jnews commented on The End of .99 Pricing? Some

"I'm really quite surprised that nobody has mentioned that Wal-Mart moved to even-dollar pricing some time ago, for basically this exact reason (customers aren't fooled, and they appreciate the easier math). But then again, this is consumerist, so maybe there aren't a lot of people who have been in Wal-Mart for a while."

jnews commented on Most Bankruptcies Caused By Health Problems Suffered By People With Health Insurance

"@Esquire99: You live by the free market, you die by the free market."

jnews commented on Most Bankruptcies Caused By Health Problems Suffered By People With Health Insurance

"@Esquire99: I'm sorry, but I've never seen even half of one shred of evidence that it's possible for the government to have more bureaucracy, indifference, outright malevolence towards the paying customer than in our health insurance companies."

jnews commented on T-Mobile Reinstates Useless $18 Handset Upgrade Fee

"@Andrew Farris: It's not even that -- the information is automatically updated over the network. I am a T-mobile post-paid customer, and I bought one of T-mobile's prepaid phones and switched to using it, and the picture of my phone instantly started showing up when I next logged into my online account."

jnews commented on Why Do Lenders Want You To Use Your Debit Card Like A Credit Card?

"@Sandaasu: This is true of TCF bank about 4 years back."

jnews commented on Best And Worst Used Cars

"@Louis Ambrose: They (consumerist) did disclose when they did the purchase that all the ads would be only for Consumer Reports, since they (consumer reports) don't sell ads."

jnews commented on Failure Is the Highway to Success

"@rfjson: That's odd -- pulling yourself up by your bootstraps appears to be exactly what the author of this article was proposing, but you flamed him to a crisp for being an out of touch elitist for daring to suggest it."

jnews commented on Failure Is the Highway to Success

"@rfjson: It seems insulting to my intelligence to say that I'm too stupid to realize my ignorance because I'm privileged -- but smart enough to know how to cure all the world's ills."

jnews commented on Failure Is the Highway to Success

"@rfjson: That's all well and good, but I'm more interested in your ideas about how an elitist like me can effectively leverage his advantages to make the world less soul-crushing for the people who live in squalor."

jnews commented on DirecTV Owner Swoops In To Save Sirius From Bankruptcy

"@WynneDryope: BTW, News Corp (ie, Fox, ie, Rupert Murdock) no longer owns any part of DirecTV, if that's who you're referring to."