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Boston Mayor To FCC: Please Don't Listen To Comcast
By Chris Morran on May 25, 2012 3:30 PM
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In April, cable subscribers in Boston were offered a glimmer of hope after the FCC ruled that the city would once again, after a decade of price increases from Comcast (the only cable company in town), be allowed to regulate cable pricing. But the war isn't over, as Comcast has asked the FCC to rethink its ruling while Boston's mayor has asked the FCC to just please not listen to Comcast. More »
Don't Be Attacked By Criminals Posing As Comcast Techs
By Chris Morran on May 24, 2012 12:15 PM
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What's worse than having a bad cable company tech wrecking your house? How about three men posing as cable techs who want to break into your house to rob and assault you? More »
My Dad's Neighbor Ate His Delicious Birthday Steaks, Omaha Steaks Fixes My Error
By Laura Northrup on May 23, 2012 8:05 AM
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Kara is a totally great daughter, which is why she sent her dad a box of Omaha Steaks for his last birthday. She isn't as great at typing in his address, though, and the box had been delivered to a neighbor's house. This neighbor quietly signed for and ate $70 worth of gift meats. While the good news is that Omaha Steaks went above and beyond, correcting Kara's error and sending replacements, this still means that her dad has to live next to some jerk who ate his birthday present. Maybe this neighbor will invite him over for an incredibly awkward barbecue. More »
Dorito-Loving Raccoons Loitering Behind Neighborhood Store
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 18, 2012 4:00 PM
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If you think it'd be cute to see a raccoon munching on a bag of Doritos, try to envision about 62 of them wandering around chomping snacks in your neighborhood. One community has been swarmed with a big group of raccoons that have been congregating in the woods behind a Stop and Save. More »
Report: Judges Collect More Than $1 Million In Traffic Fines By Calling Them 'Court Costs'
By Chris Morran on May 18, 2012 3:38 PM
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Imagine you're caught speeding — or driving recklessly, or driving without a license — and you appear in traffic court all set to pay the fine. But then the judge tells you that he's not only knocking your offense down to a warning, but also discounting your penalty and collecting the lesser amount as "court costs." You'd probably be very happy. Only problem is, it's probably illegal and it keeps bad drivers on the road. More »
Community Not About To Let Walmart Sneak Into Spot Zoned For Residential Use
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 18, 2012 11:00 AM
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In the case of an Arkansas town situated near the Bentonville headquarters of Walmart, proximity has not made many hearts grow fonder. Citizens packed a recent meeting in Bella Vista to make themselves heard on the issue of rezoning a spot so a Walmart Neighborhood Market could ostensibly move in. More »
Flying While Fat: Research And Self-Awareness Mean Smooth Travel
By Laura Northrup on May 17, 2012 11:33 AM
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Reader Mechpaul is a large man. He used to avoid flying, afraid of what would happen if he was too big for his seat, encroaching on his neighbors' space and potentially being humiliated and marched off the plane. Instead of approaching his flight with fear, he armed himself with two essential tools: a measuring tape and the Internet. He used these to find out whether he would fit in a United Airlines seat, and to plan accordingly. More »
9 Examples Why You May Want To Avoid Homeowners Associations Like The Plague
By Chris Morran on May 15, 2012 12:15 PM
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We watch a lot of real estate shows here at Consumerist HQ, especially the many variations on the "show three places and pretend to pick the one that you're already in escrow on." And while home buyers always remember to ask, "Are there HOA fees?", they don't ask the more important questions, like "Why in the world am I buying a place with an HOA?" More »
FedEx Punishing Me For Delivering Package Addressed To My Neighbor, Claims It Was Mine
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 14, 2012 3:15 PM
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Consumerist reader Kenneth is a pretty good neighbor. After all, he dropped off a misdelivered package FedEx left on his stoop to a house around the corner where it was actually supposed to be going. But that simple act of consideration has resulted in FedEx refusing to deliver what he was supposed to get in the first place. More »
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You Might Be Making More Money If You Lived Somewhere Else
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 10, 2012 5:00 PM
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Stuck in an economic rut? Maybe a move could give you a boost, says a new study, which found that the more economically mobile citizens of the U.S. live in places like New England and the Mid-Atlantic states. If you're living in the South, well, that money ladder is harder to climb. More »
Let's Briefly Relive 2006, When People Laughed At The Guy Who Said The Economy Wasn't All It Was Made Out To Be
By Chris Morran on May 8, 2012 10:01 PM
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Remember 2006, when your paperboy quit his route to work at a hedge fund, and the little girls down the street were flipping lemonade stands all over the neighborhood? It was also the gilded age of financial forecasters proudly declaring that nothing could possibly go wrong with the housing market, all while giving a swirly to any Debbie Downer who said otherwise. More »
UPS And UPS Store Awaken Reader's Inner Groomzilla
By Laura Northrup on May 8, 2012 9:00 AM
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Gus's fiancée shipped the invitations for their upcoming wedding to him in Ohio from her current home in California. Only they needed to arrive before Gus leaves for a long trip today. Sending them 2nd Day Air from a UPS store, the future Mrs. Gus didn't expect them to be held for a few days to a different city in California. It was finally on its way and... delivered to the wrong place yesterday. More »
Round Saltines Disguise Stealth Shrink Ray
By Laura Northrup on May 7, 2012 11:31 AM
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As we reported on Friday, in parts of the Northeast, Nabisco's traditional Premium brand saltine crackers have abruptly disappeared from the shelves. Unless they want to switch to one of the several other brands of saltines, their only choices are mini crackers or the new round ones. The change also disguises a stealth Grocery Shrink Ray that reduces the total mass of crackers in a box. More »
Disney Ruins Family Vacation By Not Letting Adopted Child On Cruise
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 4, 2012 10:00 AM
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When B. and her husband K. were preparing to take their family on a Disney cruise, they knew they'd have to be prepared. Their son is adopted, and realized Disney has a policy that each child needs a birth certificate to board the boat, and they didn't have his yet. Unfortunately, despite their careful planning, things went awry, and how. More »
Home Ownership Dips To New Low While We Become A Renter's Nation
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 1, 2012 12:00 PM
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As the share of home owners in the United States keeps sliding down, marching right upward is the amount of us who are now renting our residences. Makes sense — if you can't afford to own a home, you've got to find somewhere to live in the meantime. And not everyone has access to their parents' basement. More »
Georgia Woman Arrested For Removing Illegal Roadside Sign
By Chris Morran on April 30, 2012 1:15 PM
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While two cities in Florida are using robocalls to go after the people who litter their roadsides with illegal "snipe" or "bandit" signs advertising everything from home-flippers to roofers to tax assistance, their neighbors to the north arrested a woman who took the law into her own hands. More »
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Average Foreclosure In NYC Area Now Takes Longer Than 3 Years
By Chris Morran on April 27, 2012 2:30 PM
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Aside from being the title of a totally rad Olsen Twins movie, the phrase "New York minute" implies that things move rapidly in the Big Apple. One exception is the home foreclosure process, which can drag out to more than 1,100 days in the NYC metro area. More »
Hasbro Uses Fan's Love To Get His Address & Send Creepsters After Him
By Mary Beth Quirk on April 25, 2012 2:00 PM
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Hasbro really knows how to take intense love and devotion to its products and turn it into a creepy, weird stalkerish situation, and fast. A man named Martyn in Australia was so into Nerf guns that he had a blog devoted to the subject so he and other fans could geek out over the toys. All fine and dandy until he posted a review of a gun that wasn't released yet. More »
New Book About Comcast Is For Kabletown Employees Only
By Chris Morran on April 24, 2012 1:15 PM
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We've been hearing for a couple weeks from folks inside Comcast that the company had commissioned a book on the creation of the country's largest cable provider (and current owner of a third-tier network called NBC). And while it's currently being shipped out to all Comcast employees, the 424-page tome will not be made available for those of us who might want to actually read it. More »
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Starbucks & Disney Form Overly Cheerful, Caffeinated Alliance
By Mary Beth Quirk on April 23, 2012 2:00 PM
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Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum — and also a grande nonfat caramel macchiato with extra whip, please. A new joint venture between Starbucks and Disney means visitors to the theme parks will be able to get their caffeine fix in cafes designed to blend in with their surroundings. More »
