USAA continues to be great

I have come to value vendor communication/transparency more and more. Here’s a recent snipped from USAA auto: We’re writing to inform you that an error was made when calculating the premium for your auto insurance policy. This occurred between October 2017 and August 2020 and was caused by a rating error related to your uninsured

Yuma errand progress

Presently in Yuma doing a series of errands/pickups. 1/4 (complete) Amazon pickup In this package a drill-powered water pump, which was sitting in the “hold for later” pile until the price dropped. The idea is to be able to yoink creek water if needed without doing a million tiny bucket scoops. I used one of

North Bend, OR & dying phone

I’m going to be in North Bend a few days.  I have a package coming in from Amazon and the forecast says the weather will be mild here for the near future.  It will peak at 78F today then stay in the mid-to-high 60s for the next week. There is a self-described boardwalk area east

Amazon prime download size accuracy

Chromebooks can do android apps, which is how I run Amazon Prime video.  It allows several different quality settings: 130MB/hr is pretty danged good, and reported download sizes matched that estimate.  A couple of weeks ago the reported download sizes ballooned:

Amazon rewards card

I have a prime membership and get much of my stuff from Amazon.  They have delivery options and other features that fit well in the vanliving thang. Chase has a CC they issue with Amazon.  You get 3% back from Amazon (5% if prime), 2% from gas stations, and 1% on other stuff.  I already

Review: RV Boondocking Basics

[note:  just found this in my drafts from last year.  Going to push it out now in its unfinished state.] RV Boondocking Basics:  Living Well on the Road Less Graveled, Sunny Skye. $3.99 eBook / $0 Kindle Unlimited $12.99 paperback   I bought this eBook from Amazon back when I had a KU account and

Reviews I ignore

reviews written in ALL CAPS reviews with extraneous,,,.. or bizarre,, punctuation!!!!?! single line reviews that use the words junk, trash, crap, or nothing but problems. reviews written by illiterates reviews by people who clearly didn’t read the manual reviews by people reviewing the seller rather than the product reviews from people who bought the wrong

Finding the cheapest price at amazon

I buy most of my mail order stuff from Amazon for a few different reasons. I have noticed that the price presented on an item may not be the actual lowest price due to tax, shipping, or other issues. Consider the example of