This week Meg and I received the National Consumers League’s Consumer Education and Leadership Award for our work on Consumerist. The award was given during the Everett C. Parker Ethics in Telecommunications Lecture. The annual event commemorates the work of pioneering media activist Everett C. Parker, notable for his work in getting a racist TV station’s FCC license revoked in 1971. We’d like to share the video and the remarks we gave:
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Consumerist To Receive Consumer Education Leadership Award
By 9.28.09
This Wednesday Meghann Marco and myself Ben Popken will accept the National Consumers League Consumer Education Leadership Award. We are honored and thankful.
Meghann Marco On On The Money
By 10.9.08
Meghann Marco is a phone-guest on CNBC’s On The Money tonight!
Clip Of Meghann On ABC's i-Caught
By 9.5.07
We think the online video can be effective escalation tool, as it were, as long as you’ve made reasonable efforts to contact the company and exhausted normal channels. The guidelines for making a good complaint still apply. That said, everytime you make a consumer complaint video, a new kitten is born.
Meet Your Editors
By 8.29.07
A publication wanted a site photo from our press kit and we’re like, uhh, we don’t have a photo. So we went out and Gawker’s resident photog Nikola Tamindzic [nsfw] snapped this one of us yesterday. Full version inside.
Bank of America Will Get Your C-Note Back
By 9.26.06
Eagle-eyed reader Bruce points out that while Bank of America may be giving out 100 bucks…with the fees they charge they’ll be getting it back from you soon enough.
HSBC: Fee Sharks?
By 9.26.06
Reader Chandra wrote to us today about her short-but-tumultuous relationship with HSBC’s credit card division. In the span of two months Chandra applied for a card, made a $300 payment (mailed 8 days early) on a $700 balance, got hit with a $35 late fee and a $15 pay-by-phone charge, and cancelled her account. She claims to have good credit and is just baffled by HSBC’s inability to process a payment without assigning a penalty.
Refreshing: Limewire Sues the RIAA
By 9.26.06
In a move as refreshing as a cool summer breeze, the pirates from Limewire are sueing the RIAA for anti-trust violations and a bunch of other cool shit.
The Party’s Over: Spinach is Coming Back
By 9.26.06
That’s right, you heard me. You’re not leaving the table until you finish your spinach.
Addicted to Cool: Menthol Cigarettes Are Harder to Quit
By 9.26.06
Is the minty freshness of menthol cigarettes more addicting than regular cigarettes?
Women Like Skinny Models?
By 9.25.06
Here’s a suspect little piece of reporting from The Sun claiming that women prefer skinny models:
Eat a Cockroach, Ride a Rollercoaster.
By 9.25.06
Six Flag’s Great America. Ah, those halcyon days of youth, strapped to one of the American Eagle’s dual trains with only a lapbar and someone else’s mom to keep your skinny ass from bouncing the hell out of the car. Oh, the memories.
Bed, Bath and Beyond Will Let You Return, Like, Anything
By 9.25.06
Reader John bought a Eureka vacuum cleaner from Bed Bath and Beyond in March. When the vacuum stopped working in August, John called Eureka. They asked that he get the vacuum repaired himself. John took said appliance to a local Brooklyn hole-in-the-wall repair place where it was “repaired” and by “repaired” we mean “stored for several days and returned.” From John’s email:
Automotive Jihad?
By 9.25.06
Reader Robin sends in this tip about a car dealership in Ohio that is coming under fire for a radio ad in which it declares “jihad on the automotive market.” From the AP:
