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La Cote D'Or
- Address:
6876 Lee Hwy
Arlington, VA 22213Neighborhood:
- Cuisine:
FrenchPrice: $30 and under
La Cote D'Or
- Dining Style: Casual Elegant
- Website: http://www.lacotedorcafe.com/
- Phone: 7035383033x
- Hours of Operation:
Brunch: Sunday: 11:00am - 3:00pm; Lunch: Daily: 11:30am - 3:00pm; Dinner: Sunday - Thursday: 5:00pm - 9:00pm, Friday & Saturday: 5:00pm - 10:00pm
New Year's Day: 12:00pm - 8:00 pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,Diners Club,Discover,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: French
- Executive Chef: Raymond Campet
- Dress Code: Business Casual
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cafe, Counter Seating, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking Area, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Smoking Area, Takeout, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine
- Catering: Raymond, owner and executive chef will personally cater your affair either at your home or in an event room. From 25 to 250 people, he will prepare sit down dining or buffet.
- Private Party Facilities: Our private dining facilities are decorated with French Provence in mind in colors of blue and yellow. Beautiful painting by Van Gogh cover the walls with comfortable booth seating. Our set menus range in price to accommodate your party and style for lunch or dinner.
- Private Party Contact: Raymond or Lynne 7035383033x
A word from La Cote D'Or
This cozy French Restaurant serves only the finest and freshest ingredients each time it prepares a unforgettable meal. A charming spot tucked away in Arlington East Falls Church will not disappoint you. French dining which is not pretentious or expensive, La Cote d"Or works for a quiet romantic evening or a casual week night meal. Owners Lynne and Raymond Campet, always present, take care to ensure that your dining experience is a good one.Continued
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Awards voted by OpenTable diners
- Diners' Choice WinnerFrench
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La Cote D'Or reviews from OpenTable diners
104 reviews since June 4, 2014
- Food4.3Service4.4
- Ambiance4.4Noise LevelModerate
neighborhood gem (78)special occasion (65)romantic (53)fit for foodies (51)great for lunch (46)notable wine list (20)great for brunch (20)good for groups (13)kid-friendly (4)late-night find (2)great for outdoor dining (1)Show More
- Great Service!OpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 9/29/2014We enjoyed our visit to include tasty appetizers, main course, desert and drinks. The service was great. Would take friends back.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- SpecialLittleMDined on 9/25/2014We use La Cote D'Or for special occasions and then call most anything "special" so we can return.Special Features:
- Quaint, lovely and very frenchOpenTable Diner Since 2007Dined on 9/18/2014I loved the ambiance and the outstanding service. The food was extremely good. I could have been anywhere in France how authentic this place is. Great find!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Lovely spotJeanDined on 9/16/2014La Cote D'Or is a lovely little place and I usually enjoy casual lunches there. Dinner was nice with many upscale offerings. The prices were a bit more than I expected, given the very reasonable prices for lunch offerings. I appreciate that the waiter did not rush us after we had coffee, but would have rather he offer the check. I had to ask for it almost 45 min after our coffee was done.Special Features:
- Authentic French foodMargaretVIPDined on 9/15/2014Where does the chef find such great lettuce and perfect tomatoes for the exquisite salads served here? Artichokes are wonderful. Terrific sauces. The sausage and lentils are very special, as was the (rare) tuna salad. This is a charming place for lunch or dinner. The crepes are properly paper thin and hurrah, do NOT use Nutella as a shortcut for chocolate crepes. Great profiteroles. The cuisine is genuine French. Great care taken with the service. Wonderful food and reasonably priced (we were there at lunch and there were several $8 and $9 options.Special Features:
- servicesommelierDined on 9/12/2014Still needs service be improved. Used plates were left standing on the table for long.Special Features:
- SpecialDoctorDined on 9/10/2014This is a superb restaurant with fine dining and fabulous French cuisine. Highly recommended!Special Features:
- Always ReliableTravellerVIPDined on 9/7/2014Nine women for brunch at a restaurant we all have visited before. We were seated on the porch so our yakking had less impact on other guests, very nice of the restaurant. The food is always reliably good - quiche, mussels, eggs benedictions, desserts - all very good, as is the wonderful bread and butter. Portions are not huge but that's a good thing! The waiter was very nice and patient and gave us separate checks which makes it so much easier for a group. We'll be back!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- martyDined on 9/5/2014The entree ordered (Calves' liver) was good; but it was not served with any vegetables. It came with 2 small swirls of mashed potatoes and 1/2 tomato. I should have noticed that the menu did not specify that all entrees came with some kind of vegetable. There was no mention. For $15 for a slice of liver, without vegetables, I did not believe worth it.
- La Cote D'orOpenTable Diner Since 2008VIPDined on 9/3/2014A favorite of ours. Consistently great food and service and good value in a very comfortable setting. Raymond and Lynn and their entire staff could not be more gracious or accommodating!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A Gem in ArlingtonfrequentfoodieVIPDined on 8/30/2014This long-time French restaurant in Arlington has survived because it provides outstanding meals and very good service. We chose from the dinner specials that evening -- whole lobster and garlic shrimp. While the lobster required some work, it was well worth it. The shrimp was tastefully prepared and presented on a bed of spinach mashed potatoes. When we made the reservation, we requested a table in a quiet area and were pleased that the restaurant did honor that request. I have also had lunch at this restaurant and plan to go back for either or both meals. The quality and taste of the food makes it well worthwhile.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Always GoodLisaMVIPDined on 8/30/2014This restaurant has been a long standing favorite for years. The Dover Sole is excellent, as is the Frisée salad. Order a soufflé when you reserve your table! The Grand Marnier is excellent!Special Features:
- It was okJamgalanVIPDined on 8/30/2014I go here just because my boss likes to go here. I thought, their portion became smaller. I always order Calf liver. Last time it was awful.Special Features:
- an Evening at La Cote D'OrGordoneDined on 8/13/2014My date and I took advantage of the Wednesday special to order a surf and turf with a bottle of wine. The lamb chops and swordfish were done to perfection, the wine was superb, and the service was excellent. La Cote D'Or ensured we had a very special evening and they made our dining experience both pleasureable and memorable...Special Features:
- You made my day and my dinner :-)valpDined on 8/12/2014I had driven by this place several time and wondered what was it like. Well it is great! We had a wonderful time. I highly recommend it for the food, the ambience and the service. I will become a regular. Thank you to the staff of La Cote D'Or.Special Features:
- Winner: Sunday BrunchWillimVIPDined on 8/10/2014Sunday Brunch was thoroughly enjoyable. Eggs Benedict were perfect. Seafood crepes were the best my wife has ever had. Vegetable sides were similarly delicious. I've dined at La Cote D'Or scores of times over perhaps 30 years and never been disappointed.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Always reliableWillimVIPDined on 8/9/2014We have enjoyed La Cote D'Or for perhaps 30 years. The patrons are younger and more casually dressed these years, but the kitchen continues to produce excellent, delicious, classic French cuisine with many menu items hard to find elsewhere; think: French comfort food. It has always been a treat to dine here.Special Features:
