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As the auto makers continue to place more electronics into cars the possibility of an compount failure raises expodentionally, as does the cost of finding the failure. Cars were!!!!!! designed for transpotation, now a computer with four wheels. At a cost of $150 each time the dealer plugs your vechile into a reader the fee based design of repair is a matter of what it is not, not what is it. With hundreds of chips in a vechile today issolating the problem is very difficult if not imposible and of couse expensive. I still remember when I opened the hood of my car being able to see the ground on both sides of the motor, today you cannot force a thin rode to the ground without damaging something. So now auto repair is like the other two groups, attorneys and doctors that "practice " what they do, which allows them the ability to bill you as much as there greed feels the need. Forget the new and fix the old, it is probably cheaper in the end, and more reliable.
Many economists have taken aim at Americans as having the least amount of savings as conpaired to many of there counterparts, actually very inteligent I beleive. Last year I had a savings account that carried a minimum balace of $500 per day, interest paid by 5/3 rd Bank, .08 cents (eight cents)interest for the year, [...]
We had another shipment delivered late by a day, went into there system and was advised that it currently could not process our request for a credit. Forgot all about it, went into the system today and was told that as I was past 15 days they would no longer issue me a credit. Called [...]
I cannot express my sorrow to the citizens of the Ukraine without expressing my regret. It is clear that the United Nations is a waste of money, that NATO is just another organization used to deter with intimidation and not action and that the US President lacks leadership abilities. We, the people of the not [...]
Friday I received my check from the US Treasury, $2.45. I am at a loss whether to be insulted or amused, I will have to try to find out how the Treasury arrived at this amount however it was diffidently not worth sending. I only hear of the $1200 payment that was allocated and the [...]
Once again Illinois politicians display there contempt for the laws of our land. Both Governor Pritzker and the Chicago Mayor Lightfoot should charged with obstruction of justice, prosecuted and upon conviction incarcerated. Both individuals took a sworn oath to defend and protect the citizens and Constitution of the United States of America, however they both [...]
Had a call today from a sales person from Yelp, trying to get me to sign up for a package with a possible cost of $15 per day. Problem is that when I searched "coin dealer" Elgin, Il. Northern Illinois Coin did not even show up on the first two pages of stores that Yelp [...]
As usual in America, the company and the media only report the "beneficial" aspects of change. Today I learned that the new "smart" meters can turn off power delivery remotely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so when will your home or business be hacked????????????? Once again, very beneficial to the company, at the expense of the security of the customer, [...]
I remember in the 80's when the Justice Department was patting each other on the back when the courts ruled that AT&T had a monopoly and they needed to spin off some of divisions, today AT&T has rebuild the same stranglehold on consumers across the US, my new two year contract has a 20% increase [...]
I received a letter in the mail, Illinois Dept. of Revenue. They are not allowing us to post a loss for our tax year of 2013 since they claim that we short filed the tax year 2003. Yes, 2003, so if you are foolish (stupid) enough to believe that we live in a free, none [...]