Circuit City Extends Return Window For Suddenly Obsolete HD DVD Players
The Associated Press is reporting that Circuit City is tripling the normal return window for HD DVD players in the hopes of retaining some loyal customers. The nation’s No. 2 electronics retailer has...
View ArticleBank Of America Refunds $325 In Overdraft Fees To Customer Who Was On Cruise
Don’t say we never printed anything nice about you, BoA. One of your customers just had an experience with you that—despite still having an overdraft fee of $20 to pay—has left her feeling pretty good...
View ArticleComcast Worker Saves Couple From Blazing Apartment
A Comcast worker woke to find that his apartment building was on fire, so he decided to save some people using the ladder from his truck. Nice guy. Hartnett jumped into action, knocked on residents’...
View ArticleAmazon Offers $50 To HD DVD Refugees
Not to be outdone by Best Buy (and perhaps in order to make Circuit City seem cheap), Amazon will be offering $50 in credit to you poor, poor bastards who bought an HDDVD player before Feb. 23, 2008....
View ArticleHaving Your Credit Card Stolen = Accidentally Free MP3 Downloads From Amazon?
Amazon.com apparently has a glitch whereby if you have 1-click ordering set up to buy MP3 downloads, and you forget that you canceled your credit card because it had been stolen by a random French...
View ArticleIKEA Flies Your Sofa Cover From Philly To LA In Their Luggage
IKEA isn’t really known for their customer service, but apparently one location in LA is trying to change that. Reader Jeremy says: I think people go to Ikea because they are cheap, and they have a...
View Article10 Easy Ways To Keep Your Flight Attendant Happy
A happy flight attendant makes for a happy flight, and 24-year-old flight attendant Brandi Lynne has a list of 10 things you can do to make your next flight a little more enjoyable… 10. Smile! Just...
View ArticleMysterious JetBlue Creature Offers Free Tix To Passengers
If you wish hard enough on your next JetBlue trip, maybe the airline’s People Officer will magically appear and hand out free tickets. That’s what happened on David’s flight home over the weekend. To...
View ArticleCafe Press Sends You Free Shirt After You Ordered Wrong Size
Shelley is really happy with Cafe Press! She recently lost a lot of weight and ordered what she thought was the right sized shirt, but when she got it, it didn’t fit. Hey, she’s still getting used to...
View ArticleThe Science Behind Those Never-Melting Ice Cream Sandwiches
(Consumer Reports on YouTube)If you find the idea of ice cream that doesn’t melt after sitting out for hours in 80-degree heat unsettling, you aren’t alone. And because you can’t believe everything you...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....