Home Depot today will introduce a label for nearly 3,000 products, like fluorescent light bulbs that conserve electricity and natural insect killers, that promote energy conservation, sustainable forestry and clean water.
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Home Depot To Introduce "Green" Labeling
By 4.17.07
Kmart: $20 HDTV! No, Just Kidding.
By 4.16.07
If you saw that Kmart’s website had a listing for a $20 HDTV, would you try to buy it? Or would you assume it was a mistake? If you did try to buy it and they canceled your order, would you be mad?
FBI: Kmart Worker Poisoned Meat
By 4.16.07
Earlier this week, a judge released Wyndham on bond. She currently is under house arrest.
We question the thought process that resulted in this course of action. —MEGHANN MARCO
Nokia "Repairing" Man's Phone For Over 3 Months
By 4.16.07
Bob sent in his Nokia for repairs. He expected it back in 10 days. It’s been 3 months.
BoA Gives Wrong Information, Charges Customer $280, Doesn't Care
By 4.16.07
Thanks to a Bank of America customer service rep’s incompetence, Travis got hit with $280 in overdraft fees.
The Rise and Fall Of Home Depot CEO "Big Bob" Nardelli
By 4.16.07
What was Nardelli’s strategy?
It was a concept he called “The three Es.”
Geek Squad Peeker Plead "No Contest" To Privacy Invasion
By 4.14.07
When former Geek Squad Agent Hao Kuo Chi appeared in court on April 3rd, 2007, he plead “no contest” to one count of unlawful invasion of privacy, according to the LA County DA’s office. He received this sentence:
"Peek Squadder" Beloved By Customers, Colleagues
By 4.13.07
Though he stands accused of a disgusting act, secretly recording a customer taking a shower, Geek Squad Agent Hao Kuo Chi was held in high esteem by customers and among his fellow employees.
The Kind Of Cellphone Geek Squad Might've Taped Showering Customer With
By 4.13.07
If Hao Kuo Chi really did tape the 22-year-old daughter of a customer taking a shower, the phone propped up in the bathroom might have been a PPC-6700. These PocketPC phones are standard-issue to the Geek Squad techs who perform in-home repairs — known as “DA’s” or “Double Agents” in Geek Squad parlance.
Bank of America's "Perfect" Security System Actually Vulnerable To Phishing
By 4.13.07
Bank of America has an online security measure called SiteKey and says, “[W]hen you see your SiteKey, you can be certain you’re at the valid Online Banking website at Bank of America, and not a fraudulent look-alike site.”
UPDATE: Costco "Conor Oberst" Guitar Was Authentic, Sold By "Internal Mistake"
By 4.12.07
The guitar listed on the Costco website is a single guitar that was signed by Conor Oberst after an acoustic performance in New York on September 16th, 2005. Due to an internal mistake at First Act the guitar was put up for sale on the Costco website.
Costco Caught Selling Fake Conor Oberst Autographed Guitars
By 4.12.07
We’re as flummoxed as you are, but yeah, Costco is apparently selling these things for a cool $899.99 (shipping and handling included!). The “Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes Signed Acoustic Guitar” features such eye- and ear-catching attributes as “rich, full tone,” a “natural spruce top,” a “rosewood bridge,” and “cream binding on the body and neck [that] adds crisp style.” It also features a scribble of a signature allegedly from Conor himself on its face.
Conor’s PR people denied that anyone had signed anything for Costco and the guitars were swiftly pulled from the website. Apparently, Conor Oberst is some kind of music-making person. He seems very well regarded among his own kind. —MEGHANN MARCO
The Siren Song Of Walmart Tire & Lube Is Impossible To Resist
By 4.12.07
We’re not saying you shouldn’t shop at Walmart. We’re not telling you who to give your money to. That’s not what we do here, (although some people think it is, but whatever.) What we are saying is that you should think about to whom you entrust your property. If you have a bad experience, learn from it and don’t give them the opportunity to mess with your stuff again. Reasonable?
