asking for your card number, expiration date and pin!!!

Unfortunately I'm aware of these scams, but I feel sorry for the thousands that aren't and will lose money to this scam... right around tax season.

I just received the text like 30minutes ago. I'm sure these pigs planned to send it out right before the weekend when people need their money and would be worried about not being able to access it.

If you want to fuck with them, call: 1-866-610-7642

Brilliant Wisdom on Gold Diggers from Craigslist

2009-03-28T09:32:00.000-07:00

Guys, next time you get accosted by a gold digger, just forward this, or some version of it, to her. It will probably be intensely satisfying:

THIS APPEARED ON CRAIGSLIST (New York)

What am I doing wrong?

Okay, I'm tired of beating around the bush. I'm a beautiful (spectacularly beautiful) 25 year old girl. I'm articulate and classy. I'm not from New York. I'm looking to get married to a guy who makes at least half a million a year. I know how that sounds, but keep in mind that a million a year is middle class in New York City, so I don't think I'm overreaching at all.

Are there any guys who make 500K or more on this board? Any wives? Could you send me some tips? I dated a business man who makes average around 200 - 250. But that's where I seem to hit a roadblock. 250,000 won't get me to central park west. I know a woman in my yoga class who was married to an investment banker and lives in Tribeca, and she's not as pretty as I am, nor is she a great genius. So what is she doing right? How do I get to her level?

Here are my questions specifically:

- Where do you single rich men hang out? Give me specifics- bars, restaurants, gyms

-What are you looking for in a mate? Be honest guys, you won't hurt my feelings

-Is there an age range I should be targeting (I'm 25)?

- Why are some of the women living lavish lifestyles on the upper east side so plain? I've seen really 'plain jane' boring types who have nothing to offer married to incredibly wealthy guys. I've seen drop dead gorgeous girls in singles bars in the east village. What's the story there?

- Jobs I should look out for? Everyone knows - lawyer, investment banker, doctor. How much do those guys really make? And where do they hang out? Where do the hedge fund guys hang out?

- How you decide marriage vs. just a girlfriend? I am looking for MARRIAGE ONLY

Please hold your insults - I'm putting myself out there in an honest way. Most beautiful women are superficial; at least I'm being up front about it. I wouldn't be searching for these kind of guys if I wasn't able to match them - in looks, culture, sophistication, and keeping a nice home and hearth.

THE ANSWER...

Dear Pers-431649184:

I read your posting with great interest and have thought meaningfully about your dilemma. I offer the following analysis of your predicament. Firstly, I'm not wasting your time, I qualify as a guy who fits your bill; that is I make more than $500K per year. That said here's how I see it.

Your offer, from the prospective of a guy like me, is plain and simple a crappy business deal. Here's why. Cutting through all the B.S., what you suggest is a simple trade: you bring your looks to the party and I bring my money. Fine, simple. But here's the rub, your looks will fade and my money will likely continue into perpetuity...in fact, it is very likely that my income increases but it is an absolute certainty that you won't be getting any more beautiful!

So, in economic terms you are a depreciating asset and I am an earning asset. Not only are you a depreciating asset, your depreciation accelerates! Let me explain, you're 25 now and will likely stay pretty hot for the next 5 years, but less so each year. Then the fade begins in earnest. By 35 stick a fork in you!

So in Wall Street terms, we would call you a trading position, not a buy and hold...hence the rub...marriage. It doesn't make good business sense to "buy you" (which is what you're asking) so I'd rather lease. In case you think I'm being cruel, I would say the following. If my money were to go away, so would you, so when your beauty fades I need an out. It's as simple as that. So a deal that makes sense is dating, not marriage.

Separately, I was taught early in my career about efficient markets. So, I wonder why a girl as "articulate, classy and spectacularly beautiful" as you has been unable to find your sugar daddy. I find it hard to believe that if you are as gorgeous as you say you are that the $500K hasn't found you, if not only for a tryout.

By the way, you could always find a way to make your own money and then we wouldn't need to have this difficult conversation.

With all that said, I must say you're going about it the right way. Classic "pump and dump." I hope this is helpful, and if you want to enter into some sort of lease, let me know.

SunRocket Jacked Me and I'm PISSED OFF!!! Class Action?

2007-07-23T11:22:00.000-07:00

As many of you know, SunRocket suddenly ceased all operations today and left 200,000 customers (myself included) high and dry.

