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Wedding Registry

This Target Coupon Is Made Of Lies

Target confiscated Nick's coupon for 10% off items left on his wedding registry after randomly deciding that the coupon was too generous. More »

12:50 PM on Sat Jun 28 2008
By Carey
16,786 views, 72 comments

Latest by charliew77: @MonkeySeeMonkeyDo: I'm recently engaged and have been helping my fiancee gather information about and whatnot, and more than one of the sites we've been to have actually said it's common these days to put a videogame system on your registry. Now more »

chargebacks

Chargebacks Have Geographical Limitations

Longtime Consumerist reader TBT read the fine print for a credit card she recently opened with Bank of America, and discovered that buried in pages 13 and 14 is a section that limits your right to request a chargeback to your home state or within 100 miles of your home address, and only for purchases over $50. He found this shocking, but, actually, this is a limitation provided by the Fair Credit Billing Act. If you dislike it, here's a great post of ours on writing effective letters to Congress.

2:46 PM on Fri May 9 2008
By Chris Walters
4,445 views, 52 comments

Latest by n/a: @chrisjames: I'd expect many of USAA's customers to care about the declaration of war voiding, given the nature of their field of membership. more »