Did you know you can follow Consumerist on Twitter and get all our headlines that way? Or read us in RSS? Or fan us on Facebook and only get a selection of our most popular stories? Yep, it’s true! Take our hand and jump on in, the water is nice. [More]
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Win $1000 For Making A Picture About The Dangers Of Debt
By 1.10.11
Make a picture illustrating “The Dangers of Being in Debt” and you could win $1,000 in our publisher Consumers Union’s new contest. Simply submit your Photoshop, drawing of a spider, collage or what have you on this Facebook page. Get people to vote for you and the image with the most votes wins. Then you can use your cash prize to pay down your credit card debit. See, it all circles back… [More]
Consumerist Makes TIME's 25 Best Blogs of 2010
By 6.28.10
The results are in and Consumerist is gracing TIME’s 25 best blogs of 2010. I guess they’re using using a fiscal calendar year? In any event, we enjoy giving and receiving awards. In their writeup, TIME said of us: [More]
Has Consumerist Saved You Money?
By 5.10.10
Besides keeping you up-to-date on the latest fast-food culinary monstrosities and skewering indifferent obelisks of finance, Consumerist also enjoys helping you keep more of your cash in your pocket. If you’ve ever used our advice to… [More]
Consumerist Readers Raise $2,500
By 5.5.10
Thanks! So far you guys have chipped in about $2,500 towards our goal of $10,000. Two days in and we’re already a quarter of the way there. That’s awesome! Each donation makes us stronger so we can keep fighting for you, posting your stories, and getting results, like warranty replacements, fee reversals, and refunds. Feed the beast and tip us $10 (or more) to get us towards $10,000 in two weeks. Make sure that if you’re donating via Paypal, to select “Paypal” as the card type before going onto the next screen, otherwise you could experience an error.
Let's Raise $10,000 In Two Weeks
By 5.3.10
We save you money. Spare you hassle. Satisfy your longing for righteous revenge. And give you the advantage over corporate self-interest. Tip us $10 and get Consumerist on its way to its goal of raising $10,000 in the next two weeks. [More]
Read Consumerist On Mobile
By 3.19.10
Starting today, if you visit consumerist.com in your mobile browser, you will get automatically redirected to m.consumerist.com, the cross-platform mobile version of Consumerist. Hooray! If you want to navigate back to the “classic” version, just hit”switch to full site” in the bottom left. [More]
Walmart Wants To Know Who Made The Racist Announcement Over Their PA System
By 3.17.10
This past Sunday, a male voice came over the public-address system at a Walmart in New Jersey and said, “Attention Walmart customers: All black people leave the store now.” Understandably, customers and employees were pretty offended. One of the shoppers made sure that store management and local media outlets were made aware of what happened, and Walmart apologized–over the PA system, fittingly–on Sunday evening. Store officials say they’re now reviewing security footage to find out who made the announcement. [More]
Announcing Consumerist Mobile
By 2.25.10
We asked, “What do you want in a Consumerist iPhone app?” You said, “How about a cross-platform mobile site instead? After that we can talk apps.” Touché. So then, we give you, m.consumerist.com. [More]
Facebook Fan Consumerist
By 2.22.10
Become a fan of Consumerist on Facebook and get new post updates, connect with other readers, and meetup infos in your news feed. Post your horror stories and consumer spit-takes. Facebook! Or not! Anyway, it’s there! [More]
Generation 2 Cribs Recalled After 3 Deaths
By 2.9.10
The Generation 2 crib, which was sold by ChildDESIGNS until the company folded in 2005, is being recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) after reports of three infant deaths and 28 other safety incidents. Usually in a recall like this, the manufacturer offers to send out repair kits or replacement parts, but as the manufacturer no longer exists the CPSC is urging consumers to stop using the crib for good, effective immediately. But that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re out the $60-160 dollars that it cost. [More]
Hey, You Look Different!
By 11.23.09
Something looks different about you. No, don’t tell me, I can figure it out. New glasses, right? No? Haircut? You lost weight? You’re pregnant? Wait, hang on. You redesigned your site? No way! Wait. Really? [More]
The Pain (And Hilarity) Of Old Press Releases
By 8.21.09
Harry McCracken at Technologizer gathered a bunch of old press releases from technology companies and retailers and annotated them based on what we now know.
So Long, Farewell….
By 8.12.09
I’ve already written the heartfelt and emotional goodbye once before, and I said everything then that I wanted to say. I could go on and tell you how Ben and Meghann, and the entire Consumerist team, are wonderful people to call colleagues; or, that Consumers Union couldn’t be a more fitting and supportive home; or, that some of the site’s best work is still ahead (seriously, there’s great stuff in the pipe;) I could do all that—and it would all be true—but I’ll instead link back to my old post and thank you once again for reading. Goodbye!
By 4.30.09
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Our comment reply feature is acting stupid again. We’re aware of the glitch and have contacted our various extended warranty providers to see about getting it fixed. Thanks for your patience.
Don't Forget To Vote In Round 2 Of WCIA '09
By 4.19.09
If you haven’t done so yet, visit our posts for the round two competitors for Worst Company in America—we’ve got 7 face-offs ready for your vote, and the final one will go up next week (Circuit City vs. BoA, if you’re following the bracket.) Is Ticketmaster’s stranglehold on the live event industry worse than United Health Care’s capacity for denying valid insurance claims? Does bailout-tainted AIG deserve the title more than regular-tainted Peanut Corp? Only you can decide!
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