I called the toll free number and it was answered by a sour sounding telemarketer working in a boiler room environment. There were a dozen voices chatting away in the background and the man representing Quicken sounded like he had flunked the training course to work for this company.
The Quicken salesman was really low class. I tried to beg off but he hung on with constant banal chatter. I hung up. He called me right back. I asked for the free DVD, plus two of the free miniature magnifying glasses offered on ads. I was assured these materials would arrive soon.
Three months later I still haven't received the DVD's or magnifying glasses. During that time I did receive a few phone calls from the same salesman. One call came at 8 am while sleeping; another at dinner time and again the following early morning. Too much gibberish to understand!
But one thing certain; I do not intend to do any business whatsoever with Quicken Loans. They will survive without me!
Sunday, August 16, 2015
How About A Met-Life Death Insurance Policy?
According to the television ads by MET-LIFE anyone can buy a DEATH POLICY without having to undergo a medical exam or even reveal you might be totally confined to your bedroom with bone cancer. But there is a catch for this $20,000 bounty when you die. You have to be under the age of 75.
Who are these acturaries kidding? Go to any doctor's office and you will see patients in their 80's and 90's waiting for appointments. Why should these hardy old-timers be denied DEATH INSURANCE? Yes, let's call it what it is, MET-LIFE, it's DEATH INSURANCE.
Obviously, the insurance company doesn't want to risk anyone living to 100 with a paid up DEATH INSURANCE POLICY. The payouts to these feeble people waiting for Heaven would be enormous when they all start falling and suffer broken bones with a cardiac arrest to boot.
On the other hand, if you are under the age of 75, would like to be cremated and have your ashes scattered on the lawn of a nearby House of Worship, then I would suggest going for the twenty grand policy before you pass the age of 75. This would avoid enormous funeral expenses that could cost thousands of dollars. And the party afterwards, including musicians and good food, is always a five figure sum.
So why not plan to die cheap? I have made my plans. No fuss, no heroic efforts to save my life, no public funeral. Just call a taxi, give the driver $500 and a shovel, a small metal container with my ashes, along with the modest wooden headstone that reads "I HAD FUN," and tell him to drive to a wooded area nearby.
This way, friends, relatives and fans can visit that site (a $10 fee will send them a map) and they can cry their eyes out, curse me out or say prayers. I just won't care anymore.
Who are these acturaries kidding? Go to any doctor's office and you will see patients in their 80's and 90's waiting for appointments. Why should these hardy old-timers be denied DEATH INSURANCE? Yes, let's call it what it is, MET-LIFE, it's DEATH INSURANCE.
Obviously, the insurance company doesn't want to risk anyone living to 100 with a paid up DEATH INSURANCE POLICY. The payouts to these feeble people waiting for Heaven would be enormous when they all start falling and suffer broken bones with a cardiac arrest to boot.
On the other hand, if you are under the age of 75, would like to be cremated and have your ashes scattered on the lawn of a nearby House of Worship, then I would suggest going for the twenty grand policy before you pass the age of 75. This would avoid enormous funeral expenses that could cost thousands of dollars. And the party afterwards, including musicians and good food, is always a five figure sum.
So why not plan to die cheap? I have made my plans. No fuss, no heroic efforts to save my life, no public funeral. Just call a taxi, give the driver $500 and a shovel, a small metal container with my ashes, along with the modest wooden headstone that reads "I HAD FUN," and tell him to drive to a wooded area nearby.
This way, friends, relatives and fans can visit that site (a $10 fee will send them a map) and they can cry their eyes out, curse me out or say prayers. I just won't care anymore.
Thursday, August 13, 2015
What Are Your Chances of Winning the Connecticut Lottery? Probably None!
The odds against winning a scratch-off card $3,000,000 bonanza are too great to contemplate. There are hundreds of outlets selling scratch-off cards and millions of wrong numbers that don't match the tantalizing lottery ads on television. So why buy a card? Because we are all dreamers! And the super rich Connecticut Lottery controls the printing of scratch-off cards.
Each card proclaims "15 chances to win" or "30 chances to win" and never ever do you read "15 chances to lose" or "30 chances to lose." Something like the wallet left on the sidewalk packed with newspaper strips, and a barely visible string to pull it away from the sucker trying to grab the money.
I've been purchasing scratch-off cards for the past twenty years. I've won $100 a few times on a $5 card and invested in the Connecticut Lottery coffers. The profits are supposed to provide additional money for the state's educational institutions. Nevertheless, school custodians make more than teachers. Nor has anyone viewed a Connecticut Lottery financial statement. Hmmmmmm.
So forget your dreams for quick riches from scratch-off cards. Just play their game as I do and enjoy the scratching. You might get lucky. Probably not. It's still fun to try, and that's what I'm doing!
