<![CDATA[Comments from MickeyMoo]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Comments from MickeyMoo]]> http://gizmodo.com/people/MickeyMoo http://gizmodo.com/people/MickeyMoo MickeyMoo commented on JetBlue Forces Passenger To Sit On Toilet For Flight @Jim (The Canuck One):
A buddy pass is the last bit of carrot with which the once glorious travel industry can lure new suckers - ooops - employees.

(It's almost always standby (there used to be ID50 positive space passes on some carriers) you get them to pass out to friends and family. My carrier used to allow you to work "volunteer" hours and get passes in exchange. They are a footnote in travel history.

]]> http://consumerist.com/5008783/jetblue-forces-passenger-to-sit-on-toilet-for-flight#c5667333 http://consumerist.com/5008783/jetblue-forces-passenger-to-sit-on-toilet-for-flight#c5667333 Tue, 13 May 2008 12:04:32 EDT MickeyMoo commented on Tampa Woman Tries To Collect Loan Made By Her Great-Grandfather During Civil War DOH! Anchovies...

]]> http://consumerist.com/382288/tampa-woman-tries-to-collect-loan-made-by-her-great+grandfather-during-civil-war#c5300952 http://consumerist.com/382288/tampa-woman-tries-to-collect-loan-made-by-her-great+grandfather-during-civil-war#c5300952 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:29:32 EDT MickeyMoo commented on Tampa Woman Tries To Collect Loan Made By Her Great-Grandfather During Civil War maybe if she has herself frozen for 1000 years - it will accrue enough interest to buy the last can of sardines on earth...

]]> http://consumerist.com/382288/tampa-woman-tries-to-collect-loan-made-by-her-great+grandfather-during-civil-war#c5300944 http://consumerist.com/382288/tampa-woman-tries-to-collect-loan-made-by-her-great+grandfather-during-civil-war#c5300944 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:29:10 EDT MickeyMoo commented on Verizon Doesn't Care That Someone Hijacked Your Account While You Were Serving Overseas screw the EECB and small claims - go directly to the press. Like it or not - we are a country at war and local TV LOVE LOVE LOVES filler stories especially if they involve some injustice being done to a member of the armed services. I'd bet that you'd get it resolved the minute someone high up at Verizon sees the story (and likely with a profuse apology)

]]> http://consumerist.com/381028/verizon-doesnt-care-that-someone-hijacked-your-account-while-you-were-serving-overseas#c5291305 http://consumerist.com/381028/verizon-doesnt-care-that-someone-hijacked-your-account-while-you-were-serving-overseas#c5291305 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:28:58 EDT MickeyMoo commented on Breyers Ice Cream Shrinks To 1.5 Quarts Not to mention their ice cream is mostly AIR - hold a Breyer's pint in one hand and a Haagen Dasz in the other - the Breyer's feels like it's 1/4 the weight.

]]> http://consumerist.com/382041/breyers-ice-cream-shrinks-to-15-quarts#c5290471 http://consumerist.com/382041/breyers-ice-cream-shrinks-to-15-quarts#c5290471 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:46:17 EDT MickeyMoo clipped VERIZON SUES SPRINT FOR $10MIL http://consumerist.com/5006117/ http://consumerist.com/5006117/ Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:48:46 EDT MickeyMoo commented on Judge Wants To Know Why 31 Law Firms Are Seeking A Cut Of The "Credit Card Hidden Transaction Fee" Settlement Backstory (of the linked variety) is a good thing.

]]> http://consumerist.com/374961/judge-wants-to-know-why-31-law-firms-are-seeking-a-cut-of-the-credit-card-hidden-transaction-fee-settlement#c4980219 http://consumerist.com/374961/judge-wants-to-know-why-31-law-firms-are-seeking-a-cut-of-the-credit-card-hidden-transaction-fee-settlement#c4980219 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:56:15 EDT MickeyMoo commented on H&R Block Doesn't "Support" Gay Civil Unions All they had to do was re-word the error message and they could have avoided the hubbub - but knowing the bastion of freedom and tolerance that is KC, I suspect there's a deeper issue.

