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getting dropped for calling customer service too many times paying by credit card table side and your mug in 3d we're not talking coffee here it's the queue what's going on hope your day is just awesome I'm rich demuro with Cena TV and this is the cue let's check out your must click moment travelzoo throwing the dice with an interactive ad campaign in the Vegas Airport travelers walking by the huge ads see real time travel deals and oh yeah their image is projected right into them there's also a huge slot machine where you can pull a virtual lever I'll do anything in that airport to try to forget how much less money i'm leaving with moving through the view getting out of a cell phone contract isn't easy unless you're with sprint and you love to call customer service The Wall Street Journal reporting that about a thousand subscribers were dropped after they called for help 25 times a month that's 40 times more than average the company sent letter saying the customers had a month to find someone else to carry their calls and hear about their problems they won't have to pay any early termination fees now I don't know about you but I dread calling customer service once a year can't imagine once a day your face in 3d gizmos got it and it could land you in a taco bell commercial the fast-food joint teaming up with the avatar builder and the MTV Video Music Awards you upload a picture of yourself and gizmos animates it in creepily realistic 3d add some audio and your audition is complete three lucky uploaders will get their virtual mug on national TV in a 30 second taco bell commercial now if you've ever felt like a waiter has forgotten about you once you hand over your credit card you'll appreciate this next story now it's taken a while to catch on but some restaurants are finally testing tableside card readers seems like we're getting used to doing pretty much everything ourselves these days two companies now competing for a spot at our dinner tables verifone has the VX 670 while hypercom has the blade both resemble those grocery store credit card check out systems when you're finished with your meal just swipe and go this could also make splitting checks a little less painful finally the site in an award worthy quasi conflict of interest eBay has opened up kijiji to the u.s. classified market yes it's the same ebay that has a twenty-five percent stake in craigslist the original classified ads leader kijiji means village in swahili the site offers free classified ads in more than 300 cities around the world it first launched in several countries back in 2005 kijiji says they have 17 million users no mention of ebay on the site or paypal or rent com or stubhub but there is an ad for a JetBlue brand ambassador I'm rich demuro with Cena TV in New York City don't say it and tell yourself