Archive for November, 2005

When an offer looks too good to be true, it may be so

Friday, November 25th, 2005

While checking out TV guide in http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/ , I noticed an ad that offers instant access to 1000+ TV channels through a software called PCShowBuzz. I went through the site http://www.inklineglobal.com/adsales/google/tvo_offer_oz_tvo_test.html?mcp=AU and it looks very attractive. I was thinking of buying the software but then I thought this looked too good to be true. So I googled the company name InKline Global. Surprise…surprise (maybe not) I found a forum message complaining fraudulent sales on InkLine Global, http://bmonday.com/archive/2003/11/17/364.aspx . Googling PCShowBuzz does not give any encouraging results either. Only few hits turned up and there was no forum that gave neither positive nor negative feedbacks on PCShowBuzz. Well…the priviledge of having heaps of channels on PC at low price will have to wait a little longer.

Virgin frequent flyer

Thursday, November 17th, 2005

Finally, Virgin has launched its frequent flyer programme, velocity . Interestingly, virgin credit card is not linked velocity. The only credit card that can earn points for velocity is velocity national credit card.