- Very enjoyable dinnerPeachDined on 8/8/2014My wife and I had a very nice, enjoyable meal. A lot of traditional French fare, and nicely done, with a few surprises and innovations here and there.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Friendly, tasty, and casualOpenTable Diner Since 2010Dined on 8/3/2014The staff at Côte d'Or were exceptionally welcoming and professional. The seafood crepe did not knock my socks off - the ingredients seemed to have come from a frozen mix because mushrooms and shrimp were too small and uniform looking, and the price/quality ratio was not great. However, my dining partner really enjoyed her Eggs Norwegian and the portion was just right. The baguette served with our meal was perfect - crunchy crust and soft fresh insides. It was a little tricky to park near the restaurant, and location is definitely not a high point. Overall, however, Côte d'Or provides an enjoyable way to brunch in a bistro setting on a Sunday.Special Features:
- Parisian FlairMsOolongDined on 7/28/2014I am sorry I waited so long to eat at La Cote D'Or! Everything about the restaurant was wonderful. In addition to their main menu, they offer an Early Bird prix fixe menu, as well as Daily Specials. All the food was fantastic. We started with a cold Tomato-Leek soup to cleanse the palate, warm fresh bread, Lobster Bisque and Calamari. We enjoyed Lobster Fricassee for the main course and Lemon Tart and Caramel Raspberries for dessert. They are in a small space but provide an outdoor venue as well. The decor reminded me of the French Bistro's in Paris. I highly recommend La Cote D'Or for an all around excellent dining experience.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- An Old ReliableFallsChurch2Dined on 7/26/2014Had passed by many times and finally decided to try it for lunch on a Saturday. Wondered if this was a mistake: the menu revealed a hit parade from the 60s and 70s. The clientele was overwhelmingly on the wrong side of 60, but overall I was pleasantly surprised. This is what a neighborhood bistro in Paris would be: nothing fancy, innovative, or adventurous. Just regular food, well prepared. Complaints: the French are notorious for their parsimony with portions, but this was verging on the ridiculous: the slices of melon and the solitary slice of tomato in my starter were nearly see-through. The lettuce salad with my quiche Lorraine was scant, and there were only two (2) tiny and unadorned crepes for my dessert.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Our New French GemBirdsEyeViewVIPDined on 7/25/2014We lost our Alexandia French gem a few years back and have been in search of a replacement...that seldom happens. This was our second time dining, the first was a welcome surprise. So we ventured out again, in hopes of not being disappointed...we were not. The food is exceptional, with attentive but not overly intrusive service, perfect; our new French gem.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- La Cote D'OratopicDined on 7/21/2014This is one of those rare establishments that consistently offers a wonderful dining experience. Nothing flashy, just great food, pleasant, comfortable surroundings, and impeccable service.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great ExperienceaspiringfoodyDined on 7/21/2014We went on a Monday evening which was especially good if you want a quiet dinner. There is a three course special from 5-6:30 which proved to be a good value. Food was good and the staff was very pleasant. Nice atmosphere. Parking is a little sticky.Special Features:
- great as alwaysRoyGDined on 7/19/2014La Cote D'Or is always dependable for an excellent meal, great service, and a comfortable setting. The owners and servers are very gracious and know just how to make their guests feel special. It's a great place to go to for special occasions, and they create some special occasion dinners of their own. I especially liked the cucumber soup, the rockfish, and the creme brulee.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2007Dined on 7/18/2014We love this restaurant and always enjoy coming here..We live in theReston area and have begun to stop here for dinner if we are going into to town, for ex. To the Kennedy Center or a play and it eliminates the hassle of finding a place to park in DC..Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great weds night special!Love2eatVIPDined on 7/16/2014Wonderful little neighborhood gem, good food, great atmosphere and wonderful staff, Raymond and his wife are friendly and hospitable always a great place for a special occasionSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- French Delight!foodie45Dined on 7/15/2014Always a wonderful taste treat and my favorite neighborhood restaurant!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Bastille DayOpenTable Diner Since 2009VIPDined on 7/14/2014This was Bastille Day, so the restaurant was full, but the service was nevertheless very attentive and the food was, as always, excellent. A very nice Vouvray, terrific home-grown tomato and mozzarella appetizer, and the Dover sole and the bronzini were well prepared and presented, and delicious.Special Features:
- I love rillettesLoverillettesVIPDined on 7/14/2014This restaurant is authentic. The service is great, the food is amazing. The linens are perfect. It's a wonderful place.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Enjoyable meal.foodaholicDined on 7/13/2014This is a favorite restaurant of mine. The service and ambiance make it worth the price. Some of the food items are excellent - particularly the Tarte Tatin for dessert. On this visit, my salmon was nothing special, even slightly dry, and the cucumber soup (a special) was heavy and I could only eat half of it. My husband's gazbacho was very good, and so was the quiche that I have ordered at past lunches.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- On a friend's recommendationvtdutchmanDined on 7/3/2014We went on a friends recommendation as her favorite French Restaurant. The service was wonderful. They are attentive but not over bearing. Great cold potato soup starter. The food, good but not great. French Onion soup was very good and worth having. The escargot plump and tasty, yet the butter sauce tasted like a low-end butter - detracting from what could have been very good. Warm not hot, a bit disappointing. The Quiche was good, but it's side salad which was a bit tasteless, like it sat in the cooler too long. Chicken cordon bleu was dry. Without the sauce I probably would not finish. Side veggies were a nice medley. Also came with deep-fried polenta which was perfectly done. Overall, lacking complexity and okay ambience.
- Delicous and relaxedLiketodineoutDined on 7/2/2014We were seated in the adjoining inside porch area which was lovely. It was like having a little private space. We arrived at 6:30 and asked if we could still take advantage of the fixed price menu (which ended at 6:30) and they said yes, which was great. The service was excellent, the food absolutely delicious, the staff attentive, and atmosphere relaxed and very comfortable. A wonderful evening. I had put message on my OpenTable reservation that it was my guest's birthday, and they brought the dessert with a lit candle. Really nice touch.Special Features:
- Excellent neighborhood restaurantthedilettanteDined on 6/23/2014Everything's good here but if you're a liver lover, this is the place to go.Special Features:
- CTFoodiesDined on 6/19/2014We were with a group of friends staying in Crystal City and wanted to have a special dinner without going into downtown DC. Cote d'Or met all our expectations. However it was a long tax iride from the Hotel.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Wonderful placelovgreatfoodDined on 6/15/2014The Eggs Benedict and Eggs Norwegian and excellent, as well as the chocolate mousse. We had a great time and we will be back.Special Features:
- joyceDined on 6/14/2014The food and dining experience at this restaurant is consistently great and has been since the restaurant opened many years ago.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Tres Bien!LisaMVIPDined on 6/13/2014This neighborhood gem continues to deliver consistently good food. The seasonal soft shell crabs are delicious and the Lyonaise salad is still one of my all-time favorites!Special Features:
- Best French cuisine in metro DCSodusPoint1967VIPDined on 6/10/2014Great food, service and ambience make this one of my favorite pick of restaurants.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- GreatSuisantDined on 6/9/2014Great atmosphere, cozy and quite... Food was fantasticSpecial Features:


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Continuous Service? Dumb Moves from Smart Money
Published on - March 21st, 2009 (by J.D. Roth)
As part of my ongoing effort to bring you interesting and informative personal-finance information, I subscribe to several magazines, including Smart Money. Smart Money isn't my favorite money magazine, but it has some useful articles.
