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Great Moments In Commercial History: Family Auto Mart
By 2.17.07
Is it just us or does he actually look like that Dad from Family Guy. If you made it through 8 minutes of this, you can declare yourself legally dead.
Thieves Rip The Doors Off Of A Best Buy With A Truck, Steal iPods
By 2.16.07
“I’ve never seen anyone pull hurricane shutters out like that,” said general manager Ole Goode. Goode said the outside is bad, but inside is even worse.
Call Center Employee Addicted to Pornography, Steals Cingular Customer's ID
By 2.7.07
Keith Alan Joiner says he may be addicted to pornography, or at least that’s what he told police when they arrested him for “racking up more than $1,300 in charges visiting pornographic websites” on one Cingular customer’s dime. Joiner also confessed to stealing other credit card information while “employed as a call-taker at the West Corporation in Pensacola, Florida.” The West Corporation takes calls from Cingular customers.
Angry Customer Sets Walgreens On Fire
By 1.3.07
Attention: This technique is not in the Consumerist Kit. Do not set the Walgreens on fire. Apparently the dispute was over correct change and she used a lit cigarette to start the blaze. —MEGHANN MARCO
BofA Throws Out Customer Who Refuses To Give Thumbprint
By 12.20.06
Bank of America ejected reader Tycho after he refused to give the teller a thumbprint while cashing a check.
Old Man Gets Gun After Getting No Home Depot Help
By 12.19.06
You know Home Depot’s got a customer service problem when this happens…
Florida Sues AOL And Wins
By 12.12.06
The Florida Attorney General successfully sued America Online for their abusive customer billing practices. The State’s Attorney office received over 1,000 consumer complaints about cancellation requests being ignored, erroneous charges and unauthorized account reactivations.
Blue Light Special: Video Voyeur Busted in Kmart
By 12.12.06
Jon Fletcher went to the Kmart on Wednesday, but not to buy Christmas presents.
Designer Of Walmart’s Nazi Shirt Found. He’s Jewish.
By 12.6.06
The Miami Herald found the designer of Walmart’s Nazi tshirts, a man of Jewish persuasion. [More]
Florida AG Investigates FreeCreditReport.com
By 11.16.06
The Florida Attorney General’s office has opened an investigation into FreeCreditReport.com for, “failure to adequately disclose negative option enrollment … deceptive advertising, misleading domain name, and failure to honor cancellations.”
Liberty Mutual Punishes “Disloyal” Insurance Customer?
By 11.15.06
Frank Pallini thinks his property insurer might have dropped him because he changed his auto policy to another company.
Cingular Spreads Pinnochio Porn
By 10.4.06
It started out innocently enough, a Florida mom trying to send her family members a picture of her daughter sporting new braces.
WalMart Slashes Generic Prescription Prices
By 9.22.06
WalMart’s bouncing smiley face just danced up and down on top of your local CVS. Once the roof caved, he moved over to Walgreens, where the body count is pending. RiteAid is next. Cower in fear.
House Burns, Dell Laptop Blamed
By 8.21.06
The fire that consumed a family of five’s South Venice, Florida bungalow may have been due to a Dell laptop left on a couch that spontaneously erupted into flames.
UPDATE: Boiled Walmart Baby
By 8.8.06
Yesterday we spoke at length with Ritta over the phone. According to her statement these are the
UPDATE: Boiled Walmart Baby, With Pix
By 8.5.06
Dramatic photos of Ritta’s car in the Walmart parking lot after they broke the window to get her trapped baby. Note, these were taken a few hours after the incident occurred.
