Greg H.

It's an unfortunate aspect of our modern time that a show like Court TV (owned by Scripts Co.), decides to take one of the most important parts of American life, our judiciary system, and turn it into a reality show.

To be allowed into a courtroom to report on the proceedings should be treated as a privilege. Instead, Court TV is being allowed to turn those proceedings into a drama fest by having the hosts use incendiary language that evokes; anger, outrage, lack of empathy, etc. towards defendants.

We shouldn't allow ourselves to be hoodwinked by the 'scripted' reality-show-nature of Court TV and its hosts. While many of their 'experts' do seem to have a substantial level of expertise, Court TV producers are well aware of how each one of the hosts will comment and illicit more drama from their viewers. This is how reality shows are produced!

Sadly, reading comments on Court TV's social media pages, proves that Court TV producers are getting the exact response they intend to, a Jerry Springer-esque circus of people who are probably shouting at their screen, "Burn her, burn her." And like a terrible accident on the side of the road, few will turn away. It's up to us as citizens to decide where we will put our time, energy and money.

The company Optical4Less is probably not a scam exactly, but more likely just a very poorly run company in Hong Kong with little knowledge in conducting an international business.

They seem to have difficulty with the most basic common business practices such as email communication in a timely manner. The website makes no mention that you'll encounter additional fees. There's also an "international fee" probably added by your credit card company that would be nice to get some advance notice of during the checkout process. And when I bought additional lenses (without frames), it required using some foreign pay pal "like" service that makes you wince as you press the pay button. Not a lot of confidence.

Then there's the glasses quality. Either average to below average quality frames and if there's a problem (as with my order), it can literally takes weeks to months to get it corrected, if you do at all. The frames are flimsy at best but even with that, one might figure they didn't pay much so no big deal. It's just that in the modern world, you expect more than "dead air" on the other end. It's pretty infuriating to deal with their customer service.

Truly not worth the headache and effort to supposedly "save" money. Even a minor hiccup could cost you money and many weeks and possibly a month or more of wasted time.

Edit: I will say that you can "sometimes" get decent customer service with Optical4less. My significant other has bought around 10 pairs over a decade and only on an occasion, had a hiccup. So my review shouldn't be taken as, "Stay Away!" But just have your expectations in the right place.

Well I couldn't be happier with Lost My Doggie. I found a stray dog and understand that putting up paper fliers is still a good way, but it was the digital flier from the Lost My Doggie website that helped the owner find us.

The dog's owner started calling veterinarians in the area and sure enough, one of them had received the electronic email/faxes from Lost My Doggie. And let me tell you something, this big burly guy shows up at my door and I can see tears forming from being reunited with his dog again. What a great service.