UPDATE: The 807 comments that were on the Dancing Petey video, after the jump.
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Meet The Douchebags Behind The Sony PSP Flog
By 12.13.06
We found the Myspace profiles for most of the the marketing douchebags who appear on the PSP flog, pretending that they are kids who want their parents to buy them a PSP for Christmas.
Dell Laptop Languishes For A Month, Shipped Back Unrepaired
By 12.13.06
Eric Farraro’s friend’s Dell laptop broke. He sent it in to Dell for repairs. It sat there for weeks without notice of when it would ship back. He tried to contact Dell by phone, email and online chat, only to get told, “You should have more information in 72 hours.”
Sony’s PSP Blog Flog Revealed
By 12.13.06
We’re a day late and a dollar short to this story, but the forces of the internet outed a marketing company working for Sony for creating fake PSP blog.
Two-Cycle Billing And Why It’s Evil
By 12.12.06
AllFinancialMatters lays down the math on why two-cycle billing sucks.
What Coke Does To Your Body
By 12.8.06
Mmm, wouldn’t a tall, frosty glass of Coca-Cola really hit the spot right now? Before you suckle on the carbonated syrup teat, Healthbolt blog tells you what exactly it does to your system:
Get Ready For Tax Time With 3 Folders
By 12.7.06
AllFinancialMatters has a suggestion for preparing for taxtime year round, something easy and low-energy you can do on a regular basis. Get three folders and label them Income, Expense, and Credits. File records accordingly. Ding!
Pay More Than The Minimum Credit Card Payment, Or You’re A Sucker
By 12.6.06
The minimum payment on your credit card bill may save you from overheating your brain by actually thinking about what you’re doing, but it’s no way to reduce your debt. AllFinancialMatters lays out the math.
What To Do If A Store Blacklists You From Making Returns
By 12.6.06
Speaking of making returns, retailers are placing some serial returners on blacklists. This is mainly to prevent abuse, like these scammers who stole over a million dollars from Home Depot in fraudulent returns, but sometimes legitimate consumers can find themselves on the return blacklist. Based on first-hand experience, Become’s Pocket Change tells us how to get off the list. — BEN POPKEN
Bitchy Blogger’s 5 Steps To Financial Freedom
By 12.5.06
ViolentAcres, a self-described mean blogger, went from riches to rags to riches. Here’s how she got from the second to the third.
Save 50% On Utility Bills
By 11.29.06
MyMoneyBlog found a great way to save on home energy expenses, The Home Energy Saver online calculator.
Is Costco Executive Membership Worth It?
By 11.28.06
The value of Costco membership may be contentious, but what about a Costco Executive Membership? The upper echelon offers 2% Cash Back, as well as a slew of discounts on insurance, small business services, check printing, and more. Here’s MyMoneyBlog’s take:
Park Some Cash In These High Yielding Accounts
By 11.28.06
Bank Deals blog released their latest roundup of accounts and interest rates. Here’s the highest yielding for each category. Be sure to check out the bank’s policies before opening an account, especially as some of these institutions are not exactly name-brand. — BEN POPKEN
McDonald’s Says Flogs Were Not Completely Fake
By 11.27.06
In late October, we exposed two McDonald’s flogs promoting their Monopoly game. One was supposedly written by “Stanley Smith” and followed his quest to collect all four railroads. The other was ostensibly written by 2004 million-dollar winner Marcia Schroeder.
301 Posts On Saving Money
By 11.27.06
Free Money Finance, an excellent personal finance blog, just posted a roundup of ALL their money saving posts. We like:
Consumers Gone Wild: Roundup Of Black Friday Violence
By 11.27.06
Black Friday brought savings, hoopla, and consumer on consumer violence. Here’s a best-of. — BEN POPKEN
Cleveland Airport Confiscates Passenger’s ‘Dangerous Liquid’ Pies
By 11.26.06
A Cleveland airport considers pie filling a dangerous liquid, while at JFK the pie loses its incendiary properties. TSA employees seized at least a dozen of the baked goods from travelers.
