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Leading Hotels Still Kinda Committed To Selling 5-Star Rooms For $19.28 Per Night
The Leading Hotels of the World want you to know they are still committed to offering 6,000 five-star hotel rooms for $19.28. The contest, originally conceived as a way to honor the association's 1928 formation, is proving ironically successful, fusing a modern giveaway with 1928 technology. That whole email do-over idea? Silly! Forget it even existed. The group has gone and hired themselves some internet sherpas to help run the contest, and here's what they've come up with.... More »

11:30 AM on Sun Oct 12 2008
By Carey
11,496 views, 15 comments

Most discussed Ben Popken: I like that his letter begins, "Dear internets" more »
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Would You Judge A Real Estate Broker By His Blog?
The Washington Post reports that consumers are starting to judge real estate agents by their blogs. Almost 10% of real estate brokers are apparently blogging, a number that is likely to rise faster than that sketchy "up and coming" neighborhood you've heard about for years. More »

8:00 PM on Sat Aug 16 2008
By Carey
5,578 views, 33 comments

Latest by kellkell: Well the moron's genius managing broker has decided she didn't want him to be alone! [kentwoodcosucks.com] more »
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Pizza Hut Sends Unsolicited Email To Apologize For Sending Unsolicited Email
Pizza Hut apologized for sending an unsolicited marketing email by sending an unsolicited apology email. We've all accidentally hit send without ending the world, but the pizza-maker's flub is all the more egregious because they force customer who place orders online to opt-in to spam marketing. According to Pizza Hut, the error occurred while "testing new functionality." More »

5:00 PM on Sat Aug 16 2008
By Carey
13,984 views, 30 comments

Latest by ouiserboudreaux: @joemono: Exactly. We clicked to get the deals from them b/c they often have a good deal. We've often got more »
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National City Mortgage Company Can't Help You Access Your Account
Reader Kevin writes in with one of those stories that makes you feel like pulling your hair out. He can't access his online account with National City and they can't help him. More »

3:56 PM on Wed Apr 2 2008
By Meg Marco
5,038 views, 33 comments
Wondering how undersea cables in Asia recently interfered with AT&T's network? Wired ran an excruciatingly detailed piece in 1996 by the hacker tourist that explains how the worldwide network of undersea cables—tubes, if you will—connects us to our friends halfway around the world. [Wired]

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Walmart Slaps Down Super Smash Bros. Brawl Pre-Orders

Don't worry avid gamers, Walmart has "received your request to cancel" your pre-ordered copy of Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii. Oh, you didn't ask to cancel the order, you say? $19.82 is an amazing price for a $50 game?

Walmart now lists the game for $49.82. After the jump, Walmart's email of lies, and the best way to speak out against their thuggery. More »

1:00 PM on Sat Jan 12 2008
By Carey
13,592 views, 102 comments
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Comcast: Watch 3,000 Hours Of TV On Our New Website
The New York Times says that Comcast has some big plans brewing that will allow consumers to watch TV and movies over something called the "internet," as well as offering the ability to remotely control their DVRs.

Comcast has set up a site called Fancast.com where viewers can watch more than 3,000 hours of television shows from NBC, Fox, CBS and MTV and where they will soon be able to remotely program the digital video recorders in their homes. The shows on Fancast are available free. Comcast has yet to say how it will price the rest of the content as its plan moves forward.
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11:56 AM on Tue Jan 8 2008
By Meg Marco
3,182 views, 20 comments

Latest by captainproton: But yet we still cannot purchase our own cable box. more »
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Walmart Launches "Customer Contact Reduction" Program, Disconnects Phone
Walmart.com doesn't want to talk to you, so they're disconnecting their phone as part of their new "Customer Contact Reduction Program." More »

1:54 PM on Mon Sep 24 2007
By Meg Marco
10,778 views, 21 comments
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American Will Test In-Flight Broadband Next Year
American Airlines will test fee-based broadband on its transcontinental flights early in 2008. If you hate listening to other people talk on the phone, don't worry—they're going to block Skype and its ilk. More »

11:26 AM on Thu Aug 2 2007
By Meg Marco
1,123 views, 15 comments
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American Airlines: Executive Customer Support Is Slower Than Our Handy Web Form
American Airlines thinks the solution to their customer service woes is a web form that limits submissions to 1,500 characters. Each submission gets a tracking number, which American Airlines executives mistake for a resolution. From the Star-Telegram: More »

10:22 AM on Sun Jul 29 2007
By Carey
4,202 views, 20 comments

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