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Arkansas Court Tells Ticketmaster It Is Bound By Anti-Scalping Laws
By Chris Morran on May 24, 2012 4:15 PM   54 Comments
The Arkansas Supreme Court has issued a legal kick to the gut of the fee-happy folks at Ticketmaster and Live Nation, confirming that the ticket seller is bound by the same state laws that prevent scalpers from piling on fees and charging exorbitant prices. More »

PayPal's Real-World Dominion Expanding To 15 Additional Major Retailers
By Chris Morran on May 24, 2012 3:15 PM   51 Comments
For so long, PayPal has been a convenient way to make payments online (so long as you don't care about things like customer service or getting your payment disputes settled or even responded to). But the company has been edging its way into real-world retailing, especially through its Home Depot partnership. And today PayPal announced its plan to go whole-hog in this sphere with 15 new major retail partners. 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   61 Comments
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 »

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Survey Finds Best & Worst Airlines For Redeeming Rewards Miles
By Chris Morran on May 17, 2012 11:15 AM   23 Comments
It's incredibly easy to pile up airline miles. I think I just earned 400 miles for merely mentioning this fact. But as you may have already discovered, it's not always so simple to actually redeem those miles. A new survey looked at dozens of domestic and international carriers to find which ones were more likely to have seats available for rewards travel. More »

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Keep On Rocking: EA Not Shutting Down Rock Band For iPhone
By Laura Northrup on May 3, 2012 2:01 AM   36 Comments
Good news, rockers! We heard back from our friends at EA, and yesterday's panic over the kill switch on Rock Band for iPhone was premature. They tell us that the in-app message was an error, and you can buy the game with confidence if you feel so inclined. More »

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Spirit To Start Charging Up To $100 For Some Carry-On Bags
By Chris Morran on May 2, 2012 6:49 PM   55 Comments
Spirit Airlines continues to demonstrate why Consumerist readers nominated the bottom-dollar carrier for the Worst Company In America 2012 tournament. The airline, only one of two U.S. carriers to charge for carry-on bags, has announced it will be jacking up its baggage fees, meaning some people could end up paying $100 per carry-on. More »

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The Fax Of Shame: How It Really Feels To Lose Your Home
By Laura Northrup on May 2, 2012 8:00 AM   121 Comments
C. and her husband are a young couple who moved into their first house just a few years ago. Unable to manage their mortgage payments, they asked their lender, PNC Mortgage, for help. The bank offered them a monthly payment $500 higher than the mortgage they couldn't pay in the first place. Their house has sat empty and on the real estate market since January, waiting for a buyer to come along for a short sale. One did, and the nightmare is almost over. Or it would be, if PNC would just stop calling the couple and any relative whose phone number they can find, almost every day. More »

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Wells Fargo Has Been Billing Me For "Credit Defense" Program I Never Signed Up For
By Chris Morran on April 27, 2012 12:15 PM   38 Comments
Consumerist reader Andrea has had checking and credit card accounts at Wells Fargo for several years, but she recently noticed that somewhere along the line the bank had enrolled her in something called "Credit Defense," which has been quietly siphoning off a small percentage-based fee every month. And even though Wells could offer no proof that Andrea had ever opted into the program, the bank would not refund her money. More »

Spirit Airlines, Where "Dying Of Cancer" Equals "Not Following The Rules"
By Chris Morran on April 25, 2012 5:10 PM   82 Comments
Spirit Airlines once again proves that it was only pulling our legs when it called itself the "most consumer-friendly airline." This time, the fee-happy carrier isn't just telling a dying passenger he has to suck up the cost of his $197 ticket, but are somehow equating being near death as a form of rule-breaking. More »

EA Trying Hard To Lose Customer Over A Few Bucks
By Laura Northrup on April 25, 2012 9:30 AM   69 Comments
If you're not really a fan of electronic games, it might not be clear to you why EA took the top poo in this year's Worst Company in America Tournament. Maybe Alex's experience can serve as an illustration. There was no huge amount of money involved, and his problem with EA didn't affect his day-to-day life. But the utter lack of response from EA to a real and easily solved problem makes even a loyal customer like Alex feel that they don't matter. More »

