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Man Files Antitrust Suit Against Time Warner Over Forced Cable Box Rentals
Matthew Meeds of Fairway, Kansas, doesn't want to pay Time Warner Cable a monthly rental fee for his cable box—he'd rather own one outright. He's filed suit against the cable provider and its parent company, Time Warner, Inc., accusing them of establishing an illegal tying arrangement by making the box rental a condition of the subscription agreement. He's seeking class-action status for all TWC premium customers in Kansas. More »
Universal TechTronics
It's A Miracle! This Free Digital TV Converter Box Will Cost Me $100
We know you're too smart to fall for this ridiculously fraudulent digital TV converter offer, but maybe you know someone who's not wise to the facts of the upcoming switch to digital TV—specifically that converter boxes cost less than $100, and that you can get a government coupon to offset $40 of that cost. Universal TechTronics—the same scam outfit behind those "Amish" Heat Surge miracle fireplaces—is now conning the less knowledegable with their "free" converter box offer: pay nothing but a warranty and shipping, bringing the total cost to anywhere between $68 and $97. The Los Angeles Times says this is "the first large-scale [converter box] scam the Better Business Bureau has seen." More »
best buy
Best Buy Apologizes For Charging You Too Much Tax On Your DTV Converter Box
The way coupons are taxed is different in every state— and believe us — it gets really complicated. The general rule, in most (but not all) states is that consumers are taxed on the full amount of the transaction — including any reimbursement that the store gets. More »
Stupid Shipping Gang
Apple may have Al Gore on its board of directors, but that won't stop them from shipping teeny tiny remote controls in cartoonishly large boxes.
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Revealed: Apple's Secret Membership In The Stupid Shipping Gang
Apple may have Al Gore on its board of directors, but that won't stop them from shipping teeny tiny remote controls in cartoonishly large boxes.
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comcastic
Comcast Installs Big-Ass Box On Your Lawn
According to an article in The Press Democrat, some residents in Santa Rosa, CA. are coming home to find large green Comcast utility boxes installed on their property, often in the middle of their lawns. The unsightly green plastic boxes are about the size of an air conditioner and have been popping up in Santa Rosa as Comcast upgrades its cable network. Naturally, the residents are upset. More »
stupid shipping gang
Canon Uses Comically Oversized Box To Send You Something They Could Have Taped To A Postcard
Earlier this week I ordered a part from Canon USA Service for one of my Canon cameras and it arrived today. I am impressed for the fast shipping but not so much by the efficiency of the packaging.Additional photo inside. More »
stupid shipping gang
From the looks of David's package, Dell isn't close to honoring its promise to switch to alternative packaging within the next two months. This obscenely large box contained nothing more than a 2GB flash drive. David's son snapped a few pictures, which appear as an eerie slideshow after the jump.
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Dell Still Ships Tiny Items In Massive Boxes
From the looks of David's package, Dell isn't close to honoring its promise to switch to alternative packaging within the next two months. This obscenely large box contained nothing more than a 2GB flash drive. David's son snapped a few pictures, which appear as an eerie slideshow after the jump.
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requests
Dear Microsoft, Please Send This Man A Shipping Box
He just wants to send his Xbox in for repair, and you keep losing his request. He swears he's not a "crazy blogger," but despite that, we still want to help him. So please? You've got all his phone numbers and contact info now. Can you send a box? More »
fees
Unplugging Your DirecTV Box Could Cost You $79.95
A DirecTV CSR claimed that reader Mark changed his installation by following troubleshooting instructions to unplug and reconnect his box, and now owed $79.95. Mark, who paid $6 per month for DirecTV's protection plan, refused to pay the fee and asked to cancel to his service. More »
empty boxes
Open Guitar Hero III Inside The Store, Some Boxes May Be Empty
Jonathan, an EB Games employee, wants to let you know that you should open your new copy of Guitar Hero III while you're still in the store, just in case it's missing the game. More »
moving
Dish Network Sends Prepaid Return Boxes To Wrong Address Three Times, Bills For Unreturned Equipment
Reader Ryan called the Dish Network three weeks before moving to disconnect his service. Dish graciously offered to send prepaid return boxes for his equipment, but instead of sending them to Ryan's new address, Dish sent them to his old address. Three times. Oddly, Dish managed to properly address a bill to Ryan's new address. Ryan writes: More »
retail
Blank Discs Inside Call Of Duty 4 At Best Buy? Better Open Them In The Store
Reader Zak writes to tell us that his copy of Call of Duty 4 was blank. Thankfully, he opened it while he was still inside the Best Buy, so exchanging it wasn't a problem. (Though some random Geek Squad guy did accuse him of being a scammer.)I generally read a few of the network sites, Giz, LH and of course for a chuckle I also read Consumerist. Now I lack photo proof of this as I immediately did an illegal u-turn and took my product back to the store, but I'll let you know anyways.More »
saving money
Get Moving Boxes On The Cheap With Box Exchange
We're going to say something positive about U-Haul! No, not about the company (it has a rich history of complaints on our blog), but about the community trading service they've enabled on their "U-Haul Box Exchange" forum where people give away or sell their boxes after they've moved—although hopefully you won't find an unpacked baby in any used boxes you get your hands on. More »
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"I was out shopping the other day when a box of Popsicle brand Jell-O Pudding Pops caught my eye. My local supermarket doesn't carry them, so I thought I'd pick up a box as a treat. When going to open the box at home, I noticed a very suspicious location for the perforated tear-away opening strip.
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There's Apparently Not Enough Room For Jell-O Pudding Pops Nutritional Information
"I was out shopping the other day when a box of Popsicle brand Jell-O Pudding Pops caught my eye. My local supermarket doesn't carry them, so I thought I'd pick up a box as a treat. When going to open the box at home, I noticed a very suspicious location for the perforated tear-away opening strip.
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whoops
Hey Bank Of America, Before Locking Up For The Day, Make Sure There Aren't Any 73 Year-Old Ladies In The Basement
Bank of America employees in California forgot that Marian Prescher, a 73 year-old diabetic woman, was looking her through her safe deposit box when they closed the bank last Friday. Prescher did not expect to be in the bank long, and had not taken her diabetes medication. Sometime between 6pm and midnight - when she was discovered by a cleaning woman and taken to a hospital - she passed out, bruising her right cheek when she hit the floor. More »
ticky-tacky boxes
Reserve Your Chelsea Mini Storage Space In Person, Or They Will Re-Negotiate Your Deal When You Arrive With The Movers
Reader Holly arrived at Chelsea Mini Storage with her movers, only to discover that the 7x10 storage space she had reserved over the phone was unavailable. Chelsea Mini Storage gave Holly a simple choice: deal with a smaller space for the same price, or pay nearly twice as much for a larger unit. Holly writes: More »
government
Haven't Checked Your Safe Deposit Box In 3 Years? California May Have Seized Your Stuff
There's a mess going on in the state of California. The state is accused of being overly proactive in seizing private assets that have been "abandoned" and selling them at auction. From the San Francisco Chronicle:Years ago, Carla Ruff stored her grandmother's jewelry and a file of personal documents in a safe-deposit box at her bank in San Francisco's Noe Valley, thinking they would always be there when she wanted them.More »
