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Alex Moskalyuk, 24 Nov 2004 @ 1:19pm
I was a shareholderI was a shareholder till a week ago. As a subscriber to their newsletter and referrer of 3 subscribers, I got 8 shares when they distributed them. For a while it was worth like $4, so I mainly ignored, but when I read a TheStreet.com editorial on TZOO rise, I requested my certificate, when the stock passed $65 and sold at $82. Bummer, I know, it hit $100 recently, I am still puzzled about their stock growth, but free money is free money.
mark, 13 Nov 2008 @ 9:31am
Re: I was a shareholderso to whom and how do i contact the person in order for me to claim my shares? thanks.
mickster, 24 Nov 2004 @ 2:05pm
I was a shareholder too until a month ago...I had signed up in 1998. I signed up for the updated share info and got 3 shares. It split to six shares. I sold it for $71.50. I then shot up to over 105 and came back to the 80's last i saw.
It was nice to get $410 for nothing more than signing up for a web site. I've never even used the product. But-they do have great earnings and profit from-gasp-internet advertising.
The reason for the run-up was due to the small number of shares available to trade. A lot of people sold this stock short before their last quarter earnings. Shares needed to be purchased to cover the short positions. Due to the high demand for so little available stock to cover those positions, the price went at a premium. Since most short sellers are now covered, the stock is coming back down to earth. The average share was held for less than a day during the peak of trading.
There are 2 reasons for the lack of shares. 1) The CEO owns about 80% I think, of all shares. 2) There are, by my best guess, a lot of people like me, with a handful of shares, that are just sitting idle and unclaimed.
The extension mentioned is for those who did not sign up for their updated stockholder information. I had to send in some share forms, opened a Sharebuilder account and sold the stocks for $15 commision. It cost me about $40 out of pocket with overnight fees and trips to the bank, but it was worth the effort.
C, 14 Jan 2005 @ 3:27pm
Re: I was a shareholder too until a month ago...How did you get a hold of your free stock?
Travelzoo doesn't make it easy.
Jack Venable, 10 Aug 2007 @ 11:50am
Re: Re: I was a shareholder too until a month ago.I would sure like to know how to go about checking on free shares issued to me when Travelzoo first started out ..
e, 15 Sep 2018 @ 10:05am
Re: I was a shareholder too until a month ago...how did you get a hold of Travelzoo
Steve Shushkovsky, 18 Jan 2005 @ 2:24pm
Travelzoo free sharesMike,
I was one of those who subscribed for Travelzoo's newsletter and received three free shares of the company.
By now I have lost information on the account, and since I changed email address I stopped receiving their newsletter as well.
The company's web site suggests in lieu of account number that I enter email address I was registered under... but then says "unknown email address".
Their contact list does not have a phone number or email address. I wrote them a letter but not sure they will make good on the promise (they can say "we don't have any information").
Is there a way for me to recover my shares or whatever they are worth now?
I will highly appreciate any advice you can give.
Thank you,
--- Steve
Marge, 19 Mar 2005 @ 1:04pm
Re: Travelzoo free sharesI just ran across some of my old papers and found my Travelzoo info. I too had forgotten about signing up for shares, and have also changed email addresses. I don't know anything about owning shares but am willing to learn. Did you ever find out how to go about getting (and redeeming?) your shares? Any info would be appreciated.
Thanks a lot!
Amy, 15 Aug 2015 @ 1:04pm
Re: Travelzoo free sharesHi, Mike.
Hopefully, I can help you and all the others here wondering about those free TravelZoo shares.
I have been thinking about the shares in TravelZoo I earned for free when they were starting for years, assuming it was nothing. Recently, I saw an ad for them on TV and wondered whatever happened to those shares. So, I searched the gov website in the state I lived in when I signed up and found that they had unclaimed property for me from TravelZoo. Shocker! All I know is it's more than $50 but, since I lost my job 4 months ago without any jobs in my profession in my area, free money is good money.
Good Luck!
Eliza, 16 Dec 2017 @ 6:30pm
Re: Re: Travelzoo free sharesReceived the surprise of my life when I went to missingmoney.com to file a claim for unclaimed property. It was for Travelzoo's Unsurrenderned Shares. It was way more than what I would have expected.
I would suggest everyone check it out... Especially if you signed up for the free shares.
Jami, 26 Jan 2018 @ 11:07am
Re: Re: Re: Travelzoo free sharesHow did you get the mone? I found I was owed through my states unclaimed property website, but Computershare/Travelzoo can't find me anywhere in their system.
Margie Franklin, 12 Feb 2006 @ 6:50pm
Shares of Stock in TravelzooI am supposed to have 8 shares of Travelzoo stock. How can I find out what they are worth?
Jennifer, 16 May 2006 @ 12:48pm
Free Travelzoo StockI took advantage of the free Travelzoo stock years ago. I sent the offer to a few of my friends, asking them to use my email as a referral, and next thing I knew, I had my 10 shares, even though they were essentially worthless at the time. I didn't lose hope. I kept check on the website and the status of the stock, updated info as needed, and registered when asked to. The stock finally went public and has even split since then, leaving me with 20 shares of stock that were, at one time, worth $100 each.
Not a bad return on an investment of only time and patience.
If there are ever any more free stock offerings, I will be the first in line. It is quite amusing to read the skeptical stories that you can still find on the internet from 1998 when the offer was made. I figured I had nothing to lose and everything to gain. This time I was right.
Shirley Tseng, 6 Mar 2007 @ 9:50am
Re: Free Travelzoo StockA new company that will be coming out soon is giving out free stock! Here's the link:
Brian Bauder, 25 Jul 2006 @ 2:56pm
Unclaimed Travelzoo Free StocksI also still have the serial numbers of the 3 free shares from back in 1998. I've written TravelZoo a letter (seems the only way to contact them) but haven't heard back. Has anyone got any recent info on this?
Sharlene Frintz, 4 Jul 2009 @ 5:17pm
Re: Unclaimed Travelzoo Free StocksAre my travelzoo stocks still good. Here are the numbers #2797560 #2797661 #2797562 as of July 9,1998. As of Sept.9,2002 my acct # is 279756. After the split I have 8 shares. Are these still valid.
Sharlene Frintz 309-266-6608
3o5 N Third
Morton,IL 61550
j McDonald, 13 May 2013 @ 12:44pm
Re: Re: Unclaimed Travelzoo Free StocksI have stk also what did you find out
Michelle Blythe, 18 Dec 2006 @ 12:22pm
sharesI recently found my three free share numbers that I recieved in 1998. I am having trouble accessing any information on these. Is there any hope? I would love some insight on this. I have since then changed my e-mail address and moved out of the state I was living in at the time.
