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Best Buy Hikes Price On Popular Budget Laptop, Gets Caught
If you were eyeing the "budget-priced" Gateway P-6831FX and thought about picking one up at your local Best Buy, you'll want to wait until this Sunday, February 17th, when Best Buy says it will lower the price again. We say "again" because Dan over at Crave caught Best Buy raising the price by $349 after it was released, from $1350 to $1699, for no apparent reason other than it was selling well.More »
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Dollar Rent A Car Charges $2.00 "Top Off Fee," Even If You Return With A Full Tank Of Gas
No longer content gouging customers who return their rentals with less than a full tank of gas, Dollar Rent A Car is now assessing a $2.00 "top off fee" for cars that have already been topped off."I couldn't believe it," said Steven Dentali, who was charged the fee in October after renting a car from Dollar Rent A Car in Manchester, N.H. "I said to them, 'You're telling me I'm penalized no matter what? There's no way around me having to pay something?'"More »
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Great News! Higher Gas Prices "Good" For You!
A new study from Washington University claims that "the 13 percent rise in obesity between 1979 and 2004 can be attributed to falling pump prices," and that if gas prices were raised by $1 more, obesity levels would drop by 15% over the next 5 years. Apparently the closer the cost of a gallon of gas comes to a monthly gym membership fee, the more gym-like qualities it magically takes on. More »
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Why Is Gas So Freakin' Expensive?
Did you know that gas price gouging almost never occurs as prices rise? Rather, it's most often when dealers keep prices artificially high even as their costs fall. More »
2:46 PM on Tue May 29 2007
By Carey
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Why is My $%@#! Cable Bill So High?
From MSNBC: "If your cable TV rates have gone up by 4 percent a year, you're getting off relatively easy, according to a report last week form the Federal Communications Commission. Since 1996, the average monthly cable bill is up 93 percent, the commission reported last week." More »
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The $9.99 PS3
Balance is being restored to the universe. Is it karma? Is it the work of a Jedi? Yoda? Are you there, buddy? More »
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