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Are You A Customer Service Saboteur? If So, What Kind?
By Chris Morran on May 17, 2012 3:48 PM  
The idea of the bad consumer — the person whose antics make products and services more expensive or cause stores to enact anti-consumer policies — is nothing new to Consumerist readers. But a college student in Washington recently undertook an effort to identify seven categories of what he calls "Customer Service Saboteurs." More »

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Why Don't We Have Color E-Ink Readers Here In The U.S.?
By Chris Morran on January 12, 2012 5:48 PM  
While there are a number of full-color devices like the Kindle Fire or the Nook that are sold as e-readers, there is a segment of the e-book reading world that views them as dumbed-down tablets with too-bright backlit screens that suck up battery power. Many of these people have been waiting for a color version of the E-Ink technology used in all the non-Fire Kindles and a few other readers to eventually become a reality. Well, now it is, but you won't be seeing it stateside in the near future. More »

Consumer Reports: Are New LED Lightbulbs As Good As The Inefficient Incandescents?
August 30, 2011 7:00 PM  
Our scientific sisters over at Consumer Reports have set out to answer the question that's on everyone's minds lately: Is an LED lightbulb really a viable replacement for the controversial-and-soon-to-be-phased-out inefficient incandescent? More »

Dial-Up Modem Noise 700% Slower Becomes Ambient Opus
By Ben Popken on June 30, 2011 2:00 PM  
Remember that Bieber track that turned into a symphonic masterpiece once it was slowed down 800%? Yes? No? Well you might as well kill yourself, Brian Eno, because here's an old-school dial-up modem slowed down 700% , becoming an epic soundscape of terrifying drones and robotic wails, punctuated by tsunamis of static. Ah, it really captures the essence of what connecting to AOL in 1995 felt like. More »

The House That Recall Built: Welcome To America's Most Dangerous Home!
By Mary Beth Quirk on December 31, 2010 1:15 PM  
Oh, hey there. I didn't see you as I was just watching this improperly audio-synced Saving Private Ryan Blu-Ray on my overheating Vaio laptop. Welcome to our home, a top-to-bottom shining example of danger, stocked to the brim with 2010's most infamous recalled products! Let's take a little tour, shall we? More »

Reader Reviews White Castle's Pressed Sandwich Experiment So We Don't Have To
September 15, 2010 12:15 PM  
Last week, two adventurous Consumerist readers took us up on our challenge to test out White Castle's experimental BBQ and noodle menus being tested at single restaurants in Indiana and Ohio, respectively. Now, we complete the White Castle Trilogy with a reader's impressions of the chain's Decker's pressed sandwich menu in Lebanon, TN. More »

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    New TV Watches You While You Sleep
    By Mary Beth Quirk on May 15, 2010 3:21 PM  
    Snoozing in the flickering light of your TV set could be a thing of the past, if you want it to be — a new Sony Bravia model uses facial recognition technology to detect when you're sleeping and turns its display off, The Guardian reports. More »

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    Toyota Will Recall 95,700 Vehicles That May Experience Brake Problems At Very Low Temperatures
    By Meg Marco on August 27, 2009 9:12 PM  

    —>Toyota has announced that it plans to recall 95,700 2009 and 2010 model year Toyota Corolla, Corolla Matrix, and 2008 and 2009 Scion xD vehicles all equipped with 1.8 liter engines. The company is only notifying owners in states "affected" by extremely low temperatures: Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.  More »

    Groceries Stores Turning To Single Checkout Lines
    By consumerist.com on August 26, 2009 3:51 PM  

    —>Rich, poor, Slimfast or Milky Way, one thing grocery store customers can usually agree on is that they hate waiting in line. Retailers have sought out a number of solutions over the years - from self-checkout terminals to entertaining distractions and ambient fragrances - but, according to the Wall Street Journal, the latest trend is single-line queues.  More »

    Pulling The Plug On Central Air May Be Worth The Gain For the Pain
    By Phil Villarreal on July 29, 2009 1:45 PM  

    —>As you lounge in your house during the summer days, it's hard not to associate that ambient air conditioner hum in the background with a paper shredder destroying your money.  More »

    Buying A 2010 Chevy Camaro? Take This 68-Point Checklist With You
    By Chris Walters on July 21, 2009 4:29 PM  

    —>Some Camaro fans at Camaro5 have put together a list of owner-submitted things to watch out for with the new Camaro. Although they point out that not every other Camaro that rolls off the line is a bucket of fail—this isn't the Xbox 360, after all—there do seem to be enough first year production issues that you should inspect the vehicle very carefully before leaving the dealership.  More »

    Can't Sleep? Your Best Bet Is Probably Cognitive Behavorial Therapy
    By Chris Walters on June 9, 2009 12:14 AM  

    —>Chronic insomnia is one of those life-altering problems that seems minor at first, but builds up over time until it's negatively affecting everything in your life. The New York Times has a new article up about cost effective ways to treat it, including generic Ambien (so you can have generic sleep-sex, we guess). The treatment that seems to show the most promise is cognitive behavioral therapy, or C.B.T. Sessions cost between $100-150 each, but if your insurance won't help, there's an online self-guided version of C.B.T. for $25.  More »

    Watch Out, Ambien Makes You Slutty
    By Chris Walters on April 28, 2009 2:14 PM  

    —>We knew Ambien could cause sleep driving and sleep eating, but this man blames it for causing him to hook up with a woman he barely knows. Now he says the woman has called his home and refers to him as her f*** buddy, and yet he can't even remember the act. Oh also, he's married.  More »

    This Coffee Shop Has A Lot Of Rules
    By Alex Chasick on April 16, 2009 6:12 PM  

    —>Little-known fact: some coffee shops can be havens of passive-aggressive behavior. Reader Paul discovered what might be the most passive-aggressive coffee shop we've ever seen, and he'd like to share its dysfunction with the world.  More »

    Call For Entries: What Are The Most Disturbing "Side Effects" Mentioned in Drug Ads?
    By Meg Marco on June 17, 2008 8:59 PM  
    We're putting together a "top 10" list of disturbing side effects mentioned in drug ads and we wanted to make sure we didn't miss any.   More »

    Top Posts Of The Week
    By consumerist.com on March 21, 2008 9:00 PM  
    "...our exclusively obtained document contains several brand-new Best Buy personas, including "Maria Middle America" and "Empty Nesters" Helen and Charlie."  More »

    Circuit City Will Access A Secret Panel In Your TV For $104.74
    By Meg Marco on March 17, 2008 3:35 PM  

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    I bought a new 46" Sony Bravia TV in January of this year from Circuit City in the Sugarhouse area of Salt Lake City (Store#3350 801-463-4600). Being a pretty technical guy, I tweaked the brightness, contrast, color temperature and other settings to my content. The picture looks great, but I was told from friends that it's good to have the TV calibrated from a professional as they have access to a service panel that your normal everyday consumer can't get to. They're supposed to tweak the settings according to ambient light in the room, and an end result is they also reduce power consumption making the TV last longer.  More »

    23% Of Cellphone Calls Fall Below Minimum Quality Standards
    By consumerist.com on February 11, 2008 10:00 PM  

    —>A contributing factor to why cellphone service is so universally maligned: 23% of cellphone calls in the US and Western Europe fall below industry minimum standards for call quality, according to a new study published by Ditech. Two of the reasons for poor quality were ambient noise and acoustic echo. While these effects are caused primarily by the device the customer is using, the customer is more likely to blame their network for the problems and terminate service for another provider. This process is known in the industry as "churn," but consumers may know it better as "revenge."  More »