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dead frogs
Walmart Refunds For Dead Frog Found In Salad
"Oh my God, I see eyes!" screamed Carla Hill after opening a bag of greens from Walmart. More » -
new and exciting products
Attention: Deep Fried Butter Exists
There's hope for the continued survival of humanity past the point where we invent robots with the ability to exterminate us and built robots of their own. How do I know this? Because we've invented "deep fried butter." If we can do that, the robots don't stand a chance. More » -
ripoffs
Dallas Cowboys' New Stadium Offers $90 Pizza With No Toppings
If man were to dig a fancy pit that rich people would fight to throw money into, we suppose it would look a lot like the Dallas Cowboys' new $1.2 billion stadium. For only $800,000 you can rent a suite that doesn't include tickets to the game — or food and drink. More » -
don't be a hero
Grocery Store Manager Loses Job For Recovering Stolen Purse
It's all well and good to be a hero. Just, if you're an employee of a Randalls grocery store, do it on your own time. That's what an employee at their Round Rock, Texas store learned when he was fired for recovering a customer's stolen purse. More » -
dressing rooms
Used Syringes Surprise Kohl's Shopper
We've all been there, trying on a pair of shorts in a Kohl's dressing room when suddenly we feel the cold sting of three used syringes. Or maybe it's a joy that was limited to a Texas woman who was shopping yesterday at the Kohl's in Harris County, Texas. More » -
cars
Trade In Your Clunker, Get $4,500. Maybe.
The government is offering a $4,500 credit to anyone willing to trade in their old clunker for a new fuel efficient car, but there's a catch. Well, several catches... More » -
extended warranties
Texas Electronics Retailer Sued For Deceptive Sales Practices
The Texas Attorney General filed suit against aptly named electronics retailer Conn's, accusing the store of aggressively marketing extended warranties to customers, then doing everything in its power to avoid honoring those warranties. More » -
swine flu
Breaking: Texan Dies From Swine Flu
Swine flu has claimed its first US victim. Details were scant but Texas health officials said the woman lived close to the Mexican border and had other, chronic, health problems. [AP] (Photo: law_keven) -
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scams
Neighbor Gives Away Couple's Possessions On Craigslist Without Their Permission
It's every Freecycle moderator's nightmare. A family in the Dallas/Fort Worth suburb of Mansfield woke up to discover men with a truck packing up their portable basketball hoop...which they weren't giving away. It had been listed on the "free" section of Craigslist by their neighbor...a police officer in a nearby town. More » -
enterprise
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Is Unsurprisingly Useless And Full Of Lies
Enterprise Rent-A-Car failed reader Jimmy in every possible way, which is quite the accomplishment since he only wanted a full size car to drive around his visiting friends. GEICO, Jimmy's insurance company, set him up with Enterprise after he lost a head-on collision with a deer. Enterprise managed to muck up nearly every step of the rental process, promising to deliver cars they didn't have, delivering the wrong class of car, and upselling unnecessary insurance that they wrongly said GEICO would cover. Jimmy's never going to use Enterprise again, and inside, you'll see why... More » -
cheapskates
Austin Jiffy Lubes Too Cheap To Dispose Of Oil Properly, Keep Dumping It In City Sewer System
Heartland Automotive Services, Inc., which runs 31 Jiffy Lubes in the Austin area, has to pay a $300,000 fine after admitting to pumping used oil into the city's sewer system instead of recycling it. Normally shops are paid by the gallon for used oil, but in this case a damaged wall let water seep into the oil collection area and create a toxic mess that couldn't be sold—so instead of paying to remove it, they pumped it down the drain. More » -
followups
Roy & Friends Find Used Skeeball Machine
Roy and his friends in Austin, TX would like to thank Consumerist readers for helping them locate a skee-ball machine they could all chip in on and practice on for their Brewskeeball league. They ended up finding one on in College Station, TX on Craigslist for $800. Score!
(Photo: brainware3000)
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odd
Shopper Arrested For Saying "The F Word" At Walmart
Well, here's a truly weird story, disorderly conduct charges have been dropped against a Texas woman who dropped an f-bomb at her local Walmart. More » -
housing
Top 10 Most And Least Affordable Cities
The National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo have put together an index of the most and least affordable metro areas. The index was created by calculating what percentage of a city's residents making the median income can afford a house in that city. More »
10:26 AM on Fri Feb 20 2009
By Meg Marco
30,204 views, 195 commentsMost discussed JanetCarol: Nothing in the DC Metro / Fairfax County VA made the least affordable?!?!?!? I'm shocked. more »
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you got peanut butter in my dead rat
Peanut Corp: "Don't Like Salmonella PB? Try Our New Dead Rat And Feathers Flavor"
On Thursday, Texas ordered the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) to recall all products shipped from its plant in Plainview, Texas. The order came after Texas Department of State Health Services discovered dead rats, rat droppings, and bird feathers in a crawl space that was connected to the plant's ventilation system. More » -
policies
Abel's Copies Won't Issue A Refund Even After Selling You The Wrong Product
Abel's Copies is standing by their strict "No Refunds" policy even after ordering the wrong course packet for reader David. The workers at the off-campus bookstore near the University of Texas at Austin insisted there was only one instructor for David's course and that they couldn't order a new course packet unless David paid in advance. When David got home, he realized that Abel's sold him the wrong packet. He called the store and learned that Abel's had the right packet in stock for $25 less than he paid—but Abel's refused to issue a refund... More » -
confusing
Texas Family Sad That The Buyer Of All Their Possessions On eBay Will Pay But Not Take Their Stuff
Meet Gregg and Brittiny Peters. They've had a pretty terrible year. Two of their children were diagnosed with costly medical disorders, and as the bills began to mount, they decided to start over by selling all their worldly possessions on eBay. Enter Donnia and Keith Blair, who upon learning of the Peters' plight, bid $20,000 and won the auction. Here's the catch: the Blair's are willing to pay, but they don't want to take any of the Peters' things. This has apparently infuriated the Peters.
The Peters spent Friday morning trying to persuade the Fort Worth family to accept their belongings, which include a 2000 Chevrolet Tahoe. They even tried to retract the couple's bid.
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