4 or 5 months ago, I shelled out $200 for a plan that was supposed to last 14 MONTHS. I am absolutely livid that they would just take my money and run. They did not even provide 50% of the service they were supposed to provide and the service they did provide sucked really bad.

I am and have been a vonage, packet 8, skype and voip.com customer, and I have never, ever seen such a shady and blatant disregard for customers and their rights. HOW CAN THEY JUST SEND THE EMAIL BELOW, EXPECT US TO DO NOTHING AND LET THEM TAKE OUR CASH??????

Any telecom class action attorneys reading this, please contact me via a post on this blog, please organize a SunRocket Class Action Lawsuit asap!!!

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URGENT COMMUNICATION TO SUNROCKET CUSTOMERS

Dear Customers,

--------------- It is important that you read this email carefully ------------

As you may have heard, SunRocket is in the process of closing its operations and therefore will no longer be able to provide you with the phone service that you have been accustomed to. However, this email provides you with an opportunity to sign up with select service providers who we believe will offer outstanding replacement service.

In order to assist you, we have entered into negotiations with a number of service providers. As a result of those negotiations, we have entered into agreements with 8x8, Inc., provider of the Packet8 service, and Unified Communications Corp., provider of Teleblend service to offer you the best options and we are proud to recommend the following alternatives to you. Please make your decision to move to a new service provides immediately as future service is uncertain. It is very important for you as a customer to obtain new service from a new service provider immediately.

8x8/Packet8

The Packet8 Internet phone service incorporates patent protected technology from 8x8. Inc., a publicly traded company in business for more than 20 years. The service works in the same way as SunRocket’s and offers a virtually identical feature set.

No Startup Costs
FREE activation
FREE equipment
FREE shipping
FREE first month of service
Quickly port your number at no charge
A Savings of over $100!

Click here to order Packet8

http://getpacket8.packet8.net /sunrocket/ or call 1-800-868-0068 and mention special offer code SUNROCKET

Unified Communications Corp./TeleBlend
The TeleBlend Internet phone service incorporates patent-protected technology from Unified Communications Corp., a privately held company in business to provide outstanding customer service and telephony products. Teleblends has been working behind the scenes already to restore and continue service for all Sun Rocket customers The service works in the same way as SunRocket’s and offers an identical feature set with our Unlimited Transfer Plan.

No Startup Costs
FREE activation
USE your existing hardware
FREE and Quick transfer of your current number
No Need to port your number to another provider
UNLIMITED calling to the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico
Click here to order Teleblend
http://www.teleblend.com

It has been our pleasure to service you at SunRocket

Example of Fox News Twisting the Facts in GOP Debate

2007-05-15T21:43:00.000-07:00

In this article that I screen-capped from the Fox News website, you can see that Fox News is staying true to their credo of twisting, spinning and distorting the facts. If you saw this clip from the GOP Debate:

Ron Paul vs Giuliani on the Root Causes of Terrorism

You can see, hear and understand very clearly that Ron Paul was arguing the point that the terrorists are reacting to our interventionist policies in their countries in the middle-east. But of course, in a desperate and obvious effort to discredit Ron Paul and give some cheap brownie points to Giuliani, they have published this huge and glaring "mistake" which says that Ron Paul suggested we invited the attacks because of our non-interventionist policies.

This is a HUGE mistake, it is exactly the opposite of what he said, and a very telling tactic by Fox News.

***UPDATE***
Here is what happened after the debate:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ4IW0Y_7WY

Mike Gravel on The Colbert Report Interview Video

2007-05-06T10:35:00.000-07:00

Three Things Digg Can Do to Beat The AACS Licensing Authority

2007-05-02T09:15:00.000-07:00

1. Enlist the help of forward-thinking organizations, The EFF, ACLU, DefectiveByDesign.org and antidrm.org. This isn't just your fight, their are dozens of organizations battling the ill-effects of the DMCA every day... take it to the Supreme Court as a Free Speech issue.

2. Team up with other websites being targeted, don't let them divide and conquer! Getting together with the legal teams of other sites being sued will help you all share best strategies and offset the huge legal bills that are undoubtedly coming.

3. Most importantly, request financial assistance from your users. When Kevin Rose posted "...You've made it clear. You'd rather see Digg go down fighting than bow down to a bigger company. We hear you, and effective immediately we won't delete stories or comments containing the code and will deal with whatever the consequences might be. If we lose, then what the hell, at least we died trying." THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I THINK WE ALL WANTED TO HEAR.

