Be sure to get the 18hkd/month 30mb plan for local gprs data if you use Google Maps or any other 3rd party application that uses data, as grps data is now being billed. This was not the case previously.
There is no such plan for non-local data, so if you are overseas try to restrict your usage to plain blackberry browser usage.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Kodak Fotomax to print and scan documents
Lots of people in Hong Kong don't have a printer/scanner. I sure don't. So when HSBC emailed me some documents to sign and email back, I had to find a place to do it.
Luckily, my local Kodak Fotomax center which is usually a place to get photos developed can also print and scan documents off a thumb drive.
The cost is modest - $8 HKD per document to print (no minimum), and $10 HKD per document to scan, minimum of 3.
The scanned documents get burned onto a CD, which explains the minimum charge... I asked if they could just put the scanned docs onto my thumbdrive, but the staff said that they normally burned the scans onto CD.
Luckily, my local Kodak Fotomax center which is usually a place to get photos developed can also print and scan documents off a thumb drive.
The cost is modest - $8 HKD per document to print (no minimum), and $10 HKD per document to scan, minimum of 3.
The scanned documents get burned onto a CD, which explains the minimum charge... I asked if they could just put the scanned docs onto my thumbdrive, but the staff said that they normally burned the scans onto CD.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Everbank sucks
I thought they were the solution to my overseas banking problem... but they aren't.
I am in the process of closing my Everbank because:
They've been silently charging me USD $9/month on my yield pledge money market because they changed their balance requirements back in June '09. Gee, it would have been nice to get notified, don't you think?
They also now charge for online bill pay if your checking balance is below USD $5000. Gee, when did this start happening?
Direct deposit counts for nothing? No problem.... I'm shutting it down and direct depositing with my HSBC account. This will also allow me to build an income history for when I want to take a mortgage out here in Hong Kong.
I am in the process of closing my Everbank because:
They've been silently charging me USD $9/month on my yield pledge money market because they changed their balance requirements back in June '09. Gee, it would have been nice to get notified, don't you think?
They also now charge for online bill pay if your checking balance is below USD $5000. Gee, when did this start happening?
Direct deposit counts for nothing? No problem.... I'm shutting it down and direct depositing with my HSBC account. This will also allow me to build an income history for when I want to take a mortgage out here in Hong Kong.
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