{"id":99545,"date":"2009-12-07T16:49:49","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T21:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lazymanandmoney.com\/?p=2552"},"modified":"2009-12-07T16:49:49","modified_gmt":"2009-12-07T21:49:49","slug":"verizon-is-evil-and-some-personal-finance-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/99545","title":{"rendered":"Verizon is Evil (and some personal finance links)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think my new favorite past times is calling a company evil.  Witness my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lazymanandmoney.com\/monavie-scam-was-my-wife-recruited-sell-snake-oil\/\">MonaVie<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lazymanandmoney.com\/ijango-scam\/\">Ijango<\/a> posts of the past.  I like to think I&#8217;m relatively justified when I call out a company for being evil.  The evil company of the week is&#8230; Verizon.<\/p>\n<p>Why are they evil?  A company called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.4info.com\/\">4Info<\/a> allows people to create text message alerts.  If you want to know when Brett Favre throws a touchdown, you can go to the website and set that up.  It&#8217;s quite a handy service.  Like any intelligent company, they look to make a profit.  The text message alerts are free (as long as your cell phone provider doesn&#8217;t charge), but they come with a small advertisement&#8230; usually 20 characters or so.  That advertising supports the company.  This weekend Verizon decided that they would stop their customers from being able to access this service.  <\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know why Verizon decided to prevent the service.  Perhaps they are jealous that 4Info is making a business using Verizon&#8217;s service.  That sounds pretty weird considering how popular cell phone app stores are nowadays.  App stores made the iPhone what it is and bring a lot of customers to AT&#038;T.  It&#8217;s puzzling to me that Verizon would do this at the risk of losing customers.  Furthermore, they may find themselves open for a lawsuit unless they let everyone out of their contracts.  If I were a Verizon customer in a contract and I was looking to get out, this would be a fantastic opportunity.  After all, Verizon effective took away a service from their customers.  <\/p>\n<p>My friend Kosmo wrote more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.observingcasually.com\/is-verizon-trying-to-kill-4info\/\">Verizon trying to kill 4info<\/a>.  It&#8217;s a good article, I highly suggest you read it.<\/p>\n<p>And onto the links:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Money Writers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brip Blap talks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bripblap.com\/2009\/expanding-your-means\/\">expanding your means<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> The Digerati Life writes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedigeratilife.com\/blog\/sunday-paper-coupons-newspaper-ads\/#more-23940\">how Sunday paper coupons and newspaper ads save me money<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> Frugal Dad asks <a href=\"http:\/\/frugaldad.com\/2009\/11\/30\/life-after-debt\/\">life after debt: is it easier on the other side?<\/a><\/li>\n<li> Generation X Finance provides <a href=\"http:\/\/genxfinance.com\/2009\/11\/30\/cooking-tips-to-help-you-keep-your-energy-bills-down-this-holiday-season\/\">cooking tips to help you keep your energy bills down this holiday season<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> Million Dollar Journey shares <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milliondollarjourney.com\/financial-pet-peeves.htm\">financial pet peeves<\/a>. What are some of yours?<\/li>\n<li> Money Smart Life answers a <a href=\"http:\/\/moneysmartlife.com\/student-credit-card-reader-question\/\">student credit card reader question<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> My Dollar Plan illuminates on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mydollarplan.com\/6-mistakes-of-new-earners-and-how-to-fix-them\/\">6 mistakes of new earners and how to fix them<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> The Sun\u2019s Financial Diary posts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesunsfinancialdiary.com\/frugal-living\/serving-holiday-food-frugally\/\">serving holiday food frugally<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Top PF Posts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Free Money Finance shares <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freemoneyfinance.com\/2009\/12\/one-example-of-living-paychecktopaycheck.html\">one example of living paycheck-to-paycheck<\/a>. Watch out!