Do you want to get rich by playing the supply-exploit-demand eBay game on the next big video game console? Did you see those ridiculous $1000 X-Box 360 eBay auctions and think, “Man, I wish I could get in on some of that exploitive action?” Your prayers have been answered, because this blog has a remarkably sleazy and delusional article up on the fine art of console reselling.
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Consumers Need Advice: Verizon Service “Upgrade” Brought Negative Changes
By 2.1.06
Reader Adam Higley wrote in to ask the throbbing hive-mind of Consumerist readers for their wide-ranging expertise in solving an issue he’s having with his Verizon DSL service, after the local exchange was upgraded from copper to fiber. Ever since that upgrade, he finds he is unable to access certain web sites and forums — specifically, a private forum he set up for friends. The problem appears to be that Verizon has blocked certain ports on their end which they are absolutely unwilling to open, citing their refusal as a security measure. Does anyone have any decent advice for Adam?
Consumers Speak: Spicybrown.com Rocks
By 1.31.06 — Updated: 10.22.12
We’re really going to have to change our tagline to “Consumers suck up”. We’ve receive yet another excellent endorsement for a company’s customer service… this time, online t-shirt retailer Spicybrown.com, who sell a variety of Japanohydrocephalia-brand merchandise. Also, the adorable Tofu robot t-shirt to the left!
Consumers Speak: Good Customer Service From Local Boys
By 1.30.06
John Strong (really!) writes in with a story of the all-too-rare case of good customer service:
Commentors Speak: Keeping Southwest Airlines Aisles Free By Queening It Up
By 1.30.06
While posting comments from other parts of the site—like the Southwest Seating Policy post from not long ago—is the cheapest form of editorial we could possibly muster, sometimes they’re just too good to not draw extra attention to. Gander writes:
There are definitely ways to ensure that – assuming you are an A boarder who gets an aisle seat – you can maintain the vacancy of the seat next to you on all but completely booked flights. Since I’m the type that most skittish midwesterners prefer to sit next to on an airplane (young, white, attractive, skinny) I find that it helps to play on other prejudices. The following work for me:
Consumers Speak: The Excellent Side of Southwest’s Seating Policy
By 1.27.06
Totally awesome tip from our boy Nick Weaver. The gyst? Travel Southwest whenever you can:
Save Electricity This Winter
By 12.16.05
The reason I ask is that my roommates think it takes more electricity to turn the AC off and then turn it back on later.
The answer? Turning it off at night is fine, because “it definitely takes more energy to remove that heat constantly rather than removing it just once when you turn the AC back on later.”