In 2005, I paid $20 to subscribe to Smart Money for two years. In 2007, I paid $20 to subscribe for another two years. Today I received my latest issue, which included this wrap-around "cover" announcing that "as part of our Continuous Service program, your subscription will be automatically renewed unless you tell us to stop":
This is annoying, but it's an annoyance I can live with. Some periodicals (especially newspapers) automatically renew subscriptions. For a variety of reasons, people are more likely to accept the state in which they are required to do nothing. If the default is "the subscription will expire if you do nothing", people will generally let the subscription expire. But if the default is "your subscription will automatically continue if you do nothing", people will generally let the subscription renew.
Dumb money
As I say, this is annoying, but I can deal with it. What made me cranky, however, was this bit at the bottom of the renewal notice:
Smart Money wants to automatically renew my subscription for one year at $20. But I was previously paying $20 for a two-year subscription. They want to use this automatic renewal to double my rate. This is bullshit.
I did some research to see if subscription rates have increased since 2007. They have not. At the official Smart Money subscription page, I found the following deals:
- One year for $12
- Two years for $18
Apparently my reward for being a "preferred subscriber" is that I will pay more for one year of the magazine than new subscribers pay for two years. That sounds like dumb money to me. It gets worse. Using Google, I found an even better deal, also from the official page:
- One year for $11
- Two years for $18
- Three years for $24
And Amazon has an even better price: 24 issues for just $14!
Out of the frying pan
Armed with this info, I prepared to unleash my righteous indignation on a customer service rep. I dialed the phone number on the wraparound cover. But I couldn't reach customer service — only an automated answering system, which offered two choices:
- Stay in the "continuous service" program and renew the subscription.
- Be removed from the "continuous service" program and cancel the subscription.
I didn't want either one. I wanted option three: give me back my lower rate. I gave up and tried the web.
Smart Money actually has a website that purports to let you manage your account. Fine. I clicked on the link to renew my subscription and saw this:
This clearly says: "Fill in the form below to access your subscription account." I understood this to mean: "When you enter your information, you will be able to perform various actions on your account." But no. That's not what it really means. I entered my account number and was greeted with this screen:
That's it. A blank page with the command: "renew your subscription". Can any of you tell me what this means? Checking a different page on the site revealed that by entering my account number, I had actually agreed to renew the subscription.
I hate crap like this. I hate it when businesses treat me like a commodity. Usually when these things happen, a business loses me as a customer forever. (No joke.) But I can't just pretend Smart Money doesn't exist; it's an important part of the financial media. Argh!
Free magazines!
How much does this bother me? So much that I've spent an hour processing images and writing this post. So much that I cancelled my subscription — and then re-subscribed for two years for $14 through Amazon. And so much that I'm going to give away free subscriptions to GRS readers — for Smart Money's competitors.
Six commenters on this article (chosen at random) will receive a one-year subscription to the personal-finance magazine of their choice from those reviewed in these two articles:
The only caveat is that if you win, you cannot choose Smart Money. To qualify, all you have to do is share your own tale of financial frustration in the discussion on this post. (Contest ends at 12:01 am Tuesday morning.)
This article is about Books, Odds and Ends, Real-Life
What a mess! Here's mine:
I recently worked for a company that paid for my home internet connection through Time Warner. Since I was already a Time Warner customer, I just had them switch my bill over to my company. Done and done.
While at that job I got married and moved in with my husband. We were able to switch the Time Warner account to the new house and replace the one he was paying for already, which was through Earthlink (managed by Time Warner).
18 months later I was laid off and my internet needed to be switched back to me. I found this out one morning (while unemployed and job hunting) when the internet was suddenly not working. I called them and we straightened it out, they turned it back on immediately (after telling me it would take two weeks and unleashing my rarely seen ire), and I waited for a bill to come in so I could set it up in my online bill payment system.
My husband at some point after this called Time Warner to switch us back over to Earthlink, since somehow the rates are cheaper for the same service through the same company. Go figure.
Three months later we get a call from Time Warner saying that we have an overdue balance of $100+ and if we don't pay they'll turn off our account. Yeah, we should have noticed that we hadn't been paying them and been proactive, but because we do all of our bill payment automatically (and hadn't paid them in almost two years) it slipped our mind. But I used that phone call as an opportunity to let them know that they have a billing problem, and though I was happy to pay my balance over the phone I'd really like to start seeing monthly bills so this won't happen again. The woman on the phone agreed with me, took my credit card info, and promised everything would be fixed.
A couple of days after that we got a bill from Earthlink… for $8. That didn't make sense, and thinking that we'd already settled with Time Warner, we ignored it.
This month, a month later, we got an overdue notice from Earthlink for that $8 (and still no bill from Time Warner). My husband called them this week and found out that it was for some online security package that he hadn't signed up for when he called them last time. He canceled that and asked them about fixing the billing problem. Naturally, they can't do anything about it.
So we're still waiting.
Those merry pranksters over at Fast Company have a similar routine going on. I've read the magazine since its inception and enjoy it a lot. So far, so good. My current subscription ends in May of 2010. Last year I must have received 6 emails suggesting I renew my subscription. I'd love to renew and I will, but get in touch with me about a half year or so before my current subscription expires – not when it's a couple of years away. Sheesh!
This happened with my gym membership. They said I would get a special rate through my employer of $150 for a year. I signed up in June and they neglected to tell me a "year" meant till December and that I had to fork up another $150 in January. When I called and complained their rep was rude and told me I wouldn't get a better price anywhere and I should be more grateful. Normally, I would drop them and find someone else but even though my effective rate for the year will be $300 I'm still getting a good deal. Argh!
I lost my job. I've got a new one, but at a greatly reduced rate. So I called California's low cost healthcare plan for kids so I could enroll my daughter. I followed the directions on their website to a T.
And waited. And waited.
Finally I called. They told me I didn't date the form. I did, but they didn't see it. So I redated and resubmitted the form per their instructions.
And waited. And waited.
Then I called for a status check and was told I didn't include a statement that my letter was a true and accurate staetment. So I resubmitted.
And waited. And waited.
Frustrated, I called for help. Not a single supervisor was available. They'd call back in 3 days, they said. When I persisted, the rep hung up on me.
And I waited. And waited.
Finally, after three reps in a week, I was able to reach a supervisor.
And do you know what she said?
I make too little money (even though I'm honestly employed in the first job I could find to support my family).
So there you have it. And for that, California just raised my taxes.
Keep up the GREAT work, GRS! You've helped change my life for the better.
JD, you are right on, and keep holding the line. We're working hard to do the same here, although with four teenage daughters it's a little difficult at times.
One question for you, and I hope it doesn't disqualify me from your giveaway: I hope you are not paying for the subscriptions, or at least would let me if I were to win one to pay a bit for myself. Seems to fly in the face of being frugal, but then again, maybe you are right…part of being frugal is doing the right thing, and helping others out is doing just that.
Again, keep up the good work. I enjoy your blog and find value from it regularly.
How frustrating. Don't businesses make life so much more complicated than it needs to be? My most recent financial frustration is this: I was in a car accident a year ago that was the other driver's fault. I had back and neck injuries that required several months of physical therapy, an ER trip, many doctor's appointments, a few MRI's, and a lot of missed work. We are trying to reach a settlement, but for now, the medical bills are in limbo and have been sent to collection in spite of a medical lien filed by my lawyer. My insurance refused to pay, the other guy's insurance refused to pay, and I never received 1 bill before they were automatically sent to collection. So now I get harassing calls daily from creditors for bills I never received in the first place. Bleh–sometimes you just have to hate "the system!"
Thanks for the heads up. In the interest of instant social feedback, I'm retweeting this.
