I dove into Mint.com hoping for some great tips to save money. What I got was disappointing and just wrong.

For example, they want me to switch from my current AMEX (Costco Rewards) to another AMEX with Rewards. Hello, my AMEX has rewards, in fact better than what you are recommending. To be fair, you say that you don’t know the rewards that are on my AMEX, but why assume it’s a big zip? Makes me feel like you think I am stupid or something. Hey, look at this bonehead, he does’nt even know there’s a better card, he’s sitting there with a big fat interest rates and no rewards, ha ha ha, what a moron.  We’ll rescue this sorry sod with a great “offer”.

The other “offer” was to switch my TimeWarner Cable ($120) to some Verizon TV service I have never heard of for $41. Hmm, lets see, my TimeWarner service is broadband (better than DSL), cable TV (more than the Verizon service), and voice. The Verizon “offer” was for just TV. It’s like saying, hey, change your internet/tv/phone service to a tv service and you can save money. Actually, that’s exactly what’s it saying.

Can I turn these “offers” off? So far, they are just not helping.

Disclosure: Andrew is a principal at Jwaala, a software company that makes personal financial management solutions for banks and credit unions.

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