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I am scared of Internet

Posted by Roman on Feb 10, 2010 in Consumer Alert, Personal

I watched Google’s presentation live today about Buzz. I think it is amazing product especially the mobile components and ability to integrate with other tools. Yet it inspired this post about me being scared of Internet. I should be grateful for internet not only it makes my life interesting, but it allows me to make [...]

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Discount Car Rental Review: Awfull experience

Posted by Roman on Jun 21, 2009 in Consumer Alert

My experience of reserving a car with Discount Car Rental and being told there are no cars two hours before the start of my 4 day road trip

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Canadian cellular carrier’s profits are falling

Posted by Roman on Apr 14, 2009 in Consumer Alert, Reading

I read today an article by The Star: Shift to smartphones clips carriers’ margins . The gist of is that, because carriers like Rogers have to push smartphones and subsidize them their APRU is falling. They also mention that Telus’ profits went down by 5.6 per cent which is largely atributed to its Koodo brand [...]

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Extremely negative experience with Extreme Fitness in Toronto

Posted by Roman on Apr 13, 2009 in Consumer Alert

Like a lot of people in Toronto I get bobarded by flyers from Extreme Fitness that usually say: $8 per month, no contract, no execuses etc… I think I receive at least 2 flyers per month from them. My buddy and I decided to finally check it out, plus we heard they have an MMA program as well. The assumption was to check out the gym see the real costs and what kind of teachers they have for MMA. The conclusion was that it costs way more, they push the sale worse than a used car salesman and their MMA intstructors have more attitude than young Mike Tyson.

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Rogers Monopoly in Canada and new HUP lengths from 12 to 24 for smartphone users why

Posted by Roman on Mar 18, 2009 in Consumer Alert, Reading

As many of you know my cell phone service provider is Rogers Wireless.  The reason I chose Rogers is not because they are the best, or have any sort of acceptable customer service – the reason is that they are the ONLY GSM company in Canada. I travel a lot overseas and need to be [...]

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