Rich, 13 Mar 2007 @ 3:10pm
TravelZooI have 16 shares of the stock from signing up and signing up others under me. I am holding onto them
I don't think travel zoo is going to fail.
You did have to convert your free shares into real shares a couple years back. I did and requested the stock certificates.
hopefully they will grow and the stocks will split and continue to do well.
Kouros, 15 Mar 2007 @ 9:53am
TravelZooI also signed up for the email way back when to get the free shares. The email address that I had signed up was no longer valid, but I follow up on their instructions to get my shares issued to me. If you provided your correct personal information in the first place when you signed up for the email, you would not have a problem providing identity info to get the shares. I sold my shares in the mid 70's to make something over $400 - which of course I had to pay taxes on. You can follow links from TravelZoo.com to their Investor Relations section to get more details. They direct you to http://www.corporate.travelzoo.com/2002/ for "Program for Previous Stockholders Who Missed Deadline". Hope this is helpful.
Linda Baxter, 17 Mar 2007 @ 5:09pm
Travelzoo free sharesI got the free travelzoo shares back in 1998 and do not have the same email address and am having a hard time finding the papers that were printed out with proof of shares.. does anyone know how to resolve this problem? I cant even remember half of my old email addresses... It's not fair that they put a expiration date on it.
Sheri D, 23 Aug 2007 @ 8:52pm
eMaxWhat do you know about the eMax free stock sign up? Seems to be something similar to Travel Zoo....
Curtis Gilmore, 9 Nov 2007 @ 10:13am
Free Shares from TravelzooIs the certificate conversion required, and is it still going on? Are my shares still on record with you? CG
Jack Venable, 12 Nov 2007 @ 7:51pm
Travelzoo free sharesI received free shares when Travelzoo started up ..I believe there were four I wonder if their redemption offer still stands ? Would you mind informing me of the status on the shares ..I would greatly appreciate it ...
Dongyue Liu, 2 Dec 2007 @ 1:25am
free sharesI got a number of shares..forgot exact how many. My email has changed. Can I still get the shares or cash in somehow? Please let me know. Thanks.
Sharon Engle, 14 Apr 2008 @ 9:46am
travelzoo stockI signed up for free stocks back in 1998 when I worked for MCI . I have changed emails several times & need to know how to find out how much stock I have what they are worth and what I can do with them now.
Joanne C., 28 Dec 2008 @ 8:30pm
Re: travelzoo stockHi, did you ever find out how much they are worth?, and if we can still cash them in. Please let me know if you did as I have been trying to contact someone about my shares. Thanks.
Joanne C., 28 Dec 2008 @ 8:28pm
sharesI also have 6 shares that I singed up for in 1998, and I have my member id and password but no papers any longer. I have tried seveal time to contact Travel Zoo but they make it really difficult. Can we still collect the shares even though the date was April, and if it was April why wasn't I notified of the date to cash in shares.
I think I am going to write to the company.
Joanne C., 28 Dec 2008 @ 8:28pm
sharesI also have 6 shares that I singed up for in 1998, and I have my member id and password but no papers any longer. I have tried seveal time to contact Travel Zoo but they make it really difficult. Can we still collect the shares even though the date was April, and if it was April why wasn't I notified of the date to cash in shares.
I think I am going to write to the company.
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Frederica Nelson, 16 Jun 2010 @ 8:54am
Are my stocks still validHow do I find out. This is 2010, and I just noticed the article. I have the acct number.
Frederica Nelson, 16 Jun 2010 @ 8:55am
Are my stocks still validHow do I find out? This is 2010, and I just noticed the article. I have the acct number.
Gene, 15 Jul 2010 @ 1:06pm
Link to redeem shareshttp://corporate.travelzoo.com/ir/faqs/#22
link to redeeming shares
Tammy Elefson, 9 Nov 2010 @ 11:07pm
Travel Zoo Stocks free BeeTrying to find out information about the value of my 6 shares of Booking Stocks. Am I out of luck because I did not get the information like many others?
Anonymous Coward, 6 Dec 2010 @ 9:51am
Re: Travel Zoo Stocks free Bee
Kenneth F Gamon, 26 Apr 2011 @ 8:19am
Re: Re: Travel Zoo Stocks free BeeWhen the offer for free stock was announced, I signed up. How do I claim the stock now?
Bev, 23 Apr 2011 @ 10:51am
Travelzoo - Just got my checkAfter reading this thread, I filled out the forms and mailed them. It took several weeks, but I just got my check in the mail for my shares!
Ron, 25 Apr 2011 @ 3:02pm
Re: Travelzoo - Just got my checkI've been holding six shares since the initial offering and heard that since then they have split and was wondering how many shares I have now.
Susan, 28 May 2011 @ 5:11pm
Re: Travelzoo - Just got my checkBev -
Good for you! Have you had the same email address or did you have the stock cert. numbers?
I have been struggling to figure out what my email address was when I signed up for the free shares. I am just going to take an estimated guess, fill out the papers, send them in and cross my fingers.
Sharon Sirkis, 27 Feb 2012 @ 11:51am
Re: Travelzoo - Just got my checkHi. I originally got three shares of Travelzoo stock back in 1998. Can you point me in the right direction as to what forms you filled out. Would you mind emailing me? Thank you so much for your help.
john p (profile), 26 Sep 2011 @ 8:19pm
TravelzooI just got my check for my 1998 shares. I had the original email from then with all the info. I received a check today for $720..... from an email 13 years ago.
Calvin C, 3 Oct 2011 @ 8:59pm
Re: TravelzooI have the same E-mail from Travel Zoo 13 years ago . Can you tell me how you went about getting it ? Addresses , phone ect? Appreciate any help! Cal
Brian Betts, 6 Jun 2012 @ 1:59pm
SharesI filled out the form and sent in my share numbers but its been several months with no response. Does anyone know how to follow up these claims?
J. Chicago, 30 Aug 2012 @ 7:51am
Travelzoo - letter from Computershare c/o GeorgesonI just received a letter with a Trabelzoo logo. The letter offers to voluntarily "sell all your shares" or offers to allow you to "purchase additional shares" up to 100. Does anyone know about this? I have 14 shares from 1998.
J. Chicago (profile), 30 Aug 2012 @ 8:15am
Re: Travelzoo - letter from Computershare c/o GeorgesonSorry for the typo on Travelzoo. I should add that I have used their travel offerings and have been very pleasantly surprised. I never would have found these deals otherwise.
