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A while back I wrote a post warning about fake ads that are being published on Facebook.
Well, just this morning I noticed that a recurring fake ad offering to sell unclaimed Amazon packages at huge discounts is making the rounds yet again.
And unfortunately, lots of people are falling for it as usual.
Did you know your nearest city or large town probably has at least one Amazon showroom, and larger cities usually have several?
Well, they do. They’re called Best Buy, Fry’s, Costco, Walmart, Target…
By now you’re probably shaking your head and wondering just what I’m talking about, but think about it for a moment…
Do you have an Amazon Kindle E-reader that runs slow, freezes up or is just weirdly glitchy in some other way?
If so, there are a couple of things you can do to fix the issue.
Question from Iris: A while back I signed up for Amazon Music Unlimited and I used it every day for a while.
One of my wo-workers turned me onto Spotify and now I prefer using that instead.
Can you tell me how to cancel my Amazon Music Unlimited subscription?
I just don’t see the point in subscribing to two music services. [Read more…]
Regular readers of this blog know I frequently recommend various tech products that are available on Amazon for the reasons stated in this post.
Every now and then I’ll receive an email from someone that reads something like this:
“You recommended [name of item] yesterday but you apparently neglected to read the reviews. A bunch of them are really bad!“
And yes, sure enough there will usually be some negative reviews for that item. After all, any item is subject to receiving negative reviews, regardless of its overall quality level.
And yes, some (or even most) of the negative reviews left for a particular item could well be warranted.
But here’s the thing about negative reviews on Amazon: They often don’t accurately reflect the actual quality of the item, for the following reasons: [Read more…]