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Grease blotter
Clearance Items: Fast Food Crime Watch!
We love Thursdays because it's time for The Consumerist Grease Blotter , chronicling the connection between crime and fast food since, uh, last month: More » -
3rd SS Division Totenkopf
Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Week 28
258weeks after Walmart agreed to remove shirts bearing Nazi iconography from its shelves, and 16 weeks after getting a letter from Congress demanding the shirts removal, they're still there. Al writes:So I took my wife over to the Wal*mart store in Chelmsford, MA for some cheap, low-quality Chinese goods, and as we were walking out I spotted the now infamous 3rd division Totenkopf logo high atop the men's clothing department's shelves. I walked over to the wall, and it appears that while they actually took the shirts off the shelves, the logo itself is still being proudly displayed among the other non-nazi designs. Talk about missing the point!
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Let's Negotiate
Sudan Threatens To Cut Off The World's Supply Of Coca-Cola
Sudan is not happy about Bush's new economic sanctions. In fact, their ambassador held a weird news conference that Dana Milbank of the Washington Post described as bearing "no relation to reality," in which the ambassador threatened to personally cut off the supply of gum arabic, an important ingredient in soft drinks. John Ukec Lueth Ukec, Sudan's Ambassador, said:"The United States is the only country saying that what is happening in Darfur is a genocide," Ukec shouted, gesticulating wildly and perspiring from his bald crown. "I think this is a pretext."
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Interviews
DS-MAX Was A "Sales Cult," Says Former Employee
steve-o: OH MAN! IDT is DS/MAX?! I worked for them! Worst 4 days of my life. Thank god I got out before they made me buy my own product.They told me it was B2B marketing, when in reality we were driving around from strip mall to strip mall trying to sell Disney books, umbrellas that looked like a duck, and other assorted crap More » -
Lawsuits
Walmart Sued For Dangerous Vomit Puddle
June and James Medema of Blue Grass, Iowa have filed a lawsuit against Walmart after June slipped and fell in a puddle of vomit. The owner of the vomit has not been identified, nor does the lawsuit specifically state how Walmart was negligent. More » -
Videos
Stick It To The Smartass Cable Tech
Sick of the cable guy stealing 5 hours of your life? Turnabout is fair play in this lightly amusing video (which also happens to be an ad for Haggar, makers of some kind of khaki pants marketed towards suburban dads who do work around the house and don't take anyone's guff). More » -
Let's Go Phishing
IRS Warns Taxpayers About New Email Phishing Scam
The IRS wants to warn you about a new email phishing scam that aims to trick you into opening an attachment that is secretly a Trojan Horse. the Trojen Horse that can give control of your computer over to the scammers. You, obviously, do not want this to happen. More » -
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My, That's Odd
Starbucks: How Much Your Drink Costs Depends On How You Order It
An Americano is espresso and water. More » -
Investigations
Consumerist Undercover At IDT Energy: The Job Interview
Midtown Promotions has no yellow pages entry, no website, and no apparent internet job postings. Cruising their profile on Rip Off Report, a site where, natch, consumers file complaints against companies they feel ripped them off, I found a number for Midtown Promotions main office. It took several discussions with the editor of The Consumerist before we felt we nailed down the approach to the first phone call... More »
2:18 PM on Thu May 31 2007
By Ben Popken
16,705 views, 43 commentsLatest by glenji2k4: I can't wait to hear the next part of this piece. I too was hustled by a company affiliated with more »
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on the cheap
9 Tasty Wines Under $10
Spending a bunch of money on a good wine is easy, spending $10 on one is harder. That's why we have Dr. Vino: More » -
Advertising
Postmaster General Angry At Wachovia Over ID Theft Ad
Postmaster General John Potter is mad as hell at Wachovia! He's accusing them of 'really doing a disservice to the American public' with an ad that suggests mailing your bills puts you at greater risk of ID theft than paying them on-line. Potter says this simply isn't true:"I have no problem with competition — it's a good thing, it can keep everyone at the top of their game," he said. "All I ask for is a little honesty when you're doing it." Asked specifically about the bank, he accused Wachovia of "really doing a disservice to the American public."
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Fees
Verizon Increases Fee For NOT Making Long Distance Calls To $4
In case you weren't aware, Verizon charges you a $2 fee for the "ability" to make long-distance calls. The only way to get this fee removed is to have your long-distance service blocked or to make more than $2 worth of calls every month. Sound stupid? Well, according to the bill that reader Troy just got, that stupid fee is about to double. More » -
Spying
Walmart Worker Fired For Posting Joke On MySpace
Watch out, kids. Don't try to be funny on the internet or you'll be fired by Walmart. More » -
Moos From The Swamp
USDA To Meatpackers: You Have No Right To Test For Deadly Diseases
The USDA has vowed to safeguard your meat by fighting reckless meatpackers that want to test their dead cattle for mad cow disease. The USDA's current policy of testing less than 1% of cows is clearly succeeding since none of you have caught Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human variant of mad cow disease. More » -
Worst Company in America
Contact Information For 50 Politicians Who Take Campaign Money From The RIAA
When you voted the RIAA the worst company in America you gave us an assignment. But how can we improve the customer service of a recording industry trade group? It's not an easy task. Couldn't you have voted for Home Depot? U-Haul? Anyway... More » -
White noise
Ohio Company Used Melamine In Animal Feed
A company in Ohio has voluntarily recalled a binding agent used to make "pellet" type feed for fish, goats, cows, and whathaveyou, because it contained melamine. More » -
Money
Personal Finance Roundup
How can I raise my credit score? [MSNBC] "...the first step in raising your score is to make sure the information used to calculate it is correct and up-to-date." More »
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