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Fast Food
Fast Foods Sued For Cancer Chicken
Forget your limp-wristed attempts to make "healthy choices" at McDonalds. Now, even the grilled chicken will kill ya, or so claim a buncha guys with stethoscopes, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, in a suit filed Thursday. More » -
Readers
Road To Overdraft Hell Paved With Floats
The short answer to the questions raised in "National City Bank Loves Inexplicable Overdraft Fees" is simple. If you're a broke-ass, don't fuck with float. More » -
Commerce Bank
Commerce Bank's Hot Dog Water Dish
We applaud this this a bowl of water inside a Commerce Bank in Brooklyn Heights. It is for pooches to lap at while their owners get multiples of $20 bills from the ATM. Good thing the threat of doggy AIDS is now but an 80's in-joke. -
Ford
Have You Immolated A Ford Dealership Lately?
Feeling overcharged by thousands on his car financing, George decided to park his complaint right on the dealership's front desk. Literally. Then he lit the dealership ablaze with the fire of his consumer anguish. Literally. Then he literally went to jail. More » -
Media Whoring
Consumerist On 20/20, Oct 13
Unlike normal, today's 7 hour post delay is attributable not to a drunken stupor. More » -
Clips
Robobar Fights Bartending Cost Efficacy Crimes
The Robobar automatically pours cocktails, beer, wine, juices, and soft drinks. It was featured prominently at the Nexfest consumer electronics expo at the Javits center in NYC today. Reader Chris P. reports that at the end of the product line, a Motoman worker was manually stirring the soft drinks with a wooden stick. When asked why, the man replied, "the water pressure isn't so good here, so the coke syrup and the co2 aren't mixing that well today." Additionally, as the Robobar made drinks, it made sure to tell onlookers, "Robobar only costs 30 cents an hour to operate!" More » -
national city banking
National City Bank Loves Inexplicable Overdraft Fees
Let's play a game. Can you spot the problem below? More » -
Roundups
Most Popular Posts Of The Week
• Walmart Is Mad At The Consumerist. "We never did get that exclusive behind the scenes factory tour to see where they convert undocumented immigrant workers into budget home furnishings." More » -
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Mazda
Buy Your Car For Only A Buck With $49,999 Trade-In!
Over at one of our new favorite blogs, Mouseprint.org, they've exposed a shady little bit of advertising semantics now widely being employed by the automotive industry. More » -
Internet
Ma Bell in Canada Scams for Internet
What the hell is going on up in Canada with Bell? More » -
Recommendations
Live Nation Continues To Rock!
Every time Carrie writes us, I talk about what a sexy little minx she is. To be frank, I don't know her. She could be fat as the queen of all sea cows for all I know; a decade of heavy cocaine use might have turned her nose into a flabby, cartilageless sack. But she's got spunk! She's got moxy! And she is unwaveringly optimistic! And hey, that's sex appeal. More » -
Clips
Upton Sinclair's Starbucks
Yeesh. Cockroaches scurrying over boxes. Dead mice drowned in the back alley. Scavenger faeces amongst the food stuffs. Little Polish boys found eaten alive by rats when they drink too much beer on the premises. What is this, The Jungle? More » -
Sony
Sony Recalls Practically Every Battery In The World
Dells exploding. Apples melting scrotums. Now Lenovos conflagrant. And it's all apparently over pesky Sony batteries. More » -
Deals
Morning Deals Round-Up
• Good news, torture aficionados! Today's Woot! is the Vector Jump Start System with Air Compressor for $29.99. Includes two clamps that will affix to any protuberance of flesh, whether earlobe, nipple or genitalia. More » -
Debt
Fight Debts With Snow
Stop debt collectors before they start. Pay your bills on time, sucka. To help you do that, the Debt Snowball Calculator helps you figure out which ones to pay first. Generally, these are the ones with higher interest rates. The calculator does the math for you, freeing your brain for higher level tasks like applying for more credit cards with your new and improved credit rating. More » -
asinine
State Farm Lacks Persistence of Vision
State Farm is convinced that Rick was involved in a hit and run in San Francisco in July, even though he was out of town all that month and it seems they don't even have the right license plate. Just to be sure, they stopped by Rick's house to take photos of his car, a feat in and of itself as they intially demanded he bring it to their offices himself. More »
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