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ripoffs

Travel Agency Charges For Airline Tickets, Cancel Tickets, Can't Be Reached For Refund

Dhanushka is having some trouble getting money back from his travel agent. He writes,

Last January I purchased two tickets from Kansas to Sri Lanka from a travel agent to go on a vacation in May to June. When I went to the airport with two paper tickets in hand I was informed that my tickets were canceled by the Travel Agent. This was due to the negligence of the travel agent. So I had to spend two nights in a hotel while they book me on another flight which was a much difficult route than the route that I was intended to fly.

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2:19 PM on Mon Jul 14 2008
By Ben Popken
8,615 views, 46 comments

fuel

POLL: Did $4 Gas Make You Drive Less On Memorial Day Weekend?

AAA is claiming that Americans drove 4.3% fewer miles on public roads in March — the first year-over-year decline since 1979, and that for the first time since 2002, Americans said they planned to drive less this Memorial Day weekend. So, with the national average at $3.936 per gallon, did you actually drive less? More »

10:27 AM on Tue May 27 2008
By Meg Marco
5,039 views, 109 comments

tragic

Hey, Thanks For The Bed Bugs!

Sarah is experiencing every traveler's worst nightmare. Bed bugs!
I just started reading The Consumerist. I did a search on bedbugs to see if you had any posts, and then thought I'd tell you my own story after reading about the people who found bedbugs in a Santa Monica hotel. In August of last year, I stayed at the Holiday Inn in Santa Monica.
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8:46 AM on Mon Apr 14 2008
By Meg Marco
11,247 views, 55 comments

hype

The Best Deals Are Not Found On Black Friday

Stores offer the steepest discounts the day before Christmas, not on Black Friday. A Boston Globe study found that the orgy of mindless early-morning consumerism is good for cutesy door prizes and savings on one or two items, but provides no discount for the vast majority of surveyed goods. More »

11:30 AM on Sun Dec 30 2007
By Carey
4,423 views, 23 comments

retail

Macy's Is Closing 9 Stores

Well now you've done it, shoppers of America: your refusal to spend enough money at Macy's is forcing the department store chain to shutter nine "underperforming stores in Indiana, Ohio, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Utah and Texas," reports Reuters. Seriously, what does it take to get you to buy stuff from them? They gave out coupons! More »

3:51 PM on Fri Dec 28 2007
By Chris Walters
6,115 views, 51 comments

unruly

Unruly Passenger Forces JetBlue Flight To Make Unscheduled Landing

An unidentified passenger is being questioned by the Denver police department after his unruly behavior forced a JetBlue flight from New York to San Francisco to land at DIA. More »

9:38 AM on Mon Dec 24 2007
By Meg Marco
5,745 views, 33 comments

signs

"Hoh Hoh" Says Wal-Mart

The War on Christmas has taken a sneaky left turn, with Coke and Wal-Mart mounting an entirely unanticipated attack on one of the world's most beloved phrases! A reader, Josh, was shopping and/or protesting in his local Wal-Mart recently when he saw this in-store display for soda. More »

8:34 PM on Mon Dec 17 2007
By Chris Walters
7,518 views, 46 comments

recalls

The First Lead Related Holiday Ornament Recall Of The Season Is Here!

The first retailer to be mentioned in a holiday ornament recall this year is JC Penney! The ornament in question was sold at "various retailers nationwide, including JC Penney catalog and Web site, from July 2006 through October 2007 for between $15 and $18." More »

4:59 PM on Wed Nov 28 2007
By Meg Marco
579 views, 7 comments

shopping

7 Ways To Blow Your Holiday Budget

Bankrate is concerned that you'll spend more than you can afford this holiday shopping season, so they've got a list of 7 "budget busters": More »

12:30 PM on Fri Nov 23 2007
By Meg Marco
3,113 views, 6 comments

travel

Holiday Travel Season Off To A Rough Start

Technical problems, fog, rain and other weather issues are already causing delays at several airports says USAToday. More »

3:46 PM on Mon Nov 19 2007
By Meg Marco
1,749 views, 15 comments

hype

Consumer Reports Underwhelmed By Walmart's Black Friday Ad

Consumer Reports seems sort of disappointed by Walmart's Black Friday ad: More »
Airlines are supposedly going out of their way to avoid the coming PR debacle that is otherwise known as the holiday travel season. Good luck, boys and girls. [Wall Street Journal]

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christmas creep

Starbucks Rolls Out Christmas Cups, Christmas Blends, And Christmas Music - Seven Weeks Before Christmas

Corporate America has a new ally in the war to spread unseasonable holiday cheer. Thanksgiving may be two weeks away, but according to one sharp-eyed reader, that isn't stopping the coffee behemoth Starbucks from bludgeoning consumers with Christmas.

Just last year, the Seattle Times wrote: "Something [consumers] don't want — and which Starbucks will hold until after Thanksgiving — are the holiday tunes."

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11:45 AM on Sat Nov 10 2007
By Carey
4,099 views, 68 comments

security

FBI Warns LA & Chicago Shoppers Of Possible Threat

The FBI has released an unverified tip that those people who "hate freedom" are planning on attacking shopping malls in LA and Chicago this season. Before you buy more duct tape, the FBI emphasized that "there is no information to state this is a credible threat"—but they felt they needed to share it "out of an abundance of caution." More »

9:33 PM on Thu Nov 8 2007
By Chris Walters
1,976 views, 59 comments

disgusting

Secret Camera Investigation: Every Single Hotel Failed To Wash Your Cups And Glasses

Fox Atlanta set up secret cameras inside 5 different hotel chains from the Holiday Inn to the Ritz Carlton (shown above) and caught every single one of them failing to properly wash the room's glasses. More »

2:05 PM on Wed Nov 7 2007
By Meg Marco
72,367 views, 74 comments

tips

20 Sites Where You Can Find Deals

Maybe you're one of those people who will manage to actually follow through with the whole "home-made, simpler gift giving" concept this season. For the rest of you who don't want to sit around making dolls and paper-mache serving dishes over the next six weeks, Kiplinger's has a list of 20 sites to help you score the best prices on your holiday shopping this year. More »

10:08 PM on Mon Nov 5 2007
By Chris Walters
5,346 views, 8 comments

glad tidings

Walmart CEO Optimistic About Christmas Because Broke People Shop At Walmart

Walmart CEO, Lee Scott recently told analysts that he feels: More »
christmas creep

"Christmas Creep" Photo Gallery Call For Entries

Christmas is threatening to swallow all the other holidays until there is nothing left! Help! This "holiday season" we're asking our readers to document a phenomenon called "Christmas Creep." More »

5:47 PM on Mon Oct 1 2007
4,559 views, 58 comments

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