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		<title>Live From Overnight Challenge &#8211; 12:45 pt1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m writing from the Overnight Web Challenge from Sierra Bravo right now. It is their second annual programmer meets non-profit gig where  a bunch of dorks work 24+ hours to make sites for non-profits.  Our non-profit is the YEA Corps. 3+ hours in and we&#8217;re looking good. We&#8217;re going the wordpress path in order to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m writing from the <a href="http://www.f1webchallenge.com/" target="_blank">Overnight Web Challenge</a> from Sierra Bravo right now. It is their second annual programmer meets non-profit gig where  a bunch of dorks work 24+ hours to make sites for non-profits. </p>
<p>Our non-profit is the <a href="http://www.f1webchallenge.com/nonprofits/100-YEA-Corps" target="_blank">YEA Corps</a>. 3+ hours in and we&#8217;re looking good. We&#8217;re going the wordpress path in order to make this more enjoyable of an experience than last year.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll probably be posting as it goes on. Stay tuned.<br />
Lunch time wings&#8230; spork.</p>
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		<title>Cancelling HUDFORECLOSED.NET and AP9* Bargain Homes ( Bargain Network )</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m posting this quickly for anyone out there in Internets land that might have gotten sucked into either of these offers. I am pretty sure the HUDFORECLOSED.NET is that company advertised to death on 93x here in the Twin Cities where the girl is telling her friend how she bought a house for less than [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-364" src="http://blainegarrett.com.digibodies.com/files/2008/11/hamburglar.gif" alt="" width="292" height="255" />I&#8217;m posting this quickly for anyone out there in Internets land that might have gotten sucked into either of these offers.</p>
<p>I am pretty sure the <a href="http://www.hudforeclosed.com/" target="_blank">HUDFORECLOSED.NET</a> is that company advertised to death on 93x here in the Twin Cities where the girl is telling her friend how she bought a house for less than she pays per month in rent. AP9* is a scammy operation that apparently runs a whole network of sites  (<a href="http://www.bargain.com" target="_blank">The Bargain Network</a>) that you are often tricked into signing up for after making a purchase at a legitimate site who has some devious partnerships. There are some complaints on these companies <a href="http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/hudforeclosednet-c124967.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/246/RipOff0246738.htm" target="_blank">here</a>, and <a href="http://www.bargainshare.com/index.php?showtopic=89671" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>I got sucked in last May when I was looking at buying a house and was enticed by their &#8220;Free Trial&#8221; which turned into $40 per month charges each. I got busy with the house buying process and also forgot to cancel the accounts once I was aware of the charges. I did try to cancel in Sept when first discovering the charges, but got the run around. I decided to try again on lunch today.</p>
<p><span id="more-363"></span>I don&#8217;t know if they are the same company, but they had separate means of cancelling their accounts.</p>
<p><strong>How to cancel  your HUDFORECLOSED.NET or HUDFORECLOSED.COM account : </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Go to<a href="http://www.hudforeclosed.com/" target="_blank"> </a><strong><a href="http://www.hudforeclosed.com/" target="_blank">HUDFORECLOSED.COM</a><br />
</strong></li>
<li>Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on &#8220;Cancel Account&#8221;. This is a popup so make sure you can see it. Otherwise, you can try to directly go to <a href="http://www.hudforeclosed.com/cancel.do" target="_blank">http://www.hudforeclosed.com/cancel.do</a></li>
<li>Enter the email address and telephone number you signed up with and click &#8220;Cancel Membership&#8221;</li>
<li>You should receive a confirmation screen and a confirmation email at the email address on file.</li>
<li>Awesome, no more bills for this site however, you will have access to the site until the end of the billing cycle.</li>
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<p>I also found a phone number buried in their site : 1-800-422-6021 that might help if the web cancellation doesn&#8217;t work or you don&#8217;t even remember signing up.</p>
<p><strong>How to cancel your AP9* Bargain Homes, AP9*ATHOMEREWARDS+, AP9*SAVINGSMART.COM account</strong></p>
<p>I did this over the phone. You will need to call 1800-333-1915. However, in their site FAQs, they also list 1-800-788-5648 as the number for cancelling. All they needed was my phone number I signed up with and my name. I wasn&#8217;t even on hold for very long.</p>
<p>Anywho, I hope that helps some people who may have gotten sucked into these things and want to get out. While googling for this same info, it seemed like a lot of people were trying, but couldn&#8217;t figure out how, which is why I am posting this. I wish FF had a site review type plugin to show feedback on domains you are at. Civic Duty Man &#8211; up up and away.</p>
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