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I’m not sure how long this coupon code (online discount) will last but today I bought a domain name with the coupon code:

199test

That got me a domain name (a .com) for $1.99, or $2.19 after tax. No other purchases. It works only once on your account, so you can’t go buy a second for $1.99 on a second order (Too bad), and it only works on the first year.

The other coupon code I frequently use is:

emma35

Gives you a domain name (.com,.net,.org) for $7.49 for one year, which is still a pretty good deal.

If the 199test expires, please leave a comment below.

I was renewing two of my domain names today when I saw something pretty funny come across my order.
If you’ll notice, my order total is $15.88.  And down on the bottom of the screen is a fancy little banner that says

“You’re only $59.52 away from saving 5% on your order of $75 or more**.”

Now that’s a fantastic deal! You know, on my order of $15.88.  I’m ALMOST there! If only I had some way to nearly quadruple my order, I’d be good.

Funny GoDaddy. You know, I love you. But sometimes you guys just try to work me over too much.

I work in an office place that is near a small, in-office restaurant called “The Point Bistro”. Essentially they exist inside of a large office Complex and sell primarily to hungry office workers throughout the day, especially at lunch.

They began offering a Breakfast menu from 7:30-10:30 AM. Being that hungry kind of fellow that I am (Read: Fat) I decided it might not be  bad idea to check it out.

I looked over the menu before coming to the conclusion that a breakfast burrito is not the worst choice anyone has ever made, and is probably not something they’ll mess up easily.  But I had reservations. Firstly, why is it called a “grocery breakfast burrito”? I mentioned this to my buddy, who said it’s probably like  “kitchen sink burrito”. You know, something with a little bit of everything in it. Just as we were having this conversation, two people in front of us had ordered some, and we saw a burrito being cooked up on the grill. Well, that answers that.

My co-worker and I ordered up a breakfast burrito, and waited about 5 minutes for the cook to get’er ready.

Once the counter girl rang us up, she said “okay, $5.00″. My friend and I looked at eachother with a semi-puzzled look. After 2 seconds of awkward silence, my buddy spoke up and said “Uh actually, we’re not together”. I’m sure you’re gathering his assumption was that she had rung up the burritos as $2.50, and charged us for two. Unfortunately, that was not the case. She promptly responded “oh no, they’re $5.00 each”.

At this point I was a little confused, so I figured I’d say as much. “Um, I’m pretty sure the menu says $3.00″. Response? “Oh yeah… that’s for a frozen burrito. The burrito you got isn’t on the menu”.

Unfortunately, this was as far as the conversation got. We paid our $5 a piece and left. Why? I really have no idea. It was 7:45 in the morning, I was still tired and confused, and apparently didn’t have ‘the fight’ in me. Really it defies all logic. On a normal day I would’ve said “Charge me the $3.00″ or I would have just said “Then I don’t want it” and gotten a less expensive breakfast. But for whatever reason, I caved and simply handed over my hard-earned cash.

Essentially what it comes down to, in my opinion, is this: Place a $3.00 breakfast burrito on the menu. Make sure that no mention of any other burrito exists anywhere. Not on another menu, not on the ‘specials’, not in the “about how we’re the best place ever” pamphlets. Then, when a person orders a burrito, cook something, and charge them $5.00 for it. Despite the fact that their menu is a printed piece of paper in a metal paper-holder, the ‘error’ has not yet been corrected.

I’m calling bait and switch. The Point Bistro – I want my $2.00 back. For whatever reason, I was spineless this morning and didn’t have the guts to call you on it, but really that’s besides the point. And yes… I know it’s $2.00 but it’s the principle of the thing!

Can I have it back?

It seems like everywhere I turn there is someone wanting an e-mail address. Some website requiring registration (Thanks bugmenot!) others just requiring ‘verification’. These vultures seem to stop at nothing to get your personal information!

It used to be quite easy to simply give them a phony or fake email address. After all, what’s the harm in giving someone some random nothingness that is meaningless to you? Unfortunately, it appears they’ve wised up to the act. Now they want to send us ‘verification’ links or registration confirmations to click on before they’ll activate your account or let you in to various parts of the site. For the longest time, that meant giving them a real email address. Sure, you could go through all the trouble of signing up for a couple of spam accounts that don’t matter to you. But that’s so troublesome! More passwords to remember, another site to have to login to just to get a quick piece of information you’ll never use again.

Luckily there’s Makemetheking.com. Want to browse the wall street journal but need to activate your account before they’ll let you read the news? No problem! Give them a fake address @makemetheking.com (you make it up), and then go get your message from Makemetheking.com. Of course it’s free. No accounts to make, No passwords, no waiting, and no reason to ever check that mailbox again.

As a bonus feature, you can add mailboxes to your rss feeds. If you’re waiting for an email and don’t feel like checking every 5 minutes, add it to your feed list and let rss do all the work.

I was really really worried that Dish was going to charge me the No Phone Line Fee (AKA Additional Outlet Programming Access Fee) of $5.00 a month because I can’t run a phone line (don’t have one) or an ethernet cable to receiver. So I had to be absolutely sure that my receiver was exempt from that fee.

If you’re not familiar, let me explain. Dish Network charges a no phoneline fee, also known as the Additional Outlet Programming Access Fee. If you don’t have a phone line in your home, they’ll charge you this $5.00 a month fee in order to send PPV information to and from your receiver, download updates, and whatever else they can make up to get more money out of you.

If you don’t have a phone line, you’ll be charged the fee if you:
Have more than one TV.
Your receiver has Dual Tuners (Picture-in-picture).

There is only one HD DVR Receiver that Dish Network carries that is exempt from the no phone line fee and that is the ViP 612. The ViP 612 is a dual tuner, single TV receiver that does not offer PiP and is exempt from the no phone line fee. The later model, the ViP622 is a dual tuner, PiP receiver that will be charged the 5$ fee if you can’t find anywhere to hook it up.

if your receiver has an ethernet port, you can connect it to a broadband internet connection to avoid the fee. Although online you’ll find this topic is in hot debate, I assure you the final verdict appears to be that the fee will not be charged if you connect it to your broadband internet connection.