The cost of acquiring a home can be ratcheted up significantly if the buyer doesn’t pick their own title-insurance company.
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Netbank Plays The Dating Game
By 10.31.06
Mike’s bank is asking inappropriately personal security questions, and Mike doesn’t feel that he will be able to remember the answers 12 months down the line.
RetailMeNot: New, Easy, Coupon Code Site
By 10.30.06
Bookmark this great new site for coupon code searches: RetailMeNot.com.
U-Haul Has A Penis?
By 10.25.06
After examining the Lil’ Hauler Plush Toy Trailer (left, $9.95), reader Matt found that its proboscis bore an unmistakable reference to something he hadn’t been able to find among his fat folds in some time.
Scammed Youth Cry For Consumerist’s Aid
By 9.14.06
They really don’t teach kids these days anything about finance. Actually, they never did, as our credit history attests. In this vein, Dustin sends us a frantic plea for help.
No Juice For Target Franklin Doll
By 9.6.06
After reporting on our famous blog that Target was selling Franklin Delano Roosevelt dressed up like Ben Franklin, the offending page was removed from the Target website. In its place is this page, offering 3 of the most popular “Gift Humor Toy President Political” dolls.
Remove Yourself From Online Info Directories
By 9.6.06
Ever try to look up someone online? You usually wedge in a few seconds to vanity search and may be surprised to find how extensive your online profile is on sites like Anywho, Peoplefinder or 411info. Lifehacker points to a great chart on The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse which shows you how to opt out of all these fine services.
Best Buy Encourages Shopppers To Buy CyberPoopy
By 8.28.06
Over the weekend, an error on the Best Buy website returned very curious results. Searching for “Cybershot 7.2” returned not only no direct results, but what they suggested instead was quite, shall we say, unbecoming.
Live, Hot, Best Buy Chatroom
By 8.23.06
Golly jenkins, the comedic possibilities, they are endless. Gatecrash time.
AOL User 231392 Illuminated
By 8.7.06
Here’s another AOL user who should definitely be manacled to a rusty pole and beaten with barb wire. Dirty thoughts! Dirty! Dirty!
We (Maybe) Called The Guy Who Didn’t Want to Cancel Vincent’s Account
By 8.4.06
We think we just called up John, the AOL rep fired after giving Vincent Ferrari a hard time when he tried to cancel, a rough time that was company policy. John ain’t saying much and didn’t want to talk to us. He wouldn’t even verify his identity, but the pauses are a dead giveaway.
Vonage Supports Spyware
By 7.19.06
Ben Edelman has put up an excellent portrait of how Vonage, embattled internet phone company, supports spyware. Quite thorough, Ben traces the money trail from Vonage, through its advertising partners and to the guys downloading adserving programs on your computer without your consent. Screenshots and logs bolster his thesis.
Your Online Source For Gold Pills and Coke Spoons
By 7.10.06
Your Online Source For Gold Pills, Coke Spoons, More…
How Many Clicks Does It Take to Get To The Center of an Airplane?
By 7.7.06
Or, which airline has the least suckiest website? Jaunted, “The Pop Culture Travel Guide,” did a site scramble to find out.
Another Skeptical Musing on AOL CSR Firing
By 6.16.06
Chooki brings up a great point in the comments, which is how do we know that John was actually fired? There’s no proof, just a statement from the PR department.
Unfortunately Placed Hotel.com Ad, Isn’t
By 6.13.06
There’s a clip going around showing a hotels.com ad right before ABC Tech Watch goes into a report about hotel.com users being at risk for credit card fraud. Ostensibly, hilarity ensues. However, the gaffe isn’t as egregious as one might think; the Tech Watch report actually ran the ad within the show, as shown by the tell-tale ABC logo superimposed on the bottom right. During commercial breaks, that logo disappears.
