Some scams are clever and some are not. This is one of the not-so-clever ones. Jean-Luc Mbilli and Constant Yao were arrested in Fort Lauderdale, FL after trying to convince Samith Ghazawi, an convenience store employee, that they could use a special potion to multiply money.
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Walmart's Nazi Tshirts Found In Outlet Stores
By 9.24.07
Ever wonder what happened to all those shirts Walmart pulled off their shelves for containing a disgusting Nazi symbol? Well, some of them can be found in a Florida Beall’s Outlet store for $4.99. [More]
Customer Catches McDonald's Refilling Milkshake Machine With "Soiled Towels Only" Bucket
By 9.20.07
Cellphone cameras may well be the downfall of fast food: A McDonald’s customer in Orlando witnessed employees refilling the milkshake machine from a bucket market “Soiled Towels Only” and snapped a picture with her cellphone. She sent the photo to Orlando’s WFTV.
Walmart Pulls Foot Burning FlipFlops
By 9.12.07
Walmart says it has pulled thousands of cheap sandals that had of customers complaining about painful, lingering rashes, WFTV in Florida reports.
Blue Hippo Angers Florida's Attorney General
By 8.31.07
Blue Hippo, the notoriously scammy computer layaway service, has annoyed Florida’s attorney general.
Nationwide To Drop 39,000 Homeowner Insurance Policies In Florida
By 8.29.07
With each passing hurricane it becomes more difficult for homeowners in the gulf states to secure howeowner insurance policies. Now Nationwide has announced that they are dropping 39,000 policies in Florida. This follows announcements from Allstate and and State Farm that they were dropping 156,000 policies due to the 2004-2005 hurricane season.
By 8.7.07
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Profile of Tom Monaghan, founder of the Domino’s Pizza chain, who is spending his fortune building a “Catholic town” in the Florida wilderness. [ABC News]
Woman Caught "Faking" Slip-And-Fall At Florida Grocery Store
By 8.2.07
Step 1) Locate olive oil aisle.
If You Don't Keep AT&T For 60 Days,They'll Rip Out Your Wires
By 7.25.07
This guy uses a Packet8, a VoiP provider, but the reception from plugging his phone into the modem wasn’t very good, so he asks AT&T if he can hire them to install phone jacks.
JetBlue: 2 1/2 Hour Flight Takes 25 Hours
By 7.2.07
-hour flight from Fort Lauderdale to New York turned into a “25-hour odyssey” for 150 passengers.
Man Takes Taxi To Rob WaMu, Stops At 7-11, Still Gets Away
By 7.2.07
A white male about 6′ tall with dirty blonde hair hailed a taxi and took it to a Washington Mutual branch in Orlando, FL. He then asked the driver to wait while he went inside to “do his business.”
Credit Union Charges $2 Fee For "Not Having Your Deposit Slip Ready" At The Drive Thru
By 6.11.07
So, this is weird. A credit union in Florida charges a $2 fee if your arm isn’t hanging out of your window with your deposit slip in hand as you pull up to the drive-thru window. And that’s not the only fee that SunState Credit Union charges. They’ve got a $2 fee for coming in more than 4 times a month, and another charge for not using the telephone banking system.
Customer Shoots Wendy's Manager Over Packets Of Chili Sauce
By 5.30.07
Police said a man in the drive-through argued with an employee because he wanted more packets of the condiment. The worker told the customer that restaurant policy prohibited a customer from getting more than three packets.
Harder To Sell Used CDs Than It Is To Get A Driver's License?
By 5.8.07
…you’ll certainly feel like a criminal once the local record shop makes copies of all of your identifying information and even collects your fingerprints. Such is the state of affairs in Florida, which now has the dubious distinction of being so anal about the sale of used music CDs that record shops there are starting to get out of the business of dealing with used content because they don’t want to pay a $10,000 bond for the “right” to treat their customers like criminals. …
Florida To Ban Gift Card Expiration Dates And Maintenence Fees
By 5.4.07
The measure (SB 1638) now goes to Gov. Charlie Crist, who must sign the bill for it to become law. He could not be reached for comment Wednesday, but the governor has long portrayed himself as a consumer advocate.
Get your pen ready, Chuck. —MEGHANN MARCO
Florida Customers To Receive $63,000 In Refunds From Verizon
By 4.11.07
During the evaluation, staff discovered that Verizon didn’t automatically issue rebates to customers who experienced more than 24 hours of interrupted service. Human error and programming glitches were part of the problem.—MEGHANN MARCO
RIAA Sues Stroke Victim Who Didn't Even Live In the Correct State
By 3.14.07
RIAA Sues Stroke Victim in Michigan [Recording Industry vs The People via BoingBoing]
Jiffy Lube's Underhanded Charges
By 3.4.07
Jiffy Lube charged Carlo for an oil change. They even warned his car suffered from a transmission fluid leak and an excessive oil leak. Only one problem: They hadn’t looked at the car.
When I came back, they told me that my car was ready and even pointed out that my car had a transmission fluid leak and excessive oil leak. They even said that they replaced my filters and window wipers. I agreed to the charges and paid for it. After five minutes, the cashier comes back and tells me that my car hasn’t been serviced, yet.
Carlo’s car was a chameleon. They thought the car was green, even though Carlo told them it was “bluish-green.” Well, that explains everything. Carlo had been a Jiffy Lube customer for six years. Now, he will service his car elsewhere.
