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Computers, Computers! From rip-off deals on TV to rip-off deals in parking lots!!!Attention Channel 8/Benjamin Dover viewers: Here's a deal you can't afford to miss on the computer front this holiday!
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Airdate: Thursday, December 5, 2002
Didja see those wonderful deals being advertised on TV yet? "No credit? Bad credit? No problem!!!" Yeah, right...no problem until you read their terms and conditions. Don't add insult-to-injury and sign up for an over-priced computer [like THREE TIMES what it should be priced at!!!]; click here and read more about it.
While you're at it, please don't even think about buying "the deal of the century" from some clown in a parking lot: OH yeah...lots of people have paid hundreds of dollars on Dell computer boxes, full of newspapers! [Oops.] Read more about this mess by clicking here.
Okay kids, here's the deal if you're lookin' for a either a computer or an upgrade on your current computer: My computer expert Ronnie Neighbours is going to not only put you into a computer you can afford, but one that you'll be able to grow with in the years ahead. Do not get sucked in by these low-priced teaser computers that some of the big electronics retailers are gonna seduce you with. Not only will you regret it in the future, you've lost your mind if you think you'll get the support-after-the-sale that you deserve...especially phone support!!!
So let Ronnie & Elizabeth at Take It Home Computers take care of your computer needs, and because I've complained about the number of new victims that surface every January, Ronnie's agreed to help me help to protect you: Everyone that buys a computer from him between now and 12/31/02 gets a copy of Norton Anti-Virus installed and a subscription pre-paid for the next 12 months! Follow
Ronnie & Elizabeth's advice and you'll stay virus free for years to come. They're conveniently located in Arlington, and well worth the drive no matter where in North Texas you may be coming from. [Trust me: The level of expertise and service after the sale is worth a drive from LA.] Here's their [metro] phone numbers: (817) 226-4446 or (817) 275-4425 or e-mail them and they'll take good no, great care of you!
Don't make yourself any bigger target than you have to be as you shop this holiday season! I've been doing this segment every December for the last 6 years, and it sure seems more crucial than ever before. Here's some tips that you'll thank me for later...tips that'll hopefully keep you off the ID theft victim's list forever.
We know that drinking and driving can lead to potentially fatal outcomes, but now there's revelations that drinking can also lead to financial disaster...so put down the credit card, and step away from the cash register with your hands in plain view: Dr. Kristin Kassaw, a psychiatrist from the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, warns that "alcohol and credit cards just don't mix, because drinking impairs judgment, decreases inhibitions and encourages impulse buying." Play it safe(r): The next time you have a few drinks, don't head to the mall, the casinos or the Internet with a wallet full of credit cards!
You're officially on the clock: Looking for a holiday gift you can afford this year? What about a unique gift that won't be recycled/re-gifted before the wrapping paper hits the floor? Then check out Ben's Holiday Picks 2002 list and get to work.
Speaking of statistics, 700,000 Americans will have their identities stolen in 2003;wanna lower your chances of being one of them? Then quit committing the #1 sin on the victim's list! Unless you've been in a coma or hiding in a cave somewhere in the Middle East in the last couple of weeks, you had to have heard the latest: Add 30,000 new victims to the Identity Theft victim list, and it wasn't even their fault! Indulge me as I try to save you from yourself...
- Pull out your purse or wallet...and locate your Social Security Card: Oh...you don't carry one anymore? Good! It's nice to see you're learning.
- Now do me one more favor, and pull out your health insurance card: That's your big mistake-due-jour, kids. Carrying this card is an invitation for trouble! Before you fire off a nasty e-mail to tell me that you "have to carry that card in order to get proper healthcare..." save your energy:
- If you're going to visit a doctor for the first time, then go ahead...carry your card! But once you check in, fill out all of their forms, jump through all of their hoops and let them photocopy your precious card, take it out of your wallet and store it at home in a safe place [preferably a locked file cabinet drawer], since you won't be needing it again anytime soon.
- Same goes for the pharmacy: Once they've got your info-in almost every case-you won't be needing your card again.
"But Ben! What happens if I'm in a car accident or other health-related emergency?" Relax...you can't be denied health care in an emergency situation. Get your problem fixed and your situation under control, then settle up with the business office as soon as the dust settles. Remember: 99 times out of 100, your Social Security Number is plastered across the front of your health insurance card, and serves as yet another example of the laziness of the insurance and health care industries.
Here's one of my favorite cool gift ideas you won't find anywhere else: Fattowels.com! What's a Fattowel? It's the thickest, most plush towel you'll ever wrap-around your body...they've got a new "Lite" version of their original model; all come in some amazing colors that make Ralph Lauren look color-blind. Of course you'd like to know more.....
I know this is gonna be a reach (especially after surviving another lonnnnnng holiday weekend with certain friends or family members), but if you want to make 'em smarter than they appear to be [sounds like the disclaimer on the passenger-side/side-view mirror, doesn't it?]: Help them help themselves, and give 'em the link that keeps on giving: Click here to sign-up for Ben's free weekly Dose of Dover newsletter.
To quote the late great Sen. John Blutarsky: "Don't cost nuthin'....."
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