Each card proclaims "15 chances to win" or "30 chances to win" and never ever do you read "15 chances to lose" or "30 chances to lose." Something like the wallet left on the sidewalk packed with newspaper strips, and a barely visible string to pull it away from the sucker trying to grab the money.
I've been purchasing scratch-off cards for the past twenty years. I've won $100 a few times on a $5 card and invested in the Connecticut Lottery coffers. The profits are supposed to provide additional money for the state's educational institutions. Nevertheless, school custodians make more than teachers. Nor has anyone viewed a Connecticut Lottery financial statement. Hmmmmmm.
So forget your dreams for quick riches from scratch-off cards. Just play their game as I do and enjoy the scratching. You might get lucky. Probably not. It's still fun to try, and that's what I'm doing!
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Does Liberty Mutual Save You Money? Hell No!!!
We have had auto and home insurance for the past three years with Liberty Mutual. At the beginning the monthly cost for both policies was $75. Then that total has risen surreptitiously to $145 a month! So we haven't saved. We've been bilked!
At first, regular calls to the Liberty Mutual agent were never returned. Then a few postcards to the President of the Company brought a response. It was mostly double talk to explain the company's overhead in applying new charges. And, guess what? That information was in the contract's small print that took a magnifying glass to read, and still not understand.
Meantime, we're paying the piper, albeit there are a dozen insurance companies waiting in the wings to service us. But, unfortunately, queries and requests for a quote result in the same, if not higher, than we are presently paying. So we're stuck with being stiffed by a "reputable" insurance that advertises extensively to save customers money.
Perhaps that is why so many millions are climbing aboard Donald Trump's bandwagon to "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! But we're not climbing aboard that "fast boat" because he still owes me $900 from a default judgment I obtained in Small Claims Court in 1998. The "Donald" laughs all the way to his banks at such a debt. And he has gone to court to re-open my judgment that is good for twenty years.
So I have three more years of life in my judgment and I plan to visit Atlantic City, NJ, pay the sheriff $50 and hold an auction for his Taj Mahal Hotel and Casino. I'll keep the first $900 and give him the next 55 million. Just stay tuned to QUESTIONBLE COMMENTARIES for a final solution.
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Donald Trump for President; Dennis Rodman for Vice-President; Sara Palin for Secretary of State.
Now that's a slate worth watching as the 2016 campaigns accelerate their rheteric on treadmills to oblivion and "Putney Swope" rears its satirical legacy. (Where are Robert Downey,Sr. and Michael Moore when we need them?)
Donald Trump's balls are as big as ballast balloons. He wears them on his chest. Dennis Rodman is a loose cannon who can also charm snakes. Sara Palin, as Secretary of State, would prove truly magical as she breast feeds another baby, holds court with her staff and watches Russia through a telescope on her Alaska property. So, folks, watch this team MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
Once Trump wins the Presidencial election in 2016 he will behave like a combination of Atila the Hun, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Jimmy Stewart. There will be invasions, fueled by a one year mandatory draft of all eligible men and women between the ages of 18 and 36. They will be trained and then sent on their way to serve or suffer a dishonorable discharge. So it's do or die for millions of young people.
During this year of 2015 we are all living in real time history. Unbelievable? Absolutely! But there is excitement, humor and disbelief in the air. Otherwise we would be experiencing a lackluster barrage of political verbage that bores everyone to death.
Personally, I'm pleased to see Donald Trump running for office. Granted, he didn't work his way up through the political system. So what? He has his own money to spend, his red, white and blue airplane and a beautiful family. Let's all stay tuned and enjoy the antics of these three baffoons!
Donald Trump's balls are as big as ballast balloons. He wears them on his chest. Dennis Rodman is a loose cannon who can also charm snakes. Sara Palin, as Secretary of State, would prove truly magical as she breast feeds another baby, holds court with her staff and watches Russia through a telescope on her Alaska property. So, folks, watch this team MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
Once Trump wins the Presidencial election in 2016 he will behave like a combination of Atila the Hun, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Jimmy Stewart. There will be invasions, fueled by a one year mandatory draft of all eligible men and women between the ages of 18 and 36. They will be trained and then sent on their way to serve or suffer a dishonorable discharge. So it's do or die for millions of young people.
During this year of 2015 we are all living in real time history. Unbelievable? Absolutely! But there is excitement, humor and disbelief in the air. Otherwise we would be experiencing a lackluster barrage of political verbage that bores everyone to death.
Personally, I'm pleased to see Donald Trump running for office. Granted, he didn't work his way up through the political system. So what? He has his own money to spend, his red, white and blue airplane and a beautiful family. Let's all stay tuned and enjoy the antics of these three baffoons!
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