]]> http://consumerist.com/372731/hr-block-doesnt-support-gay-civil-unions#c4895162 http://consumerist.com/372731/hr-block-doesnt-support-gay-civil-unions#c4895162 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:22:58 EDT MickeyMoo commented on Dash Express GPS Full Drive Review: Total Traffic Terminator Since the retail price was just dropped to $399 - and the "Road Test" participants were offered $200 off of $599.00 - was there ultimately any advantage to Road Testing (other than getting to use a really cool GPS for free for a few months)

]]> http://gizmodo.com/372736/dash-express-gps-full-drive-review-total-traffic-terminator#c4894377 http://gizmodo.com/372736/dash-express-gps-full-drive-review-total-traffic-terminator#c4894377 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:06:37 EDT MickeyMoo commented on Crest Refunds Teeth-Staining Mouthwash @coopjust: There's got to be an equally competent dental professional in your area that views you as more than just a marketing opportunity. That someone entrusted with my health care chooses to lie to me (mouth cancer, floss) in order to fulfill a contractual obligation with someone that sells them product that they then mark up to maximize profit would more than "really bother me"

]]> http://consumerist.com/372498/crest-refunds-teeth+staining-mouthwash#c4892246 http://consumerist.com/372498/crest-refunds-teeth+staining-mouthwash#c4892246 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:25:13 EDT MickeyMoo commented on 8 Worst Foods In America Informed Consent! There's nothing wrong with eating crap as long as you know you're eating crap, to allow a restaurant to claim something is "heart healthy" on the menu, yet not disclose the sodium content is criminal.

[www.cbc.ca]

It would be trivial to modify menus to indicate the important nutritional content but obviously industry spokesweasels are against it since it would cut into sales.

]]> http://consumerist.com/372081/8-worst-foods-in-america#c4867512 http://consumerist.com/372081/8-worst-foods-in-america#c4867512 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:32:38 EDT MickeyMoo commented on This E-Zip Comfort Electric Bike Cannot Be Purchased Anywhere @Mykro:

MarioCart? Whaaa? My link was for a Thomson RCA Digital TV Converter Box, DTA800 - they used to stock but has been replaced by something crappier and cheaper with a presumably higher profit margin...

]]> http://consumerist.com/370897/this-e+zip-comfort-electric-bike-cannot-be-purchased-anywhere#c4826542 http://consumerist.com/370897/this-e+zip-comfort-electric-bike-cannot-be-purchased-anywhere#c4826542 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:31:02 EDT MickeyMoo commented on This E-Zip Comfort Electric Bike Cannot Be Purchased Anywhere out of stock items not removed from the database just like this:

[www.walmart.com]

they used to sell it - but don't anymore (substituted for crappier box)

it's a better system than Sears though don't you think? ;-)

]]> http://consumerist.com/370897/this-e+zip-comfort-electric-bike-cannot-be-purchased-anywhere#c4823290 http://consumerist.com/370897/this-e+zip-comfort-electric-bike-cannot-be-purchased-anywhere#c4823290 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:35:52 EDT MickeyMoo commented on New Video of BigDog Quadruped Robot Is So Stunning It's Spooky almost louder than a Pleo

]]> http://gizmodo.com/368651/new-video-of-bigdog-quadruped-robot-is-so-stunning-its-spooky#c4730802 http://gizmodo.com/368651/new-video-of-bigdog-quadruped-robot-is-so-stunning-its-spooky#c4730802 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:01:22 EDT MickeyMoo commented on Store Owner Demands Spanish-Speaking Customers Show Social Security Cards @darkened:
You sir, are an asshat.

]]> http://consumerist.com/367353/store-owner-demands-spanish+speaking-customers-show-social-security-cards#c4678729 http://consumerist.com/367353/store-owner-demands-spanish+speaking-customers-show-social-security-cards#c4678729 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:03:39 EDT MickeyMoo commented on Store Owner Demands Spanish-Speaking Customers Show Social Security Cards What a freakin TOOL - I hope the news media doesn't pick this up or his store will get lots of free publicity. I do hope that if there are any rational people in his town they stop shopping at his business and he goes bankrupt.