One strategy would be to always let your subscriptions expire, then only subscribe as a new customer, at the lowest promo rate, to the magazines you really miss receiving. You'll save money by getting the cheapest rates, and not buying the ones you don't miss. Sometimes you can get taken off the automatic renewal program with a short email to the magazine.
Go, J.D.!
For all the whining that companies do about how much more expensive it is to attract a new customer than keep an existing one, sometimes their tactics just don't make sense. One would think that a 'smart' money magazine would have a greater proportion of readers paying attention to such things.
You can go to http://www.smartmoney.com and you don't need to pay anything for a magazine subscription. (This article doesn't sound like it was written by you).
Something very similar happened with a Sports Illustrated subscription I purchased as a Christmas gift for someone – imagine my surprise a year later when my credit card was charged again! Took me forever to actually find someone I could talk to on the phone.
I love periodicals and I like to support them – but practices like this make me cranky, too.
My financial beef is with Yahoo.com
I have a local listings account that I'd like to cancel. I've tried at various times over the course of the past few months to either speak directly to a customer service rep or to receive a response to the emails I send to Yahoo. No response in either case. Yahoo's CS doesn't seem to exist anymore as I can only reach an automated service. The bank tells me that I have to cancel the debit card that Yahoo.com is using to keep charging me. I shouldn't have to do that Yahoo!
Reader's Digest (here in Canada at least) does the same thing. This year I thought I would opt out and re-subscribe at a lower rate. I watched the magazine delivery like a hawk for a few months looking for the "cancel or we'll resubscribe you notice." Well, I never saw it. Reader's Digest does enclose a lot of crap with the magazine, so it is possible I missed it somehow. Of course, the demand for payment comes in it's own clearly marked envelope…
I'm cancelling regardless. They allegedly refund any unused portion.
How frustrating this is, but unfortunately, not an uncommon practice. Businesses think they can fatigue you into buying their products by running you through a maze that leads nowhere, thus you opt for doing nothing, just as you said. I am embarrassed to say my husband and I both have been duped by special offers that claim you are paying for "shipping only." The truth is, they are getting your credit card number so they can put other charges on it, which in some cases is not even put in the fine print. Then, when you call the customer service number, it is automated, or you are put on hold, or you get no answer at all. I did this once and ended up having to dispute charges on my credit card. Needless to say I learned my lesson.
These days I am not spending money and stay away from "special offers" or anything that says "free."
I have had this happen to me with another magazine… I ended up canceling the subscription… Thanks for the great article.
You needn't have canceled your subscription. You simply had to get the Amazon rate and your subscription would have continued.
Magazine orders go in from all kinds of places. When you already have a subscription and order another, no matter from where, it's added onto your current subscription.
A few issues after completing the order with Amazon you would have seen the updated expiration date on your mailing label. No drama.
From Amazon's subscription FAQ:
Need to renew a magazine subscription you didn't buy from Amazon? Simply place an order today at our everyday low prices and keep the subscriptions you love coming to you. We will pass your renewal along to the magazine's publisher to ensure that you keep receiving your subscription. You don't even have to tell us that it is a renewal.
I love all these stories, because they're the "why" behind businesses cutting back or failing. Bank A buys Bank B, jacks up the fees, fires half the tellers, transfers all customer service to India and cuts its CD rates, and then wonders why it can't retain Bank B's customers. Oh, and its business plan included getting even more of Bank B's customers by offering extra services like insurance and investments. They assume their customers are stupid sheep, and are shocked and horribly disappointed when customers turn out not to be.
Cable companies, phone companies and of course magazines–the list goes on and on. If a business treats its customers like @#*@#, it can't be surprised when its customers find better alternatives. What keeps some businesses going is that there are no alternatives–when those alternatives come, the customers are gone and so is the business. For myself, I can't wait to cancel Charter Cable when that sweet alternative arrives.
My frustrating customer service calls are valuable in one sense, though–they remind me to see that my own business treats clients fairly and deals with problems quickly–I'm pleased to say we're always improving in this area.
Being married to a librarian has its benefits – virtually any magazine I want is available through him.
So a month ago a friend on Facebook sent me an IQ challenge which I took on their website for fun. I registered on the site to take the test. Well a week later I start getting annoying text messages with strange and uppity trivia facts. This continues for about 3 weeks, silly me I think nothing of it. Well finally they send me a text saying I'm being charged for all these stupid useless messages and so far I am at $10! I cancelled it but ouch! I didn't know they could just randomly charge it to your cell phone even if you don't give out a credit card number. I won't be taking anymore stupid online "tests".
Wow. I'm so sorry this happened to you. I bet a lot of other magazines do this as well…but for SmartMoney (aka The Wall Street Journal) that's a low.
SmartMoney is my favorite finance magazine. For the past two years I buy every issue of the Best Stock picks and browse through them all. (Actually how I found SmartMoney) Not all finance magazine cater to the same audience so I connected with SM the best. Last year I bought a subscription because I kept buying it at CVS. So I actually saved money at $20/12 issues.
Well good luck and I hope SM sees this and changes their set up.
My tale of frustration is when I was told by the Washington Post that a story I wrote would be published in one of their columns and I would be paid $100. Week after week I didn't see it, so I called the newspaper. I finally spoke to someone who said she was the newly appointed head of that column. She had decided that the topic I wrote about did not fit her needs, so she decided not to include it. "Uh, were you ever going to contact me?" No. "Why, thank you very much. I appreciate your professionalism." I promptly cancelled my subscription to the Washington Post and haven't renewed since.
I don't care for Smart Money much either. I like Kiplinger's and Money Magazine much better.
I can't say I have much experience with magazines – I haven't been subscribed to any since I was a doe-eyed girl reading Teen and Seventeen magazines! But I feel your pain – bad customer service is all around us.
You know what I hate? When companies make it difficult for me to give them my money. Why don't they want my money? Here's an example – it's from a few years back, but it still annoys me:
I wanted a friend of mine to see An Inconvenient Truth, so that he and I could have lively debate about it over the phone. He was in Washington State, and I was in California. I offered to pay for his ticket, since I really wanted to talk to him about the movie. Well, I figured that would be easy, given modern technology. Turns out the only theater near him showing the movie used MovieTickets.com, and not Fandango. That's fine, I'll just purchase a gift certificate to MovieTickets.com, and give it to him, and he can buy the ticket and see the movie and all will be good.
Wrong. At that time (I have no idea about now, because I have never used MT.com since), they didn't offer gift certificates. In fact, there was absolutely no way to buy a ticket for someone else. You had to physically take the credit card you bought the tickets with to the theater to pick them up. Which wasn't going to work, since I was three states away!
End result? I still don't think that friend has seen An Inconvenient Truth. I should really find the DVD and lend it to him…
But seriously. I wanted to give them money, and they wouldn't take my money. Why?
Wow, that IS lame. Magazine subscription service seems to be on average craptastic. Mine is, I subscribed to Mother Jones digital, and I discovered they were sending it AFTER the print version was on newsstands! Kind of defeats one of the major points of subscribing to a magazine (and in this instance, for me "getting it before it hit newsstands" was a major reason).
When I was a silly 18 year old, I signed up for one of those "get entertainment weekly for four months free!" at best buy and planned to not renew it. That was my first experience with auto renew- it took me three tries and two autorenews to cancel it! Since then, I never give my credit card to magazines and choose the bill me later option – then pay by check.
