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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
11,152 views, 55 comments

complaints

FiOS Is Great, If Verizon Ever Manages To Actually Install It

Ben is getting some crappy customer service from Verizon in attempting to get FiOS installed. His phone is disconnected, they made a half-assed install, don't show up for installs, don't call, oh, and he still doens't have FiOS. He writes:
To file amongst other I hate Verizon articles. Typing and summarizing while on hold with Verizon for approximately the 8th time...
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10:36 AM on Tue Mar 25 2008
By Ben Popken
4,036 views, 29 comments

complaints

Circuit City's Clever Circular Ad Misprint Explanation

Mark writes:

Saw a great deal at Circuit City in yesterday's Sunday ad. Not crazy, but great. $5 for a Sony 1G Microvault Flash drive... The ad said, "Save $25. Reg. 29.95."

I went in today [10/08, to the store in Santa, Monica CA] and they said it was a "misprint." It was supposed to read, "14.99" instead of "4.99," they said they left out a "1."

That's a heck of a misprint, because then not only is it missing a "1", it's got an extra "2." Obviously Circuit City's ad-making division messed up, that happens, but just give it to us straight.

RELATED: SlickDeal forum chatter about people's varying degrees of success and failure getting this deal.

9:10 PM on Wed Oct 10 2007
By Ben Popken
4,052 views, 18 comments

3rd ss division totenkopf

Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Day 66

Sixty-six days after t-shirts bearing Nazi insignia were discovered in Walmart, the retailer has yet to remove them from all their stores, despite initial promises to do so within days. More »

9:28 PM on Tue Jan 16 2007
By Ben Popken
263 views, 10 comments

complaints

Time Warner Cable Customer Service Staffed By Crackheads

Jorge writes in about trying to get Time Warner Cable to not charge him for service he already canceled. More »

5:00 PM on Mon Dec 11 2006
By Ben Popken
9,727 views, 21 comments