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Freeganism in Poland: 'horror' of taking food from bins
Freeganism, a way of life for a small percentage of the worlds population, is above all an extremely anti-consumerist attitude calling for restraint. It openly expresses opposition to corporations that only want to enrich themselves because today ...
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First Look: Chelsea Clinton's Wedding Location
This Is Where Chelsea Clinton Is Getting Married Tomorrow -- Gawker Frisky Friday: Summer Recipes for Sex -- Essence YouTube Censors Lesbians Kissing -- TheStir How to Avoid Online Coupon Scams -- Consumerist Crikey! It's the Australian Mutant ...
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Daily electronics deals
Today's electronics deals, courtesy of The Consumerist: Buydig: Kodak 12MP Digital Camera - Red for $68.49 w/ Free Shipping Walmart: Philips 47" LCD 1080p HDTV for $599 w/ Free Shipping Ebay: Panasonic DMP-BD65 Blu-Ray Disc Player $109 + free shipping ...
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Baby and child news from The Consumerist
Recent headlines from The Consumerist: United Airlines Forgets About 9-Year-Old Passenger Next to Disney World, the one place children want to spend the day is the kids lounge at O'Hare Airport in Chicago, right? Just ask the 9-year-old who was left ...
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Do this now, before you lose your wallet
Filed under: Shopping , Travel , Identity Theft Most of us have experienced that stomach-churning moment when we realize we've lost our wallet. As Consumerist points out , a little preparation now can make that experience much less dreadful. Here are ...
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One Way to Lower a Doctor's Bill
Here's one trick for lowering a medical bill from a Consumerist.com contributing editor.
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Not the Marilyn Kind
``Decaying industrial cities'' are no longer a blot on the American landscape. What we have now is decayed industrial cities. From a certain vantage pointthe consumerist onethe empty shells of these places are more pleasant than the actual, living ..
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Nickelodeon Keeps Its Broadcast Schedule Secret For "Competitive Reasons"?
Consumerist reader Frank noticed that the shows on Nickelodeon didn't match what was showing up on his TiVo schedule. He'd try to record Dora the Explorer and end up with Spongebob. Thinking it must be an issue with TiVo, he checked against what was on ...
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Produce a Receipt on Your Way Out of the Store? No, Thanks!
Most of us have been "asked" by the Exit Door Receipt Guy at places like Best Buy or IKEA to produce a receipt for the items with which we are leaving the store. But what right do these pseudo-cops have to force you to show them a receipt or to detain ...
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Courtney Love's Fashion Confession: My Life Changed When I Got A Birkin Bag
Courtney Love recently sat down with WWD and she talked about the turning point in her fashion life: when she got a Birkin Bag six months ago. She wouldn't reveal who gave the at-least-$7,000 bag to her, saying, "There's no way you're getting that ...
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Will 'Flying Pasties' Help Hide Your Private Bits From Airport Scanners? (consumerist.com)
Noted by Kashmir Hill on July 20, 2010 8:07 AM
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Screw The Heat; Sears Wants To Sell You Christmas Crap Now
While we were surprised last week that Macy's is already hyping up Santa's impending arrival , they've got nothing on Sears, which has already gotten up full Christmas-themed displays, just in time for Labor Day. Consumerist reader Graeme was doing ...
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BJ's Sold Me 32 Oz. Drink In 30 Oz. Cup
Looks like the shrink ray has hit the fountain sodas at Consumerist reader Quake's local BJ's Wholesale Club, reducing the normal 32 oz. cup to 30 ounces. Only problem is -- no one told the customers or whoever is responsible for the sign that still ...
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Consuming Interests: Store layouts influence spending
Merchants have done a lot of research to find out what will make you spend more money, which should be no surprise. But this Investopedia article about retail psychology, which I discovered via Consumerist, offered a lot of insight on how stores ...
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Super Saver? Take the Supermarket IQ Quiz!
Quiz: Do You Know How to Find the Best Bargains? -- Shine Heidi Klum: 'Other Moms Give Me the Stink Eye' -- CelebrityBabyScoop Start Your Child's Beer-Pong Training Early -- Consumerist Gay Sex and My 6-Year-Old: A Teaching Moment -- ParentDish
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Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
Here are eleven of the best photos that readers added to The Consumerist Flickr Pool this week, picked for neatness and usability in a Consumerist post.( Alan Rappa )( JoelZimmer )( CPlavoukos )( teksmith )( Lunchbox Photography )( ...
