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    • follow ups

      Capital One Activates Payment Protection Plan Thanks To EECB

      Earlier this week, I posted about a college student who couldn't get Capital One's Emergency Payment Protection Plan activated on his account because of missed deadlines. Andon wrote back today to say that after he sent an EECB to the credit card company's executives, they apologized and activated the service. More »

      7:25 PM on Fri Nov 6 2009
      By Chris Walters
      2,145 views, 7 comments

      Most discussed elysse: Interesting they should show up on the Consumerist feed today, I just got a call from CapOne today, it was more »

    • in your wallet

      Capital One Tricks Customer Into Not Activating Emergency Payment Protection Plan

      Cory wrote in earlier to complain about Capital One's nasty habit of having their collection department call you to upsell you on other products. At almost the same time, Andon wrote to us to let us know that the company's protection plan—the sort of thing they're trying to sell to people like Cory—is useless unless you can manipulate time (Andon can't). More »

      2:58 PM on Tue Nov 3 2009
      By Chris Walters
      9,663 views, 26 comments

      Most discussed Areia: Although their communication of this policy could definitely use improvement, this sounds like more of a timing problem to me. Let's more »

    • insurance

      6 Things Your Insurance Agent Doesn't Need To Hear

      MSN Money Central posted a list of five things not to tell your insurer. More »
    • pre-existing conditions

      Skinny Toddlers Also Can't Get Insurance?

      We guess we should have seen this one coming. After news broke of the uninsurable fat baby last week, MSNBC found a similar case on the other end of the spectrum. A Colorado family with a 22-pound two-year-old says that United HealthCare told them their daughter Aislin is too small to qualify for insurance under their guidelines. More »

      12:28 PM on Thu Oct 22 2009
      By Chris Walters
      9,667 views, 235 comments

      Most discussed GitEmSteveDave_RockinL...: You know, before anyone says this is why we should have universal healthcare or not, or whatever, cases like these more »

    • sorta happy endings

      Ryder Charges Guy $200 For Damages He Didn't Cause, Gives Money Back

      It doesn't take much to please some customers. Patrick tells us Ryder charged him $200 for moving truck damages that already existed before he rented the vehicle. More »

      11:55 AM on Thu Oct 15 2009
      By Phil Villarreal
      7,386 views, 29 comments

    • pre-existing conditions

      Fat Little Babies Can't Get Insurance?

      Up until yesterday, 4-month-old Alex Lange was considered uninsurable by Rocky Mountain Health Plans because he was above the 95th percentile for height and weight for his age—that gave him a pre-existing condition of obesity, and earned him a stamp of rejection. More »

      8:25 AM on Tue Oct 13 2009
      By Chris Walters
      13,694 views, 273 comments

      Most discussed darkwing: I used to think Consumers Union was a respectable organization, but seeing them agitate so obviously for ObamaCare, here and more »

    • health care

      The Best States For Health Care

      A new report has been published that ranks the quality of health care for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It's not looking too swell for people who live in the South. More »

      5:34 PM on Thu Oct 8 2009
      By Chris Walters
      14,368 views, 110 comments

    • officemax

      OfficeMax Won't Send Customer A Refund Gift Card That Works

      When Dave bought a monitor from OfficeMax he opted for the MaxAssurance insurance plan. His bet that the monitor would break paid off, but he's been unable to cash out because OfficeMax keeps sending him gift cards that won't work. He writes: More »

      11:15 AM on Mon Oct 5 2009
      By Phil Villarreal
      4,273 views, 39 comments

      Most discussed Laines: Isn't this the definition of 'bait & switch?' Why are all these discontinued products still being featured on their more »

    • insurance

      How To Reduce Your Insurance Premiums

      Kiplinger has put together a list of ways to reduce costs for auto, home, and life insurance. For auto and homeowners insurance, boosting your deductible from $250 to $1000 can lower your premiums between 15-25%. If you haven't looked at your life insurance policy in a while, don't wait any longer to shop around—rates have "dropped significantly" over the past 15 years but are now on the rise. And when calculating homeowners insurance, don't fall into the market value trap: make sure you're covering the true cost of replacing only the home and what's inside, not the value of the land.

      "Slash Your Insurance Costs" [Kiplinger]

      10:40 AM on Mon Sep 28 2009
      By Chris Walters
      4,745 views, 50 comments

      Most discussed MostlyHarmless: 1. Turn 25. Seriously. more »

    • choose your own adventure

      How Would Health Care Reform Affect You?

