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Comment on Lawyers should focus on industry niches by Randy Wilson

Randy Wilson — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:27:35 +0000

Thanks Tim! I think you guys in the UK are pretty advanced when it comes to legal marketing.

Comment on Lawyers should focus on industry niches by Enfranchisement Solicitor

Enfranchisement Solicitor — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:08:07 +0000

I think you are absolutely right. Niches allow small law firms to specialize in a very small sector or alternatively for medium and large businesses to operate in a number of specialist expert areas. Niche exploitation is very much part of our marketing strategy. When selecting a niche I look at three areas – either geographical, skills-based[such as our lease extension and leasehold enfranchisement niche] or industry based. Our niche strategy is already paying dividends and I’m sure it will be an even bigger money spinner in the future.

Comment on Lawsuit: Wachovia’s overdraft overreaching by Tineka Collier

Tineka Collier — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:02:11 +0000

They’ve been doing the same thing to me to and a few relatives of mine, We all seem to have the same complaint and have compared our online statements and have come up with the same result that this banking system is a fraud! They are a bunch of theives! I really hope that you win this law suite agaist them maybe they’ll learn their lesson and get their greedy hands out of the rest of our accounts!

Comment on ATS sued for misrepresenting phone rebates by Connie Burden

Connie Burden — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:10:59 +0000

I have been waiting for right at 3 yrs for my rebate from ATS…I bought my phone from walgreens.I had a place where I could check on the update and it always said was in progress.Once I actually talked to a person and was told they hired another company to do their rebates.I will NEVER buy another one of their phones.

Comment on Lawsuit: Wachovia’s overdraft overreaching by Michael Zimmerman

Michael Zimmerman — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:51:26 +0000

See text and supporting graphics from actual letter sent at http://www.shamslam.org.

Friday, November 20, 2009

Mr. Richard M. Kovacevich
Chairman
Wells Fargo Bank
301 S. College St., Ste. 4000
Charlotte, NC 28288-0013

Mr. John G. Stumpf
President and CEO
Wells Fargo Bank
420 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94163

Mr. Richard E. Fairey
Chief Executive Officer
Wachovia Bank
One Wachovia Center
Charlotte, NC 28288

RE: ABUSIVE OVERDRAFT FEES, REFERRAL TO CONGRESS

Gentlemen:

I am writing to you as a last resort before I notify my congressman and the appropriate consumer protection organizations about this issue. Over the last 45 days, Wachovia has charged my checking account an astounding $1,142.00 in overdraft fees.

I have spent countless hours seeking resolution from your customer service call center, all in vain.

Your abusive revenue generating tactics are clear and convincing, as demonstrated by the following pages.

$350 in fees charged for debits of less than $1.00:

Note that all of these transactions totaled only $9.06, yielding a return to Wachovia of over 5000%.

$687.00 in fees charged for debits of less than $20.00:

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30% of all these fees were based on debits of 99 cents or less:

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The order that transactions are processed is
intentionally manipulated (decreasing amounts)
which in turn creates a “snowball effect”

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If this matter is not resolved quickly, I intend to seek whatever means necessary to secure an appropriate conclusion, to seek the imposition of any and all civil and criminal penalties available, and to ensure that Wells Fargo/Wachovia and its management are actively prohibited from engaging in such practices in the future.
I may be contacted by email (mailto:AbusiveBankFees@yahoo.com).

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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:44:33 +0000

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Comment on Use iGoogle for competitive intelligence by Randy Wilson

Randy Wilson — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:20:24 +0000

Good question Chris! There are a couple ways. First, Google alerts allows you choose everything or just news, blogs etc. Second, you can test out your search and perhaps qualify the companies by adding a couple search terms – the industry they serve, the type of information you are looking for (new lawsuits, for example). But the opposite of noise is missing some gems. I prefer to see everything and quickly scan to discard the irrelevant hits.

Comment on Use iGoogle for competitive intelligence by Chris Hote

Chris Hote — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:32:50 +0000

Thanks for the trick Randy. As for using iGoogle I still get an issue with understanding which sources are feeding the news. What should I do if I wish to select some web-sources of my selection (blogs, competitor web sites, tweets) so I can avoid too much noise?

Comment on Facebook: no pregnant women in G-string photos! by sergv

sergv — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:05:13 +0000

I have found that when I say, “Can I touch your belly then?” people say sure! So I have just become really mean about it. When a hand comes near my belly, I grab it and move it away. I also don’t understand when people ASK if they can touch my belly and I say “no”, why would they ask me why and get upset? If you really wanted to touch my belly, why didn’t you just go after it instead of asking a yes or no question where you have a 50/50 shot of getting an answer of “no”!