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Good
Tuesday morning!
Here's your weekly
and incredibly street-smart
Dose of
Dover
It's your most reliable
source for un-common
sense insight and
cover-your-hiney strategies you won't
be able to find anywhere else.
Take your best shot...try
to put me out of a job!
How? Make
everyone a little lot
smarter:
Forward this to everyone
in your Address Book!
[C'mon...be a big
shot!]
Spread the wealth and share
the Tao of Dover:
Lots of eye-opening information
posted on
Tuesday, March 9, 2004:
"A wise man's questions
contain half the answer."
Could you be driving a
lemon? Thinking about getting a new set of wheels and wanna
know which ones you need to avoid?
Keep track
of auto recalls and more:
www.nhtsa.dot.gov:
Federal government Web site that has a comprehensive recall
database. File a complaint or check up on your own ride here.
www.alldata.com:
Free list of vehicle recalls and
technical-service bulletins, which could be signals of potential
future problems.
www.autosafety.org:
Watchdog group that tracks recalls and lets you file complaints,
but they don't cover all vehicles.
My first Smart Car
Seminar in a couple of years is coming up this Saturday,
March 13, 004 in the North Dallas suburb of Addison (Texas):
I’ve
scheduled two seminar times (10:00 a.m. and 1:00
.m.), industry experts will be on hand to educate and answer
questions on topics including:
When and
where (and even more importantly, where not) to service
your vehicle and still keep your warranty intact.
Car buying
credit:
A constantly changing category–we’ll
focus on what the banks look for and what you can do
right now to help yourself.
Leasing versus
buying:
Why you should lease and when you should
buy–and what to do if you’re over (or even way under)
your allowed miles.
Financing 2004:
Sorting through those confusing incentive/rebate or 0%
interest financing offers, how to save the most dough
and even how to drive your way out of a bad current
loan/lease balance.
Car appraisers will
also be on hand to value your current ride...and for
only $10 a credit expert will review (and counsel you
one-on-one) your current credit reports. (They’ll obtain a
copy and review with you on the spot!) Admission’s free but
seating’s limited–register by calling
(972) 960-1234
or
on-line by clicking
here.
Do you wonder how much an
improvement would add to the overall value of your home?
Wonder no more.....
Spring is (finally) in the
air...for most of us, anyway. Here's the best investment you
can make for the months ahead – get organized and commit to
purge your junk: The best, Dover
Certified pro ready to help you meet the challenge?
Professional organizer Tiffany
Pine-Lastelick of
www.tiffanyinorder.com. She's not only good, she's alot more affordable than the competition: (214)
904-9034
The (medical) Empire
Strikes Back. Got aches and pains that need a doctor's
expertise? You might already be in their blacklist database!
There's a new website that claims to profile plaintiffs, their
lawyers and expert witnesses in malpractice lawsuits in Texas
and other states. For $4.95 a month, the site invites doctors to
use the service to "assess the risk of offering your services to
clients or potential clients." A site slogan reads: "They
can sue, but they can't hide."
Don't turn and cough until you've clicked here and read more.
You're lucky in you live in North
Texas, because Ben's already found the first/last/only reliable
and affordable moving company and bonded locksmith you'll ever
use!
Dover Certified
Locksmiths: Chief
Lock & Safe
(214) 827-7535
(answered 24/7/365)
Are you (or someone you
know) one of the millions of Americans with IRS-related
troubles?
Personal or business challenges aren't as hard
to work out as you might think, especially if you hire the right
representation to cut a deal with the world's most powerful debt
collection agency.
Take a
deep breath and read more about it here.....
Just a reminder Easter
Sunday (April 11th) is just 33
days away:
Why not do something original this year
that'll score you some points. Send some beautiful flowers
instead of the usual wimpy Easter lilies. They'll last at
least twice as long...and of course I'm talking about those
amazingly affordable flowers, FedEx-ed direct by our friends at
www.tropicalcolors.com
Dontcha love the
amazing resources I compile every week in the Dose of
Dover? Good! Then don't whine about having to sign-up for free
access:
Like anything in life, there's always gonna be a
trade-off on some level. I embed dozens of links in every
edition of this newsletter, and my frequent sources,
The New York Times,
The Dallas Morning
News,
The Los Angeles Times,
The Orange County
Register
and
USA Today
require varying levels of registration in order to access their
websites for
free...with
one small caveat: If you try to hit an older story, there's a
reasonable chance that the news organization has either moved
the story to a new URL, or to their archives. If it's archived,
there's a high probability that they'll charge you for access to
the story...usually under $3. Don't whine about it...just pay
'em if you wanna read it--or not. It's always your choice.
Also worth noting:
Nowhere is it written that you
have to give accurate information when you sign up for free
access on their website. They'd like you to, but they'll
never really know. So use a disposable e-mail address (like
Hotmail
or
Yahoo)
and get creative when
you register. But
just remember: They/we are giving you a tremendous
service for a great price...free! So no
complaining.....
There's a reason why the
cable companies of the world are the butt of so many jokes, and
why they're advertising so hard these days:
It's a
combination of their cavalier attitude, rising prices, crappy
service and a customer base that's getting smart and (finally)
cutting the cable. It's time to ditch your VCR for the amazing
and affordable DISH!
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