jfischer commented on Where Should The Consumerist Customer Service Story Slam Meet?

""Make mine Manhattan" - not just the name of a 1940s Broadway show, but an actual suggestion of how a civilized person should live. Venue?"

jfischer commented on Target: Buy 2 And Save! Sort of!

"The Consumerist Can't Do Math! $3.49 times 2 = $6.98 So the title should be "Buy 2 and Spend An Extra Penny!" "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" - Juvenal"

jfischer commented on 5 Thrifty Lessons From Post-Apocalyptic Novel "The Road"

"Just before "Y2K" was supposed to destroy civilization, I was asked by many of my neighbors if they should stockpile food and water as I was the local high-tech wizard, and was supposed to know all about the situation."

jfischer commented on Yum! Brands Introduces New Wearable Feedbags

"This was a Saturday Night Live Skit aired back when Chevy Chase was on the show."

jfischer commented on 9 Reasons Why Trains Are Better Than Planes

"I rode the Lynchburg VA midnight departure to Atlanta, GA on a regular basis for a while (yes, the famous "Midnight Train To Georgia" that Gladys Knight sang about), and now I use the Northeastern Corridor Boston-NYC-DC trains, and none of them were as bad as the usual airline flight. A few notes for Newbees: Accela likely is not worth the money over the regular train service, and won't be until serious track upgrades are done to allow Accela to run at higher speeds."

jfischer commented on Northwest's Coach Choice Seats Are A Complete Waste Of Money

"The exit rows are supposed to be filled with people who are physically and mentally able to open the emergency doors in the event that the cabin crew is dead or injured in a crash scenario, not the highest bidder! I am an expert at appearing at gates slightly early and looking like the sort of physically and mentally solid guy who can manhandle a door under pressure."

jfischer commented on Dell Offers To Repair Your Broken Monitor Over The Internet For $40

"At risk of seeming harsh, one should read this article and note that if 95% of returned electronics have nothing wrong with them, that 95% of the time, the "fix" would be either education or a minor configuration issue. I also agree that more often than not the symptoms described by the user are misleading to the goal of solving the problem."

jfischer commented on Save When Renting Cars

"No, DO NOT rent for a week if you only need a car for 4 or 5 days."

jfischer commented on Blockbuster + Circuit City = "Exclusive Content and Content-Enabled Devices"

"Suckage + Suckage = Suckage CUBED"

jfischer commented on Verizon Interprets "Materially Adverse" Differently From Reality So You Can't Cancel Without Termination Fee

"It matters not one bit how small the adverse change might be, the definition of "Materially Adverse" in a contract drafting sense would be "ANY material adverse change in the business, result of operations, assets, or financial condition of the Seller, as determined from the perspective of a reasonable person in the Buyer's position"."