EECB To Toys R Us Results In Refund, Personal Apology, Free Toy and more...

Mon Aug 31 2009

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EECB To Toys R Us Results In Refund, Personal Apology, Free Toy

Seth had what should have been a fairly simple problem. His son's radio control car broke after only a few weeks of use. The toy was purchased at and manufactured by Toys R Us, and an e-mail to the support address included with the toy bounced. No one in the company's usual customer service channels could resolve his problem, and the people whose job it was to help customers in this situation never managed to contact him. MORE >>

POSTED: Sun Aug 30 2009 17:30

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target is crazy
Target Charges $1.50 For Free Nalgene Bottle

Regular Consumerist readers are familiar with our exposure of Target's absurdist pricing policies, and this is a particularly confusing example. Reader Rob in Minnesota noticed a nice promotion on a 3-pack of Brita water filters, which came with a free small Nalgene water bottle and a few packets of drink mix. Nice deal, but he couldn't help noticing that the identical 3-pack of filters without the "free" water bottle cost $1.50 less. See a bigger picture and a twist to the story, inside. MORE >>

POSTED: Sun Aug 30 2009 10:59

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banks
Banks Once "Too Big To Fail" Now Even Bigger After Meltdown

Remember those banks that the federal government bailed out because they were "too big to fail?" Well...after mergers and bank takeovers (some encouraged by the government) those banks bailed out because they were "too big to fail" now are much bigger. JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America combined now control more than 20% of all bank deposits in the United States. MORE >>

POSTED: Sun Aug 30 2009 10:58

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