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As someone who has previously lived on a street with a name that looks like an error, I understand some of the pain felt by Consumerist reader Drew, who had to correct the address on his Best Buy delivery several times -- and still ended up having his new TV shipped to the wrong address. More »
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Late last night, some readers tipped us to this photo of a Wendy's restaurant that supposedly had posted a sign saying "We Stand With Chick fil-A," which we assume refers to that company president's stance against same-sex marriage and not the restaurant chain's insistence on having pickles on its sandwiches. Given the sheer number of similar fakes floating around the Internet -- they even have their own Snopes page -- we thought it was worth checking into with Wendy's HQ. More »
Most shoplifters we've read about just can't wait to get away from the scene of the crime — often leaving valuables like children behind in their haste — but this couple accused of thieving from a Walmart were so excited about boosting some sexual lubricant, they decided to try it out right in the store. More »
What only a few weeks ago would have been brushed off by most people as a bizarre bit of performance art -- or just someone having a laugh -- is now suspicious enough to merit arrest. That's why we're asking everyone to call off their plans to dress up like Batman and skulk around their local Home Depot to see if anyone needs assistance. More »
Devotees of magical boy wizard Harry Potter and his trusted cohorts Hermione and Ron might want to stop reading right about now: Over in Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's home in the United Kingdom, Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James has beaten out all seven books in the Harry series to become Amazon UK's all-time bestselling book. More »
We've written before about cities going after mortgage lenders for failing to properly maintain homes on which they have foreclosed, but one Massachusetts city has decided it's just easier to fix up these properties, rather than have them fall into disrepair and drag neighborhood home prices down with them. More »
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A few months ago the Obama administration announced new rules as part of its health care reform plan requiring U.S. insurers to cover a wide swath of preventative health services for women at no extra cost to women, including contraceptives, breast-feeding supplies and gestational diabetes screening for pregnant women, prenatal care, routine breast and pelvic examps and pap tests. Starting today, all of those things will be covered in new plans as well as renewed plans. More »
It's probably happened to most of you at some point in your eating experience. You go to bite into -- or take a sip of -- an item you've come to really enjoy, only to find there is, say, more salt, or less chocolate, or just some new ingredient. And with that, the relationship is over... More »
We aren't sure in what world a paltry pile of pale chicken covered in some kind of gelatinous gloop accompanied by a whole lot of rice with bits vaguely resembling vegetables could be considered part of any "Gourmet Club." But Safeway said its "Safeway Select" branded Orange Chicken meal is fine frozen dining and showed a lovely picture on the package to that effect. Consumerist reader Doug in Seattle sent in evidence to the contrary after he purchased the family pack meal. More »
Back in 1979, a little band out of the UK called The Who was slated to play a show in Providence, Rhode Island. But after 11 people were killed during a stampede at a Who show in Ohio, the venue nixed the concert. In a few months, that same band will be playing that same venue, and folks who still have tickets to that cancelled performance are being allowed to exchange them for seats at the upcoming show. More »
In times of economic insecurity, every last penny counts. And in one Michigan city, that's true down to seven cents a resident didn't pay in local taxes. The man said he received a four-paragraph letter from the city treasurer informing him that he was short that a few pennies on his summer taxes. More »
Jim can't prove that a technician working for Verizon cut his cable line. He didn't see it happen, and the vandal didn't leave a signature or anything. All the perpetrator left behind was a dug up, severed Comcast cable, some fiber optic cable, and a conduit. Less than a week before, Jim had booked a tentative FiOS installation a month ahead of time, pending the approval of his housemate. Instead, this turned out to be one of those very rare Consumerist stories where the hero is... Comcast. More »
While Amazon's Kindle Fire was initially touted as a low-price iPad competitor for customers who primarily wanted a tablet for reading books and watching video. But today it became obvious that Amazon is not being selfish about its video content, releasing an app that allows iPad users to watch, purchase, stream and download titles from its Instant Video collection. More »
As we mentioned yesterday, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the publishers of Jonah Lehrer's Imagine, have pulled the book from physical shelves as well as online retailers and in e-book form, after he admitted to making up Bob Dylan quotes. And in case you don't want to hang on to your copy just for giggles, there's good news — you'll get your money back. More »
We've seen many different variations on the Grocery Shrink Ray over the years, but somehow never anticipated this: a Warranty Shrink Ray. A sneaky tipster who works at Best Buy noticed that the same product, a Seagate hard drive for notebook computers, had a lovely redesigned box. And a few years lopped off the warranty. Much like how other products change the size of an item just a tiny bit rather than raising the price, Seagate cut back on the warranty. More »
Two weeks after a couple of Delta Air Lines passengers claimed to have bitten into sandwiches containing sewing needles, with an additional four needles also discovered in that time period, an Air Canada passenger says there was a sewing needle in a prepackaged sandwich aboard a flight from Victoria, Canada to Toronto. Is there a busy sewer out there accidentally dropping his or her tools, or what? More »
Valve, the makers of popular video game series like Portal, Left 4 Dead, Half-Life, and Team Fortress, as well as the operators of the Steam online marketplace for games, have surprised fans this week by changing the Steam terms of service to effectively pre-empt any class-action lawsuits by forcing customers into mandatory binding arbitration. More »
Sure, those clear adhesive protective covers for small gadgets are supposed to last for a long time, but what happens when the film starts to peel and your iPod has plenty of useful life left? Then you do what reader Rob did and peel it off, discovering an unmovable coating of perma-goo on the outside of the device. No solvent can remove it. More »
