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Planned Parenthood Helps You Choose Sprint

Planned Parenthood Helps You Choose Sprint

By consumeristcarey 2.22.07

If you’re looking to escape your one or two year-old contract in favor of Sprint, Planned Parenthood has a plan for you.

    “Planned Parenthood Wireless is a new choice for your cell phone service. By signing up for this service, you will help preserve reproductive rights, and ensure access to comprehensive family planning and medically accurate sex education for women and families around the world. You’ll do something you do every day – talk on your cell phone – and you’ll be helping Planned Parenthood as 10% of all monthly charges goes to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, at no extra cost to you.”

Switching carriers often means incurring an Early Termination Fee. To offset the cost, Planned Parenthood will refund Early Termination Fees, up to $175, to be paid after the first trimester three months.

10 Phat Tax Breaks

By consumerist.com 2.20.07

CNN Money has got ten “secret” deductions to use this year. Yeah, that phone tax rebate that everyone won’t shut up about is there, but there’s also…

Amazon's Complex Design Sells More

Amazon's Complex Design Sells More

By consumerist.com 2.20.07

The prevailing trends in web design say go minimal or go home, so why then is Amazon’s front page cluster bomb of choices? It sells more, writes Alex Moskalyuk.

Discounts Just For Using Your Credit Card

By consumeristcarey 2.18.07

Blueprint for Financial Prosperity reminds us that credit cards carry more discounts than we realize. Visa, MasterCard, and American Express all offer discounts for cardholders. Discover’s discounts are limited to business accounts.

Charter: There's A Problem With Your Internet? Here's The Disconnect Department

By consumeristcarey 2.18.07

Charter Communications refused to fix Matt’s internet connection. Even two technicians, dispatched by Charter, told Matt his ISP was to blame for his weak service. When Matt called customer service to complain, he was transferred immediately to the disconnect department. Matt had internet service, but, “The internet just dies. Every ten minutes or so, the internet would just die. And it’s very annoying.”

Payday Lender Structures Loan Dates So They Fall Outside The Law

Payday Lender Structures Loan Dates So They Fall Outside The Law

By consumerist.com 2.16.07

An Illinois PayDay lender revealed sets the dates on their loans so they’re not governed under state payday law, a Credit Slips blog student discovered after interviewing the company.

Zillow Accurate Within 7.8%

Zillow Accurate Within 7.8%

By consumerist.com 2.16.07

A recent WSJ survey found that online property valuation site Zillow is accurate within 7.8% of the actual sales price.

The Journal looked at transaction prices recorded for 1,000 recent home sales in seven states, using data from First American Real Estate Solutions, a data provider in Santa Ana, Calif., and compared those prices with Zillow estimates, which didn’t yet reflect the sales. The median difference between the Zillow estimate and the actual price was 7.8%

Dear Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet Popping Corn

Dear Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet Popping Corn

By consumerist.com 2.15.07

Tom Bartlett delights in sending cockeyed letters to consumer product divisions. We delight in posting them. If you haven’t seen it, you should probably watch this commercial where they digitally reanimate Orville Redenbacher first before reading his latest.

5 Ways To Hustle Free Drinks

5 Ways To Hustle Free Drinks

By consumerist.com 2.14.07

If someone comes up to you in a bar and bets a round of drinks that they can do something seemingly impossible, they’re probably trying to pull a trick on you.

10 Insurances You Don't Need

By consumerist.com 2.13.07

Here’s a list of 10 insurance options you don’t need to buy. It’s important to be prepared for the unexpected, but in some cases other insurance coverage already covers you, or would work better.

Flowers From Colombia Not Tested For Toxins

Flowers From Colombia Not Tested For Toxins

By consumerist.com 2.13.07

Unless you’re trying to pull some gothic gesture, you may want to avoid giving your beloved flowers from Colombia this Valentine’s Day.

Comcast Responds To Disconnecting "Unlimited" Customer For "Excessive" Use

By consumerist.com 2.13.07

Comcast issued The Consumerist a statement regarding, “Comcast Customer Uses “Unlimited Service” Excessively, Gets Disconnected For A Year“:

EU Bans Flogs

By consumerist.com 2.12.07

A new European directive bans businesses from creating fake blogs, or posting positive reviews about themselves without revealing their identity.

Scented Clorox 54% Weaker Than Regular Clorox

Scented Clorox 54% Weaker Than Regular Clorox

By consumerist.com 2.12.07

Scented Clorox contains less than half the bleach of regular Clorox, reports Mouseprint.

Comcast Customer Uses "Unlimited Service" Excessively, Gets Disconnected For A Year

By consumerist.com 2.10.07

UPDATE: Comcast responds.

Get Another Free Credit Report, Even If You've Used Up Your Free One

By consumerist.com 2.7.07

There is another way to get a free credit report if you’ve already used up your free one per year through annualcreditreport.com.

House Burglar's Advice For Hiding Money

House Burglar's Advice For Hiding Money

By consumerist.com 2.7.07

A former burglar chatted with the Personal Finance Advice blog and gave some good tips on how to hide your money at home.

Five Things Tobacco Companies Wish They Never Said

By consumerist.com 2.6.07

Here’s five thing about nicotine’s addictiveness and the industry’s underlying motives that tobacco companies probably wish they never said. Not like they’re a shock or anything, it’s just that they’re there, in print, in court documents. Blamo.

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