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Target Claims Tech Exec Created His Own Bar Codes To Buy LEGOs On The Cheap
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 23, 2012 12:00 PM
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You're never too old for LEGOs! But it is possible to take those beloved brightly colored building blocks to a bad place where you're resorting to crime in the pursuit of said toy. Millionaire tech executive Thomas Langenbach has been arrested for allegedly creating bar codes and using them to buy LEGOs at Target for his own special discounted price, and then selling them. More »
Aer Lingus Really Doesn't Want Ryanair To Be All Up In Its Business Anymore
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 22, 2012 4:30 PM
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Aer Lingus scored a hit against fellow Irish airline Ryanair in court today, which will allow British authorities to continue investigating the cheapo carriers over its ownership of a 30% stake in Aer Lingus. More »
Interim Best Buy CEO Admits Company Isn't The Greatest At Shilling Electronics Anymore
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 22, 2012 3:00 PM
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Best Buy hasn't been enjoying much success lately: Its CEO departed amidst allegations he had an inappropriate relationship with a female employee, prompting the exit of Chairman Richard Schulze for not handling that situation well. And oh yeah, it's not selling as much stuff as it used to. Interim Chief Executive Mike Mikan isn't parsing any words on that front. More »
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Spending 40 Hours A Year Stuck In Traffic Doesn't Sound Like Much Fun
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 22, 2012 2:00 PM
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There are a lot of things you can fill 40 hours of your life with. Gazing at waterfalls, eating a few wheels of cheese, taking some nice long walks with your dog or flying to Fiji — the possibilities are endless. All of those things are better than spending more than an average of 40 hours sitting idle in traffic a year, which is what one study says is true for Americans in 10 cities. More »
NYC Airports Installing Avatars That Get Chatty Upon Being Approached
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 22, 2012 1:00 PM
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They aren't tall, blue and skilled with flying beasts, but avatars installed at certain airports could provide useful information for travelers soon. If you can't find an actual warm body to assist you, you'll be able to just walk up to one of these flat-screen helpers and have it start talking. More »
Amazon Figures Out How To Funnel California Sales Tax Back Into Its Own Pockets
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 21, 2012 12:00 PM
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Amazon has been battling against having to pay state sales tax for awhile, and now it seems to have dreamed up the perfect scheme: It'll pay sales taxes in California starting next fall, but by setting up shop in two cities, it'll manage to funnel that money right back into its own pockets. More »
Lenovo Has My Defective Computer, Isn't Returning My Calls
By Laura Northrup on May 17, 2012 12:30 PM
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Bethany's Lenovo laptop computer is pretty nice. At least, it is when it's around. It keeps taking extended vacations at Lenovo's repair depot, to the point that she had to buy another computer in order to get through finals and computerless life in general. After they held on to her machine for three weeks, she finally asked for a refund instead of getting the evidently defective computer back. That's when they stopped returning her calls. More »
Should Domino's Be Held Accountable For Franchisee's Robocalls?
By Chris Morran on May 17, 2012 11:45 AM
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Where do you place the invisible line of responsibility that separates a national fast food company from the actions of its franchisees? That was the question facing a judge in Washington state, who found that Domino's Pizza should not be held liable for the questionable telephone marketing employed by one of its franchisees. More »
Can Verizon Hike My Cable Box Rent In The Middle Of A Contract?
