Amazon Offers $25 Gift Card To Disappointed Comics Fans After Epic Price Glitch
On Sunday, I heard rumblings of a wondrous event from my comics-loving friends. Amazon had marked lots of great graphic novels and other goodness from Marvel and independent publishers down to impossibly low prices. Lower than wholesale prices. Think $15 for a book that normally costs $125. Was it a clearance? A fire sale? A database error? Who cares? Time to go shopping. More »
5 Comments
Visit NYC, Eat Breast-Milk Cheese
If you want to try human breast-milk cheese, make sure you stop in at Klee Brasserie in New York City the next time you visit. It's made from the chef's own wife, and he tells the New York Post, "It tastes like cow's-mik cheese, kind of sweet," and changes flavor depending on "what the mother eats." His wife says, "The breast is there to make food." Maybe, but I'm thinking this is a good way to shave a little off the cheese budget. More »
Mercedes-Benz Ordered To Pay $482k Over Lemon Car
Wisconsin's lemon law for cars is pretty strict. If a customer demands a refund on a newly bought car that won't run and can't be repaired, the manufacturer has to comply within 30 days or pay double the purchase price plus legal fees. Marco Marquez has been fighting Mercedes-Benz for 4 years now over a $56,000 E 320 he bought in 2005 that immediately stopped working. He says the company deliberately stalled on giving him the refund in time, and last week a judge awarded him $482,000. More »
Hey Online Shoppers, Please Don't Agree To Withdraw Negative Reviews
Jessica Palmer at the blog Bioephemera recently had a bad run-in with a bookseller on Amazon, which she talks about at great length in a post. The mistake she made, she says, was that she didn't exercise due diligence in researching the seller for complaints, and she didn't read through all the many reviews on Amazon to see if the negative ones demonstrated a pattern. But her bigger issue is that there's still no way to shame a bad retailer the way local news stations do with local brick and mortar stores, which is why it's so important to stick by your complaints once you make them. More »
Runaway Prius Leads To More Toyota Recalls
A day after a 2008 Toyota Prius went rogue at speeds over 90mph on a California interstate, Toyota has announced that is adding a few hundred thousand more vehicles to its already record-setting global recall. More »
Hey Domino's, Thanks For The Coupon That's Not A Coupon
While it's relatively pleasant to be writing a story about Domino's that doesn't involve a robbery, this is still not a good news post. Consumerist reader Tim recently attempted to use a coupon while ordering online from Domino's, though apparently no one told Domino's that their coupons should actually work. More »
List Of Subscriber Fees Shows What You Pay For Channels You Hate
(afagen)
After the spat between Cablevision and Disney invaded the Oscar telecast last Sunday, the fees channels charge cable companies (who then pass them along to you) have come into the spotlight. All Things Digital posted a list from industry analyst SNL Kagan that shows the wholesale prices each channel charges cable companies for their product. More »
Humana Loves You Too Much To Let You Cancel Your Insurance
(nycla9)
We think Humana has a crush on Dean's elderly father. They must, because that seems to be the only explanation for why they won't let him cancel his supplemental Medicare insurance policy: they care for him too dearly and can't stand to let him go. The run-around, contradictory answers, outright lies, the monthly deducting of $42.70 a month from his Social Security check that is barely enough to pay for groceries, it's all love. More »
LifeLock Settles With FTC For $11 Million Over False Claims In Ads
For several years, LifeLock has been so brash about their skills at protecting customers from ID theft that they not only drove around a truck displaying their CEO's Social Security Number in public, they also advertised his SSN on TV ads. But that hubris has come back to bite them on the rear, as LifeLock has just agreed to a $11 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over the bulked-up claims made in their ads. More »
Continental Will Cancel Flights To Avoid Fines For Late Takeoffs
Starting next month, airlines delayed over 3 hours where passengers can't disembark will be fined a hefty $27,500 per passenger. Continental CEO Jeff Smisek said that to get around the fines, they'll just cancel the whole flight entirely. See, you can't fine a flight for not taking off on-time if the flight doesn't exist anymore. [AP] (Thanks to Brandon!)
2010 Consumer Action Handbook
Get answers to many common Consumerist questions, now in convenient paper form! More »
Bank Of America Seizes Wrong House, Holds Parrot Hostage
Bank of America finds itself the target of a new lawsuit filed by a woman in Pittsburgh who alleges that the bank not only improperly seized her home and damaged her other property, but also kept her parrot hostage even after they admitted making a mistake. More »
Somebody On The Set Hates Sandra Lee
Here is a video of the Food Network's Sandra Lee telling people to mix cream, lemonade and vodka to make a "delicious, sweet treat." From the look on her face, we suspect this is a lie. Also, when you put accidentally put cream in tea that has lemon -- it curdles (sigh). This leads us to further suspect that someone hates Sandra Lee. More »
Lindsay Lohan Sues E*Trade Over Talking Baby Commercial
Does the milkaholic baby named Lindsay in the latest E*TRADE commercial remind you of a certain celebrity? Lindsay Lohan says it's supposed to be her and is a jab at her own milkaholism, and she's suing the company for $100 million and seeking an injunction to get it off the air. I agree that the baby playing the milkaholic doesn't give a very good performance, but I always assumed it was supposed to be Lindsey Buckingham. More »
Number Of Millionaires In U.S. Bounced Back In 2009
If you're looking for any sort of sign that the economy might not be as ill-fated as it occasionally appears, here's something for you. A new study shows that, while the job market may be flat, the number of millionaires in the U.S. is on the rise, with the number of households worth at least $1 million up 16% from last year. More »
How To Polish A Scratched iPhone
Replacing an iPhone is expensive, which is why this guy decided to buy a heavily used and damaged one and clean it up himself. You might find the screen replacement side too daunting, but the procedure for turning a dull, scratched case into a glossy smooth one is something pretty much anyone can do. More »
Newegg Drops Supplier After Selling Fake Intel Processors
Poor Newegg. They said yesterday they are dropping one of their suppliers after they inadvertently sold a bunch of fake Intel Core i7-920 processors. More »
