I bought three boxes of my favorite pens on eBay. They arrived. Compare the silkiness and plenitude of the three boxes to the two, gnawed, scratchy pens I’d somehow been scraping by with for like, oh, two months. These babies usually retail for $16.99 per box of 12 but I snagged 36 pens for $19.20 plus $3.95 S&H. My life is five thousand times better right now.
UPDATE: Surfing On Our Free Sprint Cellphone
By August 9, 2006
We just called Sprint to check on our coverage for this weekend’s trip into the Poconos and experienced something bizarre.
Wi-Fi Or Die in The Tea Lounge
By July 18, 2006
In the ongoing saga of The Consumerist adventures in daylight, today finds us pecking away in a corner at The Tea Lounge. Also, destroying children’s hopes and dreams.
WiFi or Die, Perhaps the Latter, Barnes & Noble & Starbucks
By July 14, 2006
We’re crouching on the floor of a Barnes & Noble in Park Slope, an enfranchised enclave of Brooklyn. The walls of our apartment began to throb and press against our skull, so we escaped, in search of caffeine, wi-fi and a/c. In a perch between the archival scrapbooking section and the leather journals, the sun beats a low hum across our arm and slow cooks our laptop. We glance enviously at the Starbucks tables.
Our Computer Fixed Yay!
By June 15, 2006
Today, our laptop was fixed. A wonderful man named Vinnie V. came to our apartment and all was right with the world.
Delta’s Carpet Doesn’t Match Its Drapes, Settles For a Brazillian
By May 19, 2006
Things have gotten really bad for Delta lately. Not only are they asking employees to volunteer to clean their airplanes, but, perhaps more damning, their aircraft are reportedly suffering from interior decoration failures. You know an airline is in straits most dire when they can’t even afford good drapery, without which, steerage class passengers are treated to full-frontal views of the world of delights and splendor that is first class. Bucky Turco was one such plebe and, armed with camera, documented the horror story.
Peeping Tom on 5th Ave Shop Windows
By May 12, 2006
As promised, the results of our Tuesday stroll down 5th avenue, peeking inside all the windows and seeing what we could see. Not all stores are represented in this set; frankly, we found many of the displays tired and staid. Here’s a few things that caught our eye, in a magic Flickr gallery.
Everything Must Go
By May 12, 2006
We thought there was something a little perfect about this picture we took on Tuesday of a shopkeep lording over his bronze lions and 50% off all NY souvenirs.
Abercrombie & Fitch Catalogue Come to Life
By May 10, 2006
We took a stroll down 5th avenue in NYC this afternoon and saw many delightful and several inane things through the shop windowss (a Flickr gallery is forthcoming). But first, we just had to show you this pic we snagged through the open door at Abercrombie & Fitch.
I’m a Blogger But What I Really Want to Do is Direct
By April 19, 2006
We just got fancy YouTube Director privileges. This gives us the ability to upload videos any length up to 100MB. Sweet.
HOWTO: Stop the Coupon Blizzard
By April 14, 2006
About once a week, we receive an unsolicited “newspaper” in front of our door. Inside the plastic sheath is a pile of coupon papers and newspaper inserts for Lowe’s and various local supermarkets. We were thinking, damn, this is so annoying to toss into the trash every week. Then we remembered a post we had done on the very same subject.
Lowe’s Makes Us Feel Small
By April 12, 2006
A clutch of fixup supplies spilling out our arms, we stumbled into the Lowe’s bathroom fixtures area. We asked for casters of one of the red vested employees, where would we find them? He looked up lazily and, with no small amount of disdain, said, “This is bathroom fixtures.”
The Consumerist Goes to IKEA
By April 4, 2006
The Consumerist went shopping for a couch at IKEA this weekend. We made a tight little movie about it.
Busted Product Photo Contest Gallery
By March 17, 2006
Look, we’ve got a magic gallery to look through all the entries. Click on a picture and start browsing. If you don’t see a whole bunch of photos below, hit refresh.
Travel Alert: Bahamas Kill!
By March 16, 2006
TRAVELERS, BEWARE! There is a travel advisory in effect for all the Bahaman islands. Unconfirmed reports detail sectarian violence against tourists. The State Department advises rescheduling plans to visit. Any and all Americans on the islands should report to their nearest ivory helicopter, immediately. Don’t be fooled by the guys on the beach offering to get you “high,” the effect is merely psychological and will not assist your departure, although it may blunt how your perception of your impending doom. Here is the document upon which the State Department based its advisory:
