If pumpkin spice, pumpkin spice latte, and caramel apple are the flavors of fall, red velvet is the flavor of Valentine’s Day, and key lime...
JustFab Is Reviewing Just What Makes So Many Customers Angry
Any company with millions of customers will have some customer service problems and complaints: where a company succeeds or fails is in how...
EPA May Finally Ban Toxic Pesticide For Food Use
A federal agency entrusted with protecting the health of Americans has finally gotten around to doing the job it’s paid to do by taxpayers....
Lawyer Accused Of Submitting 40K False Claims Against BP After Oil Spill (Including One For A Dog Named Lucy)
Now that there’s a finalized settlement between the Department of Justice and BP that puts an end to the legal debacle related to the 2010...
Former Starz VP Says Network Manipulated Comcast Merger, Asked Him To Inflate Subscriber Numbers
As the saying goes, hell hath no fury like a former senior vice president of sales and affiliate marketing at a premium cable TV network. A...
At Target, Tide Free Is Free Of Dyes, Perfumes, And Logic
Reader Rob is a longtime reader and very familiar with our “ Target Math ” series of posts, so he knows to check the actual price per ounce ...
Peet’s Makes Another Run Down The Indie Coffee Roasters Aisle, Buys Majority Stake In Intelligentsia
Peet’s Coffee & Tea is on quite the caffeine kick lately, and it seems it’s not ready to leave the coffee roasters aisle just yet: a fe...
Facebook Tweaking “Real Name” Policy To Make It Easier For Users To Verify That They Are Who They Claim To Be
If you’ve ever tried to insist to Facebook that you really do go by the name Her Magnificence The Empress Of Catland and been frustrated a...
Walmart Now Has An Internal “Swat Team” To Prevent Embarrassing Costumes From Hitting Shelves
Walmart and its website have a spotted history when it comes to questionable Halloween costumes, like the “Naughty Leopard” outfit for todd...
Ford Improves Its Anti-Car Spider Technology, Keeps Them Out Of Fuel Lines
Spider webs are more than cute Halloween decorations: usually they’re nets that catch pesky insects and maybe something to knock out of plac...
American Airlines Flight Diverted After Passenger Allegedly Made “Alarming Statements,” Refused To Sit
Every day, millions of people manage to board airplanes, sit quietly for the duration of the flight, make it to their destination with rela...
Jury: Cox Violated Antitrust Laws By Forcing Customers To Rent Set-Top Boxes
Should you be forced to be required to pay your cable company extra money for a set-top box in order to get cable TV service you’re already...
Microsoft Will Push PC Users Into Upgrading Next Year With Update That Automatically Downloads Windows 10
Though Microsoft has been very eager to get PC users to upgrade from Windows 7 and 8 to Windows 10, it’s also been a bit restrained in its ...
Some Skippy Peanut Butter Recalled Because No One Enjoys Small Metal Shavings In Their Snack
When it comes to peanut butter, the great war wages on between chunky-lovers and smooth-o-philes, but one thing both sides of that battle ca...
Hampton Creek Explains To The FDA That “Mayo” Is Not Necessarily “Mayonnaise”
Hampton Creek, the company behind an eggless product called “Just Mayo,” has responded to the Food and Drug Administration’s warning that it...
GM To Owners Of 1.4M Recalled Vehicles: Don’t Park In A Garage For Now
Earlier this week, General Motors issued a recall of 1.4 million vehicles over concerns about a potential fire risk . Today, the beleaguere...
Walmart Doesn’t Need Free Shipping: They Want Everyone To Use In-Store Pickup
Competing big-box stores like Target and Best Buy are trying to attract shoppers this holiday season by offering free shipping on all onli...
Sprint’s $20 “Unlimited” Plan Is Anything But; Throttles Data After 1GB
For several years, wireless companies have been selling data plans that were dubiously described as “unlimited” because users’ connections w...
Fiat Chrysler Recalling 900K SUVs To Fix Issues With Airbag Deployment, Anti-Lock Brakes
Another day, another major car company announcing a recall: this time it’s Fiat Chrysler, which is calling back around 900,000 SUVs around...
Target Confirms Free Shipping For All Online Orders During The Holiday Season
As predicted , Target has gone ahead and confirmed an that it retailer would offer free shipping for all online orders during the holiday s...
Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
Here are nine of the best photos that readers added to the Consumerist Flickr Pool in the last week, picked for usability in a Consumerist ...