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• Commented on Even A Happy Ending To An Appliance Saga Doesn't Leave Customer Happy
  You win this comment stream, hands-down. And up, and down, ......
• Commented on Pizza Hut Thinks We Should Eat Pasta With Our Fingers
  Stupid? Absolutely. Face-palmingly so. Major consumer issue? Hardly....
• Commented on Couple Faces $700 Tab For Listing Copy Of Rosetta Stone They Didn't Know Was Pirated
  How exactly are the couple liable for this amount? If the software was stolen physical property then a police report should have been filed. If the software is a digital COPY, than Rosetta Stone can take them to court to...
• Commented on Pizza Hut Thinks We Should Eat Pasta With Our Fingers
  Well, for the record, a missing pickle on a sammich counts as a major injury to me... ;)...
• Commented on Woman Returns Lost iPhone, Is Rewarded With Beating
  There's a reason it's called Fred'necks-burg....
• Commented on Pizza Hut Thinks We Should Eat Pasta With Our Fingers
  Of course it is, but on the scale of consumer problems it is pretty minor. There are two key dimensions here: 1) Consumer harm: a) death, b) major injury, c) subjected to great risk, d) major inconvenience, e) minor inconvenience....
• Commented on Pizza Hut Thinks We Should Eat Pasta With Our Fingers
  Seconded....
• Commented on Smartphone Message Service Read Receipts -- Stress Incarnate Or Peace Of Mind?
  Sweet, sweet justice....
• Commented on This HSBC Customer Is Left Out Of The Changeover
  But... but... he was WRONGED! I don't know what world you live in, but in this world we all sit around becoming victims. We sit around and complain about how others infringe on our lives and make things inconvenient. Did...
• Commented on FedEx Punishing Me For Delivering Package Addressed To My Neighbor, Claims It Was Mine
  Aaaannd your neighbor is not willing to help in this process? I'm pretty sure my neighbors would. Or perhaps it was a box full of rabid honeybadgers?...
• Commented on I Don't Appreciate Your Bubbly Excitement About Death, Shutterfly
  Ok, so now the issue isn't that Emerson is "complaining", it's that the comments weren't substantive enough. Which is it? FWIW, I could make the same point about Loias' response. If you want to criticize another commenter, at least say,...
• Commented on Aspiring Nun Has Too Much Student Debt To Take Vow Of Poverty
  First of all, I'm not convinced you have to go to college to become a nun. But, even if you do, there are far more economical ways to get a degree without shelling out $60K. Most people don't like those...
• Commented on General Mills Must Defend Claim That Fruit Roll-Ups Are "Made With Real Fruit"
  Actually, I think they'd be in the clear if they just used the pears to pound the roll-up goo flat....
• Commented on I Don't Appreciate Your Bubbly Excitement About Death, Shutterfly
  You're right. The point of the comments is only to register agreement with the OP, the Consumerist editor, or other commenters. Ah, harmony.......
• Commented on Small Brewer Says Budweiser Is Bullying Him About Old Kegs
  Those must be some pretty stupid people then. What you seem to be missing is that just because the AB logo is on the kegs, it has NOTHING to do with who has ownership of the kegs. Period. AB has...
• Commented on Too Bad We Can't All Blame Jury Duty Summonses On Computer Glitches
  Maybe I wasn't clear, but what I meant was opportunity to rise to the occasion when the need for duty is thrust upon us. Not the other kind where you fit in your service at your convenience between relaxing in...
• Commented on Small Brewer Says Budweiser Is Bullying Him About Old Kegs
  I understand their "claim". Their "claim" may or may not have a basis in reality and it seems silly to me that so many here would find it more credible than the smaller brewers. There is no reason to believe...
• Commented on Small Brewer Says Budweiser Is Bullying Him About Old Kegs
  Exactly how are you concluding the brewer knows the keg is stolen? For example, a radio show near where I live puts out easter kegs for people to find every year and even discussed how they bought them for not...
• Commented on Rogue Garbage Truck Kidnaps My Trash, Demands Ransom
  How exactly did they indicate he wanted it taken? This may make sense to you, but I don't think it is correct as a matter of law. He would have to have a contract with the company requesting said action....
• Commented on Too Bad We Can't All Blame Jury Duty Summonses On Computer Glitches
  I think it is sad that we talk about it like it is a burden rather than a civic duty. Unless you are in the peace corps, military, fire, or police depts, very seldom to we get opportunities to perform...
• Commented on How Many Minutes Should Store Employees Get To Clean Up Baby Vomit?
  It was nice and I would/have done the same. However, it is actually not a great approach for the business--if the individual cleaning up the mess injures themselves somehow (hot water, fumes, glass, whatever) and sues, they would have a...
• Commented on Ordering Appliance At Lowe's Results In Cascade Of Incompetence
  There was another first too: "No order had been completed but the CSR did confirm there were notes concerning my issue on file. " Never have I ever read a Consumerist story where subsequent calls confirmed that notes were actually...
• Commented on How Gamestop Lost My Business Over Twenty Bucks
  While I generally agree with you, if you're not aware of the existence of Impulse, how would you know to ask? This is unfortunately where we are today: people that staff these stores and do this kind of work aren't...
• Commented on Sprint Decides It Doesn't Want Me As A Customer, Cuts Phone Off With No Warning
  And federal judges do not have ANY interaction or relationships with other federal judges or district attorneys? Come on, you can't be that naive......
• Commented on Should Western Union Do More To Catch Scammers?
  Holding people and organizations accountable for secondary liability is a very tricky business. That's why we don't hold baseball bat manufacturers accountable for assaults using baseball bats or Facebook accountable for stalkers. In general, I think it is good long-term...
• Commented on The Supermarket Tricks You Need To Avoid To Save While Shopping
  Seconded!...
• Commented on Making An Early Retirement Work
  That's fair, but I still think some of what I said applies. What most people think of as affordable housing far exceeds what is truly necessary. The days of 3,000 square-foot homes needs to be over. We don't need dining...
• Commented on Making An Early Retirement Work
  I think I tend to agree with you, but what standards are we talking about here? 3 televisions, an iPad, a Keurig coffee maker and two $30K cars? If by standards, you really meant expectations, then yes it is a...
• Commented on Making An Early Retirement Work
  Send my cookie to the Child Rescue Center in Nigeria, please....
• Commented on Making An Early Retirement Work
  Yeah, having access to potable water, education, not being threatened by violence on a daily basis, an actual job market (albeit challenging), food at the supermarket, cellphones, TV, etc. is pretty sad. I sure do envy those 25,000 that die...