As for my tale of financial frustration, I could write a series of horrifying tales called, "The Financial Aid Office," and market it to college students. I'd be rich.
The worst, by far, was last year when my financial aid office lost the tax return they requested of me.
No, they didn't lose it once. They didn't lose it twice. They lost it THREE times. It was months before I got everything straight, and once I talked to someone with half a brain, I found out they didn't even NEED my tax return.
As for where those three copies of my tax return, with SS# and everything, disappeared to? No one knows to this day.
When I gave birth to my child in 2005, I got a FREE subscription to Parents magazine with the purchase of the hospital's photo package. I read everything attached and it clearly stated it was a free 2 year subscription and after the last issue I would choose whether to get another or not. That was soooo not true. I sure did get my last magazine come 2007 and to my surprise I also received a bill! It was around $20 and I could have easily paid it off but that wasn't the point. I tried the customer service line and that didn't work (mind you that it took me lots of searching around to find it) the website asked me to put in my account information to access my account and when I did it said it could not find it but I was still being sent reminders once a month of that owed money. Finally I subscribed to their email service so that I could try to talk to somebody. It was useless! I just decided to ignore those bills.
We attempted to cancel cable by phone a week ago. After being on hold for 32 minutes before even speaking to someone, the rep tried to offer us "deals" to stay with cable. We were cancelling cable but keeping internet and needed to be between $15-$30 so she is offering us $60 packages. This went on with the required hold while I check for an hour. At that point she stated we could not have the lowest internet rate unless we had cable also, like this was impossible. Ultimately, we could not cancel over the phone, we had to return our remote and box to their office. So over an hour and a half for nothing. We drove 35 mins to the office, handed in the box, asked for the cheapest internet and they gave it to us with a free upgrade in speed for 7 months because we are "such good customers". What a laugh!
I must say this is extremely similar to my own story of dealing with Sports Illustrated (now I realize it isn't a personal attach but just ineptitude).
My wife got me the subscription originally through a magazine drive at the school in which she was teaching. At the time of expiration, we received the automatic renewal at almost double the school's magazine drive price. We canceled the subscription and renewed through the school again.
We have since found out that if you renew before the subscription expires they will add the duration to your existing subscription automatically. So I get the better price and avoid the annoying "your subscription is about to end" notices.
At our former place we got suckered into an alarm system. They sales guys worked hard to get us a good deal and the install went very smoothly. We were happy and started paying our bills every month and things seemed to be going fine.
Then we planned on going on vacation and wanted to set up a special access code for our house sitter. And that's where things got crazy.
First, the installers had written down our secret passcode literally (for example "qwerrty spelled with a 'q' and two 'r's"). So when we called and said "qwerrty" they wouldn't accept it. This took an inordinate amount of time to sort out.
Then we discovered that the installers never submitted an alarm form to our local police department (or told us that we needed to) so for all the months we'd been happily paying, no police would have some to our home if the alarm went off.
The phone rep kept saying "well, the alarm would have gone off, so it was working." And we kept saying "but if there'd been a problem no police would have arrived so it wasn't working!" She said the sales/installers were subcontractors and they therefore weren't responsible for their work!
We finally settled on half our money reimbursed, but were still locked into a two-year contract. Idiocy!
I find this sort of "gotcha" capitalism very, very frustrating. I stop doing business with any entity that tries to trick me into buying something I didn't intend to buy, or to pay more money than I intended pay.
This happened exactly to my sister! Except in her case it was People magazine. They gave her an automatic renewal with not only a higher rate but also some hidden fees of which even THEY couldn't explain when we called them. Needless to day, they lost a subscriber for good.
I always try to pay an additional $50 on my credit cards minimum due each month. I opened my Chase account and the minimum due was much higher than it usually is. I have not used this card. I examine the bill and the interest rate had gone up 5.99%. I have never been late with a payment. I have very good credit. I call them up and they tell me they have raised all the rates due to the economy! I said excuse me? you were bailed out, I was not. They then tell me since I called they would reduce my rate back down to the original rate. I have noticed this in other bills too. Time Warner just went up $6. My garbage service went up when the cost of gas was so high. It has not gone down and they do not plan on having it go down. Service fees, adminstration fees, because we can fees. it is driving me crazy.
My biggest frustration has been with register.com – and I havent taken the time to call them. I have registered a few sites over the years and they defaulted them into auto-renewal. I usually get an email a few months before with a "special rate" – which I usually don't look at because they don't expire for a few months anyways. Then when they are coming up – my login or password or something does not work – so I can't get in to turn off the auto-renewal. What's a shame is that they charge over 3 times! their competitors. I know it will take me some time to address the whole thing, and one of these days when I have a few hours I will deal with it… hopefully before the next one renews.
My worst customer service nightmare involved Juno "free" internet back in the early 2000s. They now operate under the name NET ZERO, and I cannot say enough horrible things about them. I had signed up at age 19, not realizing that a company should never ask for a credit card for a free service. I was only able to use the service once or twice – it would always say "you've been online too much, you cannot sign on again until tomorrow after 11 pm" and the next day I would be unable to access it.
About 3 months later, I started getting billed for $15 a month, which was certainly not the cheapest dial up at the time, for a service I had never really used. I called to cancel, they asked me to verify the expiration date on my credit card to verify my identity. I told it to them, and they said it was wrong. They asked for my password to verify the account, I couldn't remember it. Since they "could not verify my identity" they refused to cancel the account. I spoke to various managers, no one would do anything for me. I probably spent 6 hours on the phone over the course of a week on hold, getting hung up on while being transferred, and speaking to managers. I finally started writing my credit card company every month disputing the charge. 4 months of disputing and they stopped billing me.
I am interested in Mother Earth News if I am chosen, thanks
We somehow got subscribed to Computer Games magazine. What a disaster to try to get "unsubbed". I was so frustrated. I hated the magazine and was embarrassed to have it even coming to our house. I followed their advice about getting off the list. It kept coming. I did this a couple of times and then we finally had to call the credit card company and have them cancel it.
Since we never knew how we got subscribed in the first place, the whole thing just made me angry!
I've run into the same problem with other things I have ordered, including mineral makeup. You can't get it unless you sign up for automatic renewal then they hit you with the increase. Automatic renewals suck. The worst by far was signing up for credit monitoring, Triple Advantage, through FreeCreditReport.com which was awfully hard to get out of. It took three phone calls and the first one, an obviously overseas operator used my less than perfect understanding of her heavily accented spiel to hoodwink me.
Hi JD,
I noticed that XM radio offers a lot of different management options when I use IE instead of Firefox. You may notice the same thing.
This recently happened to me with a magazine that I have subscribed to for many tears. It was automatically renewed and billed to my debit card for $29.97. When I called to cancel, they offered me the same # of issues for $14.97, I declined. A week later I found the same # of issues at a discount mag site for $3.50. It seems like a common practice with magazine subscriptions for them to offer a low rate and the loyal subscribers get a higher rate. This makes no sense to me. I often will let a subscription lapse and then re-subscribe at the low intro rate.
My tale of financial frustration happened earlier this month when I tried to upgrade my internet speed. I am currently a Brighthouse customer, but wanted to take an advantage of a deal that Earthlink offered where they would give me six months of the faster speed I wanted at the price I was paying now, and then the price would go up $12. I called Brighthouse to see if they could match the deal. They couldn't, but said that they are Earthlink's providers. So they connected me to Earthlink. Cue long holding time followed by a rep from an Indian call center. They then told me they couldn't provide service to my area, despite both their own website and Brighthouse saying they could.
