Archive for August, 2009

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Funai Finally Answers The Phone, Offers Refund For Dead 5-Month-Old TV [Success Stories]

Thanks to their own determination and a tip from a fellow Consumerist reader, Tavie and Gina have finally found someone at Funai willing to not only answer the phone, but grant them a refund for their Sylvania television that died after only a few months of use. The amount of effort needed to get this [...]

No More Clunkers and That Ain’t So Bad

Well, well, well the cutting edge bloggers who told you from minute 1 that this “Cash for Clunkers” was a big mistake, are now basking in their glory. Despite the President saying the program was “wildly successful”, we see some nifty stuff like the Tri-State Area New York Car Dealers Association saying they werent going [...]

Sears Caught Selling "Grills to Cook Babies" Thanks To Poorly Built Website [Security Holes]

Yesterday a reader sent us a pretty funny screen capture of a Sears product page with a suspicious category description (see above). By the time we got around to checking it out, Sears had corrected the error. It turns out, however, that the real problem was the Sears website was built in a way that [...]

Hmm. "Leading Indicators" and "Philly Fed" Versus 5.23% of ALL PRIME MORTGAGE LOANS NOW DELINQUENT…IN SECOND QUARTER!!!

Naturally, stocks rallied off of the better than expected Leading Indicators and Philly Fed! I swear, when it comes to this market the only comparison that I can make from personal experience is a time from college. I had to spend a Saturday in the library doing some school work I guess and when I [...]

Ameriprise Website Riddled With Security Vulnerabilities For At Least Five Months [Negligence]

[Note: The original headline for this post mistakenly identified Ameritrade as the subject of the post. It is actually Ameriprise Financial. I deeply regret the error.] Since March of this year, security expert Russ McRee of HolisticInfoSec.org has sent 6 messages to Ameriprise Financial warning them of easily exploitable security holes on their website. They [...]

Madness!

From the Financial Times todayCorporate Bond Defaults Hit Record.

Gird Yourself, Video Advertising Is Coming To Print Magazines [Marketing Gimmicks]

Here’s one horrible thought about the steady advance in display technology: there could be a future where a noisy, hyperkinetic commercial plays as you turn the page of your magazine, and your Tivo remote will not be able to save you.

Goldman Economist McKelvey Keeps the Laughs Coming.

This may be the most bizarre pronouncement I’ve ever seen. U.S. Recession May Have Ended in June, Goldman’s McKelvey Says.

Is MPG Still Relevant? In light of GM’s … []

Is MPG Still Relevant? In light of GM’s claim that its new hybrid will get 230 miles per gallon of gasoline, Consumer Reports joins others asking if the traditional MPG rating is still useful when judging hybrids. (Answer: no.) [Consumer Reports Cars]

Whoa. Bad Day for Conservatives

BothRobert Novak and Rose Freidman have died today. Novak was the columnist and a beginning TV pundit who thought big government was the worst thing on earth and he HATED communism. Bob was known to get his sources for news at the bar with a martini or 4. He also was spotted at “the horse [...]

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