The 15 Grossest Stories We've Posted On Consumerist This Year and more...

Tue Dec 30 2008

poop
The 15 Grossest Stories We've Posted On Consumerist This Year

Here are our favorite disgusting stories of 2008. You're welcome! MORE >>

POSTED: Mon Dec 29 2008 18:57

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cash discounts
ExxonMobil Gift Card Results In Higher Prices At Pump

ExxonMobil says their gift cards are "better than cash." They also say, "This cash card is not a credit card." But Rob in NY was hit with a credit card surcharge when he used his. MORE >>

POSTED: Mon Dec 29 2008 18:37

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nyt
NYT: Text Messaging "Virtually No Cost" to Carriers

Hear the scorn of a million parents cry out in righteous anger: despite recently increasing basic text messaging rates from ten cents to twenty across the board, NYT reveals that Carriers pay roughly nothing. MORE >>

POSTED: Mon Dec 29 2008 17:00

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food
Always Check the (Sometimes Sketchy) Expiration Dates on Food

This is a friendly Consumerist reminder: always make sure you check the expiration dates on all of your food purchases, especially as alternative expiration 'Codes' confuse the employees checking for spoilage. MORE >>

POSTED: Mon Dec 29 2008 15:00

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directtv
DirectTV's "Free Professional Installation" Neither Professional Nor Free

"Professional Installation - free." Seems simple, right? I mean, there's no way DirectTV would just be using that as a bait-and-switch and actually end up charging you for an install...Right? As Dimitriy learned: Wrong. MORE >>

POSTED: Mon Dec 29 2008 13:00

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calibration
Best Buy Sneaky Sneaky Calibration Tricks Make a Comeback

Remember when Best Buy was using HD channels to make "Calibrated" televisions seem miraculously better? Well, their methods have changed, but using different cables to improve definition doesn't mean they've improved. MORE >>

POSTED: Mon Dec 29 2008 12:30

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boos
Buried Under Books, Borders Goes Above and Beyond

Reader Katie writes to us with an amazing Borders customer service story, full of love, loss, credit, and a fiery inferno of possible death. Katie's letter inside. MORE >>

POSTED: Mon Dec 29 2008 11:00

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