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Consumerist Kit
Cancel Your Cellphone By Dying
Here's a tip for quitting your cellphone AND avoiding cancellation fees, straight from the mouth of a former wireless call center rep, Davros. More » -
Cingular
Blogobitchin!
• John discovered that if you miss one leg of a round trip flight, American Airlines cancels the entire ticket. Simultaneously, he discovered a new exercise routine for his middle fingers. [John Carrol] More » -
Ads
Sundek Beachwear's Scary Hooks
Hooked flesh is kinda cool. It definitely worked for the meatpacking district and the Hellraiser series. When you're spinning fairly standard (or at least, certainly not deadly in its level of attractiveness) beachwear? Not so much. More » -
CapitolOne
Complain: Mailing Address for Capital One CEO Richard Fairbank
The thrust of the mounting consumer complaints against Capital One may explain the credit card's fondness for filling their ads with barbarians. More » -
Drugs
UPDATE: Parexel Destroys Immune Systems, Avoids Liability
You may recall the test subjects of drug trial TGN1412 who were left seriously maimed moments after taking the experimental drug. More » -
Dell
Even More Flaming Dell Laptops
Hot on the heels of last week's Dell notebook calling in the firetrucks, a Singapore man tells the Sydney Morning Herald about his self-immolating laptop. More » -
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Airlines
HOWTO: Board Southwest Airlines Faster
Southwest Airlines has passengers board in three groups, A, B and C, with A's going first. Here's an at-home hack we spotted for if your boarding pass says B or C. More » -
Readers
Welcome to The Butter Trough!
In a delicious confluence of form and function, The Butter Trough of Atlanta, GA is the world's first fully advertising supported restaurant. More » -
Walmart
Baby Nearly Killed By Walmart's Indifference
With the heat wave searing American soil lately, it becomes more and more important to not lock your baby in the van in a Walmart parking lot. More » -
Readers
Monday Morning Reader Round-Up
It's Monday Morning. A fresh week of consumerist complaint awaits us! With approximately one million, seven hundred thousand customer service calls fielded per day (source: our ass), even if an optimistic 0.01% of those calls is fielded by a cretinous sack, that is a yield of over 17,000 unsatisfactory customer service interactions. Slimy bottom feeders that we are, we want to hear about them! More » -
China
Soylent Soy
Soy sauce. The 1800 year old condiment of kings! Splashed on Chinese noodles, garnished on hamburgers, drizzled across salad, there's scarcely anything short of ice cream or a lover's belly soy sauce doesn't taste great on. More » -
Prostitution
PayPal Hates Hookers and The Men Who Love Them
Mark Perkel likes hookers. Hey, who doesn't? Other than Paypal, that is. More » -
Continental Airlines
Continental Airlines: Eliter Than Thou
When checking the status of his Continental Frequent Flyer miles, Upgrade Travel discovered that he had been subjugated to a cattle car with the rest of Continental's social refuse, a tattoo brand of 'Non-Elite' scrawled across the skin of his metaphorical forearm. More » -
Sam's Club
Sam's Club Hates The Voluptuous
The thick slice of cheesecake to the right? The cover of Naughty Needles More » -
Deals
Morning Deals Round-Up
• Today's Woot!: the SanDisk 256 MB MP3/WMA Player with FM Tuner and Voice Recorder for $14.99. My mom has one of these; she listens to Project Gutenberg audio books on it and old radio dramas while puttering around the garden. She seems to dig it. I, on the other hand, have never seen the point of an MP3 player if it doesn't have enough space to carry around your entire music collection on. But if you only own 4 albums, this satisfies that criterion as well. More »
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