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Tuesday (2)…The aggravated consumer: Companies won’t ship spiral notebooks to Hawaii (go figure!!), and United AIrlines’ fine print

August 18th, 2009 · 9 Comments · General

Here we go again. If you’ve been stopping by for a while, you’ve probably seen one of my rants about Amazon.com’s refusal to ship any food-related products to Hawaii. This includes non-perishable items that could easily be delivered by mail or by UPS Ground, both services that Amazon regularly uses. Doesn’t matter that I’m willing [...]

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Saturday (2)…Goodbye Amazon, and Cagle on Jackson

June 27th, 2009 · No Comments · General

From my outgoing email: Dear Amazon, I received your recent email threatening to cut of my “affiliate” status if a bill to tax Internet sales in Hawaii becomes law. You wrote: We regret to inform you that the Hawaii state legislature has passed an unconstitutional tax collection scheme that, unless vetoed soon by Governor Lingle, [...]

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