I haven't upgraded my internet yet.
Not to play devils advocate, JD, but Smart Money seems to have gone the distance to notify you that they were changing to an auto-subscription (they put a full page ad on the front of your magazine, they didn't bury it in fine print). And the super low rates you're scouring the internet for may not even pay the cost of the magazine–it may well be sold at a loss in order to get you interested, so that you'll eventually renew at a rate that allows them to, heaven forbid, make a profit. I've seen companies take advantage of customers, but you're kind of being silly on this one. We're talking $10 a year, for a subscription you-yourself say is vital to your business. Pay up, man. Ad revs are dropping and these guys are probably trying to find ways to keep staff.
Martha Stewart Living did it to me!!! I was going to renew (in my time), but after getting nasty renewal notices I called and found out their new renewal policy. They did treat me well when I complained and canceled my subscription; but once again, I feel duped! Trust in business is melting further.
Along the same line, I received a text message for solitation of ring tones. I ignored it since I was not interested. When I noticed a $9.99 charge on my cell phone bill, I called they said I had subscriped to that service. After reviewing the text message (I still had it) the message said I had to opted out for this not to happen! I now throughly read my test message. What a ripoff!!!
And we wonder why people are getting cynical!
I also had the same troubles with a magazine company….
I purchased 5 magazines on a website for 2 year subscriptions. I started receiving the magazines a few weeks later and had favorites but for the most part liked them all. After a year and half of receiving the subscriptions I started to receive notices that my subscription was ending. Some of them were offering the same or better pricing than I had originally paid and a few of the prices went up. I canceled the ones I did not feel like they were of value to me and renewed the ones that I wanted to continue reading. Then…I received a notice from one magazine that I had not received. I was confused because they sent me a notice I would automatically be renewed unless it was canceled. I had never received any magazines from them, yet they have my address to resubscribe me? I called and they were very sorry that they did not end them. They were going to send me a few old magazines and they can then resubscribe me for a discount. Wait…where are my other 24 magazines…just sending me 4 doesn't solve the problem…subscribing me for 2 years in the future would. Long story short, got my money back and no longer subscribing to them!
The same thing just happened to me–I got the same issue with the same wrap-around cover. I, too, called the automated number (but, unlike JD, I don't write about personal finance for a living, so I decided to cancel it because I've never loved Smart Money). Not only is there no option to speak to a person, but you have to stop the continuous service and THEN they still plan to charge you for renewing your subscription–you can un-enroll in "continuous service", but then you also have to tell them to cancel or they'll still charge you what they were planning to charge you. I did end up canceling the whole thing, eventually. But I was *so* unimpressed with the whole thing. I'm with JD–the whole thing, and then giving a current customer a crappier price, is totally lame.
The Wall Street Journal is trying to do that to me right now! Renewing at the "subscriber's" price is over $200, while a new subscriber gets under $100.
Auto-renew doesn't bother me in the slightest. If some service is useful enough that I need it every month, I don't want the default case to be that it gets turned off if I forget to fill out a form. What if you had to renew your phone or electricity service every year?
Auto-renew at double the previous rate is pretty shady though.
Here's the main reason I think people are upset at automatic magazine renewals, but not automatic phone service renewals: We actually *care* about having phone service. We don't really care about most magazines.
Magazines are, by and large, a waste of money. They're more advertising than content, and even the content tends to be pretty non-compelling in most of them. I don't have any subscriptions at all to any periodicals, and I don't feel like I'm missing a thing.
Eh, I won't belabor the point, because I half-way agree with you, but it's really not that nefarious. It is a benefit, not having to waste time resubscribing, and every company calls their customers 'preferred' (unless you (grin) write an article lambasting their services to the world). I'm glad things sort-of worked out for you, however, and I agree it's good to keep companies more-honest.
Thanks for the information. This has not happened to me yet. I normally get the "renew now" letters or covers after the first issue for the next 23 issues saying, this is your LAST time to renew at this special price. If you sign up a friend, it is free for them and costs you money! I usually ask for new subscriptions as gifts from family. It is easy, cheap and useful. Then I pass the mags onto friends/family to recycle.
This is a great post. I love what you are doing in response to them. I currently frustrated by the lack of customer service EVERYWHERE and that when I call to talk to someone about a bill, I can't get a real person on the phone. Grrr. I waste so much time on hold or with a machine, that when I do get to a real person, I take my frustrations out on them and had they simply answered the phone in the beginning, it would have been much more pleasant for all involved!!


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Athens – When Georgia signed strong-legged Brandon Bogotay, a junior-college kicker from California, in the spring, the general assumption was that he would win the kickoff job for this season.
And he still might.
But at this moment, incumbent Blair Walsh holds a slight lead over the newcomer.
"Right now, I would say Walsh has got an edge in that race, but in my opinion it is a very tight race," Mark Richt said last night. ". . . I feel like Walsh right this minute would be the guy."
Richt said Bogotay "is driving the ball good, is getting a lot of distance." But: "His hang time has been a little bit erratic. He needs to get a little more hang time on some of his kicks."
Walsh, Richt said, "has been more consistent with his hang time, really. Both of them have kicked very well, very well."
As a freshman last season, Walsh handled field goals, extra points and kickoffs. He struggled enough in the latter role that Richt brought in Bogotay. Richt said more than once during the spring and summer that either Bogotay would win the kickoff job or would provide competition to make Walsh better.
Bogotay also has been competing with Walsh for the field-goal and extra-point jobs, but Walsh, as expected, is holding on securely to those roles. "There probably is a little more separation there than there is in the kickoff, the way I see it," Richt said. "But Bogotay is very capable of both, so it is good for Georgia."
About the punter: A few of you have asked how Drew Butler is faring in camp. I'm writing a story on that for Sunday's paper, but briefly, Richt is delighted with how his punter is doing. Richt talked publicly during the summer about the need for Butler to show more consistency, and Butler "really took it to heart," Richt said yesterday. The coach praised Butler's focus and improved fundamentals. Anyway, more on that Sunday.
Linebacker update: Darius Dewberry missed practice Thursday with a sore hamstring, which also sidelined him from Wednesday's scrimmage. Linebackers Rennie Curran, Darryl Gamble and Akeem Dent also were held out of the scrimmage, primarily to give experience to younger players, but were back at work Thursday. Gamble has had a good camp –- based on post-practice mentions by CMR, as good a camp as anyone on the team — and, as things stand now, will start.
Another August, another injury: As Georgia started practice Thursday afternoon, Quintin Banks was despondently walking away from the field on crutches –- the second year in a row he has been injured in preseason camp.
The backup safety, who played in only one game last season because of two separate injuries to his left knee, will be sidelined three weeks or so with cartilage damage in his right knee, sustained in Wednesday's scrimmage.
Banks began working as the No. 1 strong safety when starter Reshad Jones was sidelined on the third day of camp with an injured hamstring. Jones should be back soon, but in the meantime redshirt freshman Bacarri Rambo will work with the No. 1 unit at the position. Also, Richt said, "Makiri [Pugh, another redshirt freshman] will still be working with the nickel, but more than likely he'll get work with the safeties now."
Not the Dogs' day: Richt has been pleased with almost every practice this month, but not Thursday's. Definitely not Thursday's. "We did our running for it [after practice]," quarterback Joe Cox said.