      Consumers Union has put together a breakdown of the health care bills in Congress to let you see how they would affect you, based on your age and what kind of insurance you currently have (if any). It's an interesting tool to see what the various proposed changes are. More »

      2:00 PM on Fri Sep 25 2009
      By Alex Chasick
      11,605 views, 249 comments

      Most discussed Underpants Gnome: You forgot the part where the death panels are going to force you to have an abortion and swear loyalty more »

    • videos

      344 Now 224 lb Reader Featured On TV, In Newsweek

      Reader Tyler Weeks, who started a blog to chronicle his journey from 344 pounds to his current weight of 224.6, was recently featured in Newsweek and on his local CBS news station for his weight reduction success story. Nice job! Here's the video. More »

      12:00 PM on Fri Sep 25 2009
      By Ben Popken
      7,535 views, 96 comments

      Most discussed Featherstonehaugh: 224.6 s stll ft. Cm bck whn y'r 150 more »

    • your health

      Homes With Cats 8 Times More Likely To Contain MRSA

      You may have thought you could only get MRSA at hospitals and the beach, but apparently researchers have discovered that it can be transmitted via pets and lead to repeat infections, reports the New York Times. One recent case involved a baby elephant and 20 human caretakers at the San Diego Zoo last year, but at the domestic level it looks like cats (and dogs, but not to the same degree) somehow contribute to cycle of infection at home. More »

      8:14 PM on Tue Sep 22 2009
      By Chris Walters
      7,857 views, 77 comments

      Most discussed radleyas: Does this apply to indoor only cats? My kids never leave the house .. and they've been bathed multiple more »

    • literal consumption

      Is Cheap Food To Blame For Our Expensive Health Care?

      Michael Pollan thinks so. He's got an op-ed in the NYT where he examines the relationship between or expensive health care and our cheap fast food. More »

      11:46 AM on Mon Sep 14 2009
      By Meg Marco
      10,465 views, 173 comments

    • insurance

      Get On A Plane, Go To Your Surgery

      We're not sure if this is the start of a trend or just some very creative cost-cutting by a few companies, but Business Insurance notes that some self-insured firms are now sending their employees to other states to save money on medical procedures. More »

      11:15 AM on Fri Sep 11 2009
      By Chris Walters
      4,277 views, 88 comments

      Most discussed kateblack: Is that even legal? What happens if something goes wrong and the patient can't get home? Or family can't get more »

    • renters insurance

      Renters With Cool Stuff, You Can't Afford Not To Have Renters Insurance

      Kimberly Palmer, author of U.S. News & World Report's Alpha Consumerist blog, makes a convincing case that renters really should insure their stuff. More »

      9:36 AM on Thu Sep 3 2009
      By Phil Villarreal
      12,898 views, 93 comments

    • entrepreneurs

      Atheists Sell Pet Care Service To Christians Anticipating The Rapture

      An atheist in New Hampshire is hiring out pet care services to Christians who believe that there will be a rapture and they will leave behind their pets. He won't tell Mainstreet whether the business is very successful—he says his clients number "more than one and less than 175," but it's certainly an interesting way to bring two traditionally opposing groups together under a common (profit-making) cause. More »

      8:28 PM on Tue Sep 1 2009
      By Chris Walters
      11,317 views, 102 comments

      Most discussed Halfdeaddavid: Do that many people really believe in the rapture? I mean its not even in their bible. John Nelson Darby more »

    • tax credits

      Four Stimulus Benefits That Will Expire Soon

      Kiplinger lists four ways you can still get some cash back from the government, although you'd better get a move on if you want to qualify. Included are a first-time home buyer's credit that goes away November 30th, a new car tax credit, a COBRA premium subsidy for people laid off, and a slight unemployment payment benefit.

      "Take Advantage of These Stimulus Breaks Soon" [Kiplinger]
      (Photo: miss karen)

      3:24 PM on Mon Aug 31 2009
      By Chris Walters
      9,869 views, 25 comments

      Most discussed Oranges w/ Cheese...: I hope they extend the homebuyer credit. I want a house, but because I lost my job earlier this year more »

    • epic fail

      FDIC Low On Funds After Record Bank Failures In 2009

      Given how many banks have failed and been taken over by the FDIC this year (84, including three yesterday), it's not one bit surprising that the FDIC isn't doing too well, funds-wise. It's down to $22 billion, the lowest the failed bank fund has been since the savings and loan crisis of the early '90s, when it needed to borrow money from the Treasury Department to keep going. More »

      4:40 PM on Sat Aug 29 2009
      By Laura Northrup
      3,224 views, 19 comments

      Most discussed Trai_Dep: Rather than suffer a death of a thousand cuts, we need to take the Too Big To Fail institutions and more »

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