EM, 31 Aug 2012 @ 7:57am
Re: Re: Travelzoo - letter from Computershare c/o GeorgesonI got the same offer from computershare / georgeson
Todd.Los Angeles, 31 Aug 2012 @ 2:31pm
Re: Travelzoo - letter from Computershare c/o GeorgesonYep, I too just received this letter from Computershare. Is this a scam or what? I know I signed up with Travelzoo a long time ago and have used their services, but I had no clue or were ever aware that I received their free stocks when I signed up years ago. I have 6 Travelzoo's stocks.
Sue, 4 Sep 2012 @ 6:08am
Re: Re: Travelzoo - letter from Computershare c/o GeorgesonYes, I received the same letter. Is it a scam? I really hate the idea of putting my social security # on a form. I do remember many years ago signing up with them, but never used their service other then getting 6 stocks from them.
Skip, 31 Aug 2012 @ 3:00pm
Re: Travelzoo - letter from Computershare c/o GeorgesonI too received the same letter. If you received the letter, you had a number to call. 1-800-632-6352. Too bad this letter didn't come in April of 2011. The stock price was at 100.00 a share. Have no clue what drove up the price then, but they say history repeats itself. Either way, don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Mark, 6 Sep 2012 @ 2:06pm
Travelzoo stock certificateGot the latest offer, and looked up the stock history. Wasn't thrilled with the latest offer, the commission overhead seems excessive, and the per-share offer they give ($30) outright gouging! Current share price is $23!!!
Found that you can have them send you the certificate directly, so that you can use your own broker - only downside is you need to get a medallion signature (which our bank does with no fuss) -
Dan, 21 Sep 2012 @ 11:52am
Travelzoo Buyback through GeorgesonMark - I think you are misreading the letter - they are not offering you to buy shares at $30 when the price is $23. They are saying to send $30/share that you want to buy (because they don't know the actual market price that they will execute your Buy Order with, but assume it won't be more than $30/share). Then they'll execute the Buy at the then-current share price and will reimburse you the difference ($30 minus whatever they bought the new shares at, times the number of shares). They are trying to make it easy for you to buy shares - not gouging you.
The 3% fee to sell your shares, assuming you have 6 or 10 shares like most of the people they're sending these letters to, will amount to a max of a $7.50 fee - not bad.
In all it looks like a fair offer, especially considering that most people got these shares for adding their email address to a mailing list (and then being taken off the mailing list as soon as they received their shares).
Time for me to cash in on the 1 minute that it took me to obtain 10 shares of TZOO for free. I expect to get about $230 for them. Annualized, $230/minute is $28,704,000 - not a bad rate of pay, even for just a minute.
DJ, 20 Oct 2012 @ 11:22am
Re: Travelzoo Buyback through GeorgesonDan, it's not 3% per share, it's actually a "processing fee" of $3 per share. That's a big ripoff, considering the shares sell for $16 or so, that's a "processing fee" of almost 20% per share. Ugh.
TTorres64, 21 Oct 2012 @ 12:12pm
Re: Re: Travelzoo Buyback through GeorgesonI just got the reminder letter and I don't recall a first letter I only have 6 shares so guess I could make about $85. What happens if I don't do anything? Do I lose my shares?
shay, 1 Nov 2012 @ 3:40am
Re: Re: Re: Travelzoo Buyback through GeorgesonI just realized the form had to be returned by tomorrow. Oops. What happens to my shares now?
Sara, 31 Dec 2013 @ 1:38pm
Re: Re: Travelzoo Buyback of free stock from 1998I just got an e-mail saying they were selling my stocks whether I want to or not. Here's a copy. I have no clue wiath a reverse/forward stock split is, but I think I'm going to give up and take the money. I think today's stock price is 21 and some cents, and I am going to hold on sending to see if the price goes up or down in the interim.
Travelzoo shareholders approved a reverse/forward stock split transaction consisting of a 1-for-25 reverse stock split of Travelzoo's outstanding common stock, followed immediately by a 25-for-1 forward stock split. As a result of the reverse/forward split, shareholders who held fewer than 25 shares of Travelzoo common stock immediately prior to the execution of the reverse/forward stock split have had their shares converted into the right to receive a cash payment. A description of the terms and conditions of the reverse/forward split was set forth in Travelzoo's definitive Proxy Statement for the 2013 annual shareholders meeting filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on July 25, 2013.
To better process this payment, we respectfully request that you complete a W-9 tax-payer form found here.The IRS requires proceeds from such transactions to be reported on a form 1099-B, Proceeds From Broker and Barter Exchange Transactions. In order to comply with this responsibility, we need your taxpayer identification number. If we do not receive your taxpayer ID prior to our payment to you, we will be required to deduct backup withholding from the payment at the rate specified by the IRS, which is currently 28%.
In order to avoid backup withholding, please print and complete a Form W-9 found here and return to our transfer agent, Computershare:
Computershare Tax Operations
P.O. Box 43078
Providence RI 02940-3078
Please ensure that "Travelzoo" is added under the Company Name field on the printed Form W-9 to allow Computershare to accurately update your records with your tax information. If you do not know your "Holder Account Number" you can leave blank.This completed W-9 information must be returned to Computershare no later than 30 days from the date of this letter in order to ensure we consider it for the appropriate tax withholding treatment before a check is sent to you.
End of e-mail
Bill Pennington, 28 May 2014 @ 4:16pm
Re: Travelzoo Buyback through GeorgesonOld email was firstname.lastname@example.com
Bill Pennington, 28 May 2014 @ 4:25pm
Re: Re: Travelzoo Buyback through GeorgesonJust wondering abought my stock. From years ago I here some were paid for it. Please reply.
Barbara, 19 Oct 2012 @ 8:29am
They can't find my stockI did not get the letter, as my email and address etc have changed over the years. I have no documentaion of those shares anymore, lost it in the move. I called the number my friend got on her letter (she got her stock because of me) and they can't find me in their system. They gave me a number to call for Travel Zoo and they cant find me either. Basically said tough luck, no $ for you.
Gary Hazeltine, 28 Jan 2013 @ 9:12pm
Re: They can't find my stockBarbara or anyone that can help; Does anyone have a phone# for Travelzoo investor relations or anyone that you dealt with regarding selling your shares? Would greatly appreciate anyone that could help. Regards; Gary Hazeltine
Anonymous Coward, 3 Dec 2012 @ 4:29am
travelzoo stockMy e-mail address was firstname.lastname@example.com when I received an e-mail letter on July 29, 1998 from Ralph Bartel, CEO & President, travelzoo.com which listed the 3 Shares that I got
Share # 8944480
Share # 8944481
Share # 8944482
Please let me know the status of these stocks. Thank you
A Howard
Michelle, 3 Feb 2013 @ 1:06pm
Taxes?I responded to the letter and sold my 6 shares. I am a complete dummy when it comes to stock; I signed up for these years ago simply because they were free. Do I need to put this sale somewhere on my tax return? Will Computershare or Georgeson be sending me any kind of tax statement? If so, it should arrive any day now, but I'm not sure if I'm waiting on something that is never going to come.
Rosanne, 12 Feb 2013 @ 12:29pm
Re: Taxes?Just got a statement from Georgeson today. I am also wondering about how to declare since they were free.
Mike, 13 Feb 2013 @ 4:18pm
Re: Re: Taxes?You would need to declare them on your tax return. Basically your profit would be Sell Price - Cost Price - Commission.
wayne cartwright, 6 Feb 2013 @ 11:51am
how do i cash these in and wereI just ran across some of my old papers and found my Travelzoo info. I too had forgotten about signing up for shares, and have also changed email addresses. I don't know anything about owning shares but am willing to learn. Did you ever find out how to go about getting (and redeeming?) your shares? Any info would be appreciated.
any help will be a help
B Just, 28 Jun 2013 @ 4:48am
What to do?Is it too late to sell them or get $ for them? I have 3 shares from all those years ago and have no idea which way to go or where. I don't know where my original email is as I don't have that address anymore.
francis, 28 Jan 2014 @ 5:28pm
travelzoo free stocksi have done all of the contacting required. i was told on 11-11-13 that the payment would arrive in 4-6 weeks. i called today 1-28-14, 11 weeks later, and computershare who is handling their reverse/forward(?) payment says that they have no info from travelzoo as to what to do. their computer replies to my questions, before i spoke to a telephone answerer, kind of accepted my input by letting me go on but said it did not recognize my answers. i have received computershare receipts showing my holdings, account numbers and recognizing my SS number as my tax ID. i have sent the forms they asked for. the person i spoke to seemed to be giving me answers their legal department had instructed, which was that she knows nothing. i did not ask for responsible person this time but i will call again next week. i asked her if she could tell me what the stock was currently valued and she said she could not give me that info. in the first minute of my call with the computer the value WAS given to me. after asking her another time and then telling her that the computer had already given me the value she confirmed the value. the entire phone call was very mysterious - like their hide someting - like a deadline that will allow them to not make the payout.
Barbara Mann, 9 Feb 2014 @ 12:36pm
Free shares from TravelzooBack in 1998, I signed up for 3 shares of stock from Travelzoo, my pin code #69672 and the shares number are 9489910, 9489911, 9489912 and have never heard anything about the shares and now I would like to sell them. Maybe you can help me on this subject. I hope you can help to find out about these shares that I have. Will be waiting to hear from Travelzoo about these shares.
Anonymous Coward, 10 Feb 2014 @ 5:12pmI received a letter from Travelzoo regarding a reverse/forward split. Enclosed was a check for $122 and some change. They bought me out, I guess. Had eight shares that I signed up for in 1998. They also gave me a discount code for their services in the future.
Free money, thanks Travelzoo!
Gail in Canada, 19 Feb 2014 @ 9:38am
Received a ChequeHi, I received a cheque as well...I think mine was $172 US, I have yet to try and deposit but I will hope for the best!
Confused, 20 Feb 2014 @ 5:02pm
reporting to IRSmust not have completed the w9 on time because we received a check with taxes taken out, no other paper. How do I report this on my tax return. Its seems like all the information that I need is not on the receipt of this check. If I do report it what category is it reported under?
jlw, 22 Feb 2014 @ 9:24am
TravelZooI believe the proper papers should come for next years taxes and probably won't need to be reported this year.
Anonymous Coward, 23 Feb 2014 @ 10:25pmDoes Trvelzoo have the right to sell my shares without my permission?
Me too, 2 Mar 2014 @ 3:44pm
Response to: Anonymous Coward on Feb 23rd, 2014 @ 10:25pmMy husband said the same thing when I showed him the check I received.
Kenn (profile), 9 Nov 2014 @ 9:23am
Travel Zoo - Email I used TWELVE YEARS AGOMy wife and I also signed up for shares and never followed up. Now I hear that the government has some dividends in the form of abandoned property, but in order to get these funds I will need to verify ownership and that appears to be by use of the original email address, which I absolutely do not know. It does not appear to be any way to reach the company and there appears to be no way to verify identity by way of SSN or other method. Any ideas?
Alan, 10 Nov 2014 @ 9:13am
Re: Travel Zoo - Email I used TWELVE YEARS AGOLook under your state's unclaimed property. I found mine just now. I don't know how many shares I have, but am going to get the form filled out this afternoon.
kenn, 10 Nov 2014 @ 8:00pm
Re: Re: Travel Zoo - Email I used TWELVE YEARS AGOThe state requires proof of being entitled to the property, which is why I appear to need the old email account.
Cynthia, 11 Nov 2014 @ 6:48am
Re: Travel Zoo - Email I used TWELVE YEARS AGOI have the same problem as you. Let me know if you find out an answer
Anonymous Coward, 29 Nov 2014 @ 6:10amHow do I make a claim? I must have thrown out the original shares that they sent me. Someone mentioned a list of e-mails. How could I check for my name? I know I had a different e-mail address way back then.
Kenn, 29 Nov 2014 @ 9:28am
Travel Zoo - Email I used TWELVE YEARS AGOyeah - we are all in the same boat with not knowing legacy email accounts. if anyone figures it out - please let everyone know.
Dennis, 30 Nov 2014 @ 6:43pmI still have the original email from travelzoo. Any idea what I need to do to cash in
Darren, 1 Dec 2014 @ 7:50pmCheck you name on unclaimed money in your state. if you didn't claim your shares they sent the money to your state where it is sitting until you claim it.
Nancy, 29 Dec 2014 @ 12:28pm
Money claimed from state....Darren,
My sister alerted me that she spotted my name on the unclaimed property list with our state. I filed my claim for it. I received a check over the weekend for $185 referencing TravelZoo. I had no memory of it until I found this thread. Now I recall signing up. Thanks for refreshing my memory.
Chris, 19 Jan 2015 @ 12:54pm
Free shares of stockI like others on this forum have signed up for the 3 free shares of stock in an email, I guess back in 1998. I was thinking it was some kind ofn a gimmick and what did I have to lose. You know how the internet is, if it sounds to good to be true, it usually is. I don't even remember hearing back from them after I signed up.
Well it must of been for real because I just recently received a check from Travelzoo for about $100. I called them up and the lady said that they sold my shares of stock and closed up my account. Hell, I didn't even know I had an account. I asked her, why did they sell these shares of stock I supposedly owned? She told me that their policy has changed as to how many shares of stock you must have to stay with the company.
I didn't try to cash the check yet because I wasn't sure if it is a scam or not. But by reading the other posts on here, I guess it's legit.
Now I'm wondering. What do I have to do for taxes on this next year?
Oh yeah I also received a W-9 tax form asking for my social security number. This is why I thought it was some kind of a scam because and they also want me to send it back to Computershare at a P.O. box # in Texas.
The lady I talked also said she will send me more info in the mail. So, I'm not going to cash this check or give out any kind of information until I receive it.
Has anyone else on here had this happen to them recently?
Karen, 14 Apr 2015 @ 1:47pm
Travel Zoo sharesI had forgotten all about Travel Zoo. But I do check my state's unclaimed monies site. I did that about a month ago, and have gotten the forms sent. Now just waiting.
jerry simmons, 28 May 2015 @ 3:11am
travelzoo stockas far as I can tell Kiss them BYE BYE
jerry simmons, 28 May 2015 @ 3:17am
travel zoo sharesok email me where to send forms to and I will wait and see what happens
Tom, 26 Feb 2016 @ 5:17pm
money owedWas bored recently and decided to check my former states(PA) unclaimed property website. Found that they have over $100 for me from Travelzoo, and under $100 for my wife. They only say over/under $100 there so no idea how much it is until I get a response back from them. Hopefully some others come across this and check their state to see. Every penny helps these days, Good Luck!
Sandra Reinders, 21 May 2016 @ 3:55pm
Original sharesMy late husband owned shares, after he passed away I was clearing up the Estate and asked Tavelzoo to please change to my name as I am ?Executrix, widow and sole heir. I sent all documents required and was told sorry too bad we sold your shares with the recent stock split. I then received in the mail a cheque payable to my late husband not his Estate. Travelzoo were well aware he was deceased. I feel the company should do the right thing and reissue his shares in my name. We were not even offered the opportunity to purchase more shares to meet the requirement. We were the original shareholders and had faith in this new company, yet they chose to turn their back on us...not sure if I would want to be associated with or do business with a company with this type of business practices!
Nancy Lunn, 4 Nov 2016 @ 8:29am
liquidationHow do I liquidate my Travel Zoo stocks???!!!
Sheree Victorian, 14 Mar 2017 @ 4:28pm
Travelzoo initial share signerI have moved since I signed up for these shares, I don't know how to connect or contact Travel Zoo to cash out the shares they never contacted me.
If you have information to connect with the company please send me that information.
Thank you
Sheree Victorian
Anonymous Coward, 22 Mar 2017 @ 4:01pm
Re: Travelzoo initial share signerI found mine cleaning out storage this week. I wonder what to do now!
It's only 9$ ish.
Stephanie Autry, 28 Jun 2017 @ 12:22pm
Travelzoo stocksQuite a few years back I signed up for free 100 shares of Travelzoo shares. So far I haven't heard any acknowledgements to that transaction?
Please advise
junie, 27 Nov 2017 @ 11:57pm
travelzooI got my check from looking in my states unclaimed money site. I filed online and just provided my ss number, email and new name and address. it only took 12 days. I thought this company went under and forgot all about and today I search the Internet to find info on this to refresh my memory. I did sign up for free shares in 1998 but don't have any paperwork anymore. thanks for free money, it makes my day.
Barbars l Bailey, 15 May 2018 @ 1:43pm
I have some stockWould like to be brought up to date. If my stock is good I would like to sell it
Isabel, 23 May 2018 @ 3:32pm
Travelzoo free shares
Rita Gerking, 17 Aug 2018 @ 1:38pm
Travelzoo sharesI have an email from March 25, 2000 regarding a Stock Split addressed to Shareholders. How do I find out about this stock?
Edith Venesevich, 15 Sep 2018 @ 10:02am
How do I found out aboutI was cleaning out some old paper work and found email's concerning shareholder's meeting from 1998. How do I found out if this is still good. I have moved since 1998 and I am sure nothing was forward to me about the stock that I have.
Barbara Lewis, 20 Sep 2018 @ 12:04pmI have three free shares that I would like to redeem, I did not know there was a time limit. Please redeem. I have the share numbers in front of me and can supply them.
Barbara Lewis
Dave Hesse, 6 Mar 2019 @ 5:49am
Check your state's unclaimed property
I ended up getting my funds through Maryland's unclaimed property ($186.26). I had no idea what money they were holding. When I received my check it was identified as coming from TravelZoo. I had totally forgotten about the shares, but TravelZoo kept their word.
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Alabama dumb-assiness time. This state is in what legislators refer to as pro-ration. Meaning there is not enough money to budget for everything. This is mostly because for many years Alabama has lured corporations in with offers of charging them no taxes. And by-god they's sticking to it. Not enough that there are 4 million people here that will work for $8/HR. We are apparently the new China (only less people and drunker).
So, what do you do when there's not enough money? Cut something. Entitlements. Hmm. Let's see. Oh, education! Hell yeah, we've got too many teachers here, anyway (and you should see the list of shit you have to buy and send with an elementary school student already). What else? MEDICAID. They are cutting funding for that. The real problem is that every dollar Alabama cuts from its medicaid budget loses TWO matching dollars from the Federal Government. 3 for 1! What a bargain.
The state is defunding ALL mental health facilities! Think on that for a second. All mental health facilities in ALABAMA are being defunded and CLOSED. The idea is to send all those patients to 'group homes' and 'halfway houses'. That's some scary shit, right there.
This will also cause hospice service to be unavailable for many people.
And worst of all "It is very unfortunate that many dialysis patients will not be able to receive treatment." WTF? They're just supposed to go home and die, I guess. Bless their hearts.
So with all of this going on, you know what was the big news story today on local TV?
The state legislature is debating a bill that would allow the ten commandments to be displayed in schools and state buildings. Total waste of time and money (in a state that has none) that will be overturned by the Federal government. FUCK FUCK FUCK!
At least everyone will know which candidates are the most religious at election time, which is the whole point, I guess.
I am so disgusted and embarrassed.
I am now serious about getting out of here. At least to Georgia where they are a little more progressive and have FREE college for my kids (thanks to the lottery, which is the devil.)
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The state is defunding ALL mental health facilities! Think on that for a second. All mental health facilities in ALABAMA are being defunded and CLOSED. The idea is to send all those patients to 'group homes' and 'halfway houses'. That's some scary shit, right there.
What. The. Fuck. The idea is probably to let them go live on the street and become the problem of their city or county for "loitering". They're on crack if they think these people will just MOVE OUT OF THEIR HOMES and go live somewhere else because the gubmint told them to.
Mental health issues are especially enraging for me. I'm sick and tired of mental health patients being treated like their illness is their choice.
1. You should be a comedy writer.
2. Alabama has always scared me and now I'm even more terrified.
3. Welcome to the 4th world.
4. Smoke and mirrors, distractions, crazy ass rich people.
Ooh, I'm going to buy a copy. Thanks!
Just ordered it. Glad to see it was at my local bookstore Powell's as well as Amazon.
Cool a link to your book - I'll go and get it.
You are a great comedy writer roland707. Very good stuff!
I was going to say sounds like that movie - "Dumb and Dumber"
This makes me sad. Maybe we should all move to Alabama. That way the state would have more progressive and critical thinking people, and we could vote in better politicians, fund education, and kick out the christianist neanderthals.
And the other 49 states would go to hell in a hand-basket. Bloody lovely. :-P~~~~~~
I have lived in the US for 9 years now and I think that only in the last 2 years have I noticed this decline in sanity - in a lot of different states but particularly in the south (I live in Tx). The conservatives are really outdoing themselves and I am afraid of the destruction they will cause that may not be able to be fixed easy.
I have even been considering moving back to Australia recently because I just don't like it here any more. I would have to give up everything I have worked for here though and it would be a big move for me but the thoughts keep creeping in every time I hear this nonsense.
The other night on Jon Stewart, he highlighted the 'War on...' Fox news way of describing anything and everything that is happening right now and though funny, really quite scary. The war on women, the war on drugs, the war on religion etc etc, the list goes on. They should really be talking about the war on sanity and reason.
It is sad and depressing, America was a country that the world looked up to but not any more. One can only hope that the nation wakes up and stomps out the crazy.
Sandi, I can't count the people I've heard say they'd move to Australia (or New Zealand) if they could. I know there are problems there, but I know they don't have the hyper-religious insane funded by the rich running the government, as we did 2001 - 2009 and could again (barf). I sort of hope you stay; we need rational people. Since the 1980 election it's been mostly downhill.
This does make me wonder how far mass psychosis can go. If history is any judge, it can go very far. Jesus save me.
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
Polls Closed 36 Hours Ago
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- me dere robert said...
So about these "anonymous", "senior", "backroom" Liberals that are doing all the plotting and leaking to the media. Do people in the party have a good idea who they are? Who exactly is back there making all these decisions? The "other" senior Liberals must have an idea what's going on here.
- 9:10 AM, October 16, 2008
- penlan said...
LOL...I just did a post at my blog titled "Vultures". Never thought to add a pic. Love it! And thanks - as I agree with you whole-heartedly.
- 9:15 AM, October 16, 2008
- JimBobby said...
Whooee! Well, when there's a walking corpse stalking the halls of parliament, the carrion eaters are sure to be close by.
Dion is as good as gone. He's decent man with good ideas. He's about the world's worst salesman, though.
Too bad it's backroom operatives and not grassroots Liberals who are orchestrating the execution.
I hear-tell there's some long knives out for Lizzie May, too. I'm not counting her out just yet.
- 10:14 AM, October 16, 2008
- Mike said...
Mmmm, Dion meat.....
- 10:36 AM, October 16, 2008
- JimmE said...
I just finished telling someone that one of the things that makes me sad about this loss is this: with Dion's policies, I felt as if the Liberal Party I joined - a lifetime ago, was finally back addressing the issues I care about. This is after holding my nose for the past 15 years.
Sure nobody likes to loose & the national campaign did little for us locally, but it's a sure bet that most of these so-called senior Liberals did not knock on one door, or make one phone call, or pull the vote election night for their local candidate.
We had a record number of identified supporters & in the polls I looked after we got 70%-80% of our supporters to the polls... & still lost, in part because these dicks were sniping from their armchairs.
I've not been involved in leadership since '91 & Sheila Copps, but I'm pissed off enough at the self professed Leading Liberals that if leadership is called I'm jumping in with both feet.
- 12:36 PM, October 16, 2008
- Anonymous said...
Dion meat, indeed. Unfortunately it is as bland and spiceless as the rest of the party.
A strong shift to the right, and maybe, just maybe we start finding our flavouring again...Iggy for leader, NOW!!
- 12:47 PM, October 16, 2008
- liberazzi said...
We've got a lot of "bleeding hearts" around today, well to them I say "go on and bleed". The Liberal party is not about finishing second. You want to sit around a feel sorry for Dion, well enjoy being on the outside, while Harper does his dirty work.
So lets get to the business at hand. Lets get over this "culture of defeat".
Now, I am not too keen to see McKenna in the race or even Manley. I think that would mean that the Libs would turn into Conservative Lite. However, they would have the best chance to return the party to power, I just hope they will be progressive enough. I am torn between Iggy and Rae because I think they both are progessive enough and would carry on Dion's ideals. Kennedy and Leblanc are darkhorses, but I could support them as well.
Enough of the boo hoo about Dion, we got crushed, time to move on.
- 1:48 PM, October 16, 2008
- Anonymous said...
Dion cannot beat Harper. Not now, probably not ever. Mr Trudeau held power for a very long time and one of reasons he did was that he was perceived to be a superior leader to those the conservative party of the day would muster against him. With Stephane Dion as Liberal leader, Stephen Harper could likely remain prime minister for as long as he likes and nobody wants that.
- 3:29 PM, October 16, 2008
- burlivespipe said...
Anonymous, Harper was deemed weaker than both Chretien and Martin until he sat in the PM's chair. However, he plays a very cutting strategy -- weaken your opponent, not necessarily strengthen your cause. It's evident in that after insulting Dion for 'panicking' that within a few hours of reelection, harper steals the Dion economic idea and people are expected to swallow it as a 'bold stroke'. Of course in Canada, with our conglomerate media, they'll help him spin it.
Had to laugh at ol Jimbobby. Yeah, you get into the debates, have all kinds of free publicity and in a race where no leader is considered heads-and-tails above others, and you still can't capture ONE seat? You have one of the major parties adapt your major campaign platforms and they sink like a stone. Your leader fudges in so many ways on trying not to be Ralph Nader08.10 but she ends up sending so many mixed messages that a brilliant environmentalist/former green like Penn is lost in the shuffle. Talk about buffoons to the cause. Let's put it this way: your party's corpse isn't winning any 'smells like a rose' contest right now.
- 3:51 PM, October 16, 2008
- JimmE said...
I stand by my crit of so-called big time Liberals who crapped all over Dion before & during the campaign. For many years when I was whistling the REM Tune Losing My Religion to myself, because the Liberal Party WAS tory lite, I kept my gob shut, donated less money & time, but was still involved. I think a list should be compiled of all the whiners who carped from the sidelines & they should be excluded from any future race as persona non grata.
