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The ever-thoughtful economists over at Freakonomics are stumped by eBay member lpinok, who bid $55.71 for a $50 Target gift card.
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Why Would Anyone Bid $55 For A $50 Target Gift Card?!
The ever-thoughtful economists over at Freakonomics are stumped by eBay member lpinok, who bid $55.71 for a $50 Target gift card.
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We Are Not Impressed By New York City's Proposed Cable Consumer Bill Of Rights
New York City Comptroller Bill Thompson has proposed tying a Cable Consumer Bill of Rights into the 10-year franchise renewals Time Warner and Cablevision are expected to sign later this year. The proposal would force cable operators to disclose information about their expenses and service goals—which sounds nice and important on paper—but wastes an unrivaled opportunity to end the cable operators' most hated practices. More »
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Despite three attempts, HP cannot fix the video vomit that is going on in Willy's laptop. After Willy sent it in for the third time, describing the problem to HP as "Video Related Problem: Lines, Spots, Scrambled," HP replaced the audio PCA and sent it back marked "Repaired."
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Thrice Has HP Attempted To Fix This Laptop, And Thrice Has HP Failed
Despite three attempts, HP cannot fix the video vomit that is going on in Willy's laptop. After Willy sent it in for the third time, describing the problem to HP as "Video Related Problem: Lines, Spots, Scrambled," HP replaced the audio PCA and sent it back marked "Repaired."
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General Outage Hits GrandCentral
Google's telephone service GrandCentral has been down all morning. The service's first general outage affects all customers; any calls to GrandCentral numbers are immediately disconnected. More »
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Reader Karen writes in:
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Any Of These Phrases Should Have Alerted Staples That There Is A Problem Here. None Did.
Reader Karen writes in:I bought a small but overpriced postal scale at Staples ($22). When I took it home and opened the box, there was a broken, not-for-sale scale in it. I took it back and exchanged it for another one without any problem. But it's a crappy scale even when it's functional: it's not set at 0 and I don't see a way to resetit.Seriously, Staples? Do you also send cardboard cutouts of computers to people? How could it possibly be any clearer that this should never have left the store? Commenters, any suggestions?
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Everything About This Sears Order Is Wrong
This one really left me scratching my head. Not only did [Sears] send me the wrong item, they charged the wrong prices on everything I ordered. I ordered an air blow gun and got a jigsaw instead. I submitted this order during the 20% off/free shipping promotion. The total in my cart at checkout was $26 less than my card was charged, and I was charged for shipping as well.More »
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Security Sticker Defeats Product Key In Showdown Of Annoying Security Devices
Our good friend Mr. Scott Kidder says,See, I try to be a good guy and purchase a retail copy of Windows XP to use on my Macbook. But the stupid security sticker is covering up the last five digits of the product key, and trying to remove the security sticker tears the label. I give up.Boy, that sucks. More »
UPS Is A Sh*tty Easter Bunny
Reader Sarah writes in to show us how UPS treated her Easter Basket.
Heartless smashers of candy.
Reader Sarah writes in to show us how UPS treated her Easter Basket.
Heartless smashers of candy.
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Oh No! iMac Screens Failing
There seems to be a defect with the screens of certain iMacs, says MacNN. More and more users are reporting an issue where weird pink lines appear on the LCD and get progressively worse as time goes on. More »
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