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  1. Amazon Reportedly Hawks 'The Sopranos' DVDs After James Gandolfini's Death

    Thu, 20 Jun 2013

    The post was pulled, but not before a reader of The Consumerist blog captured a screen shot and Amazon's more than poor timing" of the Facebook post, according to The Consumerist , an increase in sales of Gandolfini's work is inevitable

  2. Lego Apologizes for Cat-Calling Sticker

    Mon, 6 May 2013

    The Internet chattered . Bloggers weighed in ; people began posting negative reviews of the product on Amazon, as The Consumerist noted. "It was so ridiculous that they would be putting this out there for kids," Stearns, 35, told ABC News

  3. Lego Apologizes for Cat-Calling Sticker

    Mon, 6 May 2013

    The Internet chattered . Bloggers weighed in ; people began posting negative reviews of the product on Amazon, as The Consumerist noted. "It was so ridiculous that they would be putting this out there for kids," Stearns, 35, told ABC News

  4. What the Airlines Have Learned From Popular Retailers

    Fri, 22 Mar 2013

    expensive and because you're paying to change your mind. Again, get used to it. Ever hear of a restocking fee? The Consumerist website is filled with tales of woe from those who haven't but the bottom line is, the privilege of changing your

  5. What the Airlines Have Learned From Popular Retailers

    Fri, 22 Mar 2013

    expensive and because you're paying to change your mind. Again, get used to it. Ever hear of a restocking fee? The Consumerist website is filled with tales of woe from those who haven't but the bottom line is, the privilege of changing your

  6. Daylight Savings Causes Pay Confusion

    Wed, 9 Nov 2011

    out during next spring’s daylight savings time, when they are paid for one extra hour, as first reported by the Consumerist . Daylight saving time ended for most of the country, as standard time officially began 2 a.m. last Sunday morning

News

  1. $1 19th Century Victorian Home Faces Foreclosure

    Fri, 9 Sep 2011

    distance away from its current location. According to the Consumerist , Hatchell shelled out hundreds of thousands on the and village president Edgar McChesney, according to the Consumerist . The home is listed for sale on Realtor.com for $549

  2. Investors Purchase $1.2 Million Home for $10K

    Tue, 26 Jul 2011

    Caranante says. Florida isn't the only area that auctions off property for unpaid association fees. In 2009, the Consumerist reported about a community in San Antonio, Texas where 84 homes faced the auction block for unpaid dues, including

  3. How Often Do You Have to Replace Pricey Products? 'GMA' Separates Myth from Fact to Save You Money

    Mon, 4 Jul 2011

    to read more facts from the FDA on food labels and food expiration dates. Further down the grocery aisle, the " The Consumerist " website was the first to notice that new labeling on boxes of Arm and Hammer® Baking Soda says to replace the product

  4. Infomercial Junkie: How She Got Hooked...Are You Next?

    Fri, 13 May 2011

    chemical dopamine. The ads work by playing to our basic emotions, said Ben Popken, editor of Consumer Reports' The Consumerist blog. "There's not a whole lot of higher level cognitive thinking going on that infomercials are targeting

  5. Companies Add Services to Bills Without Consent, Consumers Say

    Thu, 21 Jan 2010

    commissions on sales of these services and sometimes get a little carried away." Ben Popken, co-managing editor of the Consumerist , concurred. Consumerist is a Web site run by the Consumers Union that allows disgruntled customers to air their

  6. ATM Skimming 101: How to Keep Safe

    Sun, 26 Apr 2009

    pulled at the mirror, it came right off and, like Seibel, he found a hidden camera behind it. According to the blog the Consumerist , in one week, three of its readers -- Seibel, McGlynn and another man in Los Angeles -- each found a different

  7. Facebook To Adopt New Governing Documents

    Fri, 24 Apr 2009

    Terms of Service in February. The backlash came after the Consumerist Website published a blog alleging the now-defunct previous critics of Facebook's old TOS, including the Consumerist ; Jonathan Zittrain, co-director of Harvard's

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  1. PHOTO: A pregnant woman received a discount on her Red Robin check with the discount called, "mom 2 Bee Good Luc", according to The Consumerist.
  2. EA, Bank Of America Top The Consumerist's List Of Worst Companies In America
  3. VIDEO: Ben Popken of The Consumerist website shares his favorite unusual infomercials.

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