- 4:02 PM, October 16, 2008
- Beijing York said...
These partisan insular views are really wearing thin with me.
An effective opposition means gathering strength on the local level while attacking Harper relentlessly in the HoC. Get the upper hand on this game and work with the other parties to stop Harper from bleeding this country dry.
I would rather see a courageous stance against the first faux confidence motion Harper sets up than another leadership race distraction. And seriously, if the LPC is willing to throw much needed $$$$$ towards replacing Dion, then they should be more than willing to throw $$$$$ at an election should Harper dare to pass some odious bill or two.
Except for political junkies and media pundits, it's these mysterious Liberal "insiders" who are despairing over Dion. People I know who support the Liberals, like Dion and think Harper has treated him badly.
- 5:00 PM, October 16, 2008
- Anonymous said...
I tend to agree with jimmie. Mr. Dion IS the right leader for this country & the backroom Liberals are the ones that should be resigning.They are the problem.
As for Mr. Dions leadership, the only reason that he lost was because of the lack of support in his own party & the bad reports they leaked to the American owned Media.
- 6:15 PM, October 16, 2008


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Exciting news! Wonderland is going to WonderCon!
I recently interviewed animation writer/producer Mark Evanier to discuss his upcoming CARTOON VOICES panel at this year's WonderCon. I am honored to be a featured artist this year. WonderCon is happening in Anaheim, CA March 16th-18th and it's like Comic-Con, but a quarter of the size. For more info on the event click here.
Our panel is happening Saturday, March 17th at 3:00pm in room 213 and features Gregg Berger, Laraine Newman, Bill Farmer, Wally Wingert and myself.
Fantastic voice actress Katie Leigh is also hosting a panel of animation superstars Friday night. Be sure to check that one out too! Here's the info on that panel:
6:00-7:00 Animation Voice-Over— Everyone wants to do voices for animation, right? Hear what some animation veterans and awesome newcomers have to say regarding what this work is like, what it takes, and what the heck producers are looking for! Panelists include Katie Leigh (Gummi Bears, Darkwing Duck, Muppet Babies), Ben Bledsoe (Ronal the Barbarian, scratch artist for Disney feature animation, founder of Unireach Media), Lisa Biggs (Adventures of Toby and founder of www.voxyladies.com), Rob Paulsen(Pinky and the Brain, Jimmy Neutron, Animaniacs), Kevin Michael Richardson (The Cleveland Show, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, The Simpsons) Mick Wingert ("Po" on Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness), director/writer/performer Phil Lollar (Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi Show, The Mr. Men Show, Olivia!, The Little Angels, Adventures in Odyssey) and actress/VO coach/director Jeannie Elias (Robot Chicken, My Little Pony, Bleach, Naruto). Room 210
Katie and I will also be autographing Saturday. Definitely stop by and say "Hi"!


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Time to cowboy up
There's a saying here in the West when you're sniveling too much. The term is "cowboy up," and it means, "Suck it up." It's "buck up, little camper" for grownups. Here's a sample use: If you're a cowhand who just tore a thumb off in a roping accident, you need to cowboy up and bite on a stick while Aunt Thelma stitches you with her vet kit.
A contemporary example of the need to cowboy up occurs, in of all places, the politics of climate change. Here's how: It's seen as gospel these days that to mention the T-word (taxes) is political suicide. Nowhere is this truer than in the world of climate policy, where virtually all politicos recognize the need to put a price on carbon dioxide emissions to control climate. But few are willing to buck up and talk about taxing carbon, a simple solution to climate change.
A carbon tax is one of two approaches we might use to make it more expensive to pollute, adding a levy to anything that causes carbon dioxide emissions, whether from fuel, natural gas or electricity. There are some nifty ways to get at this without hurting the little guy. For example, you might jack the price of gas up to $10 a gallon but reduce income tax proportionately. You can incentivize people away from gasoline, without making them starve or miss their rent payments.
The other option is called "cap and trade." Under this scheme, total allowable CO2 emission would be capped at, say, current levels. But this ceiling on emissions would drop every year, and everyone would have to reduce their emissions accordingly or be forced to pay by buying pollution permits. If a polluting enterprise can't affordably reduce its emissions, it would simply have to buy more permits. If it can easily reduce emissions, it might be able sell the credit for emissions reduction beyond the requirement of the cap to another polluter. Pick the cheaper option. The idea here is that those who can most cost-effectively cut emissions would do so first. This is the only policy scheme that is getting any traction in Washington, and it's widely understood that forthcoming climate legislation will include cap and trade.
There's a problem, though. Cap and trade requires that major polluters such as electric utilities and big industries measure and report their emissions. That's where things get messy. In huge multinational corporations or in massive utilities, it's tough to figure out what you're emitting.
For example: I work for a ski resort, a miniscule business relative to what we'll be regulating under cap and trade. We made a good-faith effort to track our emissions, tallying utility bills and diesel usage, gasoline purchases and propane consumption. Three years into our audited cap-and-trade commitment through the Chicago Climate Exchange -- an early, voluntary effort at cap and trade -- we discovered we hadn't been counting fuel from part of the company.
As Homer Simpson would say: "Doh!" If we failed to accurately track our emissions -- doing it voluntarily and in good faith and with a third-party auditor -- what will happen when a multinational corporation tries to Enron or Madoff the system? This doesn't even address the fact that cap and trade creates a huge, unwieldy bureaucracy to measure, audit and regulate the beast. A carbon tax avoids all this messiness.
The European Union early on demonstrated the problems with cap and trade. They grossly overestimated existing emissions, issued too many permits and caused the price of carbon -- the cost of emitting a ton of carbon dioxide -- to crash. Carbon trading often resembled, to use a tired analogy, the Wild West.
That's why we need to cowboy up and stop whining that carbon taxation is politically impossible. Taxes bring us some of the best things our society has to offer -- schools and bridges, scholarships and clean water.
Moreover, American political opinion about climate change might be changing. Without CIA assistance, the public is literally being tortured into confessing that we need real, workable solutions to climate change. Increasing floods, storms, wildfires, beetle infestations and droughts – all predicted by climate models -- are taking us to the breaking point. If our politicians are finally tough enough to withstand these calamities and then rebuild cities like New Orleans, surely they're tough enough to utter the words "carbon tax."
Auden Schendler is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). He directs sustainability programs for the Aspen Skiing Co. and is the author of the new book, Getting Green Done: Hard Truths from the Front Lines of the Sustainability Revolution.
Note: the opinions expressed in this column are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of High Country News, its board or staff. If you'd like to share an opinion piece of your own, please write Betsy Marston at [email protected].