By Laura Northrup on May 17, 2012 9:35 AM
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Jeanne has had her Verizon FiOS settop boxes for three years now, and the rent for them has remained the same. Until now. The difference is only a dollar, but what vexes her is that she just signed a contract in order to get a discount on her service. They shouldn't be able to raise the rent when she's signed a contract. Should they? And why is the rent higher when she still has the same old boxes? More »
Chiropractor Who Gave Skechers Such A Great Quote Is Also Married To A Skechers Staffer
By Chris Morran on May 16, 2012 12:00 PM
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As we mentioned earlier today, among the many pieces of evidence in the FTC's $40 million settlement with Skechers over deceptive advertising for the shoe maker's toning sneakers is one claim about a supposed "independent" clinical study undertaken by a chiropractor — who may not have been totally unbiased in his research. More »
Skechers To Pay $40 Million In Refunds Because Putting On Shoes Is Not A Workout
By Laura Northrup on May 16, 2012 11:15 AM
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News flash: you can't work out by not working out. As we predicted in November, the Federal Trade Commission has settled with shoemaker Skechers over claims that their rounded-bottom Shape-Up shoes helped wearers to tone their lower-body muscles and lose weight. These claims were all over ads and promotional material for the shoes, including an ad that aired during the 2011 Super Bowl. More »
GM Says Facebook Ads Don't Work
By Meg Marco on May 15, 2012 5:30 PM
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GM spends about $40 million dollars on its Facebook presence, but only $10 million of that goes to Facebook itself, in the form of ads. Unfortunately for Facebook, it turns out that their cut will soon be zero. More »
New CDC Study Reveals A Third Of Young White Adult Women Get Tans Indoors
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 11, 2012 5:00 PM
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Someone pass me the aloe — I'm feeling burned just reading about the results of a new study by the Centers for Disease Control. Not only have half of adults under 30 had a sunburn in the last year, but about a third of white women between 18 and 21 admits to going tanning 20 times on average in a year. More »
Throwing Hot Coffee On The Donut Shop Worker Is Not A Reasonable Way To Resolve A Dispute
By Chris Morran on May 11, 2012 11:15 AM
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For years, we've advocated the use of the Executive E-mail Carpet Bomb as a way for customers to resolve disputes with companies. What he have never suggested is the Donut Shop Employee Coffee Bomb. More »
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How My Ex-Wife Is Unintentionally Keeping Me Away From My Money
By Laura Northrup on May 11, 2012 9:00 AM
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If you're going to be goofing off on the Internet anyway, you might as well make some money at it, right? That's how so many of us find ourselves doing tiny tasks using Amazon's Mechanical Turk in the wee hours of the morning. Reader Alex recently started using it, too. He's built up a nice balance, which he would like to withdraw using his Amazon payments account. Only he can't, because that account is a joint one with his ex-wife. Who he never added to his payments account, but might have had a wedding registry with long ago. Now Amazon has locked him out of his payments account entirely, and he can't fix the situation. Hey, $75 is $75. More »
Now You Can Force Your Friends To Finally Read 'Harry Potter' With Kindle Lending
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 10, 2012 3:00 PM
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If you're sick of trying to foist various large tomes from the Harry Potter series on your friends so they can finally see for themselves how exciting Quidditch is, there's relief in sight. Amazon announced today that Kindle owners can now borrow Harry Potter e-books from the Kindle Owners' Lending Library. More »
Dish Keeps Making Up New Reasons Why They Want My Boyfriend's Money
By Laura Northrup on May 10, 2012 9:03 AM
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Why does Dish Network keep charging Amy's boyfriend for his old account? It could be because he made a few payments on a deadbeat roommate's account, and then that roommate never turned the equipment back in. But he did. It could be because the account was canceled before the contract was up, and it was his name on the contract. But it wasn't. Dish just keeps making up reasons, and are determined to get his money one way or another. More »
Travelocity's 'Confirmation' Doesn't Mean You Really Booked A Hotel Room, Silly
By Laura Northrup on May 8, 2012 12:33 PM
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The idea behind booking a hotel room or other travel through a site like Travelocity is that they're supposed to, um, actually book the travel that you pay for. They didn't manage to do that for the hotel room Graham tried to book in Maine. He booked nine weeks ahead, then learned that the reservation was imaginary two weeks before the trip. More »
American Airlines Regrets That Whole Lifetime First Class Pass Thing
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 7, 2012 4:00 PM
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Back in the day, American Airlines thought it was a pretty good idea to sell unlimited first-class travel for a lifetime. For a few hundred thousand dollars, travelers could hop on a jet any time, and for an additional fee, so could a companion of their choice. Turns out that costs American a lot of money, and they're trying to shut the whole thing down as a result. More »
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Stuck In Mexico Without Any Bags Thanks To Gate-Checked Carryon
By Laura Northrup on May 7, 2012 8:00 AM
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Edwin's wife flew to Mexico last week, toting only her carry-on luggage. United Airlines personnel made her gate-check the suitcase, telling her that it was too big and that she would definitely get it back when she landed. She hasn't seen her suitcase since, and suspects it might have been stolen. United, as of yesterday, refused to give Edwin or Mrs. Edwin any answers. More »
