wcia 2011

Worst Company In America Round One: American Express Vs. Capital One

Worst Company In America Round One: American Express Vs. Capital One

Have your photo IDs ready because you’ll need them to vote in this battle of credit card combatants! [More]

Worst Company In America Round One: Sony Vs. Dell

Worst Company In America Round One: Sony Vs. Dell

Here’s an interesting bout featuring not one, but two crippled combatants. One hobbled by shoddy electronics and the other shackled by leaden copyright protection software. [More]

Worst Company In America Round One: Ticketmaster Vs. PayPal

Worst Company In America Round One: Ticketmaster Vs. PayPal

Like having to choose between a punch in the face or a kick in the gut, there are no good guys in today’s early WCIA bout! [More]

Worst Company In America Round One: Walmart Vs. GameStop

Worst Company In America Round One: Walmart Vs. GameStop

It’s a retail riot in this afternoon’s WCIA session, with two perennial tournament qualifiers trying to prove they belong here. [More]

Worst Company In America Round One: United/Continental Vs. Delta

Worst Company In America Round One: United/Continental Vs. Delta

Day Two of the WCIA 2011 tournament takes to the skies with this dogfight between the two biggest birds in the business! [More]

Worst Company In America Round One: DirecTV Vs. Dish Network

Worst Company In America Round One: DirecTV Vs. Dish Network

Today’s second first-round match in the WCIA ring pits the country’s two biggest satellite TV providers in a duel of the dishes. [More]

Welcome To The 6th Annual Worst Company In America Tournament!

Welcome To The 6th Annual Worst Company In America Tournament!

Ladies and gentlemen of business, it’s our proud honor to welcome you, your staff, your customers and your CEO to the opening of the 6th annual Worst Company In America tournament! It’s a knockdown drag out battle to the death. 32 companies go in, but only one can come out. It’s like Highlander, Battle Royale, the Hunger Games, and Survivor all rolled into one delicious, much-less-profitable package. So without further ado, let us turn it over to a silly video of Ben Popken playing basketball. [More]

Worst Company In America Round One: Bank Of America Vs. Citi

Worst Company In America Round One: Bank Of America Vs. Citi

Consumerist’s 6th Annual Worst Company In America tournament tips off today with this battle of beastly bankers! [More]

Here's Your Lineup For Worst Company In America 2011!

Here's Your Lineup For Worst Company In America 2011!

For the sixth year in a row, we asked Consumerist readers to send us their nominations for our Worst Company In America tournament. And this year’s response was the greatest by far. [More]

Worst Company In America Bracket To Be Revealed Monday At SXSW

Worst Company In America Bracket To Be Revealed Monday At SXSW

We’ve finally finished sorting through your e-mail nominations for this year’s Worst Company In America tournament. Now we’re set to reveal the 32 businesses vying for the title. [More]

Keep Those Worst Company In America Nominations Coming

Keep Those Worst Company In America Nominations Coming

Since announcing that we’re now accepting nominations for Worst Company In America, we’ve received thousands of suggestions encompassing everything from individual etsy sellers to global conglomerates to fictional entities. And if you haven’t yet taken the opportunity to put in your two cents (figuratively speaking; we don’t charge a fee), you still have a few days left. [More]

Man Uses Minivan To Show How Much He Hates Bank Of America

Man Uses Minivan To Show How Much He Hates Bank Of America

While everyone else needs to e-mail us their nominations for this year’s Worst Company In America tournament, we’re pretty sure this California man’s minivan counts as one vote for Bank of America. [More]

Submit Your Nominations For Worst Company In America 2011!

Submit Your Nominations For Worst Company In America 2011!

As you probably guessed from last night’s not-so-subtle tease, it’s time to start building the brackets for the Worst Company In America tournament. [More]