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Retail Sales Down: You People Stopped Buying Crap In April

Retail Sales Down: You People Stopped Buying Crap In April

By 5.11.07

Sales are down by record numbers compared to last year, when Easter was in April, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Sales at stores open at least a year, known as same-store sales, fell by a record 2.4 percent in April, the worst since the International Council of Shopping Centers started tallying the monthly numbers in 1970.

Ouch. Some stores were hit harder than others. Perpetually money hemorrhaging discount clothier Old Navy lost an eye-opening 20%. Walmart was down 4.6% and Target 6.1%.

Morning Deals

By consumerist.com 5.11.07

• Woot: Sony NW-S705 2GB MP3 Player with Noise Cancelling Headphones for $59.99

Morning Deals

By consumerist.com 5.10.07

• Circuit City: SanDisk 4GB Standard SDHC Card for $54.99

Are You Paying $60 A Year For Water Pumped Into Chicken?

Are You Paying $60 A Year For Water Pumped Into Chicken?

By 5.9.07

Awhile back we posted some videos that show how butchers get away with vacuum pumping water into meat to make it weigh more. Some of them try to be “honest” about it by throwing a little soy sauce in there and calling it marinade. Whatever. We don’t pay by the pound for our marinade and neither should you.

Confirmation: GrandCentral + TMobile = Cheap Incoming Phone Calls

Confirmation: GrandCentral + TMobile = Cheap Incoming Phone Calls

By consumerist.com 5.9.07

You can get cheap calls on your T-mobile plan by hooking it up with Grand Central, reader Noah’s T-mobile bill confirms.

Walmart Caught Incorrectly Tagging Food As Organic

Walmart Caught Incorrectly Tagging Food As Organic

By 5.9.07

People in Wisconsin take their organic food seriously, Walmart. Don’t mess with Wisconsin. They wear cheese on their heads, for pete’s sake.

Best Buy Employee Confesses To Scams Similar To Ones Outlined In Racketeering Lawsuit

Best Buy Employee Confesses To Scams Similar To Ones Outlined In Racketeering Lawsuit

By 5.9.07

We thought the scam mentioned in the racketeering lawsuit sounded familiar—it was. A Best Buy employee emailed us on April 4, 2007 to confess to the type of behavior mentioned in the lawsuit.

Best Buy, Microsoft Accused Of Racketeering

Best Buy, Microsoft Accused Of Racketeering

By 5.9.07

When you think RICO you think Al Capone, or maybe Tony Soprano if you watch too much HBO. You don’t really think of Best Buy and Microsoft, do you? James Odom does. He’s the original plaintiff in a now 4 year old class action lawsuit that just won’t go away for Best Buy and Microsoft, one that now includes racketeering charges.

Why Corporate Lawyers Get "Confused" When You Try To Escape Contract Over Material Adverse Changes

Why Corporate Lawyers Get "Confused" When You Try To Escape Contract Over Material Adverse Changes

By consumerist.com 5.9.07

Now we know why cellphone companies have been giving customers such a hassle when they try to cancel over material changes to the contract: there’s two possible definitions. Ken Adams, an experienced corporate lawyer who drafts a lot of contracts, says:

Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Week 25

Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Week 25

By Ben Popken 5.9.07

22 weeks after Walmart agreed to remove shirts bearing Nazi iconography from its shelves, and 13 weeks after getting a letter from Congress demanding the shirts removal, they’re still there. S.G.W. found some in Indianapolis, took a video, and writes:

Materially Adverse Clauses For All Major Cellphones – So You Can Escape Contract Without Termination Fee

By consumerist.com 5.9.07

Here’s a roundup of all the contract clauses regarding “materially adverse changes” for all the major cellphone carriers. When they starting charging new fees or raise the price of a service, you can use this section to argue that you need to be let out of contract without early termination fee….

Verizon's New Surcharge For Calling Mexico Means It's Contract Cancel Party Time?

Verizon's New Surcharge For Calling Mexico Means It's Contract Cancel Party Time?

By consumerist.com 5.9.07

Materially adverse changes to contract mean the contract is void. Is Verizon’s new surcharge for calling Mexico a materially adverse change? The following was included in customer’s April Verizon Wireless bill:

Morning Deals

By consumerist.com 5.9.07

• 1000 free Joost Invitations (Joost is the new high-quality, on-demand, TV over internet service that everyone is going ape for, and its invite only at this point). UPDATE: We’re watching Aqua Teen Hunger Force. This is so cool. UPDATE: Or just invite yourself.

Contact Sears Executive Customer Service

Contact Sears Executive Customer Service

By consumerist.com 5.9.07 — Updated: 6.1.16

Got a Sears complaint regular customer service can’t handle? Kick it to the top.

Best Of Walmart

Best Of Walmart

By Ben Popken 5.9.07

“With the heat wave searing American soil lately, it becomes more and more important to not lock your baby in the van in a Walmart parking lot.”

Best Buy's XBOX 360 Replacement Plan Is A Huge Hassle

Best Buy's XBOX 360 Replacement Plan Is A Huge Hassle

By 5.8.07

Here at the Consumerist we tell you not to spend your hard-earned money on things like “Extended Warranties” or “Replacement Plans.” Why? Because you can get a credit card with extended warranty protection and double your warranty for free. Still, many people buy into the replacement/warranty plans and then are disappointed when using them is a hassle. Like Reader Matt, for example. Matt found out the hard way that Best Buy will go out of their way to sell you the plan, but are uninterested in helping you take advantage of it.

Kmart To Resurrect "Blue Light Special"…Again

Kmart To Resurrect "Blue Light Special"…Again

By 5.8.07

Sears is aiming to be a one-stop shop for the home, while Kmart is turning its discount stores into a “marketplace of discoveries,” Lampert’s chief marketing officer, Maureen McGuire, said as Lampert looked on.

Will Walmart Be Your New Doctor?

Will Walmart Be Your New Doctor?

By 5.8.07

Millions of Americans don’t have health insurance, and many of them are Walmart shoppers. Heck, many of them are Walmart employees. The solution? Walmart is opening 400 more “health clinics” in the next 2-3 years. Eventually, there will be over 2,000 of these clinics.

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