Mahesh’s complaint against United bilking his parents for $3000 moves two steps forward, one step back. A United rep called him back:
BLOGS
Verizon C&D’s VerizonMath Tshirts
By 1.10.07
Verizon’s intellectual property lawyers are demanding the removal of tshirts parodying their inability to tell the difference between .002 cents and .002 dollars. The legal beagles say in their letter [pdf]:
HOW TO: Fight Companies Online And Win
By 1.9.07
The Consumerist’s step-by-step guide to posting your complaint against a company online and getting results.
Reduce Your Rent By Installing Cardboard Prostitutes
By 1.9.07
We love cardboard, hookers, and low rent, so we flipped tits over toes for this DIY lifehack: reduce rents in your neighborhood by installing a bunch of cardboard cutouts of prostitutes. — BEN POPKEN
How To: Tell If Images Were Faked
By 1.9.07 — Updated: 2.27.13
As a skeptical consumer, you’ve probably looked at photo in the news or a piece of advertising and thought, hey, I bet that was faked. Now with a little help from Photoshop, and Tim Mathenson’s tutorial, you can tell.
10 Questions To Ask Your Doctor Before Surgery
By 1.9.07
Healthbolt’s got a good list of 10 questions you should ask before undergoing surgical procedure.
United Agrees To Right $3000 Wrong
By 1.8.07
United Airlines seems to have apologized and agreed to help refund look into the $3000 Manesh’s parents had to pay extra after United’s ticketing system error lost Manesh parent’s tickets to Sri Lanka.
New Quicken 2007 Update Available
By 1.5.07
Apropos of yesterday’s budgeting poll, Intuit released a new patch for Quicken 2007.
Never Overstate Your Income On A Loan App
By 1.4.07
Never say you make more than you really do on your loan application. It’s:
United Airlines Flub Costs Parents $3000, Refunds Only $600
By 1.4.07
Manesh’s parents flew from NE to Sri Lanka, but at LAX, United Airlines (UAL) refused to honor their tickets, saying that had not “been approved, authorized and authenticated.” The family ended having to pay $2860 extra to complete their journey. Apparently, Sri Lankan Air Lines, a United code-share partner, could not find the reservation Manesh’s parents made.
Buy Drugs Online Safely
By 1.4.07
If Mexico or Canada are not viable travel destinations, you can also save money by saving drugs online, but beware of scam sites. (duh).
How Not To Be a Fat F****
By 1.3.07
Continuing her adventures in service journalism, Violent Acres has an acerbic roundup of 10 tips on how to poop the pounds, entitled, “How Not To Be a Fat Fuck.” A selection:
“I Will Threaten Bodily Harm,” A Loan Shark’s Confession
By 1.3.07
There’s debt collectors, and there’s loan sharks.
‘All I Want For Xmas Is A PSP’ Wins Best Flog 2006
By 1.2.07
Based on reader votes, we anoint Sony’s Alliwantforxmasisapsp as the best flog of 2006.
Comcast Sets 60-Day Waiting Period For Customers Snagging Discounts By Threatening to Leave
By 1.2.07
As we’ve discussed before, in areas where there’s true competition in the cable market, you can call up the cable company, threaten to leave, and watch in delight as they try to persuade you to stay with discounts and freebies.
HOW TO: Have Happy Returns
By 1.2.07
The tree is shedding needles and the cheap champagne hangover has faded along with your memory, which means it’s time to think about returning all those crappy gifts you got. Consumer Reports Shopping blog has some tips on making your returns happy:
HOW TO Reduce Real Estate Taxes
By 12.28.06
How can you make sure you’re not paying too much real estate tax?