<\/li>\n<li> The Smarter Wallet writes <a href=\"http:\/\/thesmarterwallet.com\/2009\/housing-prices-home-price-trends\/\">housing prices still down: predicting home price trends<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> Wisebread offers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wisebread.com\/6-ways-to-boost-your-income-in-a-big-way?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wisebread+%28Wise+Bread%29\">6 ways to boost your income in a big way.<\/a><\/li>\n<li> All Financial Matters presents <a href=\"http:\/\/allfinancialmatters.com\/2009\/11\/30\/three-commandments-for-stock-investing-from-jason-zweig\/\">three commandments for stock investing (from Jason Zweig)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> Consumerism Commentary discusses <a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumerismcommentary.com\/2009\/12\/01\/your-flexible-spending-account-10-qualifying-purchases\/\">your flexible spending account: 10 qualifying purchases.<\/a><\/li>\n<li> One Frugal Girl asks <a href=\"http:\/\/onefrugalgirl.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/should-i-pay-more-for-oceanfront-view.html\">should I pay more for an oceanfront view?<\/a><\/li>\n<li> One Money Design posts <a href=\"http:\/\/onemoneydesign.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/28\/how-to-live-off-one-household-income\/\">how to live off one household income<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> Money Ning talks <a href=\"http:\/\/moneyning.com\/money-tips\/giving-gifts-for-the-holidays-on-a-budget\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MoneyNing+%28Money+Ning%29\">giving gifts for the holidays on a budget<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> Frugal Being Green shares <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsfrugalbeinggreen.com\/2009\/11\/gifts-years-today.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FzNfZ+%28It%27s+Frugal+Being+Green%29\">gifts from years past that I still use today<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> One Frugal Life cracks <a href=\"http:\/\/ourfrugallife.com\/?p=776\">the great toilet paper conspiracy!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Related posts:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.lazymanandmoney.com\/personal-finance-links-and-on-being-nfl-perfect\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Personal Finance Links (and on being NFL perfect)'>Personal Finance Links (and on being NFL perfect)<\/a> <small>Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin said a week ago&#8230;<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.lazymanandmoney.com\/personal-finance-links-christmas-gifts-edition\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Personal Finance Links (Christmas Gifts Edition)'>Personal Finance Links (Christmas Gifts Edition)<\/a> <small>I thought I&#8217;d recount some of the Christmas gifts I&#8230;<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.lazymanandmoney.com\/addicted-to-cell-phones-and-personal-finance-links\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Addicted to Cell Phones (and Personal Finance Links)'>Addicted to Cell Phones (and Personal Finance Links)<\/a> <small>My name is Lazy Man and I&#8217;m addicted to cell&#8230;<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.lazymanandmoney.com\/battle-in-the-bayou-and-personal-finance-links\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Battle in the Bayou (and Personal Finance Links)'>Battle in the Bayou (and Personal Finance Links)<\/a> <small>While I should probably be looking for some Cyber Monday&#8230;<\/small><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.lazymanandmoney.com\/weekend-personal-finance-links-tuesday-edition\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Weekend Personal Finance Links (Tuesday Edition)'>Weekend Personal Finance Links (Tuesday Edition)<\/a> <small>If it&#8217;s good enough for Sheryl Crow (&#8220;He&#8217;s got a&#8230;<\/small><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/xfoSzV4pruUhb4CvqOoE1AL9D50\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/xfoSzV4pruUhb4CvqOoE1AL9D50\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/xfoSzV4pruUhb4CvqOoE1AL9D50\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/xfoSzV4pruUhb4CvqOoE1AL9D50\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/LazyManAndMoney?a=GtXoXDdRnts:XLKGy525i08:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/LazyManAndMoney?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/LazyManAndMoney\/~4\/GtXoXDdRnts\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think my new favorite past times is calling a company evil. Witness my MonaVie and Ijango posts of the past. I like to think I&#8217;m relatively justified when I call out a company for being evil. The evil company of the week is&#8230; Verizon. Why are they evil? 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