I agree with the It's business post. I do agree that consumers should do their homework.

I do not think Jake's post is bad. It is very good in fact--especially since I started out blasting his service.

I do still wonder how and why his product gets to be promoted here--well, wait a minute... he had only posted AFTER my negative publicity so I am the one promoting it, and he is only responding and others are reading. So in a way, we both "win." He wins because there's more exposure, explaination and clarification, plus many added intellegent opinions from a variety of experienced posters, and others win, myself included, who hope the newbie consumer doesnt fall into something that may need a bit more looking at.

OK, I'll retract some of my initial bursting frustration and say this: I am glad jake and his company made an effort to solve the problem of mortgages with credit cards and after all, some have paid the often high fees to pay their taxes in similar ways using similar services offered for IRS, State and even property tax bills. However, I just hope people look out for everything and make eductaed purchases. I also hope that if people have FT related products and services, like jake's cardit and my friend's realty gig, that maybe they CAN more prominently post about them. In his case, again, it was me who brought it out and he had to reply, but it just seems the line is fine. Of course he did advertise here as well, so maybe that's the key.