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The demise – at least for now – of New York mayor Michael Bloomberg's large-soda ban captures the dilemmas involved in addressing our nation's obesity crisis. The measure, which was struck down by a state judge just as Michael Moss's Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us was published, would have prohibited the sale of sugary drinks in containers larger than sixteen ounces at restaurants, theaters, and stadiums. Bloomberg defended the ban, which was passed by the city's Board of Health, by arguing that soda and other sugary drinks are a leading cause of obesity. Meanwhile, beverage industry groups accused the government of trampling on consumers' rights, a view apparently shared by the slight majority of New Yorkers who, according to polls, oppose any limits on their prodigious soda habits. The judge, in blocking the measure, called it "arbitrary and capricious."
I wonder whether the judge might have been tempted to rule differently had he read "Salt Sugar Fat" first. (One of Moss's chapters covers soda, and it's framed by the remarkable story of Jeffrey Dunn, a former higher-up at Coca-Cola who is now "doing penance" by marketing baby carrots to kids.) The author's meticulous examination of the processed food industry is alarming, and it could have the potential to be galvanizing were there any clear way out of our salty, sugary, fatty mess. It's dispiriting to finish the book feeling that solutions are elusive, but Moss, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times, does an excellent job of explaining how unhealthy processed food, originally "imagined as occasional fare," came to completely dominate the American diet.
Our family structures have changed, of course, with more women working outside of the home, more single-parent households, and, as a result, less time for home cooking. In the 1970s, market researchers began to find that for consumers, convenience was key, and executives at some of the food companies Moss spoke to still rationalize that they are giving the people what they want: inexpensive, easy sustenance. What's problematic is how dependent that sustenance is on the ingredients of Moss's title, from sugary breakfast cereals to Oscar Meyer's meat- and cheese-based Lunchables to frozen microwavable Hot Pockets, which contain more than 100 ingredients and close to a day's recommended limits of saturated fat and salt. Indeed, as the processed food industry has expanded, salt, sugar, and fat have become its three pillars, cheap components that serve many other functions beyond the obvious ones: adding bulk to food, stimulating overeating, and covering up the tastes of chemical additives, to name a few.
As part of his research, Moss spoke to a number of food scientists, learning how sophisticated they are in formulating their products to maximize appeal. For instance, they do extensive testing to determine a food's "bliss point," the "precise amount of sweetness – no more, no less – that makes food and drink most enjoyable." Similar testing is done with fat, whose history here is fascinating. During the 1980s, the popularity of whole milk plunged. As skim and reduced-fat milks rose in popularity, the extracted milkfat began to pile up. The dairy industry realized it could convert that excess fat into cheese, which is no longer enjoyed primarily on its own but as an often secondary ingredient tucked away in processed food. (The amount of cheese Americans eat, on average, per year has tripled since 1970, from eleven pounds to thirty-three pounds.) Most of the unhealthy saturated fats ingested in the U.S. come not from cookies and ice cream but from cheese and beef, which, because their industries are government subsidized, are actually promoted to Americans despite their clear risks: as recently as 2010 a USDA guide recommended Americans increase their cheese consumption.
Moss credits companies for occasional attempts to improve their products' nutritional profiles. The example of Kraft is particularly interesting, as tobacco behemoth Philip Morris owned the company until 2007; the tobacco execs were experienced in dealing with public health concerns, warning the food execs that salt, sugar, and fat might one day cost their industry as much as nicotine had cost Big Tobacco. Still, former Philip Morris CEO Geoffrey Bible, speaking of these ingredients, told Moss, "Well, that's what the consumer wants, and we're not putting a gun to their head to eat it.... If we give them less, they'll buy less, and the competitor will get our market. So you're sort of trapped." Moss corroborates the sense of corporate dilemma, pointing out that when Kraft "down-formulated" some of its products as part of a 2003 anti-obesity initiative, rivals muscled in with sweeter, saltier, fattier products and cut into their market share, until Kraft responded in kind.
Giving the people what they want: you can tell by the word "hooked" in Moss's subtitle that he doesn't quite buy it. (The book is peppered with references to the addictive powers of processed food, some of which are a bit overheated.) But as the response to New York's proposed soda ban demonstrates, many people aren't ready for what they derisively call the "nanny state" to step in; meanwhile, companies have a way of making consumers feel empowered by the number of choices they have in the grocery aisles, as unwholesome and ultimately narrow as they may be. Notably, Bible supports federal limits on salt, sugar, and fat, which would force the entire industry to make adjustments across the board without having to worry about the competition.
There are thorny issues of class at play here, and unfortunately Moss explores them only briefly at the end of the book. In many poor neighborhoods, convenience stores are abundant while supermarkets are rare. What's more, processed foods are significantly cheaper than fresh, healthier foods. These are big problems that Moss just touches on, concluding simply by urging consumers to educate themselves. He writes, "They may have salt, sugar, and fat on their side, but we, ultimately, have the power to make choices." As he is well aware, though, some people have more choices than others: it's telling that many of the wealthy food executives Moss spoke to about their products wouldn't dream of eating the stuff themselves.
Barbara Spindel has covered books for Time Out New York, Newsweek.com, Details, and Spin. She holds a PhD in American Studies.


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You know the feeling you get when you get the big assignment or the big promotion, that you have fooled your boss into believing you are more qualified than you really are. You know that you are supposed to accept the challenge but wait for the moment that you will be exposed. You feel like a fraud being credited with rewards that you don't deserve. We have all experienced the insecurity of potentially saying the wrong thing, making the wrong decision, or not having the answer to the tough problem.
We have been told how hard it is to achieve success and that the challenges sometimes seem insurmountable, so when you are recognized for something that didn't seem to require the avalanche of effort success seems to require, you feel like you haven't deserved it. There has been a mistake, and you will be found out. You feel like an imposter.
Imposter feelings can hold you back, keep you on the edge, and prevent you from being your best and adding value. Listening to the noise of this phenomenon will affect your behavior in a negative way, and prevent you from enjoying future success. It may show up as moodiness, not speaking up, not sharing valuable information, becoming belligerent when you feel people are questioning your competence, stalling rather than making decisions, fearing asking questions or taking on the full responsibility of your new position. These actions are, in effect sabotaging your success. You received the recognition because you can provide a perspective, a skill, insight or because you have the unique quality required for the position. The expectation is that you step up to participate confidently.
There is a cost to companies when qualified employees are influenced by imposter feelings -fearing risk, fearing being exposed, procrastinating or getting caught in perfectionism – rendering them less effective, less engaged and causing them to contribute less. Read the complete article in Positively Magazine to learn the steps needed to move past the fear to empowerment.