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• I wouldn’t spend my time playing in others smoke residue either.

  
  Macgasm — Authority: 443
  Here’s some food for thought, would you spend your day working on materials that have known carcinogens in them? I surely wouldn’t. I know it sounds a little ludicrous that I’m agreeing with Apple Inc over this , but when you start painting the situation with a stroke of reality it makes quite a bit of sense. ...
  8 hours ago

• Where there’s smoke: Apple warranty stance raises troubling questions

  
  The Mobile Fun Blog — Authority: 146
  By Carmi Levy , Betanews I’m the last person who would ever come out in support of smoking. It’s a noxious, nasty habit that according to the US Centers for Disease Control kills 443,000 Americans every year. The CDC says smoking is the root cause of over 30% of all cancer-related deaths, 80% of all lung ...
  1 day ago

• Shoppers say: Dont ask for phone # and e-mail at checkout!

  
  Consumer Reports Money & Shopping Blog — Authority: 608
  Facebook and its ilk may have changed attitudes toward broadcasting personal facts and feelings, but theres one venue where a majority of Americans do not want to share: The checkout counter.  Fifty-eight percent of consumers bristle when checkout clerks ask for e-mail addresses and phone numbers, according to a ...
  2 days ago

• Holiday shoppers say some retailers are out of line

  
  Consumer Reports Money & Shopping Blog — Authority: 608
  Bell ringers, perfume sprayers and the steady drumbeat of holiday music may be annoying to some shoppers. But what really brings out their grinchier instincts are stores that fail to open all the checkout lanes and then use pushy retail tactics when shoppers finally make it to the cash register. Customers dont like ...
  2 days ago

• At the sales counter, resist the store-card pitch

  
  Consumer Reports Money & Shopping Blog — Authority: 608
  After waiting in an interminable line to buy holiday gifts, one thing you might not want to hear when you reach the checkout counter is a pitch for a retailers credit card. In our nationally representative survey of the top holiday-shopping annoyances , 52 percent of respondents said they dont care for cashiers ...
  2 days ago

• W Magazine - The Case of the Missing Hip

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 166
  The blogosphere is abuzz about whether or not Demi Moores hip has been photoshopped in the latest cover of W magazine. Here are some resources for you to check out read more
  3 days ago

• Apple canceling smokers’ warranties over ‘contamination’

  
  MAC.BLORGE — Authority: 430
  Need another reason to quite smoking? This one’s a whopper—Apple is refusing to honor the warranties of Mac owners because the devices have become “contaminated” due to the effects of cigarette smoke. The Consumerist is reporting the AppleCare experiences of several customers, who are smokers, where Apple ...
  4 days ago

• Apple Denying Support to Smokers? [Apple]

  
  F-Default — Authority: 542
    The Consumerist is reporting that two Mac users were denied AppleCare coverage because the owners were smokers. Not because the computers were damaged by second hand smoke, but because of OSHA regulations. According to separate reports, Apple denied coverage for two users in 2008 based on the fact that OSHA ...
  4 days ago

• Three Financial Planners Scheduled For Free Glastonbury Personal …

  
  The Wealthy Soul — Authority: 152
  Three outstanding personal financial planners and advisors have been chosen as panelists for the FREE Dec. 15 Glastonbury seminar to be hosted b… Here is the original post: Three Financial Planners Scheduled For Free Glastonbury Personal …
  4 days ago

• The Consumerist jumps the shark

  
  Something better to do — Authority: 417
  I’ve been subscribed to The Consumerist since Continental lost my daughter last summer and The Consumerist picked up the story.  I was impressed by their reach and by the quality of stories that they ran. Unfortunately, two or three months after I started reading them, the quality seemed to start going down.  ...
  6 days ago

• CtWatchdogs Personal Finance Series: Tip 2 – How To Determine …

  
  The Wealthy Soul — Authority: 152
  This blog is Part 2 of our Personal Finance Series that will stretch over several weeks. It was prompted by the Personal Finance Seminar I am moderating f… Continued here: CtWatchdogs Personal Finance Series: Tip 2 – How To Determine …
  1 week ago

• DirecTV Marketer Steals DISH Customers Via 800 Number Squatting [Consumerist Hotline]

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 795
  A sneaky DirecTV marketer has bought up toll-free numbers that end in "DISH." When DISH Network customers call up, the operators make it sound like theyre from Dish and offering them a free service upgrade, but in reality, theyre switching the service and slamming the Dish Network customer into a DirecTV service ...
  1 week ago

• Yo! Farmville is a scam

  
  It's Alive!! — Authority: 123
  While none of the students I personally taught mentioned Facebook in my presence (except when I asked “What do you read? Books? Magazines?”), I did get accosted by some random kids on the playground who kept insisting that I needed to add them to Facebook and help them farm on Farmville. Luckily, despite them ...
  1 week ago

• CtWatchdogs Personal Finance Series: Tip 1 – Borrow NOW …

  
  The Wealthy Soul — Authority: 152
  Borrow money when you DON’T need to because when you need it no one will lend you or the cost will be exorbitant. Today I am launching our Personal Fin… Originally posted here:  CtWatchdogs Personal Finance Series: Tip 1 – Borrow NOW …
  1 week ago

• Mom and her 2 kids were kicked off a plane in

  
  Lucrative Investing — Authority: 529
  A woman in Arizona was kicked off an Allegiant Air flight from Mesa, AZ to Billings, MT after her 2 year old started to cry and then her 4 year old would not say in his seat. The airline did not refund her money. Check out the video posted above. Here is my opinion of the situation after reading through hundreds ...
  1 week ago

• You Can Make Your Own Liquid Tamiflu At Home [Swine Flu]

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 795
  G.s young son was recently ill with H1N1, but no pharmacy in the city where he lives had liquid Tamiflu in stock. (Even the federal government released its stockpile not long ago.) He writes that nearly every pharmacy he called turned him down. Then he learned that the liquid can be made from Tamiflu capsules by ...
  1 week ago

• Citibank: Transfer $5000 In Debt Onto This Card Or Well Double Your APR [Consumerist Hotline]

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 795
  "Its the increased cost of doing business," was Citicards constant refrain when Kents husband called to complain about their latest pre- CARD act adverse action insanity: transfer $5000 in balances from other credit cards to this credit card or well double your interest rate. Listen to Kents message left on the new ...
  1 week ago

• The Future of Movie Rentals: Buy DVDs or Wait 30 Days

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 167
  Movie studios are none to happy by the growing decline in DVD sales. read more
  2 weeks ago

• Call Consumerists New Tip Hotline: 347-422-6695 [PSAs]

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 795
  Consumerist has a new hotline you can call to leave tips by voicemail. Just call 347-422-6695 or 347-42C-ON95 and let it fly. Its hooked up to a Google Voice account so we can easily embed and play your voicemail in a post. Of course, if you rather the tip be on background and not used for direct posting, just ask for ...
  2 weeks ago

• Leave A Voicemail On Consumerists New Tip Hotline: 347-422-6695 [PSAs]

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 795
  Consumerist has a new hotline you can call to leave tips by voicemail. Just call 347-422-6695 or 347-42C-ON95 and let it fly. Its hooked up to a Google Voice account so we can easily embed and play your voicemail in a post. Of course, if you rather the tip be on background and not used for direct posting, just ask for ...
  2 weeks ago

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