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BLOGS
Top 10 Reasons To Hate Cingular
By 11.3.06
Consumerist reader Cody has put together a list of the best reasons to not do business with Cingular.
Mickey D’s Responds To Flogs
By 10.31.06
We asked JSH&A for a comment regarding the McDonald’s flogs, and we got it:
This Is What A Ghost Looks Like #2
By 10.31.06
Further proof that corporate America is watching The Consumerist. Just saw this hit on our sitemeter referrals:
EXCLUSIVE: McDonald’s Promotes Monopoly Game With Flogs
By 10.31.06
4railroads follows “Stanley Smith,” obsessed with getting all four railroad pieces. The site also boasts a series of cinema verite videos purporting to document Stanley’s exploits.
HOWTO: Drop Landline, Keep DSL
By 10.31.06
Man gets rid of his landline, or “snail phone,” but maintains his DSL service, saves money, lives to tell the tale.
Credit Cards Are Broken
By 10.27.06
Finally, a compelling legal argument for why credit cards should be considered a defective product.
Huggies Baby Wipes Are The Shit
By 10.27.06
Every so often, Tom Bartlett writes a letter to a consumer products division. The letters always contain backhanded compliments and odd questions, phrased just so.
Hey Walmart: 4 Dollar Drugs Are No Big Deal
By 10.26.06
Over at TomPaine.com they’re a little suspicious of Walmart’s PR darling, the $4 generic drug plan. Why?
E in “Verizon” Found Upside Down
By 10.26.06
Verizon is so busy never stopping working for you they forgot to hire a proofreader.
Save Time. Waste Money.
By 10.26.06
Do you ever wonder how much more you’re paying for convenience food items? Individually wrapped prewashed potatoes? Microwave popcorn?
The Devil Is In The Fine Print
By 10.25.06
Viacom workers have to agree that Viacom owns anything they ever make in the “universe,” in, “perpetuity.” Use of the Yahoo! Toolbar expressly prohibits use of the technology to operate nuclear facilities.
Save On Insurance By Calling Around. Duh.
By 10.24.06
Spotted this at the often quite good I Will Teach You To Be Rich blog.
Delta, US Airways, Shorten Frequent Flyer Miles’ Halflife
By 10.23.06
With nary a peep, Delta and US Airways changed their rules on frequent flyer miles to make redeeming and keeping them even harder for consumers.
You Deserve Better Than A 1% Cashback Card
By 10.20.06
Ok, so it’s pretty obvious that when picking a rewards card, you want one that gives you beer money, not free toasters. A toaster is a depreciating asset, which are for rappers, not smart persons like yourself.
Walmart, Edelman, And The Future Of Flogs
By 10.20.06
Reader something_amazing pinged us on our thoughts of the fallout over Edelman, Walmart, PR and blogs. It serves as a nice excuse to vent on this subject so we thought we would share them with you.
Edelman Reveals 2 More Walmart Flogs
By 10.20.06
Walmart’s PR firm today publicly disclosed two more fake blogs shilling for Walmart and took steps to increase their transparency.
