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Category: retail

  • Mall floor ad campaign stops working [pics]

    As somebody who spends a good bit of my free time coding, I have a great love for the site known as The Daily WTF.  If you haven’t heard of the site, it highlights the boneheaded mistakes of programmers that don’t really know what they are doing and the results tend to be hilarious.  Every…

  • Amazon terminates Colorado based associates over new taxes

    Greetings readers! Like any Monday morning, I woke up with a feeling of dread about the day and I didn’t even have to be awake 5 minutes to know why.  When I checked my e-mail this morning, I found that I had received an e-mail from Amazon regarding my affiliate account.  As of today, my…

  • Is there anything Best Buy won’t do to screw its customers?

    Greetings Readers! Anybody who has ever dealt with Best Buy likely has their own horror stories about the giant, myself included and now they have a new tactic.  Best Buy is now charging $130 to set up your Playstaion 3. What do you get for your $130?  You will get your PS3 plugged in, have…

  • Best Buy’s Palm Pre stock list leaked. Check your local store here!

    Greetings Readers! Portions of Best Buy’s Palm Pre stock list were leaked a few days ago on some forms but now the complete list is available as a PDF.  I personally won’t be getting a Palm Pre.  I would like to have one, but I still have another year left on my contract for my…

  • Retailers Don’t Understand Black Friday

    Greetings Readers! It is almost that time of year again, to line up with dozens or hundreds of people at insane hours after a night of shoveling as much turkey, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie in our face as humanly possible, all in the name of getting a bargain.  That’s right, Black Friday, the day…

  • Amazon Promises Frustration-Free Packaging, My Bloody Hands Rejoice!

    Greetings Readers! Do you buy products that come in packaging that is impossible to open without something short of a stick of dynamite?  If so, you have likely experienced “wrap rage.”  If you are tired of turning yourself into a bloody mess just to open your precious new gadget or gadget accessory, Amazon is coming…