Don’t want your mailbox crammed with circulars? Neither did a Massachusetts resident who used a credit card at Michaels and was asked for her ZIP code to complete the transaction in 2011. She’s not alone — a few years ago California ruled against retailers that asked customers for ZIP codes when using credit cards. [More]
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Massachusetts Court: Retailers Can’t Ask For ZIP Codes To Verify Credit Card Purchases
By 3.12.13 — Updated: 7.17.14
Perhaps The Only Good Thing About Expensive Gas Is The Decrease In Teens Driving Drunk
By 10.2.12
Trying to think of any reason paying more at the pump is a good thing would stump the average consumer (thinner wallets after paying with cash?), but one and possibly the only good side effect of pricey gas is that it could be keeping drunk teens from driving. After all, high school jobs and allowances can only stretch so far. [More]
“Meat Without Drugs” Campaign Brings Its Piggy Pal To Rally At Trader Joe’s In NYC
By 9.27.12
We’re not sure if the folks at Trader Joe’s had ever seen a giant pig named Joe beg the company to get him off drugs, but as of this morning in NYC, things have changed. Consumers Union, the policy and advocacy arm of our benevolent overlords at Consumer Reports, showed up with a team of other consumer and environmental advocacy groups to urge the grocery chain not to sell meat raised on antibiotics. [More]
Student Group Tells Santa Fe To Ban Plastic Bags To Help "Everybody In The Universe"
By 8.17.12
Santa Fe believes the children are its future, and as such, its leaders say they are listening very seriously to a group of students who are urging the city to ban plastic bags in grocery stores and other places that use them. The kids have solid reasoning — as one fifth-grader said, “Stop using plastic bags and help everybody in the universe including people who are going to be alive in the future.” [More]
How About Some Cocaine To Go Along With That Terrorism Textbook You Ordered On Amazon?
By 1.27.12
A college student was a bit surprised when she opened a used textbook on terrorism that she’d ordered from Amazon, and a package of cocaine fell out. Perhaps whoever sent it thought she might need an extra kick for those hours of studying.
Sprint Officially Asks FCC To Block AT&T Purchase Of T-Mobile
By 6.1.11
Since AT&T announced its plans to purchase T-Mobile USA for around $39 billion, the folks at Sprint have been quite public about their opposition to the deal, taking out mocking ads and testifying before lawmakers in Washington. Yesterday, Sprint made its stance official, filing a “Petition to Deny” the deal with the Federal Communications Commission. [More]
