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United Online's Future Looks Rosy - Barron's

classmates.com has a complaint list a mile long:

www.consumeraffairs.co...

They apparently execute standard scams--trick people into signing up for free trials, then make it difficult or impossible to cancel, and create automatic monthly charge to credit card; no way to contact the company about problems; automatic monthly charges that continue indefinitely after cancellation, and on and on. (None of this has happened to me, personally, as I would never do a free trial after what I read.) If this is how they treat the customers, why should I believe the shareholders will be treated any better?

How Long Until the Housing Market Recovers?

Well, Wez, it is possible to l live quite adequately (certainly not richly) in So. Cal. on, say, $120k per year. If you pretend that's your income and live accordingly, then (after taxes) you can save $50k per year, and have your down payment in two years.