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• Commented on Laid-Off Workers Keep Up Appearances, Pretend To Be Employed
  Didn't a lot of people do this same thing during the Great Depression?...
• Commented on Goldman Sachs Thinks Walmart And Amazon Are Gonna Kick Best Buy's Ass
  I tell my friends and family to shop at BestBuy and buy from Walmart all the time....
• Commented on Urban Expressions Craft Store Calls Customer A Whore
  Inappropriate response by the company, but I love it when customers think they deserve compensation because of the smallest of errors....
• Commented on The 7 Types Of Employees You Meet At Best Buy
  Christ that's hilarious. We had those people at Circuit City too (before they fired all the employees with product knowledge). The car audio guy caricature is perfect....
• Commented on College Students: Before You Bog Yourself Down With Loans Fill Out A FAFSA To Snag Free Pell Grants
  Just got $5200 from the Pell and over $10,000 total in scholarships and grants....
• Commented on Rumble In The Strip Mall: Best Buy Calls Out Walmart
  In reality what customers actually do is go to Walmart, get model numbers, go to BestBuy (or in my case they came to Circuit City), pick the salesman's brain, then scurry on off to Walmart to buy the product....
• Commented on Alltel Requires Data Plan For Blackberry Owners Who Don't Use Any Data
  @Darrone: I wanted the Palm Centro smartphone and Verizon wouldn't let me buy it without a data plan. I ended up going with the LG Dare, which I regret....
• Commented on Will CVS Ever Pull Expired Medicine, Baby Formula From Their Shelves?
  Does medicine really ever expire unless it is in liquid form? The dates are arbitrary. Food on the other hand... that's disgusting....
• Commented on P.F. Chang's Eats Recessions For Lunch
  PF Changs has the most bland "Asian" food I have ever eaten. I'll stick to the real thing....
• Commented on Package Mauled By Puppies After Fedex Delivery Error
  @snazz: Because if you let them rectify the problem you may not have a story on the Consumerist! And everybody wants their 15 minutes of fame!...
• Commented on Guy Sues BK For $100,000 For Not Holding The Pickles, Onions & Tomatoes
  Comparative negligence? I think a reasonable person with allergies to onions and such would have checked the burger first....
• Commented on Car Warranty Robot Calls Senator During Meeting On Capitol Hill
  I'd rather the senator take calls from robo-callers than talk anything about health care. Keep it up robo-callers!...
• Commented on GM To Eliminate Pontiac, Give Government 50% Stake
  Great, so now I'm going to be driving a government made vehicle?...
• Commented on Worst Company In America: Elite 8 Bracket!
  What? Peanut Corp was eliminated? They're my number 1 worst....
• Commented on What The Hell? Why Are There CompUSA Stores?
  The CompUSA here is depressing. Messy store with really dim lighting. And for a while now they've been wearing pink shirts. They say it's for breast cancer awareness, but I think that's just a cover so the employees aren't embarrassed...
• Commented on Worst Company In America: Cyberdyne Systems VS Weyland-Yutani Corp
  @octopede: So true. Some due drove in on a motorcycle and started firing his gun into the air. They need to up their security....
• Commented on Domino's Accidentally Gives Away 11,000 Pizzas in Bailout Promotion
  I think I'm one of the only sick people on the planet that LOVES Domino's Pizza and their wings....
• Commented on Banks Seeking To Value Assets Higher Than Market Value
  So they're going to change a big part of GAAP then? I believe assets are to be valued at fair market value, unless FMV isn't available, then it's book. I've had this pounded into my head for the past 3...
• Commented on AIG Financial Products Employee's Public Resignation Letter
  @chrylis: I believe it keeps you in a lower income tax bracket. I haven't learned about bonuses yet, but guaranteed payments (payments outside of your salary) do not have FICA taken out. I assume these "bonuses" are guaranteed payments. At...
• Commented on Best Buy Accused Of Paying Bonuses To Managers Who Don't Price Match
  I remember pulling the "it's a different model number" schtick when I worked at Circuit City. Not that I had a choice, manager's instructions, and only they can lower prices. The difference in model number? Ours had a US at...
• Commented on Comcast Threatens To Cancel Your Service Over "Leaky Signal" That They Can't Understand Or Fix
  We've had leaky signals before, but they were only discovered when a Comcast tech came out to check why our signal was weak. They fixed it within 10 minutes. Better get in touch with the local Comcast office, they tend...
• Commented on Congress Considering Sending The IRS After AIG
  I thought this was unconstitutional....
• Commented on Homeowners Association Will Foreclose On Your House If You Don't Pay $267.58
  I really dislike HOA. Wait, I meant HATE them! We used to rent a house that was in an HOA community. They were abusive and treated renters like dirt. We couldn't even get a key to the community pool because...
• Commented on Former CSR: Was Following Federal Law To Help Someone The Right Thing To Do?
  I didn't vote in the poll, but you should be following the law, no matter if it helps the customer or the company. If the customer doesn't agree with the law, they need to hire a lawyer or appeal with...
• Commented on Sorry, Your XBOX 360 Isn't The Right Kind Of Broken
  I'm waiting for my 360's DVD drive to eat up a game one day, because that's what it sounds like it is trying to do....
• Commented on Inspecting Circuit City Liquidation Merchandise Averts Disaster
  Aren't you running into a contract issue if the other party (Circuit City's liquidator) purposely sells you the incorrect product in incorrect packaging?...
• Commented on Cat Arrives Frozen After Plane Ride
  I'd never ship an animal. Lots of them suffocate....
• Commented on "Seriously, Is The Attorney General of Florida After Me For A $14 Bounced Check?"
  And by "looking into" Representative Frank means "totally ignored."...
• Commented on Jeep Incapable Of Selling To Man With $24,000 In Cash
  I bought a Chevy Cobalt back in August and one of the first things I did was come up with a price range. The salesman was great staying in that range and I paid about $1000 less than I expected....
• Commented on This Bag Of Clancy’s Ripple Potato Chips Needs More Nokia Phones
  Yes, I too am glad a child did not swallow a cell phone in its entirety, mistaking the thing for a potato chip......