Chris Schiffner’s Corner of the Web

In a move that will surely bring negative attention, consumerist.com has begun to censor user comments. Were not talking about the run-of-the-mill spam censorship, but rather banning user accounts from commenting if you have anything questionable to say about comsumerist.com postings. A couple of weeks ago one of the editors felt is was necessary to [...]

Tonight I went to Best Buy. I was going to purchase two items. One being a rather expensive item and one being an inexpensive item. The price on the inexpensive item was $4 more expensive than on bestbuy.com. When I asked for an explanation they told me the burden was on me to prove the [...]

I know that retailers are going through some hard times. Online shopping has been increasing in popularity and as a result retail stores are suffering from fewer and fewer sales. It appears, however, that in order to boost sales they are already pushing Christmas.
When I was younger the rule of thumb was that the day [...]