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Then don’t do this!

I’m flattered! What have I done worthy of such high accolade?  They must have the wrong person so here it is in the hope the right person manages to claim his free Who’s who entry (oh btw gullible fool, would you like to buy a copy of the book in which you will be honoured?  Only $100 and will be delivered soon, real soon now…).

Dear Martin,

On behalf of International WHO’S WHO of Professionals, I am pleased to inform you that you have been nominated as a candidate for inclusion in the 2009 Edition. We congratulate you! Nomination into WHO’S WHO is an honor in itself.

International WHO’S WHO has over 20,000 members in 154 countries worldwide. It is the most elite professional network in the world. Our members assist each other daily with business and career opportunities.

It is in times like these that such a network is most valuable and we are seeing members help other members expand their businesses, find new positions, even relocate to another country.

If selected into WHO’S WHO, you will also be listed in the 2009 Edition of International WHO’S WHO of Professionals. This is the definitive work on the world’s leaders in commerce, economics, policy, and trade.

We do require additional information to complete the selection process and we ask that you provide your biographical data by accessing the form on our website at: http://tx3.ssprd10.net/

Our editorial deadline is quickly approaching. I urge you to act today. If you delay, I cannot guarantee the committee will have ample time to review your submission.

Sincerely,
Terrence Leifheit
Chairman and CEO
2020 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., PMB #504
Washington, D.C. 20006

P.S. There is no cost or obligation to be listed in the International WHO’S WHO of Professionals. To ensure your biographical data is received in time, please complete this online form http://tx3.ssprd10.net/ by May 31, 2009. Upon review, our Members hip Selection Committee will be in touch with you.

Members of our Board of Advisors include: Wallid Abdo, CEO, Eurobrokers-Greece; Michael Gondive, CEO, Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank-Kenya; Fehmi Sami, Senior VP, Citibank, N.A.-Great Britain; Yusuf Alami, COO, Abdu Dhabi Investment Company-UAE; Mikhail Zaitsev, Finance Director, Volvo Car-Russia; DR. Jung Kook Paeng, CIO, Hyundai Motor Company, Korea; John Sai Chi Mak, Managing Director, Bulova Watch International, Ltd.-Hong Kong; and Aldo Castelli, President, Shell Brasil, Ltda.-Brazil

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My Address Changes, What’s wrong with that?

As a contractor my address and residency changes frequently.  While some may think it’s a flamboyant life moving from country to country, and it does have it’s compensations, it does mean there is really nowhere to call home.  It’s likely I will end up in the UK but I have spent less than 10% of my life there so I can’t be sure.

Banks have no trouble with location changes, why should you?

With reference to Wasting time with Liberty Reserve you might be excused for thinking I have trouble with banking and other financial matters.  Well, actually no I don’t.  I use Paypal, Alertpay, First National (South Africa), Solbank (Spain), the AIB (Ireland).  These organisations provide a superb service and handle my requirements without difficulty.

The problem comes with organisations like Digital River and the myriad of company names they hide behind.  It started around June 2004, at the time I was in Tenerife Spain when the USA lost it’s battle against the Brussels Tea party and agreed to pay EU taxes.  Some Brits have sympathy for the founding fathers and the Boston party of the same name, but unlike Americans we didn’t have a choice.

The result was a ridiculous method of tax designed to disadvantage US business and promoted by Digital River et al.  Bold in their quest to kiss european butt they decided to implement recommendations which like the common extradition treaty are yet to be ratified by US govt.  Countless millions of dollars have been collected by DR which is supposed to be handed over to an EU authority.  It is not that we don’t like to pay, it’s that we want our payments to go to the right f*%$$$ing country!   And DR think it doesn’t matter how much we pay either!

Unless Blighty finds a way to fight for it’s rights in europe I probably will not return (hooray I hear Brits shout, their silence is deafening).