Richt: "I would say my overriding feeling from that practice is that the practice beat us. We didn't win the day today. We made way too many mistakes. They were hot; they were tired, and I thought they gave in to that more so than any other day in camp. I didn't think they had given in to it until today, actually. . . . I was a lot disappointed."
Cox agreed, saying the practice was sloppy with a lot of penalties and missed assignments on both sides of the ball.
Richt said it is incumbent on the team's leaders to make sure the bad practice isn't repeated. "It's already been addressed," Cox said. "We talked about it right after we ran." The Bulldogs will be back on the practice field twice today.
August 14th, 2009
7:20 am
Just kick it deep.
August 14th, 2009
7:21 am
Oh, please no more injuries!!
August 14th, 2009
7:42 am
Undefeated!!!! Til we lose.
Go DAWGS!!!
August 14th, 2009
7:44 am
(((38-3)))) Hahahaha uh Wahwahwah
August 14th, 2009
8:01 am
UGA is # 171 on Forbes list of the best colleges and universities – GT is # 501 – hahahahahaha, oops, I mean wah, wah,wah…
August 14th, 2009
8:02 am
UGA is # 171 on Forbes list of the best colleges and universities – GT is # 501 – hahahahahaha, oops, I mean wah, wah,wah…
August 14th, 2009
8:03 am
UGA is # 171 on Forbes list of the best colleges and universities – GT is # 501 – hahahahahaha, oops, I mean wah, wah,wah…, but, thank god and greyhound that the worst coach in Tech history is now gone – hallydamlooyah!
August 14th, 2009
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UGA is # 171 on Forbes list of the best colleges and universities – GT is # 501 – wah, wah,wah…
August 14th, 2009
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(((((45-42)))))hahaha and we had a great Tickle Pile on Herty Field!!!!!!!!
August 14th, 2009
8:45 am
Just kick it deep. Dont think manyunderstand. With the KO moved back getting a kick deep into the end zone is not easy. A ball kicked high in the air can sail. The directional kick is important because you put your team in position. To just go out and consistantly kick it into or out of the end zone does not happen anymore. Its not a sure bet. If a kicker can put it in the air around the 5-10 yard line and allow all your 4.5 guys cover that is your best bet.
August 14th, 2009
8:55 am
More important to us than the depth of the kick, is containment. You can't allow the returner to get around the corners. We are notorious for a breakdown in kickoff coverage containment. Our kickoff coverage is consistently bad. Maybe not red-shirting the skilled freshmen and putting them on the kickoff coverage team will fix the problem. I hope so…
Go Dawgs!
August 14th, 2009
9:12 am
Hey G & G,
The next time you fire a coach at Tech, you better send him out on the train.
GT still a bridesmaid, never a bride.
August 14th, 2009
9:12 am
I am a homo.
August 14th, 2009
9:27 am
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August 14th, 2009
9:29 am
I was hoping Bogotay could do one thing and do it very well: KICK THE BALL OUT OF THE BACK OF THE END ZONE AFTER WE SCORE.
I didn't expect Walsh to lose the FG or extra point job.
Here's hoping that Bogotay can get more consistent.
August 14th, 2009
9:36 am
GATA Dawgs
August 14th, 2009
10:11 am
Tired of talkin' about it. Tired of readin' about it. Lets do this thing!
August 14th, 2009
10:14 am
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August 14th, 2009
10:28 am
Okay…enough with the injuries to the Bulldogs and the Jackets. Let's all stay healthy so we can both beat the crap out of every team in our neighboring states. Proud to be a Georgian.
Go Dogs…Go Jackets!! See you on the Flats after Thanksgiving…
August 14th, 2009
10:30 am
[...] Quarterback Joe Cox, reputedly one of the team's most vocal leaders, said, "it's already been addressed. We talked about it right after we ran." [...]
August 14th, 2009
10:47 am
Burdell I don't think you're cut out to be a Tech fan.
August 14th, 2009
11:20 am
Glad Loran has some new playmates. I hear that he's reserved a king sized room for he, Greene, and Butler in Jax, for the annual butt kicking by the Gators. At least they'll be able to spoon after the lost.
August 14th, 2009
11:21 am
UGA 11-1 season with 31-10 victory over nerds.
August 14th, 2009
11:28 am
So Georgia gave a scholarship to a JUCO player for the sole purpose of having a guy who can boom kickoffs – and he's not any better than who we had last year?
August 14th, 2009
11:54 am
st simons is on here everytime i read a UGA article. Does he have a job? Does he have a life?
come on st simons find an outlet. learn to play golf.
August 14th, 2009
12:03 pm
So we have two scholarship kickers neither of which can kick the ball out of the end zone. Maybe if we put them both out there and they kick the ball at the same time it wil go out of the end zone.
August 14th, 2009
12:10 pm
Saftey depth concerns me even more now
August 14th, 2009
12:14 pm
Nice use of a scholly, Coach Helen Hunt.
August 14th, 2009
12:28 pm
Dogs Roll Over , you are clueless. Georgia cannot and will not win 11 games this year. Lucky to get by with less than 4. The first game of the season will be your eye opener!
August 14th, 2009
12:41 pm
Good point but the way Walsh collapsed in the 2nd half of the season, you must have a backup plan. This scholly was burned for security purposes.
August 14th, 2009
12:43 pm
PT, I see other teams' kickers kicke it into or out of the endzone. Auburn's, for one. Have they moved the KO further back this year?
I would rather try to kick it long and straight away than to drop it into a small circle on the sideline. I think we're asking too much of the kickers.
August 14th, 2009
12:44 pm
you are the clueless one. UGA most certainly could win 11 games this year. Will they? I don't know but, they certainly will NOT lose 4 or more. You can count on that.
August 14th, 2009
12:58 pm
I have seen the videos on Bogotay, and its obvious why GA went after him….He will be a great addition to the kicking game..and will do fine.
August 14th, 2009
1:01 pm
I know high school teams who can kick off better than UGA. We sucked last year. Come on CMR, try something else. Your kickout strategy is not working.
August 14th, 2009
1:05 pm
just kick it deep and make em start on the 20 every time….it seems like the coaches get bored with that and try to be cute with directional kicks after they see that the deep kicks are working.
August 14th, 2009
1:09 pm
KNelson you're soooooo funny. I can guarantee you very few teams will win 11 games this year. Which teams do you think will win that many? Fl, probably, USC, maybe, Texas, maybe… who else? Surely you don't think gt will.
August 14th, 2009
2:05 pm
Not to worry. Doggies won't be kicking off much anyway. Better be working on kickoff returns.
August 14th, 2009
2:23 pm
Win 11 ?? No way, unless I have missed hearing that Martinez is gone.
Will be lucky to break .500
August 14th, 2009
2:26 pm
In The Holy Bible, Tech is listed as the #1 college wordwide. Ga comes in at # 1792.
August 14th, 2009
3:09 pm
Stupid Grinch…On the 7th Day God rested…on the 8th day, he created Dawgs.
August 14th, 2009
3:14 pm
No, I dont think Tech will even win 9 but in order for UGA to win 11 4 teams would have to stay off the field on game day. UF will spank you like a female dog. Dont be shocked if 3 others in the SEC alone beat the pups. Georgia does not have the defense you may dream they have. OL is very good but Cox will need an hour against many defenses this year to get a pass to someone besides Green. Dept in the running game is becoming suspect day by day. Dont forget Martinez is your DC and as in years past, after the first game you will be calling for his head.
