It's Only A Survey... It's only a Survey

So, let me see if I've got this right. First you dismiss an ad on Goggle because you don't like it, and don't want to buy from that company  Then Google pops up a "survey" so you can tell 'em why you didn't like it. Then they redo the ad to market to you better. Then they show you an ad for the same company... in a more YOU-friendly version. Right?

Google BAITS AND SWITCHES

For the past couple years I've been using PICASA, Google's photo sharing site. I pay $5 a year for extra storage. Now Google says the price increases... by 600%!!  Before $5 a year... now $2.49--- a month!!!!
They get you hooked with their program, and then jack up the prices... OK, I've got some deleting to do to keep under the 1G FREE minimum. Until I find a new host, that is!

And the Puritans Are Proud?

Sometimes I order my vitamins  from a mail order company called PURITAN'S PRIDE. They often have a special where they sell three bottles for the price of one. How can they do that? By only filling the bottles a third of the way!! After this picture-- that shows the contents of ONE BOTTLE-- I combined all three into one.

I've heard of specialty shops... and niche marketing. But this is ridiculous! (Photo taken in Soho, NYC)

Nothing like a Reved-up Blue Collar Male, I say

Consumer Reports scammed its way into a beverage convention. One of their most interesting (and amusing) findings was the CocaCola exhibit. Coke talked about their various brands, and who drank them. If I'd drunk Evian before (like my influential cosmopolitan friends here in New York), I'd slink away with my tail between my legs. I'd much rather Rev-up the working class. Maybe it'll keep Obama in for another 4 years.