Cellphone companies will probably receive an increased number of customers dying, joining the military, and moving to remote parts of America after this morning’s article, “Getting Out of a 2-Year Cellphone Contract Alive.”The piece featured one of our readers, Liza Tremblay, who said she escaped Verizon contract after reading some intel on The Consumerist.
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Consumerist On Marketplace
By 3.6.07
We had a lil’ soundbite on American Public Media’s Marketplace tonight for a story on Ruby Tuesday’s installation of “ultra-secure” credit card transactions. (Remember, just because it’s broadcast nationally on public radio doesn’t mean it’s NPR…)
Consumerist On Mario's Digital Cafe
By 3.5.07
Mario Armstrong interviewed Consumerist editor Ben Popken for “Mario’s Digital Cafe” broadcast on NPR affiliate WYPR during All Things Considered.
Consumerist In Nice Little NYT Writeup
By 2.5.07
The Consumerist appeared on the front page of this Saturday’s New York Times Business section, in an article entitled, “Consumers Have Allies On The Web.”
Full Vid Of Meghann On Good Morning America
By 1.22.07
The report was “Credit Card Wars” and discussed some of the pitfalls credit card users face. Meghann chimed in about how retailer’s zero-percent finance offers are often like credit cards and how consumers need to be wary.
UPDATED: Meghann On Good Morning America
By 1.21.07
The actual soundbite clocks in at around 9 seconds, so don’t hiccup or you’ll miss it. We’ve already registered “Consumerist Website” as our new URL to take advantage of the traffic flow. — BEN POPKEN
Welcome Good Morning America Viewers
By 1.20.07
If you saw Meghann on Good Morning America today, thanks for visiting our blog!
Consumerist On Good Morning America This Saturday
By 1.18.07
Watch Team Consumerist’s soundbites on Good Morning America, this Saturday, 1/20/07, 8:35 am (eastern time) on ABC. Check your local listings. The subject is credit cards, the tricks they use to attract new customers and what to watch out for. You’ll probably see us for only fives seconds, so watch closely.
Welcome New York Times Readers
By 12.30.06
Salutations. Here’s the Top 10 Biggest Business Debacles 2006 mentioned in, “The Lazy Top 10 Anything.”
Welcome NY Times & NY Daily News Readers
By 12.9.06
To readers coming from the New York Times or the NY Daily News, thanks for visiting The Consumerist!
Choicepoint Coverage Lands Consumerist in NYT
By 11.12.06
Welcome, readers from this morning’s NYT business section.
Vincent Ferrari Interviews The Consumerist
By 11.2.06
Vincent Ferrari interviewed us a few weeks ago for his new Side Salad podcast. We talk for 53 minutes about exploding batteries, Mike Krempasky, why blogs are neat, and why companies need to listen to their customers better.
Consumerist On 20/20 Friday Night
By 10.12.06
Set the TiVo for Friday, Oct 13, ABC’s 20/20, 10 PM Eastern Time. Editor Ben Popken chats with “Give Me A Break!” John Stossel about consumers recording their customer service experiences and sharing them online. Nice timing with the Google YouTube buy, no?
Consumerist On 20/20, Oct 13
By 9.30.06
Unlike normal, today’s 7 hour post delay is attributable not to a drunken stupor.
Consumerist in Readers Digest
By 9.28.06
Turn to page 19 on the October issue of Reader’s Digest, easily found in your doctor’s waiting room.
Consumerist On Nightline
By 7.17.06
Here’s the video of us on Nightline along with Vincent Ferrari this past Friday, July 14th. People seem to enjoy the part where we say “So?” We like it when Vincent says “Vent their spleen!” Though we really wished they included our metaphor about crack rocks. Nightline definitely nails the best rendering of the cancel call we’ve seen. They re-edited the recording to leave in the juicy bits, then present the transcript with snazzy bubbles.
In All Fairness…
By 7.12.06
We did our sit-down with Nightline tonight. It was fun. Among the many questions they asked, two stuck out in particular.