]]> http://consumerist.com/367353/store-owner-demands-spanish+speaking-customers-show-social-security-cards#c4678664 http://consumerist.com/367353/store-owner-demands-spanish+speaking-customers-show-social-security-cards#c4678664 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:00:03 EDT MickeyMoo commented on Interview With Ron Burley, Customer Service Avenger RE: "worth your time" sometimes the feeling of vindication is priceless and worth the pursuit, sometimes not.

Generally interesting article - but I could have done without the unnecessary (and kinda douchy) comments about Indians, Gypsies, and the gays.

]]> http://consumerist.com/366713/interview-with-ron-burley-customer-service-avenger#c4661228 http://consumerist.com/366713/interview-with-ron-burley-customer-service-avenger#c4661228 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:55:31 EDT MickeyMoo commented on Someone Stole Your Tmobile Phone Now You Have To Pay $1500 My TMO phone was stolen about 2 years ago (called it in and only one local call had been made) But TMO refused to check who was using it by way of the IMEI number (which doesn't change even if you swap SIM cards) without a court order - very consumer unfriendly IMHO

]]> http://consumerist.com/364657/someone-stole-your-tmobile-phone-now-you-have-to-pay-1500#c4588132 http://consumerist.com/364657/someone-stole-your-tmobile-phone-now-you-have-to-pay-1500#c4588132 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:41:41 EST MickeyMoo commented on What Can You Do If PayPal Holds Your Funds For 21 Days? Gamble With It In Their Money Market Fund @LatherRinseRepeat: Good idea in theory except if the crumbling money hungry banks got their mitts into it the fees would be usurious.

]]> http://consumerist.com/361642/what-can-you-do-if-paypal-holds-your-funds-for-21-days-gamble-with-it-in-their-money-market-fund#c4443847 http://consumerist.com/361642/what-can-you-do-if-paypal-holds-your-funds-for-21-days-gamble-with-it-in-their-money-market-fund#c4443847 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:31:33 EST MickeyMoo commented on "First customer service sent @sleze69: They needed the float on the money to buy oxygen... oh wait...

]]> http://consumerist.com/360154/#c4387947 http://consumerist.com/360154/#c4387947 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:45:34 EST MickeyMoo commented on AppleTV Take 2 is Available, Upgrade Your Units Now! @Monty: Dunno 'bout Mark's mom - but mine's 84 and vision impaired and after a fairly steep learning curve - she loves it.

Has anyone been able to get YouTube working on theirs though?

]]> http://gizmodo.com/355573/appletv-take-2-is-available-upgrade-your-units-now#c4174040 http://gizmodo.com/355573/appletv-take-2-is-available-upgrade-your-units-now#c4174040 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:40:31 EST MickeyMoo commented on Worst Food In America: 2,900 Calorie French Fries From Outback Steakhouse but if you eat them every day you won't need to worry about: health insurance, your subprime mortgage resetting, or your bank VP identity thefting you cause you gonna be dead real soon now.

]]> http://consumerist.com/355215/worst-food-in-america-2900-calorie-french-fries-from-outback-steakhouse#c4156014 http://consumerist.com/355215/worst-food-in-america-2900-calorie-french-fries-from-outback-steakhouse#c4156014 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:10:51 EST MickeyMoo commented on 5 Most Butt-Blimping Fast Food Burgers @Snowblind: No bacon? But it's nature's candy....

]]> http://consumerist.com/355089/5-most-butt+blimping-fast-food-burgers#c4155630 http://consumerist.com/355089/5-most-butt+blimping-fast-food-burgers#c4155630 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:52:49 EST MickeyMoo commented on 5 Most Butt-Blimping Fast Food Burgers OMG:[www.boingboing.net]

Outback: Aussie Cheese Fries with Ranch Dressing
2,900 calories
182 g fat
240 g carbs

it's a freakin appetizer

]]> http://consumerist.com/355089/5-most-butt+blimping-fast-food-burgers#c4153285 http://consumerist.com/355089/5-most-butt+blimping-fast-food-burgers#c4153285 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:29:26 EST MickeyMoo commented on 5 Most Butt-Blimping Fast Food Burgers In and Out 4x4 with a side of Animal Fries FTW

