Continental Airlines

Continental Airlines is seemingly the best place to buy a ticket online. You can buy a ticket online for cheaper than you can on any competing site. My favorite feature is if you are on one pass member you can book a ticket and have 24 hrs to change it.

If anyone has any better ideas I would like to hear it!

Starbucks winner or not

I consider myself a coffee connoisseur and therefore I have had coffee in many stores. I do not particularly like Starbucks but I am pleased with a few things about their coffee and I would like to mention them here.

1) Their coffee tastes the same everywhere
2) There is always a Starbucks nearby
3) They treat their employees well enough that you do not have a bad experience every time you go to starbucks.

Case in point. On Sunday I was in San Francisco and I needed a cup of coffee. There was a Coffee Bean on one side and a Starbucks on the other. Starbucks won out for reason number 1 however when I left I felt good about reason number 3 too. The barista accidentally made the wrong drink. The girl looked like she was straight out of high school, yet after apologizing she marched to the cash register and offered a coupon for a free coffee another time. I was shocked. Even a minimum wage employee can satisfy a customer. Starbucks gets high marks in my book and they should in yours too. As always comments welcomed.

Wyndham - Fairfield - Trendwest TimeShare in San Francisco

Today I made an attempt to go to a timeshare presentation in San Francisco. I had agreed to attend the presentation at the Santa Clara County fair a few weeks ago. The gift offered was 3/2 nights in Vegas. As a result of alot of traffic on the way up, we were running late. I called the office (on 145 Jefferson) to let them know I would be late. I was told by the receptionist that it would be fine and I could have 15 minutes.

I showed up 15 minutes late and was made to wait for 30 minutes before being told that because I was late that I would be forced to reschedule. I am thanking my lucky stars that I was turned away. I was told the VP (whose name I will get) was very particular about time. I cannot imagine this guy freely giving up a vacation if would not buy the timeshare. There were many people leaving all looking disappointed well before the hour and a half was up.

The purpose of this blog post is to inform the world about the level of service one could expect from this "tour center." Before I left I searched online for information about the Wyndham / Trendwest timeshare location on Jefferson in San Francisco and there was nothing there. I would have been extremely grateful to have learned that A) The VP is an $%^&* B) The receptionist lies C) The admin who communicated between the VP and I is a heartless %^&*. If you found this post looking for information to prepare your for your presentation here's my advice:

Prepare to be disappointed and angered and certainly do not buy from these people. You are better off using Ebay or another service to find a timeshare.

I would love to here comments so please post below.