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If you're in the Boston area, be sure to check out Consumer Reports' Holiday Smart Labs. There's a kiosk where shoppers can access ConsumerReports.org and take away a free 24-hour access pass to the site. The kiosks will be open at the North Shore Mall in Peabody, South Shore Mall in Braintree and Burlington Mall in Burlington from 12/4 - 12/7.

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christmas creep
Christmas Creep: Radio Stations Are In Full Holiday Mode
If you thought that you could avoid Christmas Creep by staying out of stores — think again. It's annoying you on the radio as well. More »

11:23 AM on Mon Nov 10 2008
By Meg Marco
2,382 views, 59 comments
drinking water
Update: 41 46 Million Americans Drink Pharmaceutical Waste
If you weren't one of the 41 million Americans drinking water contaminated with sex hormones and pharmaceutical waste, welcome to the club! Testing prompted by the AP's damning investigation has revealed that another five million people, including residents of Reno, Colorado Springs, and Chicago, now sip the potentially dangerous pharmaceutical soup. More »

3:45 PM on Sat Sep 13 2008
By Carey
9,436 views, 60 comments

Most discussed mpotter: This is probably just more alarmist media pandering like last time. Watch the full details of the report come more »
airtran
AirTran Agent Screams, Curses At Travelers While Supervisor Looks On
Forget about those dowdy old-school Olympics. What we need is an international competition to see which airline can suck the most, since everyone is getting so good at it. In the category of Random Rudeness, this AirTran agent and her equally hostile supervisor would have a good shot at the gold—especially since they aimed their hostility at a honeymooning couple. More »

10:17 AM on Mon Aug 25 2008
By Chris Walters
22,550 views, 78 comments

Most discussed kretara: Rude people in Boston! That's not new. I lived there for many years and never found a helpful service type more »
uno chicago grill
Will Uno Chicago Grill Be The Next Restaurant Chain To File For Bankruptcy?
At the risk of inviting another pointless "this pizza is better than that pizza" debate in the comments, we feel it is necessary to inform you that Uno has run into some nasty looking debt problems and some people are speculating that they may be the next restaurant chain to go under. More »

2:18 PM on Wed Aug 13 2008
By Meg Marco
9,399 views, 87 comments

Latest by MichaelBrazell: Uno pizza will kill you in about a day. It tastes pretty good when you want something different, but more »
united airlines
United Makes You Pay To Move To Upgrade Area They Would Have Moved You To Anyway
Joe may have uncovered a deceptive policy at United Airlines that's screwing over customers. Here's how it works. If you've got an economy ticket and the only seats available are in Economy Plus, but you didn't spring for the extra Economy Plus fee, you're asked if you would like to pay the upgrade fee for economy plus seating. If you decline to upgrade, they seat you there anyway. Sounds pretty sketchy to me. Here's Joe's story: More »

11:04 AM on Thu Aug 7 2008
By Ben Popken
11,747 views, 58 comments

Latest by vrn3b: @krunk4ever: The "deception" part sort of comes in in the situation we had. We tried to check in more »

supermarkets
Massachusetts Supermarkets Want To Remove Price Tags From Items

A bill is advancing through the Massachusetts legislature that will allow supermarkets to leave off item price tags and instead force customers to rely on electronic scanners spaced throughout the store. Although prices will still need to be displayed on store shelves for most items, you'll have to rely on your memory and your faith in the store's scanner system at checkout. John Hurst, the president of the Retailers Association of Massachusetts, "said consumers will benefit in the form of lower prices and shortened lines once stores no longer need to devote resources to item-by-item pricing." But kjd aa- [thump]

—sorry, we just fell out of our chairs laughing at the idea of a supermarket out there that will heroically pass the savings downstream to consumers instead of profiting directly from it. More »

10:57 AM on Wed Jun 25 2008
By Chris Walters
6,211 views, 128 comments

Latest by MissGayle: Stores in Kentucky already do this - and you absolutely have to write down the prices of everything on your more »
moving disaster
Broadway Express Responds With More Information About The Moving Disaster
The moving company responsible for the moving disaster that we mentioned the other day has written in to share some information about the way insurance works in the event of such a catastrophe. More »

2:34 PM on Mon Jun 16 2008
By Meg Marco
15,471 views, 65 comments
food fight
Legal Sea Foods CEO Offers Sarcastic "Apology" To Offended Trolley Conductors
A few days ago we mentioned a controversy that was going on in Boston after some trolley conductors objected to an advertising campaign for Legal Sea Foods "fresh fish." The controversial ad reads, "This conductor has a face like a halibut." Now Legal Sea Food's CEO has decided to strike back against the offended conductors with a sarcastic "apology." More »

4:20 PM on Thu Jun 12 2008
By Meg Marco
8,205 views, 78 comments

Latest by wesrubix: @brainwav: I know. It's Boston. We love a good laugh, especially if it's making fun of a driver. Regardless of more »
controversy
Trolley Conductors Do Not Appreciate Being Told They Have "A Face Like A Halibut"
The conductors of Boston's Green Line trolleys aren't exactly amused by a new ad campaign for Legal Sea Foods that accuses them of having faces like a halibut, says the Boston Globe. The campaign features "fresh fish," that toss out hilarious insults such as: "Hey lady, I've seen smaller noses on a swordfish," and, "This trolley gets around more than your sister." Har, har, har. Most of the ads are fairly innocuous, but one has the trolley conductors seeing red. It reads: "This conductor has a face like a halibut." More »

11:59 AM on Mon Jun 9 2008
By Meg Marco
5,456 views, 56 comments

Latest by Jakuub: @avenger339: True, but Lawyers don't have some guy paying an ad agency to put lawyer jokes on the walls of more »

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