Ever Try Getting a Refund on a Car Care Certificate?

Tue Jul 5, 2011 12:16 PM EDT

Subtitle: Shaking the Tree Until Something Falls Out It should have been the simplest of transactions, about as ordinary as sending in your box tops for the old secret decoder ring when you were a kid. Not.

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cars, automobiles, reimbursement, not-news, consumerism, car-care, service-contract, coupon-book, personal-narrative, consumer-complaint

Online privacy legislation may stall with GOP House win

Wed Nov 3, 2010 3:40 PM EDT

By Bob Sullivan

Privacy advocates lost a friend last night when Rep. Richard Boucher, long-time Democrat of Virginia, got dumped. Boucher, who'd been in Congress since 1983, headed the Communications, Technology and the Internet Subcommittee in the House of Representatives.

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technology, congress, privacy, joe-barton, house-of-representatives, ed-markey, richard-boucher, cliff-stearns

The price of Oppressing Another ? Allah(thee One God) Hates Oppressors (NWO)

Tue May 11, 2010 8:29 PM EDT

By IslamicScholars

Peace be with you all I came across a hadith which I see that can be of help to all who believe in the One God.

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politics, muslims, islam, allah, oppression, mohammad, nwo, hadith, oppress, islamic-teachings

My Second Brush with the Law

Sun Mar 7, 2010 10:00 AM EST

By G from Godley (Clipped by Synthesis)

A couple years ago, I had my first brush with the law. Had no problems with it, I had lost my temper. Common sense took over and no charges were filed. The officers and I had a good laugh over it. after all was said and done.

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illinois, politics, police, driving, tickets, courts, goverment

Stop Getting Ripped Off, a discussion

Tue Jan 5, 2010 2:52 PM EST

By msnbc.com

When I published Gotcha Capitalism two years ago, I was in for a big surprise.

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Newsviner Gets Satisfaction After Underwear Letdown

Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:59 PM EDT

By MinnieApolis

As far as consumer issues go, underwear is not a hot topic of debate. We just put them on in the morning and go. But when this Newsviner bought a pack of Fruit of the Loom, and they promptly started falling apart, she took action.

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underwear, fashion, consumer, letter, replacement, fruit-of-the-loom, womens, defective-product, good-companies

Is Your Bank Using the Float on Your Checks, and then Charging YOU for NSF Fees?

Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:03 PM EDT

By MinnieApolis

In 2003 the Congress bowed to a massive industry lobbying effort, passed the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act*, commonly known as 'Check 21'. It was supposed to mandate the speeding up of check processing so that it took only a day or two for checks to clear.

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business, finance, float, banking, scam, nsf, checking, personal-finances, check-21, big-banks

How to complain about: Cell phones

Mon May 11, 2009 4:09 PM EDT

By Bob Sullivan

If a tree falls in a forest and no one hears it, does it really make a sound? If a consumer complaint about cell phones is closed but no one has even read it, will any company care?

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Impostors still wreak havoc on tax returns

Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:02 PM EDT

By Bob Sullivan

When Aaron Marks tried to electronically file his tax return last spring, it was rejected by IRS computers. The reason, according to the agency, was that someone had already filed a return using his Social Security number.

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taxes, idtheft, redtape

Warning! New Policies among Corporations!

Sun Apr 12, 2009 7:27 AM EDT

By dawnypawny (Clipped by Synthesis)

Do not, I repeat do not pay ahead on your bill! As usual, not a surprise, if you pay too much on a bill, do not send it. They will keep it! They will not refund your money if you cancel their service!

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politics, corporations, big-business, money-issues, rich-vs-middle-class

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