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—>Thank you everyone who contributed to donatetoconsumerist.com! Together we raised $8,292.04 for Consumerist. Thank you for your awesome show of support. The monies raised will go to help defray the costs of writers' salaries, servers and legal costs for the site. Now, as promised as a sort of cherry on top of this whole endeavor, stay tuned for the Consumer Reports Snuggie test video... (Photo: Kila (kee-la)) More »
—>Yes, it's hard to get Meg to cooperate and be a team player. Check out the newest Tip Jar Video (we're at $7,947.74 through donatetoconsumerist.com, can we get to $10k?) to see what Ben had to go through to get his rascally co-editor to play ball and wear her lovely powder blue lab coat. More »
—>Why so serious? Can all these companies really be taking all of these incidents as seriously as they say? Or is "taking it seriously" really just "disaster ketchup," an all-purpose phrase you can toss on any situation and mask the underlying bad taste it leaves in your mouth? We have no idea, we just know that as long as companies keep messing up, "taking it seriously" will still be with us. However, we have our own policy about "taking it seriously" on Consumerist, which you'll have to watch this video of me inside the Consumers Union anechoic testing chamber to find out. And if it's a policy you agree with, shove some bucks in our tipjar at donatetoconsumerist.com. More »
—>Ain't no party like a shaky-machine party! Meg and I were cruising through the halls of Consumers Union, sporting our awesome lab coats, and then we came across this thing. It's a machine whose whole purpose is to shake. Oh, and tap. That's not a bad way to go through life. We tried to communicate with it through the universal language of dance. Not sure if what we were saying came out right, we were trying to tell it it should visit donatetoconsumerist.com and toss a few bucks in our tipjar, but I think what came out is that we all agreed to go on a bicycle tour of Europe together this summer. More »
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—>I've noticed a few recurring questions and themes in the donatetoconsumerist.com tip jar comments, so I'm going to take my best crack at answering them. More »
—>Besides Mangurt, we've signed a second sponsor to supplant the lovely bucks going in to donatetoconsumerist.com (which we are extremely grateful for, thank you, 468 people and $6,961.63). I'm really excited about this one, not the least of which is because I get to keep several free samples. Ladies and gentlemen, we present to you, MICROPONY! More »
—>Sorry guys, you just didn't donate enough. Our tipjar, Donatetoconsumerist.com, has raised $5,639.67 so far with 392 donors. In these tough times, that doesn't cut the mustard. We're going to have to start taking sucking down some payola. We've already signed our first sponsor: MANGURT. More »
—>280 people have donated $4,334.86 to The Consumerist tip jar so far, hootie-hoo. The average donation is $15.48, which surprises me because I ask, "don't people know you can give as little as two bucks? C'mon, just two bucks to spare at donatetoconsumerist.com." But I don't get any response back because I'm still locked inside the Consumer Reports anechoic chamber and there's no echo. The odd shape of the sound baffling has ceased to baffle me. Instead, it has become my friend. There's just one thought on my mind. Well, two, really. Firstly, how do I escape. Lastly, I can't wait to get Consumer Reports to test the Snuggie! More »
—>So far 207 people have donated $3,269.84 to The Consumerist Tip Jar. Woo! We're stoked. We've got 3 more weeks of this fund-drive and I bet we can raise a bunch more. Which would be really nice, because, as you can see in this video, I'm still stuck in Consumer Union's anechoic chamber (a room that has no echo) and having a chair malfunction. See, they're really serious about keeping us free from commercial influence. That's why there's no ads from outside companies on the site that might influence our coverage. But sticking me in an echo-less chamber might be going a little too far. I can hear my own heart beat in my ears. So visit Donatetoconsumerist.com and help us out, and maybe they'll let me out! More »
—>Romeo is 22, in the Navy, and says he really appreciates what Consumerist has done for him and his family. Read his heartfelt letter, inside... More »
—>Here's our latest donation video installment in which I, sporting a lab-coat and situated inside CU's anechoic testing chamber, ask the burning question: where are the dancing alien ads on Consumerist? The answer make shock and delight you, and prompt you to visit Donatetoconsumerist.com to stuff some bills in our tip jar of non-profitness. Remember folks, if you do a good job donating, we just might be able to get Consumer Reports to test the Snuggie. No joke. More »
