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I am holding an Author Meet and Greet at an after concert party in the hotel bar during a conference. There are 7 different authors and we want them to concentrate on networking, so we don't want it to be a disruptive giveaway like a raffle. Any clever fun ideas welcome!

We just recently signed a lease agreement for a rental home, but the following day discovered we were being transferred for work. The landlord already has a $1300 security deposit to "hold" the property until August 1 when we were going to move in and pay another fee and first month's rent. We contacted him to let him know of our predicament, and we expect him to keep the $1300 for loss rent for that month. However, he is threatening to sue for payment of the entire length of the lease. Is this even possible or legal? Thanks!

We are a self publishing company that uses Lightening Source to create our print editions and distributes them to Amazon for us. Because we use LSI, is a Vendor Central even beneficial to us? LSI is a print on demand.

I am a book marketer for self published books listed on Amazon. Every month, the Author gets a list like this sent to his email: "Best Business & Leadership Books in March". Does anyone know how these list are generated and how I can get my Author's books on them? I tried contacting Amazon, but since I am not the Author and do not have a personal Author Central account, they won't answer my question.

Im starting a home cleaning and errand business and am really stuck on the name. This will include pet care, errands and cleaning. I will offer Green cleaning products if wanted as well. I live in Cleveland, Ohio area if that helps at all!

Just looking for ideas for our name? Thanks!

I am a member of the management team at my work. On two separate occasions, I witnessed another manager making racial slurs on the sales floor. After the first occurrence, I brought it to the attention of our supervisor and she stated "if I did not hear it, it did not happen". Which caught me off guard. When it happened the second time, I told another associate, who confirmed she had also heard several comments on other occasions.

I asked her to back me up with the boss, and she refused for fear of her job. She informed me that no action has ever been taken in the past and I might as well let it go.

My question is, where do I go if the boss will not acknowledge our concerns.

We just bought a used Explorer from a family friend. She had several pets which traveled in her car regularly leaving an AWFUL smell. We have vacuumed, shampooed, threw out the carpet floor mats, cleaned the windows with vinegar, you name it we tried.

Is there anything else we can do! Its gross!

We are friends with a car salesman. We needed a car desparately, traded in our van for a $1000 credit and paid $500 down for our new car ten days ago. We were approved for financing, signed all the paperwork and left the dealership.

We received a call last night from the salesman asking us to please return the car because the dealership made a mistake and the car we drove away in was a trade in that was never processed. The dealership also found out they were losing money on it and once they realized this, they tried to get the bank to approve us for more. They would not. They said we could come down and go through the car buying process again and walk away in a newer car with 6,000 more miles than what we had.

We want our down payment back, and we found out they already got rid of our traded in van.

What can we do???

Has anyone sent their children to their preschool program? How did you like it?

We are currently rebuilding our credit and are trying to avoid having a new car payment. This van is paid off. It has 124,000 miles on it and the transmission just started slipping. How much would it be to repair this? Please excuse my ignorance with cars! Thanks!!

I'm assuming this is normal since I missed some pills and messed with the hormones, but we also have not used alternate methods of birth control. Should I take a test? Has anyone gotten pregnant on birth control?

My brother is an art teacher in inner city Cleveland, OH grades 1-8. He is excellent with the children and loves discovering new exciting lesson plans. I am trying to find lesson plan books for him, since I am in the medical industry, I really dont know the first place to look. Holcombs and Half.com did not have anything. Any ideas?

because our Attorney failed to supply us with a lot of information. Can we have our case reinstated with another Firm?

We just bought a shed with a floor kit. We tore down the existing shed when we bought our home last year. It was the same dimensions and left quite a hole underneath it. We have filled it with fill dirt, but are wondering what we need to place under the shed to keep it from shifting and sinking. The cheapest option is greatly appreciated.

Sorry for my lack of knowledge with this.

Who is your favorite Arrested Development Character?

GOB of course...but George Michael cracks me up.

I was 60 days late on a card. I resumed payments on the card in the amount of $300 one month and $300 another. They accepted the check payment via mail.

I called to check the balance on the account to send final payment and noticed the payments were never credited. I spoke with a customer service rep who informed me that the account had been sold and they no longer handled the account. She gave me the number to the collection agency who had yet to send me any type of letter since they acquired the debt two months earlier. They also had not credited the balance.

Can they do this? I contacted my bank and had the money refunded that way until I got this straightened out. but wouldn't you think someone would help me out considering Im just trying to pay it off?