Another random post for today. Do you pay enough attention to details in your daily lives? With information overload these days, it is all too easy to overlook things. If something is too good to be true, it probably is.

Read The Fine Print

So. There is this “offer” floating around on Facebook, with a number of shares and likes. The skeptic in me immediately felt that this little offer couldn’t be so straight forward.

Right-click and opened it in incognito mode. Oh, wow. Pay $1 now and get a $35 Top Up on your transport card. Sounds great. Eh, how come it needs my credit card details? Pay $79.90 cents every quarter?

BAM. Scroll to the bottom and there it is, Terms of Service. The $1 offer is a 48 hours Trial. To start the Trial we will require you to provide your payment details. At the end ...