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Personal Finance Roundup

Personal Finance Roundup

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Hot Consumerist Forums Threads

Hot Consumerist Forums Threads

• Bait and switch… at the dentist???

Friday Consumerist Flickr Pool Finds

Friday Consumerist Flickr Pool Finds

Top Posts Of The Week

“”Have I got your attention now?” asked Mona Shaw of the Comcast payment center employees as she smashed their keyboard, monitor and telephone.”

Executive Customer Service Numbers For 36 Companies

Executive Customer Service Numbers For 36 Companies

Executive customer service is a firewall team that keeps your complaints from disturbing busy executives’ golf games. Often , they do this by actually solving your problems, possessing superhuman powers to command all parts of the company to action, from billing to technical. If regular customer service channels fail, here’s how to reach some of them at the companies we’ve gathered the information for so far.

Top Posts Of The Week

Sting Op Of 10 Different Computer Repair Companies Finds 70% Don’t Know What They’re Doing“One guy tells them they need to send their computer to a special dust-free room to retrieve the data, which would cost about $2,000. He even copies pictures from the customer’s hard drive to his computer, promising he’ll delete them later.”

Personal Finance Roundup

Personal Finance Roundup

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Fight Foreclosure Roundup

Fight Foreclosure Roundup

October is here, which can only mean one thing: $50 billion in option-ARM mortgages ratcheting up to higher interest rates. Here’s four posts of ours that can help affected homeowners see their way clear:

Top Posts Of The Week

“Consumers seeking bargains were led to believe that lower online prices had expired or never existed.”

Personal Finance Roundup

Personal Finance Roundup

Getting taken for a ride: Airline fees [CNN Money] “Plans often change and flights must be rescheduled, but airline penalties can be harsh.”

Top Posts Of The Week

“he fries, however, were a different story. In the menu photo, “garlic parmesan fries” are served in a ramekin and look quite tasty. Instead, I was served a cylinder of slimy, greasy fries with a couple pieces of parmesan cheese on top.”

Hot Consumerist Forums Threads

Hot Consumerist Forums Threads

  • Reader orders what they think is a PG-13 movie from BlockBuster Online. While watching movie with kids they discover a scene of “intense nudity.” Reader explains why it is difficult to discern whether you are ordering unrated versions of movies.
Personal Finance Roundup

Personal Finance Roundup

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Top Posts Of The Week

“After all the fees have been collected, it has a credit limit of $53.”

Hot Consumerist Forums Threads

Hot Consumerist Forums Threads

  • Dell printer cartridges promise about 9000 pages. Reader only gets 450. The fine print explains that the guarantee only applies if you’re only printing 5% of a page.
  • Readers take turns imitating the sucking noises coming from Kirby Vacuums.
  • Where to park $10k in extra cash? Readers discuss high-interest online savings accounts.
  • Personal Finance Roundup

    Personal Finance Roundup

    A Visual Guide to the Morningstar Mutual Fund Comparison Tool [Generation X Finance] “This tool allows you to compare one fund against another, or many other funds and display the results in an easy to read format.”

    Top Posts Of The Week

    “Maybe we’re missing something, but this is America and if a girl wants to board an airplane wearing a mini skirt, a bikini top and a football helmet, she should be able.”

    Personal Finance Roundup

    Personal Finance Roundup

    Investing With Nickels and Dimes [Kiplinger] “Earl Crawley, 69, better known as Mr. Earl, earns $20,000 a year as a parking-lot attendant. But he has amassed a stock portfolio worth more than $500,000.”