So I am ready to put my money where my mouth is and stick it to those fuckers at the AACS LA. Just show me where the "Donate to Digg's David vs. Goliath Legal Battle" button is on the site and I'm ready to throw down some paypal cash...

Like I said yesterday...this day we fight!

This Day We Fight! 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0

2007-05-01T19:33:00.000-07:00

My brothers, I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me! A day may come when the courage of Men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship--but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the age of Men comes crashing down--but it is not this day. This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!

Target Sells Out of Wii's In 6 Minutes

2007-01-21T08:16:00.000-08:00

I have a Wii which everyone in my family has very much enjoyed, and a bunch of my aunts and uncles had each asked if I could buy them one if I saw any available.

So I heard about Target holding Wii's for today, Sunday, January 21st, 2007. It was 8:06 AM this morning when I called the first Target store in the Los Angeles area. This is how the guy answered the phone:

"Thank you for calling Target where we have already sold out of the Nintendo Wii, what can help you with today?"

I started laughing... every other Target in the Los Angeles area is the same, NO MORE WII'S! Since the Wii has obviously acheived a high level of demand in the mainstream mass market, it will be a long time until it's easily available. I guess next time there is a shipment people will have to camp out!

Example of DHL at its Worse During the Holidays

2006-12-20T11:48:00.000-08:00

I am so pissed off at the nightmare that DHL's negligence has created for me in shipping a package that is a gift for my son. Below is the letter I just sent them.

I made sure I let them know I was going to promote this through Digg.com and let people know to avoid using DHL at all costs. I would be interested in hearing other DHL nightmare stories so I can post them on here.

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DHL Express
Office of the President
1144 W. Washington St.
Tempe, AZ 85281

RE: Incredibly Negligent and Unprofessional Customer Service

Good day,

I am writing to inform you of my extreme disgust and discontent with the customer service I have received from DHL on shipping for the following package: 4749982XXXX

Here is a timeline of the long line of mistakes committed by your team:

12/8/2006: My Frys.com order shipped via DHL

12/11/2006: The package is delivered to XXX Ocean Ave. instead of XXX Ocean Park Blvd. Come on… don’t your couriers know their own route and region??? There is whole word after Ocean and it is a Boulevard not an Avenue! And to top it off, instead of calling my cell phone number on the order, the courier decides to send it back to the shipper, right in the middle of the Christmas season…great thinking wouldn’t you say?

12/12/2006: I speak to one of your Customer Service Representatives and they assure me they are going to reroute the package to the DHL service station at 1757 Stanford St., Santa Monica, CA

12/14/2006: After checking the new tracking number online (6470542XXXX) I notice that it hasn’t been re-rerouted, and in fact is on its way to Ohio, back to the shipper. This is bad, because this particular item is a Christmas gift for my son, and the item is sold out everywhere. So I speak again to one of your Representatives and they tell me that it is “hard” to get in touch with your main station, but that he has rerouted it back to the DHL station in Santa Monica, CA. He asks me to check back on Tuesday 12/19 for a new tracking number and status.

12/18/2006: I notice that the package is still on its way to Ohio so I call again, and of course, one of your Representatives assures me that it has been rerouted to Santa Monica, CA.

12/20/2006: At 10:00 AM I check online and see that I have been misled and falsely reassured all along, and the package has been, in fact, delivered back to the shipper. Needless to say, I am extremely frustrated. I call DHL at around 10:15 AM, and try to contain my frustration. In a spectacular display of world-class customer service skills, your Representative gets an attitude, decides he doesn’t want to help me, and simply hangs up on me.

I am speechless at the extreme lack of courtesy and professionalism displayed by this man. Don’t you train your people to handle these types of difficult Customer Service situations? Is their instinct to just hang up on someone really not discussed at all before they start answering calls on your behalf? In my opinion, this person’s call history with DHL should be reviewed, because I’m sure it’s not the first time he does this, and then he should be fired.

At 10:20 AM I call back and speak to a supervisor. She explains to me that the package was indeed sent back to the shipper. And I explain to her that I will never, ever use DHL again. I can tell you that I will make it my personal mission to tell everyone I know about my experience with DHL and urge them to use a different shipping service if they want to avoid a mess such as this one. You are in the business of trust, reliability and operations, and today you have failed. This is definitely going on a blog and will be actively promoted via Digg.com.

I spoke to Frys.com and since the item I ordered is in high demand, they cannot guarantee that they will ship it back to me, my item will probably be resold to someone on a waiting list and I will get a refund. Merry Christmas DHL…