Let This Flowchart Tell You Which Chain Restaurant To Visit Next
Sometimes it's hard to decide on a chain restaurant when you're going out to eat. Luckily, the blog Eating The Road has produced a handy flowchart. What I like best about it is it asks the important questions, things like "Are you Drunk? Do you want to be? Are you high?" And most important, "Do you mind flair?" More »
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Judge Makes Debt Collection Firm Pay Stranger $115 For Dragging Him To Court
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Last week, a Brooklyn judge ordered the law firm of Pressler & Pressler, "one of the biggest in the collection industry," to pay a day's worth of income to the man they falsely accused of owing an unpaid debt. Judge Noach Dear told the firm's lawyer, T. Andy Wang, that he would hold a sanctions hearing against them for suing the wrong man. More »
Citibank Closes Overdraft Protection Due To Lack Of Overdrafts
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We all know that banks offer overdraft protection because it makes them money, not because they want to be kind to customers. Still, it seems weird--or maybe just brutally honest--that Citibank would cancel Corrie's overdraft protection service simply because she'd managed to avoid any overdrafts since she opened her accounts. More »
New Study Suggests Drug Ads Ineffective, But Expensive For Consumers
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Researchers at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver looked at sales figures and prices for the blood thinner Plavix after direct-to-consumer advertising started in 2001. What they found was that the campaign was largely ineffective at increasing prescribing rates, but that the price of the drug shot up 12% almost immediately to cover the cost of the marketing campaign. More »
Continental, ExpressJet Fined $100,000 For Tarmac Delay Incident
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Back in August, Continental and its partner, ExpressJet kept 47 passengers, including some babies, on a plane for 11 hours with only some pretzels to eat. A few days later, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced that he was looking in to the issue. Last week, the DOT announced that the Aviation Enforcement Office (AEO) had fined Continental Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines $100,000 for their involvement in the incident. More »
More Morning Deals
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We've received a lot more Cyber Monday tips since the Morning Deals post went up, so here's another look at some bargains, most of which are good for today only. More »
New Jersey Wants Marketers To Stop Mailing Unsolicited Checks
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Assemblyman Paul Moriarty wants direct mail marketers to stop sending out those "free money!" checks that auto-enroll you in expensive programs when you deposit them, while a senator has introduced a similar measure. "Instead of relying on tricks, companies looking to sell their services in New Jersey should go back to the old-fashioned way: earning consumers' trust," said Moriarty. More »
Toys R Us Double Charges Black Friday Shoppers
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Reader Ken emails to let us know that Toys R Us is experiencing a double billing issue stemming from some sort of glitch on Black Friday. He says a friend just told him she was double charged, and that when she contacted Toys R Us, they told her it was a national problem. More »
NewEgg Told Me My HDTV Isn't Broken Enough To Return
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I Joked With Radio Shack Clerk About Livestronging, Still Got Livestronged
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James went into Radio Shack determined to make a purchase without getting stung by the forced $1 Livestrong donation some customers say they're finding on their receipts. He even joked with the clerk about the phenomenon. Then when he looked at his receipt, sure enough he found out he was an unwilling donor. More »
Watch Out For Cyber Monday Non-Deals
Just as Black Friday has its sleazy underside meant to make you pay more than you should to buy stuff you don't need, so does Cyber Monday. More »
Check Luggage Limits Online And Dodge Baggage Fees
How fat a bag can I bring? The ad-supported LuggageLimits compiles the carry-on and checked baggage rules for 90 airlines. Just enter your airline, ticket type, departure and arrival city and it will tell you if you're likely to hit any fee turbulence with your luggage. [LuggageLimits via Lifehacker]
Chase Gave Me A Credit Card I Didn't Want
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Steven writes about how he feels he was tricked into opening a credit card he didn't want, then still received the card even after he was vehement about canceling his unauthorized application. More »
Judge Wipes Away Half Million In House Debt
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In a legal twist that resembles the game show Who Wants To Be Absolved Of Their Predatory Mortgage, a New York judge zapped away more than $500,000 a couple owed OneWest Bank on its house, ABC News New York reports: More »
Use The Internet To Subvert Bogus Best Buy Optimization Fees
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Patrick discovered a clever way of avoiding Best Buy's silly optimization fees as he shopped for a laptop: Shop online and opt for in-store pickup. More »
Morning Deals
- Clothing
- Dickies : [Apparel] 30% Off Entire Order w/ Coupon WDBFC
- Steve Madden : [Apparel] 30% Off Entire Order + Free Shipping w/ Coupon MADDEN30
- Nike: [Clothing & Accessories] NikeStore clearance sale: Up to 70% off, extra 25% off, free shipping
- Victoria's Secret : [Apparel] 20% Off Entire Order w/ Coupon VSSAVE20
Slothful Home Loan Modifiers Earn More Money When You're Delinquent
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With a rising wave of foreclosures looming, the Treasury is stepping up pressure on lenders to finish modifying home loans and to pick up the pace. Potentially exacerbating the problem is that many loans are held by servicers whose fees increase the longer borrowers remain in default.
9 Dancing Ladies Cost More Than 7 Swans A Swimming This Year
It costs a little more this year to win the affections of the 9 Ladies Dancing of "The 12 Days Of Christmas Fame," according to the 26th annual PNC Christmas Price Index. The rise in gold prices has pushed up the price of the rings required to win the women's affection of the nine dancing ladies to $5,473.07, while falling the falling price of fowl has pushed down the swan cost to $5,250.00. Full chart inside.