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First Arrest Made In BP Oil Spill
By Chris Morran on April 24, 2012 1:50 PM   27 Comments
More than two years after the Deepwater Horizon rig collapsed in the Gulf of Mexico — killing 11 people — a former engineer for BP has become the first person arrested in the investigation surrounding the disaster. More »

Bank Of America Has Gotten So Bad, It's Hard To Tell Satire From Reality
By Chris Morran on April 19, 2012 2:20 PM   39 Comments
Bank of America may have avoided the stain of the Worst Company In America Golden Poo for the second year in a row, but the perennial runner-up still has plenty of haters out there, including some who put together YourBofA.com, a satire site that will probably be taken down any minute now. More »

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Public Shaming Does The Job: Bank Of America Gives Army Vet His $25K Back
By Mary Beth Quirk on April 6, 2012 5:00 PM   62 Comments
It's not that we love the act of shaming a big, greedy bank into doing the right thing — wait. Scratch that. We totally love it, which is why we're happy that Bank of America finally refunded over $25,000 in fraudulent debit charges to a U.S. Army reservist. All it took was years of fighting, a little public flogging and collective indignation. More »

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Top Posts Of The Week And Open Thread
By Laura Northrup on April 6, 2012 11:30 AM   79 Comments
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The Day After Winning Worst Company Crown, EA Does Something Nice For Mass Effect Fans
By Chris Morran on April 5, 2012 2:22 PM   64 Comments
As much as we'd love to think that yesterday's victory by Electronic Arts in the Worst Company In America tournament pushed them to do something nice, we have a feeling that it's just a coincidence that the video game publisher has announced it will release some downloadable content — for free! — to appease angry Mass Effect 3 players. More »

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Ohio Lawmakers Choose Expediency Over Consumers' Rights
By Chris Morran on April 4, 2012 4:15 PM   31 Comments
Earlier this week, the Governor of Ohio signed into law new legislation that gives businesses accused of cheating customers a new option for resolving lawsuits while taking away rights from consumers who sue. More »

EA Responds To Worst Company Win By Name-Dropping Past Worst Company Winners
By Chris Morran on April 4, 2012 1:21 PM   165 Comments
Usually when we announce the winner of the annual Worst Company In America tournament, the victor chooses to quietly reflect on their triumph rather than make a public comment. But not this year's champ, Electronic Arts, which has responded to being voted the WCIA winner by hinting that it's not as bad as other companies. More »

The Voters Have Spoken: EA Is Your Worst Company In America For 2012!
April 4, 2012 12:00 PM   292 Comments
Whether it's on a console, a PC, a smartphone or tablet, hundreds of millions of people play video games every day. Yet most mainstream media covers the industry the same way it treats adult dodge ball leagues and cat fashion shows (both noble ventures, but neither of them multi-billion dollar industries). And the only time you hear legislators discuss video games is when some politician decries them as the death knell for all things righteous in the world (hint: they're not). Now, after years of being ignored and relegated to steerage, game-players have voted to send a message to Electronic Arts and the gaming business as a whole: Stop treating your loyal customers like crap. More »

Dell Tech Support Manager: 'Sell Your Computer, Buy Something Not Made By Dell'
By Laura Northrup on April 4, 2012 8:00 AM   89 Comments
Andrew had a beautiful and relatively modest dream as a teen. He wanted to own an Alienware gaming computer. When he became an adult, he was able to achieve that dream by purchasing a M14x laptop. There was no happy ending for the man and his computer, though. It has needed to be sent back to Dell five times already. He bought it in August. Of 2011. He hasn't even owned it for a whole year yet. More »

There's Still Time To Vote On Worst Company In America Final Death Match
April 3, 2012 2:15 PM   52 Comments
A record number of voters have turned out to choose between Bank of America and Electronic Arts for the winner in the Worst Company In America 2012 tournament, but there's still time to have your say in which business walks away with the Golden Poo. More »

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