My mother passed away and I called Mass Mutual to handle her account. They mailed me a printed pdf to fill out. Well, I filled it out wrong and started hunting the internet for the form. I couldn’t find it anywhere. In fact, when I called, they needed approval to send me the PDF. The…
Category: consumer lessons
Dr. Sholl’s Custom Orthotics are a Scam
Over the years I’ve worked a lot with importers, wholesalers and manufacturers. Most of these are in the shoe business and I hear some interesting stories. Like what? Have you heard about Dr. Scholl’s? They produce low end insoles and orthotics. Despite the extremely low quality they are some of the most popular insoles on…
Bad News Agencies and Outlets
I’m tired of bad news outlets. They spread misinformation, hate and ignorance. How to spot a possible bad news outlet: Their links are only to their own articles. The links are only to other extremely similar small news outlets (or sister outlets). There are no links to the original source (or the original source is…
French Fries
I was at McDonald’s® today and decided to read the marketing on the box of fries included with my meal. They said: Why are our friesthe gold standard?Because only a selectnumber of potatovarieties make the cut.i’m lovin’ it® While I am not the biggest fan of McDonald’s® I do find their playarea to be a…