]]> http://consumerist.com/355089/5-most-butt+blimping-fast-food-burgers#c4151760 http://consumerist.com/355089/5-most-butt+blimping-fast-food-burgers#c4151760 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:39:12 EST MickeyMoo commented on AT&T Bringing Free Wi-Fi to Starbucks (Finally!) It already works at many McDonalds - you get onto the network - open a browser page and select "use alternate log-on" (or words to that effect) and supply your primary DSL user mail login/password

]]> http://gizmodo.com/354961/att-bringing-free-wi+fi-to-starbucks-finally#c4147494 http://gizmodo.com/354961/att-bringing-free-wi+fi-to-starbucks-finally#c4147494 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:13:27 EST MickeyMoo commented on Buy.com Doesn't Honor Rebates Like Newegg @shenanigrams:
Lets modify your example: Imagine you set your friend up on a date with another (Buy.com offering a product for sale on their website) and one of your friends slaps the other (rebate denied due to bankruptcy) you aren't at fault unless you knew that the slapper had a prior history of slapping around other blind dates (Buy.com is aware that a business partner is having financial issues - perhaps not paying invoices or is impossible to reach or you have many other reports of unpaid rebates) yet in order to offload that friend (dump your inventory while you can) you tell the potential datee that dater is a great person and they're a match made in heaven (continue to advertise the product for sale quoting the after rebate cost when you have a pretty good idea that the rebate will never be paid)

slightly different now?

]]> http://consumerist.com/354112/buycom-doesnt-honor-rebates-like-newegg#c4110786 http://consumerist.com/354112/buycom-doesnt-honor-rebates-like-newegg#c4110786 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:23:15 EST MickeyMoo commented on $6 Million Kipnis Home Theater Seats 3, Might Be Worth the Money A link to the Consumerist piece on Americans living beyond their means might be in order:

[consumerist.com]

]]> http://gizmodo.com/353963/6-million-kipnis-home-theater-seats-3-might-be-worth-the-money#c4104700 http://gizmodo.com/353963/6-million-kipnis-home-theater-seats-3-might-be-worth-the-money#c4104700 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:43:20 EST MickeyMoo commented on Americans Struggle With The Concept Of Spending Less Than They Earn @barty:

If I mail you a medical statement - can you sign me up for this $100 a mo medical insurance you speak of?

]]> http://consumerist.com/353795/americans-struggle-with-the-concept-of-spending-less-than-they-earn#c4100285 http://consumerist.com/353795/americans-struggle-with-the-concept-of-spending-less-than-they-earn#c4100285 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:52:02 EST MickeyMoo commented on Easily Compare Wholesale Mortgage Rates Online That website is a freaking goldmine of free information!

[www.mtgprofessor.com]

]]> http://consumerist.com/353660/easily-compare-wholesale-mortgage-rates-online#c4093279 http://consumerist.com/353660/easily-compare-wholesale-mortgage-rates-online#c4093279 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:48:04 EST MickeyMoo commented on Italian Parliament Legalizes P2P Music Downloads? It would have killed you to use this picture instead?

[news.bbc.co.uk]

The Godfather pic is racial slur - and an inaccurate representation of Italian Italians - maybe save it for an article on corruption in New Jersey.

]]> http://gizmodo.com/351961/italian-parliament-legalizes-p2p-music-downloads#c4021326 http://gizmodo.com/351961/italian-parliament-legalizes-p2p-music-downloads#c4021326 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 01:07:59 EST MickeyMoo commented on Micro-Camera Implanted in Mouse's Brain Watches for Parkinson Tremors "We can't imagine how strange it would be to know your brain's being watched from inside your head"

Bet you Donald Rumsfeld and Karl Rove can.

]]> http://gizmodo.com/350991/micro+camera-implanted-in-mouses-brain-watches-for-parkinson-tremors#c3975951 http://gizmodo.com/350991/micro+camera-implanted-in-mouses-brain-watches-for-parkinson-tremors#c3975951 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:52:05 EST MickeyMoo commented on Girl Scout Cookies Are Tax Deductible. Sort Of. But is it really "fair market value"? One presumes that the GSA don't do the drive every year just to break even - some portion of the sale price must be profit, and should be tax deductible.

