The Consumerist: Shoppers Bite Back

Remainders

Showtime channel for free this weekend on most basic cable. They're showing Crash this weekend. Pour one out for Broke Back Mountain while watching.
Bobsandler, insurance company humorist, is getting the royal 404.
Diebold, a real hanging Chad, tries to impose $40,000 fine for election official who had the gall to inspect their machines.
Snakes on a Plane, featuring Samuel L. Jackson, first movie developed by crackhead internet users. Hooray for the vox populare, putting the power to make crappy movies into the people's hands.
The Lawnmower Man who Said No to Walmart.
Death by a thousand PIN pricks.
HOWTO: Use Copernican astronomy to calculate how long you'll have to be on hold. By the time you finish, you'll have a rep on the line.
No Coast blog finds a purple ribbon and ties it around The Consumerist's shame.

5:29 PM on Fri Mar 31 2006
By popkin
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Latest by etinterrapax: Wow. I didn't so much think the NoCoasters were dumb midwestern hicks, but now I do think they take themselves, more »

Top

This Week in: Top Stories

What we popped like it was hot, based on highest traffic numbaz, yizall. More »

Shopping

Old Navy Price Point Madness

How can Old Navy explain this dramatic price point move? More »

Complaints

UPDATE: Stolen FedEx Package

Last week, we wrote about a woman whose Tivo she ordered through HDEasy was missing from her doorstep after being delivered by FedEx. More »

4:12 PM on Fri Mar 31 2006
By popkin
1,103 views, 10 comments

Top

RealEstateABC Challenges Zillow

Zillow, the popular real-estate site that gives home valuations in specific areas with a google maps mashup, has a new competitor. More »

3:24 PM on Fri Mar 31 2006
By popkin
260 views, 4 comments

Free

Look-i-loo, free stuff for you, courtesy of tipster Dewan. All you have to do is figure out whether it's useful or not. As always and ever, use a fake email address and fake contact info when filling out these surveys and such. More »

2:47 PM on Fri Mar 31 2006
By popkin
140 views, 4 comments

Latest by Justin McElroy: "Dentyne Ice: Nothing's cooler than hollow promiscuity." more »

Complaints

Confessions of a Former eHarmony Worker

An ex eHarmony.com customer service rep and atheist wrote in. She reveals more about the matchmaking site's inner workings, including the old guy who sat behind her with a bible on her desk. More »

2:21 PM on Fri Mar 31 2006
By popkin
4,821 views, 20 comments

Complaints

eHarmony Discriminates Against the Bibulous

Here's another way to get into eHarmony's secret love club. More »

Announcements

Lost a Comments Login?

There's been sporadic reports of reader's comment logins not working, their accounts being deleted, etc etc. Undoubtedly, this is related to Gawker's recent backend upgrade magic making everything fitter, better, happier and more productive. More »

11:41 AM on Fri Mar 31 2006
By popkin
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Top

Consumer-Made Ad Mocks Chevy

With all the bloat and spasmodic jibbering about consumer-generated ads, it's nice to see one backfire. Chevy teamed up with The Apprentice to hold an online contest where you remix video and sound clips to make your own Chevy Tahoe ad. Winners receive their choice various expense paid trips. More »

11:17 AM on Fri Mar 31 2006
By popkin
690 views, 6 comments

Latest by GamblesAC2: heres another one + Watch video more »

Complaints

Like a Good Neighbor, State Farm is There With a Rebuttal

Back in February, Harry wrote a complaint about feeling extorted by State Farm. More »

Deals

Morning Deals Round Up

• Today's Woot! is the Infocus Screenplay 4805 DLP Home Theater Projector for $805. A decent, but far from spectacular price. For a few hundred more, you could move into the 720p native displays and be set for HD content for the next few years. More »

9:29 AM on Fri Mar 31 2006
By consumerist.com
46 views, 1 comment

Latest by Fairytale of Los Angeles: I picked up an eBags Downloader laptop backpack last year and am really pleased with it. The shipping wasn't more »

Fredricks of Hollywood

The Pantsuits of Yesteryear

Enjoy this fetching new James Lileks vivisection of a vintage 70's Fredricks of Hollywood catalogue. With plunging satire and swooping prose, it's sure to guide your eye where it wants to ramble: on the hard-bodied landscapes of retro libertines. More »

8:43 AM on Fri Mar 31 2006
By popkin
2,049 views, 4 comments

Complaints

More eHarmony.com Discrimination Victims

Online dating site eHarmony.com does not want Tamsem (pictured) as a member. Based on its extensive personality profile, eHarmony found her unsuitable for any of its tens of thousands of members. More »

8:06 AM on Fri Mar 31 2006
By popkin
8,891 views, 19 comments

Readers

University of Phoenix and Chase/Bank One Lose $828

What do you do when the University of Phoenix, your credit card company, and now-conjoined entity of Chase/Bank One can't figure out where your $828 tuition refund went? We have no idea, and neither does reader Stefan M. But writing us is probably a pretty decent start. More »

7:27 AM on Fri Mar 31 2006
By consumerist.com
344 views, 1 comment

Latest by Kishi: No advice, but University of Phoenix isn't a "major Arizona university." It's a chain, somewhat akin to Devry. more »

Science

New Device Tells You When You're Being Annoying

Good news for Luke Johnson! Thanks to an intrepid MIT scientist, a new device will soon allow even the most clueless social reject to know when others find him boring or irritating. More »

7:15 AM on Fri Mar 31 2006
By consumerist.com
443 views, 3 comments

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