Paypal and Alertpay protect my bank accounts

I like the way Paypal and Alertpay block traders from getting my personal details.  Who knows who work for the traders you meet online?  Large or small there maybe thousands of people with access to that data.  How can we know our information is safe?  Years of experience with Paypal and Alertpay have given me a growing trust, but small amounts only.  My business dependency on them is less than 10%.

High street banks have proven to be less reliable recently, but I know each of my bank managers and I know where they work!

If I want to buy why do you need a copy of a utility bill?

Can you imagine my reaction when asked?  The item I wanted cost $29.95.  When I asked why they replied “It’s standard policy for anyone using Paypal who does not include their address”.  I pointed out they can setup Paypal to provide the address, it’s then up to the buyer to decide whether to go ahead with the purchase or not.

But that request for a utility bill is a shocker, there is so much they can do with it, but why does a merchant need it?  It makes no sense.

Fax your credit card

Another favourite is to ask for a credit card to be faxed or emailed.  Absolutely bizarre!  Why don’t I just hand you the keys to my Maserati while I’m at it?  Thankfully this is not asked for that much now with banks reminding customers they are obligated for any abuse of their cards down to incompetent use (such as making copies and faxing them to people!).

All I want to do is buy, please sell me your products, I’m human, not an ATM

Remarkable that all the way through the sales process some companies forget they are dealing with a potential customer and not an ATM.  I don’t spit money on demand and I do care how you treat me.  Use Share-It, Digital River or any other company that tells me where I am in their world and how much I must pay them regardless of what the software developer wants are loosing more than customers and money, they are flying a flag that shouts “I can’t be bothered”.

And if you are using these organisations successfully and refuse to consider how much better you would do if you didn’t then let me know and I’ll work on a percentage of new business you gain.

There are three ways to make money

Inherit it, Win it, or sell something.  So if you have not inherited or won a fortune why make it hard for people to buy?

On a visit to the UK I spent an afternoon in Lowestoft, a beach resort in the south.  Living abroad it’s easy to forget the quintessential brit feed, aka, fish and chips.  Sadly the Europeans no longer let us present it properly anymore.  Instead of yesterdays Sun it’s plopped into a polystyrene box with plastic fork and “hygiene wipes”.

I suspect they thought the newspaper print was unhealthy,  we may end up reading it.  Politicians would probably be horrified to think their bad news is delivered with our dinner.  The paper did a great job of mopping up the fat, presumably this was a good thing because I don’t remember seeing as many fat people 20 years ago.  Instead family “supper boxes” are placed into a sterile plastic bag (untouched by human hands god forbid).

Take 10 steps away from the restaurant and the whole sweaty mess has coagulated and would look more familiar on the end of a trowel.  Thus the Europeans win a coup, at last it can be said with all honesty that traditional British food is shite.  Our bent bananas have been straightened and our pork sausages actually have more than 5% meat in at last.

Returning home to the UK is always a pleasure but now we can get BBC anywhere on the planet leaving it is far less painful.  We did find one fish and chip shop in Lowestoft worth visiting.  I can’t say how their take away is presented but the restaurant was superb, definitely not infected with the Europeans opinion of how British food should look, taste or what it should be made of.  Perhaps there’s a clue in the restaurants name “Aphrodite”.  Having once lived in Cyprus I remember the Goddess of Love, Sex and Beauty and Cypriots enviable DILLIGAF attitude to authority, thank goodness!

More fun than you can poke a stick at.  I want one of these in my hallway, the bedroom, office and of course the bathroom.  Oh, and have you noticed they got a nifty mirror in the video too?

Interactive Mirror – Blog.LitStudios.com.

My father, an ex RAF fighter pilot, sent this to me this morning and I just don’t want to lose it!

With a time machine most of us will be content finding out what next weeks lottery numbers are. Writing software is another way of predicting the future, the challenge is to produce the next new new thing. One thing is for certain, this video, although already old, has a frighteningly satisfying message!