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UCAN WATCHDOG, SPRING, 2008 - After 24-years UCAN is still your shield against utility abuse!

Thumbnail of Spring 2008 Watchdog, UCANUNDER CONSTRUCTION INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Dr. Phil's "Call for help," our gas price prediction, SDG&E's latest ridiculous rate hike, why UCAN is going to monitor the Water Dept., UCAN Newsbites, and much, much more.

UCAN Watchdog, Fall, 2007 - Sempra Spin-Speak Edition


Introducing UCAN's FIRST newsletter in spectacular 3D X-RAY Vision!
This issue of the UCAN Watchdog is unusual: It was mailed to 35,000 UCAN members on October 31, 2007 with a FREE pair of Super-Magno 3D X-ray glasses so you can read our exciting new comic book Michael Shames and the X-Ray Truth Glasses. (It is the ONLY way you can read this Watchdog properly).

We will be pleased to send you a FREE copy with your FREE 3D glasses when you click here.

Can you pass the PRIVACY I.Q. TEST?

Do you really need this guide?
Test your self by taking the UCAN Privacy I.Q. Test!

 
This essential privacy-protection information is available only to UCAN members.

e-book: Gruminations of the World's Greatest Consumer!

100 pages of humor and consumer insight, this e-book is one of several gifts reserved for UCAN members

   FREE when you join online!

 . . . He's Baaaaack!

Just when you thought it was safe to go shopping again, Michael Shames, the World's Greatest Consumer strikes out against lackluster customer service, big insurance companies, and others, in a series of entertaining essays about the consumer issues that vex us all!

 

Not available at ANY store!
The ONLY way you can get this humorous 100 page glimpse at consumerism through Michael's unique prism is to join UCAN online at www.ucan.org.

Watchdog Special Edition: UCAN's Mobile Phone Plan Checker

Available to members only

Member Gift: UCAN's Guzzler Buster: 127 secrets to squeezing more miles from each gallon!

 

 

This powerful 28-page tool is
packed with tips that you can
use right away!  

It was, and is still offered free
to UCAN members.   If you are
a member and haven't claimed
your copy, call us at (619)
696-6966 and we'll rush it to you!

Join UCAN and get this gift,
(plus other valuable goodies).  

JOIN NOW!

UCAN Watchdog, Winter 2005, Major Battles, Big Victories

A review of UCAN's activities in 2005, plus we introduce
Joe's Fund for the prevention of utility abuse.

Letter from Michael introducing
Joe's Fund for the prevention
of utility abuse ...
See a photo of our dear friend "Joe"
plus a quick overview of our biggest
victories in 2005 ...
   

UCAN Watchdog, Fall 2005 - Natural Gas Emergency

Read Michael's letter
about one of the world's
first energy crises ...
Natural gas emergency
looms for San Diego ...
Again ...

Watchdog, Spring 2005 - Big Oil Hog makes television debut

In this issue we trumpeted the arrival of the Big Oil Hog on Groundhog day. In addition, we experimented with a full color treatment of UCAN's bulldog logo. The experiment failed. Our members thought the new logo treatment looked deranged, and we agreed.

UCAN sues Discover, unviels the Big
Oil Hog, and provides insights into
bundled phone plans ...
This letter from UCAN's Publisher tells
why the current CPUC is more obscene
than hard-core pornography ...
   




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