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. There were a… Read More »
It is looking more and more likely that Sholom Rubashkin will do his best to flee to Israel rather than serving his prison sentence for the crimes of which he has been convicted and/or will be convicted at his next trial. Today, the WCF Courier reports: Rubashkin’s attorneys presented more than 1,300 letters and e-mails… Read More »
[You can read the whole series of Honda Village postings here.] November 17, 2009 American Honda Motor Company, Incorporated Honda Automobile Customer Service Fax: (310) 783-3023 To whom it may concern: HONDA HAS BEEN SPAMMING US FOR TWO YEARS DESPITE OUR REPEATED REQUESTS FOR YOU TO STOP. This is completely unacceptable. You need to make… Read More »
Comcast was charging me $95 per month for internet and phone service. That was too much. I got them to lower it to $75 per month, but I had to pay extra for all non-local and long-distance calls. That was still too much. They raised the equipment charge for my cable modem from $3 to… Read More »
My wife and I have supported literally hundreds of charitable organizations over the years. I donate on-line whenever possible, which means that many of these organizations have my email address. The vast majority of them are smart and reputable enough not to send me bulk email I didn’t agree to receive, or at worst to… Read More »
As The Consumerist recently reported, CVS is now selling “Green Bag Tags” at the register. Here’s how it’s supposed to work: You buy a tag for 99¢ and attach it to your reusable shopping bag. Every time you give that bag to the checkout clerk to use instead of a plastic bag, the clerk scans… Read More »
Yesterday, the European court of human rights ruled that the display of crucifixes in Italian public school classrooms violates religious and education freedoms (story). Spokesmen for the Italian government and the Church have, of course, made comments disparaging this ruling. Of course, these comments have been absurd and outrageous and have made it clear, yet… Read More »
I sent email to the mayor’s office last week asking him to comment on the two vehicles from his office which were spotted downtown parked illegally in a bus stop. There has been no response. Dave Wedge ran a blurb about my photos in his “Pols & politics” column in today’s Boston Herald. Perhaps that’ll… Read More »
It’s quite convenient that they label their vehicles “mayor’s office” so it’s easy to see when our mayor’s staff is giving us peons the finger, eh?