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• Commented on Amazon Does A Solid For Student Who Suffered Bungled Textbook Orders
  Amazon is this good. I have stuff break sometmes, if its within 90 days amazon has always helped me out. I had a DOA headphone set the other month, np, overnight shipping and all was forgiven!...
• Commented on Reminder: Amish Heater Is Still No Miracle
  All electric heaters suck -- they just do resistive heat and put it into something. Some do a better job of doing it safely, but they all have to make the same heat from the same energy, its the law!...
• Commented on E.E.C.B. Forces Best Buy To Finally Replace Defective TV
  Yeah, except 4 bulbs in short order points to a bad ballast or other part. I'd like to say I had a similar problem with a Panasonic tv from a few years ago and had to do exactly the same...
• Commented on Minister For Hire Walks Out On Wedding
  zero tolerance = zero intelligence...
• Commented on Access Commercial WiFi Hotspots At Airports For Free
  You know, because $10 for 30 days of internet access at airports is far too expensive. (boingo's price for internet service)...
• Commented on Dodge Dealership Can't Repair Truck After 6 Days, Local Mechanic Does It In 10 Minutes
  @dieman: [dealership owners, that is]...
• Commented on Dodge Dealership Can't Repair Truck After 6 Days, Local Mechanic Does It In 10 Minutes
  @RustyRyan: Or alternatively, you could go to a well managed mechanic in the area and pay less. The only disadvantage that they've got is owners who oppose the right to repair act....
• Commented on Macbook Pro Owner Caught In Warranty Catch-22 Thanks To Apple's Mistake
  Easy fix: get insurance from your homeowners insurance for your laptop. I think I pay $18 a year for $5k in coverage for multiple devices....
• Commented on Call Center Disciplines Reps If You're Not Happy With Your Collections Call
  Lets see, if your calling me back for a survey, I'm answering 0. Thanks!...
• Commented on GameFly Accuses US Postal Service Of Breaking, Losing, And Stealing Its Game Discs
  I don't doubt this, I tried mailing some plastic items in the mail last christmas. They were significantly thicker than a CD/DVD but made of acrylic. They were broken into 2-3 pieces each time. Next year we're gonna just forego...
• Commented on Consumer Reports Tests the ShamWow
  @richcreamerybutter: Easy way to fix that, desk audits once a week and cut all the cords (unplugged, first) that are on those infernal space heaters. If its under 68F in your cube then file a complaint or start piping up...
• Commented on Comcast Threatens To Cancel Your Service Over "Leaky Signal" That They Can't Understand Or Fix
  Easy fix: configure your home wiring to only make active the cable jacks you use, or put terminators on each jack you aren't using....
• Commented on Best Buy Assembles Washer/Dryer Outside, Delivers It To Your Neighbor
  Best Buy call in lines suck, they have to be outsourced to the worst companies in the world. The Corp office troubleshooters are amazing. Just push your issue until you feel there is no chance of resolution on the phone...
• Commented on Recession Special: $2,299.99 Roast At Costco
  Just like how we all cringe at veal, we should be cringing at kobe beef....
• Commented on Another Gap Markup Story, Higher Price Rung Up At The Register
  Ironically, Old Navy had a heck of a huge amount of stuff on sale in their stores. (old navy is owned by gap) And please, if you need plain t-shirts, give up on the gap and just go to american...
• Commented on WISdomestics Blames Competitors For Its Own Misleading Vibrator Copy
  @Applekid: Crap -- that sites main blog page is infected, google safe browsing freaked out at it....
• Commented on Walmart: Your Generous Holiday Gesture Is Blocking Foot Traffic In Our Vestibule
  @The Name's Ash78, Housewares: Great, tell the Salvation Army to start accepting peoples of all faiths, sexual orientation, etc equally and I bet Target would consider them again. I can't bring myself to dump change into a bucket that essentially...
• Commented on Petland Uses Puppy Mills
  @MightyDwarf56: Humane societies generally have a fee that does not cover the cost of vaccination, screening, health check, neuter/spay, etc. The fees along with donations provide facilities and personnel to intake any animal, no questions asked. Rescues and no-kill shelters...
• Commented on Petland Uses Puppy Mills
  @Ratty: Remember, theres also a ton of breeders who aren't uppity or are trying to make an obscene profit on every dog, seek them out, they actually care about the hobby and the breed. Breeding for profit and a living...
• Commented on Community Outraged At Buca di Beppo Restaurant Manager's Firing?
  buca around here in the twin cities seems good, the mgr and staff at the maple grove location actually seemed pretty happy....
• Commented on Is Volkswagen Violating The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act?
  My wife had a creditor (original) call her asking her to discuss a debt with her brother. She was not the cosigner on the debt and read the /riot/ act back to this representative. They claim they'll never call again,...
• Commented on 85% Of Gas Stations In Nashville, TN Are Without Gas Right Now
  Heh, note to many claiming they have cheap deductables -- look over your policy again, most providers have gone to a 1% rule for wind damage. 1% of your property value. Mr $3500 likely has a $350k home, so yeah,...
• Commented on Target Has 79-Year-Old Taken In For Mental Evaluation After She Demanded Cash Refund
  In most of the Twin Cities area, 911 is the only way to call the police....
• Commented on This Coffee Shop's Restroom Policy Is Extremely Subtle
  Luckily, this is illegal in some states -- you can't refuse a restroom to someone with some chronic illnesses....
• Commented on Is Your Milk Spoiling Faster?
  We've decided to hunt out the UHT milk and just have that on hand. It keeps better in a 2-person household and we can buy 2-3 half gallons at a time rather than have to go back and pick up...
• Commented on This Target Coupon Is Made Of Lies
  In minneapolis here I've never had this issue with getting the coupons back. We use the rewards system for prescriptions, its sort of a bonus for having a chronic illness -- 10% off all our groceries all year. (we get...
• Commented on Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Refuses Bathroom Access to 5-Year-Old, Who Then Has Diarrhea In Front Of Them
  My wife has Crohn's Disease -- its not a joke. Honestly if someone thinks they can restrict bathroom access to chronically ill people and get away with it, they are crazy. Luckily a few states in the midwest have implemented...
• Commented on Tony Roma's, Where 16oz = 14oz
  At the local brewpub we pay like $3.50 for a 'mug', which I'm guessing is 23oz or larger. I say just drink at places that actually seem to want your business....
• Commented on Walgreens Pill-Flipping Scheme Costs Taxpayers Millions
  Believe me, the insurance companies get gamed just as much as government. The only way to fix the problem is to shut off the money pipeline (public and private) to health care, but then we'd probably have a ton of...
• Commented on Legal Sea Foods CEO Offers Sarcastic "Apology" To Offended Trolley Conductors
  Sadly, last time we were in boston we had problems finding any good seafood anyhow. Stellas in Minneapolis beat out most of the lobster,etc that we found. There /is/ an amazing italian/seafood place on the sliver line over near what...