Consumer news and opinion

“Consumer Bits” on Brusimm.com are articles designed to share the author’s consumer experiences with the reader. The articles can include experiences with products or services offered by various business entities.

Beware The Email Onslaught When Signing Up For GoFobo [Consumer]

January 26, 2012

I received an unwanted email the other day from a persistent website that, despite checking off no to email notices, I seem to get more than I need!

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The Ukraine is Poisoning & Incinerating Thousands of Stray Dogs

January 20, 2012

The 2013 UEFA European Football (Soccer) Championships will be co-hosted by Ukraine and in anticipation of hosting the event, they’re cleaning the stray animals.

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Craigslist Car Sale Scam Warning For Oakland

January 20, 2012

NBC Bay Area is reporting that there’s a scam going on via Craigslist that involves armed robbery and a car for sale.

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Bay Area Spare The Air Days Are Human Distributed & Not Always Right

January 17, 2012

Back in the end of 2011, the residents of the Bay Area were subjected to “Spare the Air” days a number of inopportune times… Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New…

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TITLE NINE Gives The Customer an Awesome Consumer Experience

January 16, 2012

After visiting a TITLE NINE store in Palo Alto, CA, I had such a good experience that I felt compelled to write up this consumer experience review…

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A Winter Spare the Air Day Alert Around The Corner, But Who Cares?

January 11, 2012

Over the 2011 holidays, we had several Winter Spare the Air alerts. All of them on critical days when friends and family would have loved to have had a fireplace going…

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Beware of SOPA, Despite Its Intent

January 11, 2012

It seems that of all the “social” circles I travel, I seem to be seeing nothing but bad news or poor opinions of this SOPA act. SOPA stands for Stop Online Piracy Act…

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Some of the New Aspects of Google… Are Different

January 10, 2012

The new Google is … different. I subtle ways, but there are some interesting differences starting to show up, or just disappear on the user. Things I’ve noticed…

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The Pursuit of Good SEO While Building Your Internet Presence

January 7, 2012

In trying to build a website, SEO is pretty important in the scheme of things. But you have to be careful that some things you hit upon aren’t frowned upon by search engines!

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Did You Know You Can or Have To Set Your Garmin 305 To Record Splits? [Consumer]

January 3, 2012

Setting Splits on Your Garmin Forerunner 305… it doesn’t come out of the box recording splits automatically, but did you know it can be set to record splits?

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Plastic Bag Ban in San Jose, And Now Costumers Get Charged for Paper Bags

January 2, 2012

The plastic bag ban went into effect as 2012 started. But now stores are charging consumers for the only option provided by the stores. Getting double charged seems rank…

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Netflix Won’t Let Customers Clear Their Viewing History. Why Is That?

January 2, 2012

Netflix users have been asking since at least 2007, for the ability to clear or hide their “recent viewed” queue. And yet there are still no options for this?

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Consumer Product Recalls: Pampered Chef, Baby Strollers, Holiday Decorations

January 1, 2012

Check out some of the latest CONSUMER PRODUCT RECALLS for things like heaters, baby strollers, holiday decorations and a few other items. Play it safe…

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Twitter, Facebook or RSS Feed? Which Is Best for You? [Consumer]

December 28, 2011

After a bit of frustration with how some run their ancillary feeds, I find myself dropping all but their RSS feeds. It’s more about the lack of professionalism in the…

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Places Open for Business on Christmas Day [Consumer]

December 24, 2011

If you’re wondering what or what might be open on Christmas Day 2011, here’s a quick list that I’ve gathered.

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SONY Blu-ray Disc Player: Initial Consumer Product Review Observations

December 24, 2011

This is an initial set of observations and a consumer product review of my shopping experience for the SONY Blu-ray Disc Player, model BDP-S480. Is it working for me?

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Health Warning: Don’t Use Your Untreated Tap Water With Your Neti Pot!!!

December 20, 2011

There seems to be a minor issue with the Neti Pots and it has to do with using your untreated drinking water out of your tap!

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Is SOPA Really That Good For Everyone? It Doesn’t Seem So, Despite The Intent

December 20, 2011

Once again the many can thank the few for having potential freedoms taken away and/or restricted. (This is a quickie article, shot from the hip, talking about…

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