]]> http://consumerist.com/350449/girl-scout-cookies-are-tax-deductible-sort-of#c3975397 http://consumerist.com/350449/girl-scout-cookies-are-tax-deductible-sort-of#c3975397 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:21:11 EST MickeyMoo commented on "Family Friendly" Movie Censors Were Running Porn Business @darkened: I'm sure they did know what they were doing in so far as they could at that age (ie: not a case of child abuse per se) but 14 is still way too young to make an argument for informed consent. There's no way someone that age in our culture can have a sufficiently developed perspective to allow for it. And it's illegal and creepy.

]]> http://consumerist.com/350869/family-friendly-movie-censors-were-running-porn-business#c3975070 http://consumerist.com/350869/family-friendly-movie-censors-were-running-porn-business#c3975070 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:54:02 EST MickeyMoo commented on In a pique of we're not quite @SkyeBlue: Probably asked her if she could leave the whole can of soda.

"Don't question my authority" the new mantra of TSA backed trolly dollies everywhere.

]]> http://consumerist.com/350927/#c3974866 http://consumerist.com/350927/#c3974866 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:30:13 EST MickeyMoo commented on Dell Closing All U.S. Dell Direct Kiosks, Effective Immediately 60 days severance isn't bad for retail - but why no option of lateral transfer? There must be some stateside call centers left that could absorb a few of the retail employees, even if most would decline because of the move, it would offer the illusion that Dell cared and was "taking the matter seriously"

]]> http://consumerist.com/350685/dell-closing-all-us-dell-direct-kiosks-effective-immediately#c3959572 http://consumerist.com/350685/dell-closing-all-us-dell-direct-kiosks-effective-immediately#c3959572 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:29:21 EST MickeyMoo commented on Guy Who Uses Stun Gun on Son to Toughen Him Up Jailed, Unsurprisingly @Luuey:

In a "RED" state.

]]> http://gizmodo.com/350491/guy-who-uses-stun-gun-on-son-to-toughen-him-up-jailed-unsurprisingly#c3955852 http://gizmodo.com/350491/guy-who-uses-stun-gun-on-son-to-toughen-him-up-jailed-unsurprisingly#c3955852 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:13:38 EST MickeyMoo commented on First Proof Apple Making Near Zero on AppleTV (And Big Bucks on iTunes) SO MUCH FREE CONTENT! HD podcasts of foreign news shows, plays my ripped DVD's (yea - I wish it played .AVI .MKV .ETC but still) and an easy to use remote that's friendly to 8yo's and 80yo's - I used to think it was the stupidest product ever, till we got an HD set and the refurb AppleTV's dropped to 179.00. I just bit thinking I could return it if it really sucked. Can't wait for the V2.0SW ! I don't and won't pay for iTunes content other than the occasional movie rental to eat some of that otherwise useless iTunes Gift Card credit that's been sitting in my account forever.

]]> http://gizmodo.com/349882/first-proof-apple-making-near-zero-on-appletv-and-big-bucks-on-itunes#c3927164 http://gizmodo.com/349882/first-proof-apple-making-near-zero-on-appletv-and-big-bucks-on-itunes#c3927164 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:23:39 EST MickeyMoo commented on Three Weeks Later, Your Helio Phone Is Still Not Activated Can't she return the first (unactivated) phone - buy another (assuming she still wants Helio (a big IF) and then make sure she inputs the CORRECT information on the activation web page?

]]> http://consumerist.com/349648/three-weeks-later-your-helio-phone-is-still-not-activated#c3916012 http://consumerist.com/349648/three-weeks-later-your-helio-phone-is-still-not-activated#c3916012 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:08:31 EST MickeyMoo commented on Real-World Calvin Builds Snow Machine, Creates Backyard Mountain Overnight Brian should have swung by my house last weekend - the Uber-Mom's trucked snow in "for the children" and it sat there for almost a week. (it was cold in SF)

]]> http://gizmodo.com/349584/real+world-calvin-builds-snow-machine-creates-backyard-mountain-overnight#c3914460 http://gizmodo.com/349584/real+world-calvin-builds-snow-machine-creates-backyard-mountain-overnight#c3914460 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:56:28 EST