Cantaloupe tainted by listeria have led to 13 deaths, and now, a lawsuit against Jensen Farms and Walmart. [More]
Retail Services
How Buying Grocery Items At A Drug Store Can Be A Bad Deal
By 10.5.11
Drug stores have been adding more and more food items to their shelves lately, but is it a good deal to get your mac and cheese from the same place you get your Advil? ConsumerWorld did a mystery shopping investigation to find out, and the results will give you a headache. [More]
Citi Jacks Up Monthly Fees And Minimum Balance Requirements For Checking Accounts
By 10.5.11
While Bank of America is inflaming consumers’ anger by saying it will soon start charging some debit card customers a monthly fee, the people at Citibank have been busy figuring out just how much to inflate the monthly fees and balance minimums for many of their checking account customers. [More]
Consumers Union Calls For Investigation Into Bank Of America Debit Card Fee
By 10.4.11
It’s not just Senator Dick Durbin and scissor-happy Fox Business Network anchors who disapprove of Bank of America’s announcement that it will begin charging a $5 monthly fee to some customers who use their debit cards to make purchases. Our benevolent benefactors at Consumers Union are now calling upon legislators and regulators to investigate this move by the nation’s largest bank. [More]
Reader Saves $400 Using YouTube To Fix Her Washer
By 10.4.11
The fable goes that the nice white-haired appliance guys are a dying breed and they’re way better than their outsourced, van-driving, retail store counterparts. But sometimes the local guy is just as bad as the guy in the store wearing the official colored shirt. When her Kenmore model 417 front-loading washer went bust-o, Jane discovered she was able to save $400 in repair costs by learning how to fix it herself from Youtube videos. [More]
Rachael Ray's Magazine Assumes You're Okay With Fewer Issues
By 10.3.11
Guess what, subscribers of Every Day With Rachael Ray? You’re getting fewer issues this year because of 40 pages being added to a “special” Thanksgiving issue. You won’t find out until that magazine arrives, however, as one Consumerist reader wrote in to tell us. [More]
T-Mobile & Walmart Announce No-Contract 4G Access For $30
By 10.3.11
While T-Mobile waits to see if AT&T can convince the justice system that the two companies should be allowed to merge, the smaller wireless provider has made a deal that could help it gain needed customers in case that deal falls through. Today, T-Mobile announced that it will offer a $30/month pre-paid plan exclusively through Walmart that will provide users with “unlimited” 4G data and texting. [More]
Hooters Sues Twin Peaks Restaurant In Breastacular Battle
By 10.3.11
Prepare your best boob jokes, everyone, there’s a legal battle going down in the C-cup Corral between established stripmall mega-chain Hooters and an upstart restaurant named Twin Peaks. [More]
Bank Of America Branch Booted Reporter From Sidewalk For "Soliciting"
By 10.3.11
Oh, Bank of America. Just when we think your antics have finally reached a zenith, you go on and prove us wrong with something newly and truly despicable. Like say, attempt to stop a reporter from reporting. [More]
Amazon Fire Could Be A Big Bummer For Android
By 10.2.11
Good news for Amazon’s Kindle Fire is that it could be poised to be a serious competitor to the iPad. Bad news for Google and its Android operating system, which the Fire runs on, is that if it does rival the iPad, Google probably won’t see much benefit. [More]
Girl Scouts Pledge To Cut Down On Palm Oil In Their Delicious Cookies
By 10.2.11
Girl Scouts do more than sell cookies, as two young troopers proved with their five-year campaign to change the famous cookies’ formula in the name of environmental preservation. [More]
Fox Business Network Anchor Takes Scissors To Bank Of America Debit Card On Air
By 9.30.11
The backlash against Bank of America’s decision to charge a $5 monthly fee to some customers who use debit cards to make purchases continues, with Fox Business Network’s Gerri Willis taking a pair of scissors to her BofA debit card in the middle of an on-air report. [More]
Pennsylvania Woman Wins Fifth Lawsuit Against Walmart Over $.02
By 9.30.11
A woman in Pennsylvania is once again making headlines after she successfully sued Walmart over a $.02 price discrepancy and won $100 for her troubles. But this isn’t the first — or second, third, or fourth — time she’s taken Big W to court over small change. [More]
Dick Durbin Slams Bank Of America Over $5 Debit Card Fee
By 9.30.11
Yesterday, Bank Of America announced it would begin charging a $5 monthly fee for some BofA customers who use their debit cards to make purchases. Not surprisingly, this did not go over well with Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, one of the leading proponents of swipe-fee reform. [More]
Target's Nightmare Before Christmas
By 9.30.11
Are you interested in mixing up your Christmas and Halloween traditions this year, but aren’t a character in the classic claymation movie “The Nightmare Before Christmas?” Maybe place a bubbling cauldron on the Yule log, or dress up like a chicken while you serve the Christmas goose? Target can help you with that. All in one aisle. [More]
Check Your Best Buy Receipt Carefully Before Signing For In-Store Pickup Purchases
By 9.30.11
Best Buy’s in-store pickup for online purchases is a handy option, but beware. You could be the victim of a sudden price increase. After Kevin’s wallet fell victim to a price adjustment after the fact, he wrote in to warn other consumers. [More]
Bank Of America To Charge $5 Monthly Fee For Some Debit Card Users
By 9.29.11
Even though swipe fee reform resulted in a bank-friendly compromise, it still managed to halve the amount banks earn every time you pay for something with a debit card. And so the hunt to make up for that lost money continues, with Bank of America looking to charge a $5 monthly fee to some debit card users. [More]
Sears To Make DieHard Batteries Available For Sale At Meijer
By 9.29.11
One month after Sears realized it could make more money by allowing its Craftsman tools to be sold through Costco, the retail chain has decided to allow another of its long-standing exclusive house brands to be sold by another retailer, as it has given Meijer stores the rights to sell DieHard car batteries. [More]
