Scot Shapiro

I've been a long time member, first free, now Elite. Always great deals both return and one way. At times huge savings. The best customer care service on the internet. Quick response, no patent phrases that say nothing politely, real actual help and suggestions. Refreshing. I have forwarded deals to friends who became members. If you love to travel, this is one of the sites you need to use.

Concise information, quick ship, fair price

I found USA CoinBook while looking for an alternative to eBay, for both buying and selling coins. It is an easy to use website and there are numerous good features to it. One is the values guide which gives you some worthwhile values for different US Coinage. Then there is the ever expanding listing of newly offered coins from around the world, and like everything in life, those costs can range from 'what a deal' to 'you must be dreaming'. many folks have coins that they are offering on their individual "stores" on the website and they price things as what they want for their coins, and shipping, etc. The website collects a 2% fee for things sold on the site which is far better than the 15% that eBay typically gets. If you're a coin collector you ought to check it out. I've had excellent results both buying and selling and overall I'm very happy. Been using the site since the early days of the pandemic.

I have been with Scott's Cheap flights (now Going) for many years. First the free tips, then paid, and now Elite (because YOLO). I have found a few flights and that's all you really need to save a bunch. It works for me as I plan far in the future for trips away from the insanity of this country and chores at home. Typically accurate and reliable if you are somewhat flexible and I have visited cities I knew little to nothing about and had a fantastic time.

The interest rate is terrific. The set up process is cumbersome, or at least it was around a year ago. It was curious why they would only accept a $25,000.00 deposit per month. But you deal if you want the good rate. Customer service is via email, sometimes quick, sometimes not.

It's been a tough year for cheap business class airfares out of the country and Going hasn't come up with much. They have a new thing which lets you know about point deals and that hasn't been useful. Last thing I need is someone taking the great or even good point deals away and so I am wishy washy about the usefullness of Going. Great customer service though.

I ordered a heating element for a discontinued heater. They seemed to be the only ones to have it. It shipped, was tracked, and the tracking showed that it was delivered to someplace in Las Cruces, NM. I live in Albuquerque. complained. got an email. lost in transit (altho tracking shows it was delivered). Refund in 3-5 days and it just smells very, very fishy.

as stated, shipped quickly, fair price

I opened my HSBC account with $10k that was supposed to earn me a welcome bonus of $350 after 90 days.
To actually get in touch with their abysmal customer service takes endless phone trees and a lifetime listening to horrid muzak only to be helped by someone who is essentially helpless as they cannot do a thing, just request information which takes a considerable amount of time to get (think days...) and then they still don't know. Well after the 90 days were up I repeatedly inquired about the welcome bonus and after being told that I meet the qualifications I was told (multiple phone calls through their archaic and awful system) that since I didn't use their link to set up the account I wouldn't be getting my bonus. I then withdrew all the funds I had in the account and left the .45¢ in interest for them to choke on. Little did I know that they would charge me $25 for every month my account was under a certain balance and after receiving a collections notice I once again got on the phone to deal with the worst bank in the universe, well, maybe the galaxy. You can imagine my great delight that it only took 5 calls to finally close my account. It is breathtaking how poorly managed this bank is, and wherever I am in the world, I will never use an HSBC ATM, or have anything good to say about this company.