Consumerist
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walmart
Walmart Thinks Woman Is Laundry Soap Thief, Refuses Return
When a soon-to-be mother realized she had bought the wrong laundry detergent at a New Mexico Walmart, she tried to return it. That didn't work out so well, ending up with the store manager insinuating she was a con-artist who replaced the detergent with water. More » -
grocery shrink ray
Grocery Shrink Ray Gives Softsoap Some Slimming New Curves
Putting elegant curves on your packaging doesn't just make a bottle of hand soap look nice on the side of your sink. It also lets you drastically reduce the amount of product that you sell in a container that looks approximately the same size. More » -
environment
Attack of the Antibacterial Soaps!
Triclosan, a chemical widely used in antibacterial soaps, is turning up in dolphins. The agent gets into oceans after traveling from, for instance, your bathroom sink into wastewater streams. Though 90 to 98 percent of the chemical is broken down before it reaches fresh water, even the small percentage that remains becomes significant due to antibacterial soaps' wide use. More » -
complaints
Help, My KitchenAid Dishwasher Hasn't Worked Since July!
Katy's KitchenAid dishwasher hasn't dissolved soap or cleaned dishes since July, despite receiving four new parts over seven service visits. KitchenAid's service plan promises a replacement unit if the same part breaks three times, but KitchenAid still isn't sure which part of Katy's dishwasher is broken, and so they're refusing to give her a new one. Does that seem fair? More » -
shrink ray
New Grocery Shrink Ray Makes Me Feel Dirty
The Grocery Shrink Ray has reared its ugly head again, this time hitting Dawn hand soap by nearly an entire ounce. It's amazing what they can hide in slight revisions of molded plastic. -
stupid shipping gang
Amazon Ships "Ready To Ship" Box... Inside Another Box
On one hand, the mere existence of such a thing as a "ready to ship" box at Amazon leads us to believe that there may be hope for them after all. Sadly, the fact that they packed the "ready to ship" box inside another box before they shipped it does leave us with some nagging doubts. More » -
dial
Save Money On "Foaming" Hand Soap By Watering Down Regular Hand Soap
Reader Isreal has made an exciting discovery. Foaming hand soap is basically just less viscous regular, cheaper hand soap. By watering down cheaper hand soap, you can save money. More » -
potentially evil
Bank Of America Can't Afford Soap For Employee's Break Room
After waving good-bye to billions in the subprime mortgage market and bailing out nefarious mustache-twirling mortgage lender Countrywide, Bank of America says it can no longer afford soap for its employee's break rooms. More » -
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shrinking packages
Dial Full Force Soap Bars Now 10% Smaller
The latest installment of quietly shrinking packages arrives care of Dial's Full Force Soap Bar. Once 4.5 ounces per bar, Dial now packs a mere 4 ounces of sudsy splendor.
Downsizing is a sneaky way to pass on a price increase because you are getting less for your money but may not catch the change. As is typical for many downsized products, the manufacturer diverts your attention from the net weight statement to something else "new". In this case, they are calling it a "new grip bar" because ridges have been carved into it.
Soap bars are supposed to shrink in the shower, not on the shelf.Dial Soap: The Incredible Shrinking Bar [Mouseprint]
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customer service
No iPod, Soap!
We've all heard of iPod's vaunted "clean design," but this is ridiculous. More »
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