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UPDATE: Microsoft May Slowly Be Fixing Their Broken XBOX DRM

UPDATE: Microsoft May Slowly Be Fixing Their Broken XBOX DRM

Evening, Consumerist Editors (and hopefully readers)!

Why Do Ticketmaster Events Sell Out Instantly?

Ticketmaster is suing RMG Technologies for selling lecherous software that instantly sucks up tickets to everyone’s favorite concerts and sporting events. Groups like RMG are the reason tickets sell out just minutes after going on sale, only to mysteriously reappear at outrageously marked up prices on ticket resale sites like StubHub.

Sprint Will Not Stop Billing Me For A Bogus Early Termination Fee

Sprint Will Not Stop Billing Me For A Bogus Early Termination Fee

In August, my husband and I wanted to change phone carriers from Sprint to Helio. We first looked at the Sprint website to see if our contracts were up. It appeared that my contract was up in January 07 and my husbands was expired by July 07. We called Sprint to make sure. The person we talked to said there was some 1-year renewal that was given to us with a $50 rebate in 2006. We didn’t remember doing this. The man we spoke to said he would get rid of the rebate and add it on to our last bill and not charge us the $150. Great! We thought.

Repeating The Account Number You Just Punched In, This Is The Future?

After watching this a few times, we’re not sure what’s more annoying, comedian Orny Adams or phone trees.