Google Checkout looks like a Paypal-killer, but will it stand up for consumers when transactions go wrong? Google says yes.
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We Reupload Heinous PSP Flog Videos Sony Removed
By 12.13.06
UPDATE: The 807 comments that were on the Dancing Petey video, after the jump.
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.
EXCLUSIVE: Costco To Make Return Policy Stricter?
By 12.9.06
Costco is making its liberal return policies stricter, according to a little birdy. Previously, you could return anything, except computers, at anytime, with or without a receipt.
EXCLUSIVE: CHASE Screws Struggling Card Members Harder
By 12.5.06
Chase yesterday decided to put the screws harder to its most struggling credit card customers, an insider tells us.
EXCLUSIVE: TBWA’s Vomit-Soaked Holiday Party Invite
By 12.4.06
The holiday party invite from TBWAChiatDay, NYC, has the answer, and it’s not pretty.
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:
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.
EXCLUSIVE: Old AOL Cancel Script vs. New
By 9.7.06
Here’s the essential differences between AOL’s cancel script, the sheet pasted over every AOL cancel reps cubicle to tell them how to handle your cancellation request, from two years ago and today’s. Inside, full images of both.
Consumer Blasts Verizon With Car Windows
By 8.25.06
Another fine example of people using their cars as anti-corporate billboards. What really makes this one, however, is what the owner decided to park his car in front of.
EXCLUSIVE: Giftassistant.com Scam, The Inside Scoop
By 8.24.06
After we talked about a bogus gift card site and mistakenly implied that the fellas listed as authors in the source code were involved with defrauding consumers, one of the came forward to clear up the facts.
Interview With Former AOL Retention Superstar
By 7.21.06
At his peak, our interviewee “saved” over 87% of the people who called him up to cancel their account. We’re still working on editing the whole thing, and in fact, have to get on the phone with another consultant in a second here, but we wanted to share this teaser clip with you.
