Wired Plastic

I have been using Wired Plastic for about 6 months now. I like it!

Yes, there are fees. It is NOT anonymous.

Card usage fees:
Activation Fee: 9.95
Monthly Fee: 3.95
Signature Transaction: FREE
PIN Transaction: 0.95 per transaction
International Authorization: 0.45
U.S. ATM Withdrawal: 1.95
U.S. ATM Balance Inquiry: 0.95
Bank Teller Cash Advance: 4.95
International ATM Withdrawal: 4.95
International ATM Balance Inquiry: 1.95
PIN Transaction Decline: 0.45
U.S. ATM Decline: 0.95
International ATM Decline: 1.95
Express Mail: 15.00

Wired Plastic Account Services
Click-n-Pay Electronic Payment: 0.45
Click-n-Pay Paper Check: 0.95
Click-n-Pay Check Cancellation: 9.95 per transaction
Deposit to a U.S. Bank Account: 0.95 per transaction
Phone Account Access: FREE
Online Account Access: FREE
SMS/Email Alerts: FREE
Toll Customer Service Calls: 2 FREE / mo. then .95 / call
Replacement Card: 3.95
Paper Statement Copy: 2.95 per copy

Adding Cash
Direct Deposit: FREE
Retail Cash Load (Western Union, etc.): Varies by retail partner. Log in to your account online for detailed retail load fees.*
PayPal Transfer: FREE
Bank ACH Transfer: FREE
Bank Wire Transfer: 6.95 per transfer

NO LIMITS for direct deposits or wire and bank transfers. There is a $2500 limit per 48 hours for payment locations (Western Union, PayZone and MoneyGram). Western Union payment locations are worldwide.

Here's the link to their website --> Wired Plastic Debit Card

Mensa Invitational

I got this in a email from a friend today.
I haven't read all of them because I'm in hurry to get ready to go out.
Wanted to share.

The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again asked readers to
take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or
changing one letter, and supply a new definition.

Enjoy!

Here are this year's {2005} winners:

1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the
subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.

2. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an *******.

3. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until
you realize it was your money to start with.

4. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

5. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops
bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows
little sign of breaking down in the near future.

6. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.

7. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray painted very, very high.

8. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the
person who doesn't get it.

9. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

10. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.

11. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

12. Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad
vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.

13. Decafalon (n.): The gruelling event of getting through the day
consuming only things that are good for you.

14. Glibido: All talk and no action.

15. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter
when they come at you rapidly.

16. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after
you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

17. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into
your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

18. Caterpallor (n.): The colour you turn after finding half a worm
in the fruit you're eating.

Things You Should Know But Probably Don't

1. Money (American Dollar) isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.
2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.
3. The dot over the letter i is called a "tittle".
4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up
and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
5. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller. Strike this one! Not true!
6. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
7. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
8. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes.He
was albino.
9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents,daily.
10. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
11. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few
ounces will kill a small sized dog.
12. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the
shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
13. Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww).
14. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he
doesn't wear pants.
15. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.
16. Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower'
because in the time when all original print had to be set in
individual letters, the upper case' letters were stored in the case on
top of the case that stored the smaller, 'lower case' letters.
17. Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the
other at the same time; hence, multi-tasking was invented.
18. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World
War II were made of wood.
19. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
20. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there
was never a recorded "Wendy" before!
21. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with:
orange,purple, and silver!
22. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10
years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
23. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it
instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
24. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween"
was a Captain Kirk's mask painted white.
25. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies,
you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins
without being able to make change for a dollar (good to know.)
26. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you
can't sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was
completely useless.)
27. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English
law,which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider
than your thumb.
28. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record
player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the
market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
29. Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat
a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
It's the same with apples!
30. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
31. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
32. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the
book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
33. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into
space because passing wind in a space suit damages it.
34. George Carlin said it best about Martha Stewart.
"Boy, I feel a lot safer now that she's behindbars.O.J.Simpson
and Kobe Bryant are still walking around; Osama Bin Laden too,
but they take the ONE woman in America willing to cook, clean,
and work in the yard, and they haul her fanny off to jail."

But Today It's Only $299!

Oldest online scam and most obvious is the mile long, one page website that promotes a product of any kind.

At the heart of this promo is the "It normally sells for $400, but today it's only $299. That's a savings of $200!"

Other fabulous prices include $100, $99.99, $59.99 and last but not least $39.99.

It may be worth $19.99. Really, it's worth nothing. The people who own these websites are out to make a very fast buck and disappear and that's about it. The product they offer is mediocre at best and is usually a twist to an old product or idea.

What's really amazing to me is the fact that when the buyer gets the product, they are very disappointed to find that there's not a lot of detailed info and the testimonials from other buyers do not include proof of exactly how well they have done using this product. In other words, how about some real dollar figures? "Well, we're doing really well and we're having loads of fun!" This was an actual answer my neighbor received. They never did tell him exactly how well in dollar figures they had done and couldn't explain to him how they did it.

My neighbor and his wife wanted to start selling their refurbished furniture on eBay. He bought one of these $299 hyped up promos. When he got the product, he asked me to come over and take a look at it. It was about what I expected. He was disappointed in the quality of the books and video of the DVDs. The nicest thing I could say was that it was cheep. There was not enough detailed info to help him get started and he found out the testimonials were provided by buyers who had previous experience selling on eBay. So why did they by the product?

He tried selling on eBay following the advise according to the product. You know what he made? Zip, zero, zilch! Returned it for a refund after 90 days. It cost him money to sell on eBay. A month later, he found the help he needed. Where? On the eBay website. He even emailed support for help. Now how much has he made? I don't know the exact dollar amount these days, but when I last talked to him, he told me had made almost $5,000 one month and he and his wife love it!

Wise up folks! Don't pay that kind of money for something that can usually be found for free on the Net.

Assign Mods To Certain Sections

Hey ASFx!

I have an idea!

How about assigning mods to those Sections that have the most problems?

In other words, assign a mod to monitor the HYIP section and that section only. That section may need more than one mod.

Do the same with other sections that are having problems with scammers, spammers and short posters.