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• Top 10 tips for 2010 for baby boomer consumers

  
  blog.boomer411.com — Authority: 106
  By Rita R. Robison, Consumer Specialist, Blogging at The Survive and Thrive Boomer Guide I just finished writing my annual post on the “Top 10 Consumer Stories of 2009.” As a consumer writer, it’s so frustrating that the media, government, and even consumer organizations don’t write about this. I found ...
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• Tyra Banks Show Canceled

  
  Blogoncherry — Authority: 145
  Tyra Banks has announced that the fifth season of her show will be the last season of her show. After five seasons, two Daytime Emmy awards and too many girl-power episodes to count, Tyra Banks is announcing the end of The Tyra Show.“This will be the last season of The Tyra Show,” Banks tells PEOPLE [...]
  2 days ago

• AT&T Halts Online IPhone Sales in New York Area

  
  NYConvergence - A digest of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut digital media technology news — Authority: 522
  AT&T has ceased selling Apple s iPhone in the New-York area through its Web site for reasons which have not yet been made clear.  According to c | net , this may be due to "data congestion, credit card fraud, or routine sales strategy, depending on whom you believe." While an AT&T representative told c | ...
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• AT&T suspends online iPhone sales in New York City, reasons still unclear

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 164
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• Breaking: AT&T website stops selling iPhones in New York City?

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 164
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• Relax, You Can Still Buy An iPhone In New York City. Just Not Online. (TechCrunch)

  
  The Gadget News — Authority: 163
  If you live in the New York City metropolitan area, as I do, and try to buy an iPhone from AT&T’s website, you will probably get the same message I did after I entered my zipcode: “Sorry this package is not available in your area.” Apparently, this is a big story . (Hey, it’s the tail end of a long holiday ...
  3 days ago

• AT&T Stops Selling iPhone in New York City [REPORT] (Mashable)

  
  The Gadget News — Authority: 163
  AT&T has come up with an ingenious solution to the congestion on its network in New York: stop selling the iPhone there! The AT&T website has stopped offering phones to the New York metropolitan area, and entering a zipcode from there delivers the message that it is “unavailable” in that area, according to ...
  3 days ago

• Consumerist Says Apple Site Won’t Sell iPhone In NYC, Citing Network (Slashdot)

  
  The Gadget News — Authority: 163
  cowp writes “A Consumerist tipster couldn’t get AT&T’s website to sell him an iPhone when he shopped using an NYC ZIP code, but could when he tried other cities’ ZIPs. Consumerist asked an AT&T CSR and seems to have gotten confirmation that this is carrier policy: ‘Yes, this is correct the phone is ...
  3 days ago

• Who knew you could make money by not paying your bills?

  
  Bent Corner — Authority: 135
  The Consumerist has a story about a guy that was going through Chapter 13 bankruptcy that was continuing to receive calls from Sallie Mae about his student loan payments even though evidently when... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  4 days ago

• Greyhound travel: The imperfect lover. Reality, the Twilight Zone and being jilted

  
  Gadling — Authority: 697
  Filed under: Arts and Culture , Business , Blogs , Stories , United States , Budget Travel , News , Consumer Activism Im fond of Greyhound bus travel. I like the idea of humanity rolling along on a highway. I like bus people. As one bus ticket seller once told me at the station in Columbus, Ohio as she ...
  1 week ago

• BestBuy GeekSquad Says Linux Installation Voids Warranty!

  
  zedomax.com — Authority: 545
  BestBuy is probably my favorite retail store for my gadgets if I lose my patience to wait for my UPS man and order stuff online.  Well, this really doesn’t make sense, I don’t see how installing linux on your laptop voids your warranty. Perhaps this is because of an uneducated GeekSquad manager.  If GeekSquad ...
  1 week ago

• Barnes & Noble Sending $100 Gift Certificates to nook Pre-Orderers

  
  mickerlodeon — Authority: 131
  Laura Northrup reports for The Consumerist that those who have pre-ordered the Barnes & Noble nook have received emails from informing them that if their nook is not delivered by December 24 they will receive a $100 Barnes & Noble gift certificate. For those that do not receive their nook by December 24, ...
  1 week ago

• Want to overpay for your Wii? Shop at QVC (The Inquisitr)

  
  Nintendo Wii Game and Accessories Review — Authority: 157
  A reader at The Consumerist spotted an hilariously bad deal for a Nintendo Wii on shopping channel behemoth QVC. For $362.97, you can treat yourself to the following: - Nintendo Wii console (with Wii Sports) - Go Play Circus Star Games - Handgun Accessory - Golf Accessory - Tennis Accessory - Baseball Accessory - ...
  2 weeks ago

• What exactly does your netbook warranty cover?

  
  Liliputing — Authority: 643
  Flickr: andrew_cosand Like a lot of people, I kind of consider most netbook warranties to be unimportant. Sure, most netbooks comes with a limited protection plan good for somewhere between 30 days and a year. But I can’t imaging paying $70 or more to extend the protection on a laptop that I bought for $300. If ...
  2 weeks ago

• Delta Airlines offers free elite status to victims of flight attendant from hell

  
  Gadling — Authority: 697
  Filed under: Airlines Last week news of a particularly nasty incident on an American Airlines flight hit the blogs. Here at Gadling, we covered it , then our very own flight attendant posted her views on the story , and this weekend, the passenger in question responded . To cut a long story short - a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Galley Gossip: The first class / orange juice passenger responds to what happened in flight

  
  Gadling — Authority: 697
  Filed under: Food and Drink , Airlines , Transportation , Galley Gossip My Galley Gossip post, a flight attendant responds to the first class orange juice debacle , created quite a flurry of comments from people venting their frustrations out on flight attendants. Many readers accused me of defending Helen, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Have a complaint? Sing about it, or take action.

  
  Consumer Reports Money & Shopping Blog — Authority: 595
  The New York Times today published an amusing article in their Music section about "complaint choirs" : groups of people who assemble in public places to air their grievances to music. Apparently, its an art form that crosses cultural lines; choirs have performed in locales from Helsinki to Singapore to Philadelphia ...
  3 weeks ago

• Frys makes good on oversold Black Friday HDTVs

  
  WalletPop Blog — Authority: 699
  Filed under: Shopping , Technology , Black Friday On Black Friday Frys was offering a 52-inch HDTV deal that attracted a lot of attention from shoppers -- so much that one store oversold at least six HDTVs . Couple the mistake with a manger who seemingly couldnt be bothered to address the problem with anything ...
  3 weeks ago

• It’s Official, Everybody Hates AT&T

  
  How to Get Out of Debt - Free Help — Authority: 157
  I think Consumerist.com does an exceptional job of bringing new information and stories to light that helps people. I’m such a big fan of their that I am linking to their stories so you can read them. It’s Official, Everybody Hates AT&T There’s a new Consumer Reports survey out that ranks cellphone ...
  4 weeks ago

• Zombie Brands: Not Just For Retail Anymore

  
  How to Get Out of Debt - Free Help — Authority: 157
  I think Consumerist.com does an exceptional job of bringing new information and stories to light that helps people. I’m such a big fan of their that I am linking to their stories so you can read them. Zombie Brands: Not Just For Retail Anymore We’ve followed the nationwide invasion of zombie retailers ...
  4 weeks ago

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