Amazon.com’s “Call Me” feature

I was looking to buy something on Amazon. Pricing online was showing $254 and when checking out, it was like 349.99.

So I hit the “Call Me” feature as I headed out for lunch and it rang on my cell phone. Nice, and it was quickly greeted with a voice saying that it will be connnected to a person in a second.

12:45 later, I was still on hold. That is 12 MINUTES, 45 SECONDS

I got on the phone and the person said, Ohh.. that is a price mistake. Click-he hung up.

Thanks for wasting my time

Used golf balls – Save the environment + money

I stumble upon this website, www.lostgolfballs.com and they were selling used golf balls. As a golfer that wacks the grass, not the ball, this was a match made in heaven. Often, I would find that my golf balls would astonishing dissapear after hitting them, usually donating them to lakes, long grass, out of sight, etc.

I got some AAAA Titleist Pro V1 from them at 1/2 off the retail price and I can’t be happier with the quality of the balls and the price.

Like the Geico commercial, I just saved a bunch of money on golf balls at lost golf balls fot com.

yeah, I know, i shouldn’t be playing pro v1 golf balls.

Free Disney World or Disney Park tickets

 

Saw this on TV. Disney is offering free tickets to their parks on your birthday.
Now, get your twin brother or sister to go with you.

See link below

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/disneyparks/en_US/WhatWillYouCelebrate/index?name=WhatWillYouCelebratePage&CMP=KNC-DPFOYBGoogle&HBX_PK=disney+birthday+&HBX_OU=50&s_kwcid=disney%20birthday|3022477573

Flash page so dial up, you have to wait.

AIG – Down and out after a bailout, GO FOR A SPA

What do you do after a federal bailout? Looking at looming unemployment? Worried about your future?

Nahh, don’t worry. How about go spend $440,000 in a posh resort in california?

According to CNN, that is what AIG did..

..its executives, complete with spa treatments, banquets and golf outings, according to lawmakers investigating the company’s meltdown

AIG sent its executives to the coastal St. Regis resort south of Los Angeles, California, even as the company tapped into an $85 billion loan from the government it needed to stave off bankruptcy. The resort tab included $23,380 worth of spa treatments for AIG employees, according to invoices the resort turned over to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

I guess the executives have a different rule than the middle class.

Jail them

Before hurricane Ike at the grocery store..

Here are something that sold out or almost..

- Bananas [checked]

- Beer [checked]

- Instant noodles [checked]

- Water [checked]

Before Hurricane Ike at grocery store – Bananas anybody?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Before Hurricane Ike at grocery store – Essentials, B-e-e-r
you need it in cases,, not 6 pack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Before Hurricane Ike at grocery store – Instant noodles and boxed food? How are you going to cook instant noodles and boxed food if you have no electricity to boil water? charcoal?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Before Hurricane Ike at grocery store – Water Isle..

Mover and shaker (neat site too) – StormPulse.com

This is a neat site for tracking storms, hurricanes, etc. Lots of technology behind it but the info that they are using to power it is all FREE. They are pulling info from the Hurrican center and a few other research facilities.

For the hurricane Ike (currently in the gulf of mexico), this website gives you:
-aggregates a dozen different projection models
-give you wind forecast
-historical track of the current hurricane
-lots more tools.

http://www.stormpulse.com

 

Just look at the Alexa stats for hits.
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/stormpulse.com

I think they can sell the site for a few MM after a few years. Or like weather.com, 3.5 BILLION price tag? Maybe a few MM…

Note, I am not related to this company in any way, shape or form.

JetBlue starts with $0.05 auctions on eBay

Saw this on CNN. JetBlue is auctioning air tickets on eBay starting from $0.05.

They are expecting the flight to fetch 75% off retail price.

http://stores.ebay.com/JetBlueAirways

Boeing Dreamliner 777 stunt – low flyby by Cathy Pacific pilot

What’s better than getting a new car? How about a new plane?

 Cathy Pacific bought a fleet of the latest Boeing 777-300ER and recently took delivery of the plane with an estimated cost up to US$253 million per plane. In the cockpit of one of the planes was Captain Ian Wilkinson.

Captain Ian took the plane for a joy ride, literally. He did a 322mph flyby at 28 feet over the 9,000-foot runway at Paine Field, a regional airport located next to Boeing’s Everett facilities, the manufacturing site of the new 777-300 he was flying to Hong Kong.

He was fired from his job. It was reported that he was congratulated initially until the video circulated the internet and it caught the attention of Hong Kong’s Civil Aviation Authority. It was also covered on CNN. 

About the 777-300ER
The 777-300ER is the Extended Range (ER) version of the 777-300 and contains many modifications, including the GE90-115B engines, which are the world’s most powerful jet engine with 115,300 lbf (513 kN) thrust. (wikipedia)

12 foot ladder sticking out from a car window on Interstate 59 in Texas

Once in a while, you will find a funny pictures about people doing some stupid circus act but this takes the cake for being funny and dangerous at the same time.

Amazing that he did not take out a lot of cars (or cause a major accident) in his dumb act. This guy was driving on Interstate 59 in Houston.

 Picture taken by a local Houstonian. 

Big Brother Google will store your medical records

With Google expanding into new areas, this is just another area where they plan to expand into… Patients’ Health Record will be stored online by Google.

On Feb 21, 2008 Google announced that they will launch a pilot project will involve 1,500 to 10,000 patients at the Cleveland Clinic who volunteered to an electronic transfer of their personal health records so they can be retrieved through Google’s new service, which won’t be open to the general public.

Google Inc. will begin storing the medical records of a few thousand people as it tests a long-awaited health service that’s likely to raise more concerns about the volume of sensitive information entrusted to the Internet search leader.

Each health profile, including information about prescriptions, allergies and medical histories, will be protected by a password that’s also required to use other Google services such as e-mail and personalized search tools.