“The sad part is that she passed away in a car crash only days later which quickly formed rainclouds over everyone’s perverted parade.”
roundups
Top Posts Of The Week
By 7.6.07
“Why go to the trouble of manually hacking Amazon’s URLs to search for bargains when we’ve got all the messy work done for you?”
Personal Finance Roundup
By 7.6.07
The Cheapest Days to Buy Certain Items [Smart Money] “We talked to the experts, and narrowed down the best days of the week to buy certain items.”
Personal Finance Roundup
By 6.29.07
• The Next China: Five Emerging Markets To Watch [Seeking Alpha] “…countries that offer equally compelling investment prospects but are still off the screens of most investors.”
By 6.27.07
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Lifehacker has a bunch of neat ideas for staying cool. A timely post, as our brains were boiling today.
Top Posts Of The Week
By 6.22.07
“We’ve been hearing that consumers who try to sign up for the plan are getting a sales pitch for a more expensive plan, hung up on, transferred to the switchboard, etc.”
Top Posts Of The Week
By 6.15.07
“When buying any product, expect the salesmen to tell you that after around 13 months, a certain part or battery will need replacing. The common manufacturers warranty only covers 12 months parts and labor, so the customer is pushed to buy the extended warranty under the impression it will fail later…”
Personal Finance Roundup
By 6.14.07
Retire at 40: Here’s how [MSN Money] “Take 20% of your gross income every month, invest it in a balanced index fund and leave it there, then retire 20 years later with enough for a lifetime.”
Hot Consumerist Forums Threads
By 6.14.07
• “A woman who claims she was used as unknowing bait to catch a man taking photographs up women’s skirts is suing retailer T.J. Maxx…”
Consumerist Undercover At IDT Energy: Table Of Contents
By 6.12.07
In case you missed any of 7-part undercover report on IDT-Energy, Midtown Promotions, and the fabulous worlds of energy resale and multi-level-marketing, here’s a recap:
Personal Finance Roundup
By 6.11.07
Trade in that old house [CNN Money] “In a bid to boost home sales, builders are looking to the auto lot for tips on how to move merchandise in a sagging market: they’re taking trade-ins.”
Top Posts Of The Week
By 6.9.07
“…knowingly collecting an unlawful consumer debt, and using abus[ive] means to do so, in violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act…
Hot Consumerist Forums Threads
By 6.8.07
• Man sues energy-drink maker for giving him long-lasting erection. Last name, Woods.
Hot Consumerist Forums Threads
By 5.31.07
Reader receives refurb phone with text messages containing someone else’s debit card PIN, DOB, and driver’s license number. Always clean your electronics before getting rid of them!
Personal Finance Roundup
By 5.31.07
How can I raise my credit score? [MSNBC] “…the first step in raising your score is to make sure the information used to calculate it is correct and up-to-date.”
Contact Executive Customer Service Roundup
By 5.30.07
Executive customer service is a firewall team that keeps your complaints from disturbing busy executives golf games. Very 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. Here’s how to reach some of them for certain companies we’ve gathered the information for.
Hot Consumerist Forum Threads
• Man confronts Mercedes service department, on tape, about his broken moonroof. Mercedes quotes $6500 for replacement and claims it cannot be fixed. Man gets it repaired down the street for under $200.