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Bank error in your favor

Posted in Insightson Feb 1, 2008

I think the game of monopoly got it wrong. When there are bank errors in your favor, if you want to be ethical and try and correct the error, you rarely are left benefitted.

Fees at University Villa

Posted in Generalon Feb 13, 2007

One of my readers wanted to know about fees at University Villa in Provo, Utah. While I’m not the authoritative source, I thought I would share what I know.

Every month, there is a $10 communications fee in addition to rent and utilities. A semester parking sticker costs $15. Failing a cleaning check is suppose to incur a $5 recheck fee. Failing a cleaning check twice usually results in cleaning charges which is variable depending on what needs cleaning. Paying rent late incurs a $20-25 late rent fee.

Parking after midnight with out a permit risks getting a boot on your vehicle, which results in a $55 fee to University Parking Enforcement.

I’m an Oregonian resident

Posted in Educationon Oct 25, 2006

After almost two months of work and waiting, I finally found out today that Portland State has recognized me as a resident of Oregon, which basically means that I pay less tuition. I’m glad they were so wise. I would hate to have had to use a picture of my webbed toes in an appeal.

Google buys YouTube

Posted in Businesson Oct 16, 2006

It is interesting to note though that there is no post on any of Google’s blogs about the Google purchase of YouTube for $1.65 billion (yes Marge, billion). I left this comment on another web site, and thought it might be of value here too:

And I am really confused with Google’s acquisition here. I don’t think we’ve seen Google do something like this before. Typically we only see Google purchases that get Google into a business. In this case, Google Video was an already existing competing product to YouTube with very similar technologies. Unless I’m missing something, YouTube has very little to offer Google with respect to technology. Video’s on YouTube have questionable ownership rights and so buying YouTube for the videos doesn’t make a lot of sense. YouTube is a fad, and so I think it would be disappointing for Google to dish out over a billion just for a name. What am I missing? What is really worth $1.6 billion that Google couldn’t do on its own?

American Express not accepted where advertised

Posted in Funnyon Jul 11, 2006

Yesterday I went to see the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie at the Wynnsong Carmike theater in Provo, Utah. When I went to pay for my ticket, I tried to use my American Express card, but was informed that they don’t accept American Express. So I had to borrow some cash from a friend to buy the ticket, no biggie.

So while sitting through and watching the 25 minutes of pre-feature trailers and commercials, I noticed that there was a commercial for American Express. I just think it is pretty for a place that doesn’t accept American Express cards to be showing an American Express commercial.

Spring summer students don’t always save on tuition

Posted in Educationon Feb 10, 2006

There may be lots of reasons why you should attend BYU spring and or summer terms. However, cost of tuition may not be one of those reasons. You may actually end up paying more per credit hour during spring or summer than you would during fall or winter semesters.

I’ve put together the following calculator to help you understand the per credit cost for average course loads for either spring/summer or fall/winter. If you type in the number of what you think is an average credit load, and click the Calculate button, you will see the cost per credit based on the number of credits.

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credits taken spring/summer term, the cost per credit is $

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credits taken fall/winter semester, the cost per credit is $

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White all-sports t-shirts

Posted in Sportson Jan 29, 2006

Dear BYU Athletic Department,

For years you have been encouraging fans to wear blue to BYU athletic events. I’ve head commentary about how people don’t wear blue to BYU games, that every other color in the rainbow is also represented.
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