Saturday, August 21, 2010

Milk inflation at Walmart

Milk was running as  low as $1.75 a few months ago, then steady at $1.98. I was there the other day to buy some lowfat milk, and lo and behold, they jacked it up to $2.48 for the Walmart milk! What is going on?

I thought the specter of terrible deflation was upon us, yet gas, milk, and just about everything is hardly getting cheaper... It'd be a waste of money if I didn't finish the rest of my Raisin Bran Extra, but if Walmart doesn't get with it, I'll be boycotting milk for the foreseeable future.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Chase phishing texts

I don't even have a Chase accounts but some con artists are texting me, trying to get me to call them. The first message is from 3683, July 31, 2010, 4:36:42pm; 818-864-3253@chase.com You have received a new JPMorgan Chase banking message. Call now free: 1-818-864-3253 and follow instructions."

Another from 3776, August 4, 2010, 7:19:08am; 845-445-6564@chase.com You have received a new JPMorgan Chase banking message. Call now free: 1-845-445-6564 and follow instructions.

I believe it's an advanced case of CSS history sniffing here (how did they get my T-Mobile?). Firefox 4 and others will fix the issue, but with Microsoft refusing to update IE on XP, a large number of users are still susceptible. Somebody help...