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Behold The Wunder Boner
Let us share with you this horrifying, but comically named, fish deboning device.More »
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recession watch
New York Mayor Says Luxury Homeless Shelter Residents Shouldn't Get Too Cozy
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg told the Daily News that the residents of the swanky failed-condo-turned-homeless-shelter shouldn't get too comfortable. They'll need to move on. More » -
imaginary savings
Target Saves You Money In Ways You Can Only Imagine
Target continues its rebranding as the Duchamp of retail stores, with this receipt that indicates savings where no savings ever existed. Or perhaps multi-dimensional savings; we can't pretend to know what Target sees when it stares into the void. Mark notes, "The cookies were on sale, as indicated. The cascade, I had a coupon for it to be free. Total savings should be $4.23. The receipt says $7.37. Maybe it's a conspiracy since it is the Love Field (near the airport) in Dallas where Southwest flies only 737s." That's as good an explanation as any, Mark. Maybe you should work for Target? More » -
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If You Use Twitter This Month, You Probably Won't Be Back Next Month
Oprah has given the world many discoveries: Dr. Phil, books and on April 17, when she devoted an entire show to it, Twitter. More » -
tv
CBS Is Counting On Leno To Fail In Prime Time
You know how much it sucks to lose a $5 bill, right? Well, times that by 11 million and you get an idea of how CBS president and CEO Les Moonves felt during the first quarter of the year, when his company lost $55.3 million. More » -
funny
This Blockbuster Has Pretty Much Given Up
We guess when you're hurting as much as they are, you pick your battles.
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confusing
This Discount Store Enjoys Messing With Its Customers' Minds
Shelley just sent us this photo of a store she saw in New Jersey this afternoon. We particularly like that the neon signs in the window are just as contradictory as the roof signs. It's like a decorating theme.
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funny
This Best Buy Survey Seems Suspiciously Biased
Sidd tried to fill out a Best Buy post-purchase survey online, but he suspects it might be skewed toward specific ratings. We know, it's just a glitch, but this would explain that report that Best Buy is demoting 8,000 senior sales associates.
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fine print
Macy's Makes Fun Of Coupons With Its Latest Coupon
Did you know the asterisk in the Macy*s logo is actually part of a clever branding campaign to associate the brand with fine print? It must be true, because no other department store has such a love of fine print on coupons—and such an apparent hatred of actual coupons. Their latest masterpiece in exclusions won't cover electronics, wigs, mattresses, shoes, watches, about a million clothing brands, and more. What does it cover? Probably a shoehorn from the Notions for Men department.
(Thanks to Michelle!)
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age verification
Yum! Wants Feedback Only From Ancient Ones, Mummies, Civil War Veterans
Want to provide some feedback to Yum! Brands, the company behind KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Long John Silver's, and A&W Restaurants? No matter how old you are—they go back as far as Jan 1st, 1906—they'll tell you that you're too young to use the "Contact Us" part of their website. Yum! is in it for the long haul, and they don't need a bunch of jibber-jabber from hooligans like you.
"Contact Us" [Yum] (Thanks to JB!)
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excuses
Sears Can't Get Its Story Straight Regarding Rust And Craftsman Tools
C'mon Sears, rust isn't a magic brown fairy powder that you can sprinkle over any warranty issue to deny coverage. Brian was told he couldn't have his worn-out sockets replaced because they were rusty. He pointed out that he needed them replaced because they were worn out, not because of some cosmetic damage due to oxidation. Now Sears has officially told him that any rust on a Craftsman tool automatically voids the warranty—which is not what Sears told us two years ago. More » -
sears
Craftsman's "Lifetime Warranty" Depends On Tool Associate's Mood
Brian tried to trade in some old Craftsman tools, the ones that come with a lifetime, no-questions-asked replacement policy. Unfortunately, the Tool Associate at Sears deemed Brian unworthy of the Cratfsman guarantee and refused him. That's why he's the Tool Associate.
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fail
Papa John's Love (Pizza) Is A Lie
As is custom for Valentine's Day, many businesses are offering heart-shaped merchandise. Papa John's Pizza is offering a such a themed pizza. But, as is often the case, reality can be strikingly different than advertising. Come inside to see what the pizza actually looks like. More » -
Local media confirms that, for the most part, Circuit City's liquidation deals aren't as good as Walmart's regular website prices. [WKTV]
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ups
UPS Inadvertently Busts Mail Order Pot Scheme By Delivering Brick Of Marijuana To Wrong Address
UPS delivered a package to a Texas man expecting some tools he had ordered. Instead, the man found a 30-pound brick of marijuana. More » -
circuit city
Circuit City's "Free Shipping Day" Promise Turns Out To Be Worthless
Circuit City promised that if you ordered from them on December 18th, you'd get free shipping and a guarantee that your order would arrive before Christmas. It turns out that promise was worthless, at least for Brandon—or rather, it's worth exactly $5 in company scrip from Circuit City. (We love apologies that force you to shop at the company that screwed up.) Circuit City's CSR even says that the December 18th offer doesn't exist, despite the fact that their logo is still up on the freeshippingday.com website as of today. More » -
dumb
UPS Refuses Your Package On Your Behalf
Adam asked UPS to hold a package at his local facility because he knew he would be out of town. UPS sent Adam a confirmation message saying they would hold it for five days. Instead, they twice tried to deliver it to Adam a few hours later. Then they marked the package as refused by receiver and sent it back to the shipper. -
We know tween girl clothes aren't sexy; we also think pre-tween clothes shouldn't be promiscuous.
Parental Testimonial Fail [Fail Blog]
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