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Packaging Vs. Reality: Kraft Macaroni And Cheese Cups
By Laura Northrup on February 9, 2012 12:30 PM
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Jay is smart, and knows that packaged food never quite turns out the way it looks on the box. It's not physically possible. But he was surprised, when cooking a pre-packaged cup of Kraft macaroni and cheese from Costco, that the quantity of food-like substance in the cup didn't really measure up to what was shown on the box. Is he overreacting, or is this really an unrealistic portrayal of the food product within? More »
Ticketmaster: Two Tickets Per Household Literally Means Two Tickets Bought From Within Your House
By Chris Morran on February 6, 2012 2:18 PM
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Consumerist reader Laura recently went online to buy two pairs of concert tickets, one for herself and a second pair in a different section for her boss and his wife. But when she went to go print out these tickets last week, she found that the second pair had been cancelled several weeks earlier without telling her. More »
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21 CEOs Who Floated Away On Golden Parachutes Worth More Than $100 Million
By Chris Morran on January 27, 2012 1:30 PM
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Being the CEO of a multibillion-dollar global corporation is tough work. Or at least it had better be, considering the amount of money some of these folks were paid just to quit. More »
Woman Says Ticketmaster Threatened To Blacklist Her For Contacting American Express
By Chris Morran on January 23, 2012 12:15 PM
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With the clock ticking down until we open the floor up to Worst Company In America nominations, perennial Final Four contender Ticketmaster is here to remind everyone why they belong in the tournament. More »
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Best Buy Responds To Reports That It Is Dying A Slow Death
By Chris Morran on January 6, 2012 1:15 PM
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With a dwindling market share and increasingly public PR fiascoes, electronics mega-chain Best Buy has seen better days. And after the publication of a lengthy Forbes article detailing the ways in which the retailer is its own worst enemy, some have begun the countdown clock until the boys in blue go bankrupt. We would normally expect Best Buy to treat the Forbes piece the same way they would a complaining customer — by looking the other way and going on a smoke break in the back parking lot. But the CEO of Best Buy must have realized that shareholders know how to use the internet, because he's gone online to respond to the haters. More »
Here Are Consumerist's 10 Most-Read Stories For 2011
By consumerist.com on December 30, 2011 5:00 PM
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In the last twelve months, we've posted more than 6,000 stories on Consumerist, some of which have garnered a bit more attention than others. More »
DOJ Reportedly Prepping Criminal Charges Against BP
By Chris Morran on December 29, 2011 1:00 PM
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More than a year and a half after the disastrous collapse of the BP-operated Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, it looks like someone may finally be held accountable for the accident, as federal prosecutors are reportedly preparing to file criminal charges against the oil company and perhaps some individual employees. More »
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Time Warner Cable Has No Idea What It Is Supposed To Charge You
By Chris Morran on December 28, 2011 3:30 PM
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Consumerist reader Stephen is a Time Warner Cable customer who is considering ditching cable TV and opting instead to use services like Hulu and Netflix for his video-based entertainment. So one would think that a simple chat with TWC would inform him of exactly how much his bill would be if he dropped cable and switch to internet-only. One would think that, but one would be mistaken. More »
We're Sorry, Your Delicious Package Of Treats Was Intercepted By Post Office Rats
By Mary Beth Quirk on December 20, 2011 12:00 PM
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Rodents make the worst postal workers, especially when delicious, edible holiday treats are involved. One post office in Manhattan had a few rats and/or mice working over packages before they reached their intended destinations, resulting in a holiday surprise of a different kind. More »
Comcast Lures Me Back With Promotion Only To Later Deny It Ever Existed
By Mary Beth Quirk on December 19, 2011 3:00 PM
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Feeling like you're forced to do business with Comcast because of a dearth of other options is a bad way to start things off, as Consumerist reader M.K., says, "I would never deal with Comcast if I felt that I had the choice not to." But after checking out a Comcast offer that was priced right, M.K. decided to take the leap. More »
Bank Of America Settles For $315 Million Over Bad Merrill Lynch Investments
By Chris Morran on December 6, 2011 12:08 PM
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Another day, another settlement for reigning Worst Company In America runner-up Bank of America. This time, BofA has agreed to pay $315 to plaintiffs in a class-action suit over mortgage-backed investments sold by Merrill Lynch, the once-great financial institution that BofA swooped in to save when it collapsed in 2008. More »
BP Accuses Halliburton Of Destroying Evidence In Gulf Oil Spill Lawsuit
By Chris Morran on December 5, 2011 4:30 PM
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In its latest effort to spread the love from its Worst Company In America victory, BP has accused another much-loathed business, Halliburton, of destroying internal test results which BP claims demonstrates that the cement used to secure the ill-fated Gulf of Mexico oil well was unstable. More »
Study: JCPenney, Avon, Gap Websites Are Worst At Responding To Customer E-Mails
By Chris Morran on November 30, 2011 4:45 PM
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After years of being trained to dread contacting a company via phone, lest we get trapped in the automated phone tree, customers are turning to e-mail for resolving their customer service issues. And while a new study shows that a majority of the top online retailers did a passable job of replying to customer inquiries, a handful of websites apparently decided to give their e-mail customer service teams some extra time off this holiday season. More »
Bakery: We Lost At Least $19,500 In Groupon Deal
By Chris Morran on November 22, 2011 11:30 AM
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The biggest complaint from businesses that were unhappy with their Groupon experience is that too many people take advantage of the discount without spending money on anything that would make the company a profit. And while we've heard about some pretty bad cases, this story of a UK bakery's experience with Groupon really takes the cake. More »
Former AIG CEO Sues U.S. Government For $25 Billion Over Takeover
By Chris Morran on November 21, 2011 2:20 PM
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The one company that will forever be linked to the financial meltdown in the final years of the last decade is AIG (or American International Group, if you're not into the whole brevity thing), which was bailed out and then effectively taken over by the U.S. government. Now a company led by AIG's former CEO has filed suit against the feds, alleging that said takeover was unconstitutional. More »
Tablet For Tots, Coca-Cola Monopoly, T-Pain Toy Mic Among Worst Toy Of The Year Nominees
By Chris Morran on November 9, 2011 4:15 PM
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While toy makers around the world are hoping they'll be considered among the best toys of the year, the folks at the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood are calling out a handful of toys as nominees in their worst-of 2011 contest. More »
Fewer Cable Customers Fleeing Comcast
By Chris Morran on November 2, 2011 3:30 PM
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Like many cable providers, former Worst Company In America title-holder Comcast is feeling the pain from customers who are choosing non-cable options for video content. But according to the latest numbers from Kabletown, the stream of defectors has slowed down a bit. More »
5 Bad Deals In Extended Warranties For Holiday Shoppers
By Ben Popken on November 1, 2011 12:00 PM
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Extended warranty plans are generally known as being bad deals for consumers. But how specifically are they bad? An insider who works, begrudgingly, for an extended service plan company lays out some of the worst extended warranty deals to watch out for when shopping this holiday season. More »
BP Gets Go-Ahead To Start Drilling In Gulf Of Mexico Again
By Chris Morran on October 27, 2011 7:45 AM
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More than a year after the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform that killed 11 people, leaked countless gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico and earned BP the title of Worst Company In America, the petroleum giant has received approval from the federal government to begin drilling again in the Gulf. More »
