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Disneyland Hikes Ticket Prices As Much As 30%

Commented by scoobydoo:
11:45 AM on May 22, 2012

This isn't news until we have a year Disney does NOT raise prices. Price increases for their properties are just a fact of life :(

Do-Gooder Buys Out A Closing Kmart To Donate $200K Worth Of Items To Charity

Commented by scoobydoo:
1:02 PM on May 18, 2012

Sad fact: a KMart full of merchandise is only worth 200K.

Washing Your Clothes Now Involves Complicated Flow Chart, Credit Cards

Commented by scoobydoo:
3:10 PM on May 15, 2012

Apparently the comment system is too complex for you.

Nomadic And Crashing With Friends? No Computer Parts For You

Commented by scoobydoo:
12:34 PM on May 9, 2012

Next week on Consumerist: Man sees $1400 in unauthorized charges show up on credit card bill -- why didn't vendor verify his address?

You can't have it both ways - Tiger Direct sells a lot of high value gear, and they need to protect themselves and their customers. You can't expect a vendor to just blindly ship $1400 in merchandise to any random address. I'm happy to hear they do verifications, as it means they take fraud seriously.

J.C. Penney Employee: 'I Fear We're Turning Into Sears'

Commented by scoobydoo:
9:51 AM on May 2, 2012

Serves them right for bringing on someone who invented the Apple Store thinking they could use that success and apply it to cheap clothes.

Can I Use A Chargeback On A No-Show Electrician?

Commented by scoobydoo:
9:36 AM on May 1, 2012

My husband tells him that he will be ***home all day*** and that he doesn't have to call first before coming out.

On March 19th, my husband ***left in the morning*** to grab breakfast from the fast food place nearby. When he returned

Well, there is your problem. Don't leave when you say you'll be home.

HSBC's Credit Card Policies Feel Like 1994 All Over Again

Commented by scoobydoo:
11:08 AM on April 19, 2012

So, you "earn" 4% to spend on more crap at Best Buy, or you buy your iPad online from a vendor with no sales tax, and save 8% or more? (unless of course you live in a sales tax free state).

Either way - I don't understand why the 4% reward zone coupons would even remotely make it worthwhile to shop there.

Hard is math.

Should Western Union Do More To Catch Scammers?

Commented by scoobydoo:
11:55 AM on April 17, 2012

It is clearly not in their best interests to intervene - the more people that are scammed, the more money WU makes.

Archos Sends 'Refurbished' Tablet Full Of Scratches, Fingerprints, Porn

Commented by scoobydoo:
11:56 AM on April 16, 2012

I'm being very careful here not to blame the victim, but the whole part about opening the video app in front of young kids and automatically seeing lesbian porn just doesn't sound right. The video app shows the thumbnail of the clip and the title, and I have a very hard time believing she opened the app and picked the clip, all within plain view of kids. I know it is hip to add some drama to a complaint email, but too much of this one just sounds like bullshit.

That said; Archos is a horrible company to deal with, and in this case, a chargeback or demand for refund sounds like the way to go.

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