Presuming you are the average Canadian consumer of wireless services, in all likelihood your mobile phone was provided to you by a telecomm company on a subsidized contracted service plan. In that case, who actually owns your phone? I ask the question because recent announcements by the big three (Rogers, Bell and Telus)…
Assumptions
For this chapter of my Guide, I assume that:
You have enrolled in, and successfully setup, Unblock-us.com service.
You have in your possession one of the following financial products:
Canadian AMEX;
VISA, MasterCard, AMEX, or any other credit card with a US billing address;
PayPal account with a confirmed US address;
“Virtual” VISA from…
When I am asked, as I often am, what is the best credit card to get, my answer as with so many things in the financial and consumer world is “it depends.” It depends on your spending patterns, it depends on whether you prefer cash rebates or more intangible rewards such as travel points, and…
The packages sold by Roam Mobility are a lot more convenient than the other carriers. Rogers, by comparison, does not offer unlimited talk roaming packages, offers unlimited sent texts only and charges a per MegaByte data package add-on that’s either a one month pass (31 days) or a 3 month pass. Your other alternative is…
In our original Mystery Shopping Basics post I mentioned that Google is your friend when it comes to finding mystery shopping companies. Despite their name, most mystery shopping companies are not mysterious at all, and many have a very strong online presence. You can use their online tools to improve your ability to get good…
Assumptions
For this chapter of my Guide, I assume that:
You purchased the wireless router I recommended earlier (Linksys EA4500 App-Enabled N900 Dual-Band Wireless-N Router with Gigabit and USB), and performed a default setup with its included Cisco Connect software.
You will subscribe to Unblock-Us.com service. You can also try competitive services like UnoDNS, Blockless,…
You’ve just sat down to dinner and the doorbell rings. You answer the door and an earnest young man is standing there holding a clipboard and wearing a jacket with a logo on it. The logo says Ontario Energy Group (OEG), or New Home Comfort (NHC) or any other equally innocuous semi-credible business…
If you bank at the Big Green Bank in Canada, as I do, and if you frequent their Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), as I also do, you must by now have seen the offer of $100 the bank will give you to automate your mutual fund savings.
In fact, it took me a few visits…