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Nebraska left with no child-only insurance policies

JAMES R. BURNETT/THE WORLD-HERALD

Nine-year-old Isabelle has been forced to go without health coverage because no insurance company in Nebraska will write child-only policies.

Published Wednesday April 13, 2011

Nebraska left with no child-only insurance policies

By Martha Stoddard
WORLD-HERALD BUREAU

LINCOLN — Jennifer Piatt normally isn’t much of a gambler.

But the Creighton University law student has been forced to take a chance on her 9-year-old daughter’s health this year.

The reaction of private insurers to the 2010 federal health reform law has kept Piatt from finding insurance for Isabelle.

“I’m just hoping she doesn’t get sick,” said Piatt, who added that she can afford and was willing to purchase a private policy for Isabelle. Continue reading “Nebraska left with no child-only insurance policies”

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Bad MOVE @JCPenney

If a certain company (@JCPenney) had memory foam pillow BOGO for ($0.88) I would have a new set of pillows. BUT NO they only sell the cheap kind. That’s UNACCEPTABLE.  But I did get some new towels.

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Tried to upsale

So my ‘friend’ in the digital age is having a promotion for 3 months of service for $4.95, I called to inquire about getting the channels up to 70.  Apparently I already have the service that was $4.95.  Rob tried to get me to take that $14.95(or similar) plan, I told em I would call back on Thursday.

If you’ve been paying attention, Thursday is laundry night*, I’m guessing that I won’t be calling him back.

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My friend in the digital age, isn’t friendly

@jara_b I’m splitting it three ways, but I got the splitter from @Cox_Comm, so it should be working fine.  Just started happening yesterday.  My neighbor isn’t even splitting hers.

They also are not as good as Comcast in responding via twitter, & I haven’t been a customer of Comcast, EVER. 

That’s not good business.

How is your day?

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Why people download TV Shows

Dear TV network executives.

I was recording a show on Sunday (Undercover Boss) & apparently you didn’t start it on time.  I had my PVR set to record & the last 5 or so mins are not recorded.

Why because you jacknuts let the previous show runover.  I’m ‘trying’ to watch it at your website, but it isn’t playing.  I’ve tried two different browsers. 

This is why people download TV Shows, then y’all get all upset when we due & report us to the cable companies.

This is MMXI, y’all need to work on your inefficiencies. 

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$35 for You’ve Got Mail

Those Annoying Promotional CDs Cost AOL a Ton of Money

Those Annoying Promotional CDs Cost AOL a Ton of MoneyRemember those annoying promotional CDs that AOL distributed in the 1990s? It felt like they were everywhere and apparently they weren’t cheap either. In fact, things like those discs may have cost AOL “about $35 per user.”

This curious tidbit was revealed when someone inquired about the cost of the CDs on the popular question-and-answer site Quora. Steve Case, who was AOL’s CEO during the promotional disc era, chimed in with the information:

How much did it cost AOL to distribute all those CDs back in the 1990’s?

A lot! I don’t remember the total spending but do recall in the early 1990s our target was to spend 10% of lifetime revenue to get a new subscriber. At that time I believe the average subscriber life was about 25 months and revenue was about $350 so we spent about $35 to acquire [subscribers]. Continue reading “$35 for You’ve Got Mail”

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Let me help you.

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — Some Seminole County residents are furious that a major U.S. corporation set up shop right in the middle of their neighborhood.

Homeowners in Deer Run say the UPS delivery service has leased a house along Augusta way (see map). The delivery company is now using the home to collect and deliver packages for the entire neighborhood.

So a company makes a nice generous offer to make delivery times more convenient for you & you complain?

Some people just aren’t grateful.

Continue reading “Let me help you.”

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Sure …

Fathead.com, the Michigan retailer owned by Cavs majority owner Dan Gilbert, created headlines nationwide when it slashed the prices of James’ Fatheads from $99.99 to $17.41 – the year Revolutionary War traitor Benedict Arnold was born. Article Here

I’m ‘sure’ there is no hard feelings between the majority owner of Company A & owner of Company B.  I’m just saying that if I was Dan Gilbert, there would never be a photogopher at a Miami Heat game.  ‘They called in sick’, yes every time Miami plays.