August 14th, 2009
3:16 pm
Directional kicks work if you can get good hangtime. We shall see; he was a frosh last year. Nerds are so annoying. Go play with your chemistry sets or build me a new something.
August 14th, 2009
3:23 pm
Martinez is co-dc. We will be better because janeck knows what he is doing. Paul johnson will lose focus this year with all the talk of acc title (HA in your dreams nerds; there are at least three teams in the acc better than GT) and lose at home to UGA.
August 14th, 2009
3:47 pm
NO, we do not consistantly stink at KO coverage. Last year was the exception. During the Richt era, using the exact same philosophy, UGA has been a top 20 team in that category (#7 once) more often than not.
You can count the number of SEC teams in the past few years combined that have more than 20 touchback per season on one hand. It's rare that ANY kicker in college or the pros can kick it deep enough to ensure a TB more than 1 out of every 10 attempts, live. So you WILL have to cover the runback. There are 2 absolutes: A long return is almost always straight up the middle, and its easier to cover half the width of a field.
Now when you screw up the direction, distance, or hang time……..well, you can't do that.
August 14th, 2009
3:56 pm
I just finished my calculations and I have to conclude that Georgia is the Daddy of Georgia Tech 59/39/5.
Mr Grinch…. what bible are you reading? The remedial scientology handbook.
August 14th, 2009
4:03 pm
Bob, Auburn kicked the ball out of the back of the endzone exactly the same amount of times at UGA did last year. 4 times. A few more the year before, but it was still only 10% of the time. I beleive AU had a senior. he also kicked it OOB once during out game. You must have meant Kentucky. That guy has been a freak, and the rare exception.
Speaking of AU, they had the SEC return leader when we played them, and we held him to practically nuthing when Walsh kicked it 4 times correctly. And then he sent it OOB twice. Thats the deal in a nutshell. Not the philosphy but the execution.
August 14th, 2009
4:04 pm
The Bible I am reading is more credible than Forbes Comix.
August 14th, 2009
4:45 pm
WTF a professor at GT with over 1000 kiddie porn pictures found on his school computer,does any more need to be said?
August 14th, 2009
4:50 pm
UGA is going about trying to win a NC in the wrong way. Firing and hiring coaches and recruiting 5 star players is not working. What they need to do is pray for another 1980's like fluke.
August 14th, 2009
6:26 pm
As far I am concerned, if Bogotay can win the KO job, or help move along Walsh's development, it's mission accomplished and a fine use of a short term scholarship.


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Eh, my name is Trisha and i have become a welder. I have no problem with the hands on work. i am currently going to school as a first year apprentice.My question for you is if anyone out their can help me with some math right now i am doing ratios and i don't under stand how to take to ratios and make them into one
a journeyman welder can weld 120 lengths of pipe per 40-hour week while his apprentice can weld one pipe every half hour. what is the ratio of the journeyman's rate of work to the apprentice's rate of work?
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on a shop drawing, the length of a pipe is 2 3/4''. the actual length of the pipe is 12'-6''long what is the ratio of the blue print length to the actual length?
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i need help first year math!
hey trisha welcome to the site. Theres many people here who are very knowledgable and skilled at what they do here and there is much to learn. Now for the first example you have to find out how many lengths of pipe the journeyman can weld per half hour and to find that out you use a formula.
120 lengths y
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40 hours .5 hours
then you cross multiply to get 40y=120x .5 and then you get 40y=60.. so you take 60/40 to get y or your unknown and that ends up being 1.5 lengths per 1/2 hour... do the journeymans ratio to the apprentaces would be 1.5:1
im pretty sure this is right but if im wrong im sure there is someone who will correct me.
Good luck on your test and welcome to the site
Reduction of fractions is all you have to do...ie convert the app. can weld 80 per 40 hrs...so the ratio is 80:120......reduce that to 2:3 is the lowest you can reduce it...so for every 2 from the app. the journy will turn out 3....so to answer the question of journy to app. it would be 3:2....good luck and welcome aboard...
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thats what i got figured.to help understand this ; the apprentice can weld two per hour,thats 80 on a 40 hour work week ,the journeyman can do 120 on a 40 hour work week.divide 80 into 120 and you get 1.5 to 1. now by looking at these numbers i would have to say they are non-union
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Always start by checking to make sure you are using the same unit of measure: inches vs feet, ounces vs pounds, mm vs cm vs m, etc.
In your second problem the ratio is simply 2.75 inches to 12.5 feet. For every 2.75 inches drawn, you have a 12.5 feet (12' 6") of actual structure. That is a ratio or in this case the "scale" to which it is built.
The rest of the proceedure is just converting to like units of measure 12.5 feet equal 150 inches. So... 2.75" to 150".
and then reducing...
2.75 over 150 reduces is 1:54.55 For every 1" there is 54.6" of structure, for 2.75" there is 150" of structure.
In real life an architect would use a typical scale of 1/8", 1/4" or 1/2" to (equals) 1 foot.
1/4" scale example: 2.75" = 11/4 or 11 feet
An engineer, more likely for a mechanical or shop drawning may use a mechanical scale which divides the inch into various units of a base ten sytem. Simply, divides an inch into 10, 20, etc segments. This seem confusing, but it better correlates to decimal measurements vs fractions which actually makes the math easier.
It is very important to spend the time and get a good grasp of scaling and reading drawings. I am a general contractor and let me tell you that what seperates the pros from the others down the road is their layout abilities and ability to read and understand drawings and turn them into reality. It may be much more boring that making sparks of cutting wood but it is critical.
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Richard said:
This is a twist on Night of the Living Dead and certinly not a great story by Stephen King, but entertaining and worth a read for the die hard fan.
posted May 22, 2006 at 1:29PM
Deb said:
This is a re-write (with a twist) of The Stand. The ending isn't an ending, but a cliffhanger and very disappointing. Maybe there will be a Cell 2, Reboot that will explain things and let us know what really happens to the lead character. It was a fast read, but a sad recycle of an earlier, better idea. Try again Stephen.
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Ok, this wasn't a remake of The Stand, and that being said, should not be sized up to it. This book was written as an homage to all the zombie movie makers King grew up with. I will agree that this writing was not the best, but it read along quickly. The idea for it was cool, but some of the descriptions of characters started to get annoying. 6/10.
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This novel is nothing new under the sun but still very well written. What is worth is not the story itself, but the human interactions that the author describes after the "pulse". Stephen King really shows well a dark side of the human soul.
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"The medicine we use for the flu has to be given within two days of when you start feeling symptoms, or it will not have the desired effect," said Dr. Plotka.
Although flu season is in full force in the valley, it is not too late to protect yourself from the virus.
There are about 20-million doses of influenza vaccine left across the country and there is plenty of it to go around in North Alabama.
The vaccine is available at most area doctor's offices, walk-in clinics, hospitals, and pharmacies.
However, the Madison County Health Department says they are running low.
The good news is the vaccine appears to be a great match for the especially severe strain of the bug going around this year.
But with the virus already in full swing, doctors are urging people to get a flu shot as soon as possible.
"They need to hurry because it takes two to three weeks to kick in and the epidemic ordinarily lasts 4 to 6 weeks," said Dr. Plotka.
To debunk a couple of myths, doctors say you do need to get a new seasonal flu vaccine every year and unlike popular belief, the vaccine cannot give you the flu.
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