Consumerist
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credit card reform
CARD Act Includes Limits On Not-So-Free Credit Report Ads
A less-reported provision of the CARD Act, the credit card reform bill signed by President Obama on Friday, puts limits on ads promoting that old Consumerist nemesis, "free" credit reports.
The law calls for the Federal Trade Commission to issue new rules that will force free credit report advertisers to inform consumers that the only place for a free credit report is AnnualCreditReport.com.
Television and radio ads will also be required to include a pretty deflating statement: "This is not the free credit report provided for by Federal law."
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funny
If We Buy This And Give It Back To You, Will You Read It, Circuit City Execs?
After seeing our photo evidence of the sorry state of the St. Peters, MO, Circuit City yesterday, Eric decided to check out the final days of the Circuit City in Poughkeepsie, NY. He writes, "On one clearance table, among the overpriced cables, I saw this. I'm not sure what this was doing there, but it's probably something the Circuit City executives should have read a few years ago, huh?" Yes, but it's never too late! Those executives are going to end up working somewhere after all. By the way, do CC execs get a liquidation discount? More » -
ironic
AT&T Doesn't Work In Area It Advertises
AT&T has a new campaign advertises how it "works in more places like," and then lists a fictional place that's a mashup of three cities. The ads are appearing in the tunnels and trains of Washington DC Metro, a real place, where AT&T really doesn't work. Only Verizon works down there. Commenter XianZomby writes, "I think before ATT works on getting their wireless network in places that don't exist, they should focus on getting their cell phones to work in places where they advertise cell phone service."
(Photo: Robert Dubois)
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news from the swamp
Head Of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Didn't Know How To Properly Install A Car Seat
A Detroit News article about Nicole Nasson, head of the National High Traffic Safety Adminsitration, which oversees, among other things, child safety seat standards, reveals that until this summer, she didn't know how to properly install a child safety seat. More » -
The state of California recalled 56,000 children's lunchboxes over lead concerns. The lunchboxes had been distributed by the Health Department to promote healthy eating. [AP]
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ironic
Returned Products Aren't Broken, Just Too Hard to Use
Complexity causes 50% of product returns, a new report finds. More »
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