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    • eBay

      All-Day eBay Search Outage Frustrates Shoppers, Angers Sellers

      eBay shoppers and particularly eBay buyers are annoyed after a back-end outage has kept shoppers from searching and from viewing sellers' stores for most of the day. While the site posted a workaround that makes it possible for users to search, it's unlikely that most casual shoppers will find and use the workaround. More »

      8:00 PM on Sat Nov 21 2009
      By Laura Northrup
      1,579 views, 7 comments

      Most discussed chrisholland03: I gave up on eBay years ago. Their business practices have chased off their customer base to the point more »

    • Food

      Ground Beef Gains Time-Travel Ability

      Nick didn't notice the label on this package of ground beef until after he brought it home. Seeing how he bought it on November 20, 2009, and the label claims that it was packaged on August 8, 2004, he's a little confused. More »

      6:00 PM on Sat Nov 21 2009
      By Laura Northrup
      514 views, 10 comments

    • Prison

      At Least The Prison Economy Is Flourishing

      We might be dealing with low inflation and even a falling cost of living, but not everyone in the United States is dealing with the same economic woes. Americans who are in prison have their own economy—one with rampant inflation, alleged price-fixing, and a fish packet-based economy. More »

      4:00 PM on Sat Nov 21 2009
      By Laura Northrup
      589 views, 7 comments

      Most discussed BB_User: "Meanwhile, in federal prisons, where smoking has been banned since 2004, the underground economy needed to find a new currency more »

    • Checks

      Fewer Consumers Write Personal Checks, Fewer Retailers Accept Them

      Reader broncobiker sent us the photo at left, wondering whether check acceptance policies might be getting a little out of hand. But checks have so much potential for fraud, and so few shoppers use them, that many merchants have just stopped accepting them entirely. More »

      2:00 PM on Sat Nov 21 2009
      By Laura Northrup
      1,626 views, 26 comments

      Most discussed Bunnyhat: I've had the same box of checks since I first opened my account when I was 18 years old. I'm more »

    • Credit Reports

      Sorry, No Mortgage: Experian Says That You're Dead

      Shortly after surviving the death of her husband and a life-threatening medical crisis, Ann Howe of Seattle decided to refinance her home mortgage. Everything went smoothly until the bank informed her that the refinance couldn't be completed because the credit bureau Experian was convinced that she was dead. More »

      1:00 PM on Sat Nov 21 2009
      By Laura Northrup
      4,604 views, 37 comments

      Most discussed Caveat: It just goes to prove that bankers are idiots. They are sheep that are incapable of any independent thought or more »

    • Banking

      What Is A Money Market Account?

      If you visit your local bank, you might advertisements for money market accounts. You might be familiar with CDs, checking and savings accounts, but money market probably sounds fancy and exotic. Fortunately, they're not. More »

      12:18 PM on Sat Nov 21 2009
      By Bargaineering.com
      3,744 views, 22 comments

    • xbox cat Xbox

      Possible Class-Action Suit Alleges Xbox Bans Result Of Vast Redmond Conspiracy

      Microsoft has declared that the owners of banned Xbox consoles have no recourse and no choice but to buy new consoles. Some users see this as unfair and a vast Redmond conspiracy, and law firm AbingtonIP is fighting back with a class-action lawsuit. God bless America. More »

      12:00 PM on Sat Nov 21 2009
      By Laura Northrup
      4,948 views, 81 comments

      Most discussed Chumas: Lots of gnashing of teeth with this discussion on slashdot. Personally, I feel MS went too far with the banning, more »

    • Digital Cameras

      Kodak: Your Camera Has A Beach Mode, So Don't Take It To The Beach

      Brandy's Kodak digital camera comes with several pre-set modes, one of which is "beach." However, when her camera stopped working after a trip to the beach, she reports that Kodak's mystifying response to her service request was that just because a digital camera has a setting for taking photos at the beach, that doesn't mean that you should actually take it to the beach. More »

      10:00 AM on Sat Nov 21 2009
      By Laura Northrup
      10,653 views, 70 comments

      Most discussed GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy: I had a Kodak camera LCD break out of nowhere, and sent it in for repairs. They repaired it, more »

    • dubious

      Police: Gang Was Killing People For Fat, Attempting To Sell It To Cosmetic Companies

      Police in Peru say that they've caught a group that was allegedly killing people and harvesting their fat to sell to Europeans who wanted it for cosmetics. More »

      8:18 PM on Fri Nov 20 2009
      By Meg Marco
      8,298 views, 65 comments

    • explanations

      What Does "Hostile Takeover" Mean?