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Discussion Time: 5 Juicy Online Convos Loaded with Comments from Consumers
Including: Do you regularly run into people who make you wonder how they can afford an iPhone? From Consumerist: What was the smartest purchase you ever made? Sample comments: Espresso machine. Paid for itself in a couple weeks of not buying $4 ...
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Daily electronics deals
Today's electronics deals, courtesy of The Consumerist: JR.com: VTech Cordless Phone w/ Answering Machine for $32 w/ Free Shipping Sony Style: Sony 8GB E-Series Video MP3 Player (Refurbished) for $44.99 w/ Free Shipping 6pm: 50% off SkullCandy items + ...
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Your Redbox Reservation Is A Sacred, Unbreakable Covenant
We touched on this topic last week in a post about a broken Redbox machine , but reader Nick wants Consumerist readers to know something important about Redbox. Whether your local kiosk has been smashed in or you just plain change your mind, there is ...
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American Railroads to U.S.: All Right, Im Ready for My Sustainable Green Jobs Closeup
What could be more American than a railroad? It was but a short step from the widely hyped joining of the eastern and western ends of the nations first transcontinental railroad in 1869 with a symbolic golden railroad spike to the mania for staged .
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Independence Day
America may be free from a monarch, but can we be truly independent in a consumerist society?
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Exhibit A in the Upcoming British Petroleum Litigation?
Via Consumerist comes what is sure to be Exhibit A in the Everyone in the World v. British Petroleum litigation. It turns out that in the 1970s, BP actually had its own "BP Offshore Oil Strike" board game in which players race to "explore for oil, ...
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Michelle Obama Launches Website to Combat Childhood Obesity
Michelle Obama Launches Website to Combat Childhood Obesity -- ParentDish My Experience with a Doula During Childbirth -- HuffingtonPost Read Lindsay Lohan's Impressive Courthouse Notes -- Jezebel Candwich, the Sandwich in a Can -- Consumerist 6 ...
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This Weeks Weird Jobs
Image: Consumerist/Flickr Some jobs are very, well, nich-y. From Twilight debater to marijuana baker, this week's jobs would be perfect for the few people who actually fit their hairline niches: 1. CA: Team Edward or Team Jacob? Are you... Read more
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Daily electronics deals
Today's electronics deals, courtesy of The Consumerist: Dell: Save up to $234 on some of Dell's most popular laptops SuperBiiz: Sennheiser HD280 Pro $66.29 + free shipping Lenovo: 11.6-inch IdeaPad U150 Core 2 Duo $599 + free shipping Best Buy: Toshiba ...
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YouTube Leanback, Hulu Plus, And Even Google TV Will Not Break Us Away From Traditional Pay TV Services
Listen, I hate forking over $100 a month for my TV, too. I also wholeheartedly agree with The Consumerist picking Comcast as the worst company in America . But they still get my money every month and just like the vast majority of people who pay for ...
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Staying Cool Frugally: It's Like Staying Warm Frugally, But Backwards
We in the Northeast won't stop whining about our heat wave. (It's really hot here! Did you hear?) But the beginning of hot weather is also a good time to remember that the same insulating and cooling tricks that frugal Consumerists use in the winter to ...
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Last $10 On Visa Gift Card Proves Seemingly Inextractable
Kate has a $50 Visa gift card. She used $40 on it and then tried to buy some DVDs for $7, but the card was rejected. What gives?Kate writes: I received a $50 card from a relative (who obviously does not read Consumerist) at Christmas. I took the card ...
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Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
Here are ten of the best photos that readers added to The Consumerist Flickr Pool this week, picked for neatness and usability in a Consumerist post.( JoelZimmer )( mightyb )( Ha-Wee )( eric_harvieux )( ash )( Gregory Brown )( jayRaz ) ...
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LBW Alert: Watch Out for Fake ATM Machines
To the ever-growing list of clever ways that crooks are trying to rip you off, add this one: the fake ATM machine. Consumerist reported last week that in Beijing, China, thieves bought a normal ATM machine and somehow "installed it on a busy Beijing ...
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