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Dressless Brides Picket Bankrupt Millburn NJ Bridal Shop

About 10 women who paid up to $4,000 for dresses they never received picketed the bankrupt Calvary Bridal House in Millburn, NJ this past weekend, screaming and holding hand-made signs that said things like "Fraud" "Scam" and ""Bride in stress,...

5:43 PM on Mon Nov 3 2008, by Ben Popken, 14,604 views, Comment
http://consumerist.com/5075351/dressless-brides-picket-bankrupt-millburn-nj-bridal-shop

Researchers Accuse Sears Of Distributing Spyware

Not content with having some of retail's worst customer service, Sears has decided to wring out more dollars from its customers by jumping into the spyware game. Sears recently sent out an email inviting customers to join "My SHC Community" where...

10:13 AM on Thu Jan 3 2008, by Ben Popken, 4,202 views, Comment
http://consumerist.com/339975/researchers-accuse-sears-of-distributing-spyware

After independent tests show lead in Walmart pet toys, Instead of solving the problem or even fulfilling a pledge to test the toys, Walmart summoned one of its PR minions from a pile of feces located under a cesspool in Chernobyl to try to bully...

12:16 PM on Wed Oct 3 2007, by Ben Popken, 715 views, Comment
http://consumerist.com/consumer/walmart/-306621.php

Dumb Little Man has published tips for simplifying your finances written by Rande Spiegelman, Vice President of Financial Planning at Schwab Center for Financial Research. They're actually pretty interesting, despite being submitted to the site by...

12:28 PM on Tue Jul 17 2007, by Meg Marco, 410 views, Comment
http://consumerist.com/consumer/simplifying-your-financial-life/-279292.php

Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Week 29

29 weeks after Walmart agreed to remove shirts bearing Nazi iconography from its shelves, and 17 weeks after getting a letter from Congress demanding the shirts removal, they're still there. Adam writes:So I'm at Wal Mart in Commerce City, CO...

9:24 AM on Thu Jun 7 2007, by Ben Popken, 5,009 views, Comment
http://consumerist.com/consumer/3rd-ss-division-totenkopf/walmart-nazi-tshirt-watch-week-29-266774.php

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...

5:19 PM on Thu May 31 2007, by Ben Popken, 4,390 views, Comment
http://consumerist.com/consumer/3rd-ss-division-totenkopf/walmart-nazi-tshirt-watch-week-28-264990.php

Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Week 27

27 weeks after Walmart agreed to remove shirts bearing Nazi iconography from its shelves, and 15 weeks after getting a letter from Congress demanding the shirts removal, they're still there. Don found some in Sterling, Washington:

10:59 PM on Tue May 22 2007, by Ben Popken, 1,561 views, Comment
http://consumerist.com/consumer/3rd-ss-division-totenkopf/walmart-nazi-tshirt-watch-week-27-262739.php

Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Week 25

22 weeks after Walmart agreed to remove shirts bearing Nazi iconography from its shelves, and 13 weeks after getting a letter from Congress demanding the shirts removal, they're still there. S.G.W. found some in Indianapolis, took a video, and...

11:45 AM on Wed May 9 2007, by Ben Popken, 1,256 views, Comment
http://consumerist.com/consumer/3rd-ss-division-totenkopf/walmart-nazi-tshirt-watch-week-25-258971.php

Best Of 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."

8:06 PM on Tue May 8 2007, by Ben Popken, 930 views, Comment
http://consumerist.com/consumer/roundups/best-of-walmart-258821.php

Verizon, Cingular, and Travelocity "Accidentally" Advertise On Adware

Ha, ha, whoops! We're just not sure how those ads got served by evil adware applications! From PC World: Earlier this year, AT&T's Cingular division and Travelocity both pledged not to advertise anymore via adware—programs that slip onto PCs...

3:36 PM on Fri Apr 27 2007, by Meg Marco, 995 views, Comment
http://consumerist.com/consumer/advertising/verizon-cingular-and-travelocity-accidentally-advertise-on-adware-255960.php