Posts Tagged ‘consumerist’
> Your pants are lying to you. An Esquire investigation found that different clothing stores have greatly varying definitions of waistline size. Old Navy was the worst offender. Their “36 inch” pants measured actually at 41 inches. At the GAP, 36 inches actually means 39. Maybe this helps explain why I have worn the same […]
This quote from [an article][1] on [Consumerist][0] goes a long way to showing why companies treat people badly and get away with it: > Had I not absolutely needed to make the purchases, I would have surely walked away and never returned. If you are going to complain about treatment you received to a consumer […]
[Thorzdad][2a] does a good job of summing up what is wrong with America [in his comment][2b] and why we are in this financial crisis: > And, honestly, you can’t put card problems down just to over-consumption. We always lived in our means. This starts out good. > But, then I lost my job and, almost […]
Normally, [Consumerist][0] has some good stories about people who were wrong by companies. Unfortunately, they tend to lose this credibility by posting stories like [this one][1]. * Man buys piece of equipment * Works great through warranty period * After warranty, equipment starts goes bad * Six months later, equipment is really bad * Company […]
A while back I thought it would be a good idea to list the sites I tend to look at every morning—my morning read. Then, or so the thought went, if I couldn’t think of a good description of why I read the site, I could take it out of my list and not have […]
There was a [Consumerist][0] article talking about the real cost of a cell phone. [Are You Actually Paying More Than $3 A Minute To Use Your Cellphone?][1] looked at an article (which seemed to discount all of the discounts) that found some people are paying $3 a minute for their cell coverage. This got me […]
After work on Friday I went to the [Home Depot][2] and found it to be nearly devoid of people. Maybe I just went too early in the afternoon, but I would have expected a few more shoppers. Maybe if they had anything that I was looking for in stock, I would have spent some money […]
If you get a bill for a service you are not paying for, you should contest the charge immediately. > So I went back and checked my records, and found I’d been charged for at least as far back as a year (I was in the bummer tent after that, so I didn’t look further.) […]
In a break with their corporate privacy policy, a large banking company is set to release records for thousands of people. And the people are…[rejoicing][1]? What is this world coming to? _Response to the [Consumerist][0] post on [UBS Will Release Names Of Americans Hiding Money From IRS][1]._ [0]: http://consumerist.com/ [1]: http://consumerist.com/5156990/ubs-will-release-names-of-americans-hiding-money-from-irs
The comments on [this][1] article reminded me of the only time I have changed the terms on a contract I was being asked to sign. I crossed out the portion that said I would strictly adhere to “The Fairways Resident Handbook” since *no one* could actually locate a copy of me to read before signing. […]