Epinions Recent Reviews for aaronma

BofA - Playing with the big boys

Mon, 17 Jul 2000 22:09:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author aaronma - Surfing around through ePinions, I stumbled upon the Bank of America section; and it confirmed my theory of people and big banks. At the time of this writing, my fellow ePinionaters have recommended Bank of America a cool 33% of the time. While I’m not...

Spedia: The Happy Medium of a Happy Industry

Sun, 9 Jul 2000 19:33:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author aaronma - In this day and age with a slew of "Pay to ____" companies, it's hard to choose which one the best is. It's agreed that everybody in general love these programs; they pay out for limited effort. These programs are boons for college students...

Agfa SnapScan 1212u Flatbed Scanner: Best money I never spent

Sun, 9 Jul 2000 03:22:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author aaronma - In this day and age where computer peripherals are still hovering at highs for quality products, I decided to save myself a couple of bucks and buy myself what I thought would be a cheap alternative to a high-end scanner. I ended up paying about twenty...

Yahoo Finance: Yahoo! Finance - Fast and Free, just how I like my trades

Sat, 17 Jun 2000 22:52:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author aaronma - There have been many complaints that people have in regards to Yahoo! in general, for its difficulty in navigating, the proliferation of shoddy websites in its directory listing, and its relatively antiquated search technology.

However, there...

MS Money 2000: You'd better know what you're doing

Sat, 17 Jun 2000 02:27:12 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author aaronma - I had to admit it; in the past, whenever I bought a personal finance software package, I went through the "Quickening." I've gone through it before a couple of times with other personal finance packages, but this time was MUCH smoother, due to...

A GREAT way to save

Sat, 17 Jun 2000 00:31:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author aaronma - For those of you who don't know what x.com is, it's an internet bank, quite possibly the best one, mixing in fabulous rates on savings/checking, and offering mutual funds (S&P 500, Bond, Money Market, and International), as well as CDs, all with a...

Why buy anything else?

Fri, 16 Jun 2000 23:59:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author aaronma - I've had my Nokia 6190 now for over a year, and I've got nothing but praise for it.

Durability - I've dropped the phone, tossed the phone, sat on the phone, and I might even have dropped it in the water once. Still works. No...

ONSALE: So it's not eBay... So what?

Fri, 16 Jun 2000 23:36:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author aaronma - All right, I know that there are a ton of eBayophiles out there, but hear me out for a minute. Li'l old egghead.com still has a lot to offer to the average auction-watcher/shopper.

In fact, my first purchase from egghead.com (it was...

You CAN teach an old mouse new tricks!

Fri, 16 Jun 2000 22:21:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author aaronma - I must admit, I've never had any good relations with any computer mouse. I've managed in my day to set the average lifespan of one of them to about 4 months; so I was at the computer store buying mice in 3-packs, like I buy socks at the department...

UtopiAd: Utopiad - My qualms about the new Valuebar

Fri, 16 Jun 2000 22:10:00 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author aaronma - Utopiad was the first PTS company I signed up with. I went with them for one reason and one reason only; with companies such as AllAdvantage proliferating the internet, I wanted to join a PTS company that not only paid for surfing and being online, but...

TD Waterhouse

Fri, 16 Jun 2000 21:35:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author aaronma - Let's face it. With the plethora of online brokers out there, it's hard to choose the right one, especially if you're completely new to investing. That's how I was, back in the middle of 1998, and let me tell you, I struck gold with my broker.
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UCLA Political Science - When money is more important

Fri, 16 Jun 2000 20:41:33 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author aaronma - As I'm writing this, I've just finished up my third year at UCLA as a PoliSci major, and there's a few things I wanted to get off of my chest. Disregarding UCLA at the moment, I really like Political Science. I like how it makes me think, and I feel...

Best of the bunch

Fri, 16 Jun 2000 17:56:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author aaronma - Here's the nitty gritty on the Palm V. In the whole wide world of PDA's, in my opinion, you can't go wrong with the V. A little background first: I bought the Palm V back in January (2000), becuase my DayRunner just wasn't cutting it. It was big,...