by Dennis Beaver | consumer
January 21, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver A new law recently went into effect in California where a staggering 90 percent of people reading this article are not in compliance and could be fined up to $200. But the fine would be insignificant in terms...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, warranty
April 21, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver Chances are that if you heard someone say “Bromic” you would think that it was a disease, as in “I had a really bad case of Bromic.” In fact, that’s precisely what Hanford readers Nick and Nanci Groenenberg wound up with, as you will...
by Dennis Beaver | advertising, consumer, language
June 11, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver Our stories that discussed learning a foreign language and DEI led to several phone calls from call center and sales supervisors in the worlds of insurance and financial planning. One pointed out, “The market of people speaking an...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer
May 13, 2006 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver As a celebration of my father’s 60th birthday — April 1st — I reserved a table for eight family members at one of the nicest restaurants near Sacramento. It is a small place, and they are known for incredible...
by Dennis Beaver | Article, business, complaint letter, consumer
September 7, 2018 • By Dennis Beaver
Most of us would rather not take the time to fire off a complaint letter after receiving poor service or purchasing a product which didn’t live up to expectations. We just spend our money elsewhere. But as “Hector,” VP of...
by Dennis Beaver | air conditioning, consumer, technology, thermostat
February 8, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver I needed to be at our office at 7 in the morning one Monday when nighttime temperatures in the San Joaquin Valley fell to below freezing. The new thermostat which we were testing for this story was scheduled to give us 72 degrees by...
