Here’s a strange complaint. We don’t usually get too many people griping about getting ripped off in an amusement park, because, well… everyone knows amusement parks are a ripoff. This is not a secret. It takes a pretty egregious fleecing by a theme park before the roller coaster nuts start complaining about it.
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Home Depot's Contractors Instructed to Intentionally Inflate Estimates, Charge For Items Not Installed
By 2.28.07
Now, NBC4 has heard from customers in 22 states and from insiders from across the country, who have given NBC4 a paper trail of internal documents, suggesting the company overcharges customers on window and siding installations, kitchen remodels and on roofing jobs.”
Fairey Responds To Walmart Ripping Off His Nazi Shirt
By 11.16.06
Shepard Fairey told us what he thought about Walmart ripping off his Nazi tshirt design: [More]
UPDATE: Circuit City Ripping Off Xbox 360 Customers
By 9.5.06
On Friday, we noted an underhanded tactic Circuit City appeared to be foisting on unsuspecting Xbox 360 customers. A sign in their Newport Beach offered to charge customers $29.95 for a product upgrade they would get for free via Live Update or from a Microsoft patch CD.
Geek Squad Gouges
By 8.29.06
The number one rule of responsible consumerism: know more about what you’re buying than the guy selling it to you. But it’s a counterintuitive one. After all, you buy based on someone’s pitch to you, that you need what he’s selling. You get something repaired with the understanding that you don’t have the knowledge to fix a problem yourself. But it’s the number one rule of consumerism for a reason: you just can’t trust the guy taking your money to be honest.
Mechanics’ Hubris in Humble, Texas
By 3.28.06
Margaret L. writes in an all too typical complaint of car mechanics taking the elderly for a ride.
