By now most of you probably know that the iPad will be released shortly. While I think it’s going to be bigger than we realize, it’s apparently making one company I’ve admired for years act out of fear.

Which company is that? Amazon.com. Amazon has been known for sometime to have a great online shopping experience and terrific customer service. Maybe not Zappos type customer service but, good none-the-less.
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About four or five months ago I signed up for an electronic subscription to Consumer Reports. A couple of guys I worked with couldn’t say enough about the service. I had always heard/read good things about it so I took the plunge – and I’m glad I did.

This morning I received an email as I’m subscribed to their newsletter. After reading it, I thought it would be a good idea to share with everyone else. See below. Needless to say, I agree with everything stated. I think it’s about time people start getting back to basics; simple things like common decency and doing what is right are not gray areas!
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I was watching the news tonight and I couldn’t help but get angry – is it just me or are banks in the business of ripping people off?

In the segment I watched, the banking industry representative painted the picture that the banks were “protecting” consumers by now not allowing debit charges to go thru if the funds were not available in the account. Maybe it’s just me but, isn’t that what they should have been doing all along? I think what set me off was how they framed it as they were protecting consumers. Does anyone really believe this crap?