In response to being sued and humiliated on the internet over their “secret website,” reader MK says Best Buy has added a disclaimer that warns customers that the in-store kiosk doesn’t display the same prices as the public website.
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Too Sexy For Southwest Airlines Woman Appears On The Today Show
The woman who was too sexy for Southwest Airlines appeared on the Today Show this morning in the outfit she was wearing on the flight.
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Walmart Flip Flop Woman Writes In To Defend Herself
Kerry, the woman whose feet suffered some sort of burn from wearing flip flops, has written in to defend herself against the comments on Consumerist.
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Anonymous Businessman Settles Elderly Couple's Tax Nightmare
Remember the Atwoods? They were facing the possibility of losing their home after it was sold to pay $1.63 in property tax.
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Home Depot Revises Policy After It Sent A Sex Offender To Work In A Single Woman's Home
Back in May Boston’s ABC 5 tracked down a convicted sex offender who was working as an unlicensed contractor for Home Depot. Not only was the guy a registered sex offender…he didn’t even refinish cabinets well.
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UPDATE: Applebee's Is Sorry About Huge Insect Leg In Salad
Remember that huge grasshopper-ish insect leg that Reader Stacie pulled out of her mouth while eating an Applebee’s Apple Walnut Chicken Salad? After her story was posted to the Consumerist, Stacie was contacted by Applebee’s and finally got the apology that she wanted.
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All Laptops Break. Period.
This Consumer Reports chart ranks how quickly different laptops need repair.
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Tape On Your Wet Cellphone Won’t Help You At All
In response to our post on Saving A Wet Cellphone, and specifically the advice we for some reason gave about trying to trick companies to pay for dropping the blasted phone in the sink by taping over the water damage sticker, an anonymous tipster wrote:
UPDATE: Chase/Bank One Merger Super Fun For Customers
Earlier, Sharon complained how the BankOne/Chase merger messed up her online banking. Despite several calls to the customer service, she was unable to fix her problem.
ATM Fraud Update
Ok, so hackers snagged possibly up to six figures of people’s debit card info from an unspecified retailer’s security breach. But who? WHO is the retailer stupid enough to let this happen?
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HOWNOTTO: Buy a Laptop
UPDATE: Patricia wrote in how she purchased a defective laptop from the Uniwill corporation who didn’t respond to her requests for them to live up to their warranty for on-site service. Even after finally getting through to the repair center and sending her laptop in, it was sent back in exactly the same condition: it powered down whenever a CD was inserted.