      Does the phrase "hostile takeover" give you a mental picture of Vikings swarming into an office building and taking over by brute force? The term is in the news due to proposed takeovers of Cadbury and Barnes & Noble, but that's not quite what the term means. Marketplace's Paddy Hirsch and his trusty whiteboard explain. More »

      6:45 PM on Fri Nov 20 2009
      By Laura Northrup
      5,659 views, 18 comments

      Most discussed gStein_wondering if...: 1. i want as little Hershey ownership of Cadbury as possible. and as far as Barnes and Noble, i have no more »

    • Flickr

      Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds

      Here are six wonderful photos readers added to The Consumerist Flickr Pool this week, picked for neatness and usability in a Consumerist post. Check 'em out! More »

      6:11 PM on Fri Nov 20 2009
      By Chris Walters
      1,884 views, 10 comments

      Most discussed Kimaroo - Fortified...: There are no photos that make me go "Awwwww!" this time.. This hasn't happened in a long time. more »

    • No eggo to leggo

      Eggo Shortage Story Sweeps Mainstream Media, Panic Spreads

      After Consumerist first alerted the nation to the debilitating waffle shortage, the story has been making the rounds of nearly every media outlet in the country. Thanks to their hard work, we've learned some interesting new things about the shortage. More »

      5:44 PM on Fri Nov 20 2009
      By Laura Northrup
      8,294 views, 34 comments

    • Reviews

      Should Yelp Remove Reviews By Non Customers?

      Lehigh Pub, the restaurant in Pennsylvania that had two patrons arrested for not tipping, was blasted on Yelp in the past 24 hours or so by angry readers. Many of them weren't customers, but heard about the arrests in the news and came to vote down the pub. As of this morning, it had an average of one star out of five. More »

      5:27 PM on Fri Nov 20 2009
      By Chris Walters
      9,446 views, 63 comments

      Most discussed h0mi: This also happened a lot to businesses that donated money to prop 8 last year; some taco joint in LA more »

    • grim

      Does Convincing McDonald's To Make Chicken Selects For Breakfast Prove You Were Sober?

      This summer a woman in an SUV drove almost two miles down the wrong way of an expressway before killing eight people in a horrible crash. The autopsy suggests she was drunk and high at the time, but her family says that isn't possible and to prove it, they say she was sober enough to convince McDonald's to make her son an order of Chicken Selects in the morning, right before the accident. More »

      4:54 PM on Fri Nov 20 2009
      By Meg Marco
      10,688 views, 125 comments

      Most discussed Rectilinear Propagation: So the Bastardi family is suing the Schulers because it's somehow their fault that Diane was intoxicated? Can someone explain more »

    • Catpaint

      Consumerist And Its Readers Will Never Want For Cat Pics Again

      When Consumerist left Gawker to join Consumers Union, we lost access to the Getty image library, which had been the source for pictures like this and this. The new CatPaint iPhone app has already wowed some, but is it good enough for Consumerist? Let's find out. More »

      4:47 PM on Fri Nov 20 2009
      By Alex Chasick
      4,690 views, 55 comments

      Most discussed Areyouagoodlittleconsumer: I personally really hate cats, I don't mind if other people like them, but objectively speaking, the overuse of them more »

    • Black Friday

      Black Friday Doorbusters Are A Sleazy Way To Lure Customers

      Pay no attention to those ridiculously cheap TV sets and game systems—also called doorbusters—that retailers use to lure in hordes of holiday shoppers, notes CNN. They're the equivalent of that little dangly thing anglerfish use to catch food. More »

      4:45 PM on Fri Nov 20 2009
      By Chris Walters
      7,908 views, 45 comments

      Most discussed NotYou007: I'm debating if it is worth getting an inexpensive Blu-Ray player and a 1 Terabyte WD HDD from Walmart on more »

    • Service Plans

      Does This Potty Seat Need An Extended Warranty?

      Kelly just bought a plastic Baby Bjorn potty seat at Babies R Us. When the cashier rang it up, the system told her to ask Kelly if she'd like to pay another 30% of the purchase price for a service plan. More »

      3:47 PM on Fri Nov 20 2009
      By Chris Walters
      4,764 views, 52 comments

    • Recalls

      Vick's Sinex Nasal Spray Recalled Due To Bacterial Contamination

      The FDA says P&G is voluntarily recalling three lots of its Vicks Sinex nasal spray in three countries: the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom after finding the bacteria B. cepacia in a small amount of product. There have been no reports of illness. However, the bacteria could cause serious infections for individuals with a compromised immune system, or those with chronic lung conditions, such as cystic fibrosis. B. cepacia poses little medical risk to healthy individuals. More »

      3:39 PM on Fri Nov 20 2009
      By Meg Marco
      871 views, 6 comments

      Most discussed aphex242: *insert post about how that's not how you spell "nasal" here.* more »

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