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Retailers and the credit card industry are engaged in an increasingly nasty — and public — fight over the fees retailers are charged every time a customer pays with plastic.
Eight of America’s pet-friendly airlines today announced the launch of a new travel program that will put an end to the ongoing problem of travelers and their pets being bumped from flights because the pet carrier does not meet the airline requirements.
Hamstrung by the recession, most airlines are ramping up passenger fees for services once considered part of the ticket price. So far, fliers have not revolted.
Rent-A-Center spokesman Magic Johnson promises the company will give you “the respect you
AT&T said today it is modifying its upgrade policy for the new iPhone after existing customers of the popular device protested the $200 price difference they would have to pay if they wanted the new iPhone 3Gs, due out Friday.
Existing AT&T iPhone customers who are in the middle of their two-year contract with AT&T and want to upgrade to the new iPhone 3GS may have to pay $200 more for the phone, and some of them have taken to Twitter to protest the price difference.
Would you pay $38 for a cup of coffee? Clifford Phillips of Spokane, Wash., did. He used his debit card to pay for a latte, not knowing there wasn’t enough money in his checking account to cover it. The bank could have declined the transaction for insufficient funds. Instead it approved the electronic payment and dinged his account with a $34 overdraft fee.
With home prices continuing to drift lower nationwide, something like one in five homeowners now owes more on their mortgage than their house is worth. It’s tempting to consider just walking away and starting over. Here are a few reasons why that’s a bad idea.
The sight of a Citibank logo makes Rumi Turkel cringe.
Diane Klein isn't sure what she would trust more to hold her money — IndyMac Bank or a hole in her backyard.
Mark Milliman lives north of Boulder, Colo., and his family’s home is situated in a bit of a valley. Lovely location, but lousy for cell phone reception inside the house.
A friend of mine was in a wireless retail store recently, and wanted to buy a smartphone. In an unusual move, the sales rep tried to dissuade her, saying my pal didn’t need Internet and e-mail service. She disagreed, left, and returned later to buy the smartphone she had eyed.
Boeing customers expressed disappointment but no surprise Thursday at the latest delay in delivery of the U.S. company's flagship 787 jetliner — and they want compensation.
West Virginia's lone potato chip maker is scrapping its low-fat recipe after consumer reaction to the healthier creations resulted in a 6 percent drop in sales.
Target's Black Friday Bet: $3 AppliancesOlson, who's been tracking annual Black Friday deals from Wal-Mart, Target, Sears and other chain stores for the past six years, said Target's deals look "pretty aggressive" this year.
I really debated about posting these, for a second or so. Enjoy!
Glenn Beck's racial comments about Barack Obama lead British supermarket to pull ads from Fox NewsBritish supermarket chain Waitrose has pulled its ads from Fox News in the UK, where News Corp. division Sky Digital carries the channel.
Salsa Poisoned with Pesticide Makes Restaurant Patrons SickImagine swallowing a potentially deadly pesticide. As we first reported Wednesday, that's the reality facing customers who ate tainted salsa from a Lenexa restaurant.
Maybe Apple Cares About Readers After All We don't even know for sure whether Apple will ever release a tablet–although there's lots of compelling evidence that it will–and already there's a lively debate about whether the company is interested in using said tablet to do to printed reading materials what iTunes …
Barber Lets Customers Haggle For HaircutsHaggling over haircuts is now the norm at one Connecticut barber shop. A veteran barber has begun allowing senior citizens and those out of work to tell him what they can afford to pay for a good-looking style, Hartford's WFSB-TV reported.
The $35 cup of coffee and other bank abuses Not many people would knowingly pay more than $35 for a cup of coffee.
Buying Porn or Spa Treatments & Shopping at Thrift Stores Equals Credit FlagGood article!
Auto Services You Don't NeedGot a tale of an overzealous repairman? You're not alone.
California Sues Over Credit Ratings of SecuritiesMoody's Investors Service, Standard & Poor's and Fitch — "made negligent misrepresentation" to the pension fund, which provides retirement benefits to 1.6 million public employees in California.
Quite Colorful - American Express Black Card HolderHe claims the title "Baron" and obviously flaunts his extravagance, however Richard von Houtman has quite a colorful background as the article outlines Is this a trend concerning the personality type of an individual who holds a Black Card? Bernie Madoff had one, too.
American Express worker's £67,000 spending spree to get revenge on firm 'for ruining his life'This seems to be an unfortunate trend for American Express this week making headlines with disgruntled workers for the plastics giant.
Dell ordered to sell 19-inch LCD displays for $15 in TaiwanTaiwan's Consumer Protection Commission has ordered Dell to make good on sales from an online pricing error and deliver 19-inch LCD monitors to local consumers for $15.
13 Things Your Pizza Guy Won't Tell You6. When you see me drenched and shivering in the rain, it's not nice to close the door in my face while you search for some quarters in the sofa cushions. 7. When you open the door, please hang up your cell phone or put it down. It's basic etiquette.
13 Things Your Waiter Won't Tell You1. Avoid eating out on holidays and Saturday nights. The sheer volume of customers guarantees that most kitchens will be pushed beyond their ability to produce a high-quality dish.
Store Clerk Murdered; Customers Keep Shopping (Video)GARY, Ind. --- A 26-year-old convenience store clerk was shot and killed in broad daylight in Gary, Ind., and police say witnesses stood by and did nothing. CBS 2's Pamela Jones reports there are critical clues that may help crack the case.
The PGA Tour is a joke. From what I am hearing on the radio (credit to the caller who called in Mike'd up on WFAN in New York) tickets to the US Open for today cost $150 (and sadly that is not the worst offense I'm mentioning).
The Genetic Code for Business SuccessJust as physical scientists have mapped the human genome, organizational scientists have mapped the genetic code for business growth and success.
Credit Card Default Rate Hits Record HighThis should have an impact on the credit card stocks this week.
Nearly one million Starbucks customers double-charged for coffeeIf you bought coffee at Starbucks on Memorial Day Weekend, you may have been one of a million customers double-charged for your beverage. And you can't be blamed for not noticing, because the charge came at the back-end of the transaction, away from the store.
Courtney Love Battles With American ExpressI think Courtney is going to give American Express hell.
What Small Business Can Do When Lines of Credit Are TrimmedLast November he received a letter from American Express stating the business' $90,000 line of credit had been cancelled because the entire program had been shut down. Other financial institutions followed suit and essentially hurt the credit worthiness of his business.
Credit Card Reform: Not Good For All"The thing that bothers me," he added, "is that someone with good credit who hasn't missed a payment, is carrying a balance but has been paying it religiously – traditionally that customer was the bread and butter of the industry.
Just say "NO" to the Mother's ActThe customer base the psycho-pharmaceutical industry is hoping to corral through passage of the Mothers Act is the more than four million women who give birth in the US each year. That number was 4,317,119 in 2007, according to the CDC.
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