THE PLUG MAGAZINE

Rent-To-Own Stores Are Like Blockbusters For Couches

http://ift.tt/11FKSwQ ( Horacio Riveros ) It’s not a good sign for the prospects of the American working class when the president of a rapid...

Debt Collection Is A Great Line Of Work For Ex-Cons

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http://ift.tt/ZyiZVV ( Ryan Holloway ) When a debt collector calls you, there’s a good chance that he or she might be an ex-convict calling...

Apple Surprises No One By Removing Bose Products From Online Store

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http://ift.tt/1wQQTQL ( SimonQ錫濛譙 ) With the fairly recent acquisition of Beats Music and Electronics it probably doesn’t come as a huge ...

7 Habits Of Highly Obnoxious Travelers

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http://ift.tt/1CxIyn1 ( John Kittelsrud ) Traveling is supposed to bring joy and relaxation into one’s stressed-out life, but not all of us...

UPDATE: National Car Rental Bus Driver Not Fired For Kevin Hart Photo

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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J There’s a happy ending to the story of the National Car Rental shuttle driver who was suspended after being caught sna...

Kmart Clarifies Layaway Rules For Closing Stores, No One Tells Kmart Employees

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http://ift.tt/1vvIRjg Earlier this week, we shared with you the complaint of some Kmart customers in Ohio who placed items on layaway before...

Even If You Spend Your Career Driving For FedEx, You Might Not Be An Employee

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http://ift.tt/1wedOpd ( So Cal Metro ) Each day thousands of delivery drivers get behind the wheel of FedEx Ground trucks and set out for ...

Pizza Hut Creates Crusts Stuffed With Jalapeños And With Dessert

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http://ift.tt/1wQoAlq In their ongoing quest to stretch the boundaries of pizza crust-stuffing science, Pizza Hut uses their international o...

Thousands Of MacBooks Made In 2011 Have Self-Immolating Graphics Cards

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http://ift.tt/1rIOinu These pink and white stripes are not pretty. Models of Apple’s higher-end portable computer, the MacBook Pro, have com...

Woman Sent To Jail For Failing To Mow Lawn

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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J If you’ve ever looked a lawn that needed trimming and said to yourself, “I’ll get around to it. What are the...

Volkswagen Recalls More Than 441,000 Beetles, Jettas To Inspect Rear Suspension Issue

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http://ift.tt/1xZf1Sk ( Eric Arnold ) Did you ever play the road trip game where you got to punch your sibling if you saw a Volkswagen Bee...

Kevin Hart Begs National Car Rental To Not Fire Driver Who Took Photo With Him

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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Even during my darkest days of working in the celebrity news trenches (a time in my life I’d like to forge...

Michigan May Be Latest To Ban Direct Sales Of Teslas

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http://ift.tt/ZxTYu3 ( Atwater Village Newbie ) Because car dealerships don’t want to move beyond an era of gladhanding salesman upselling ...

The Future Will Be Online TV, But That Might Come With Online Blackouts

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http://ift.tt/1DiJldG ( Mike Cook Foto ) It’s been a heck of a week for anyone who’s been waiting for all their TV to go online. HBO, CBS,...

Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds

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http://ift.tt/1rHZy3p Here are ten of the best photos that readers added to the Consumerist Flickr Pool in the last week, picked for usabil...

Couple Accused Of Stealing $45K Worth Of Luggage From Airport

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http://ift.tt/1rHHExM One of the suspects caught on camera allegedly stealing a bag from the Sea-Tac baggage claim. Did you have a bag go m...

Cleaning Supply Sales Are Up As Americans Freak Out Over Ebola

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http://ift.tt/1FbXlb6 ( Louis Abate ) Ebola is a terrifying disease affecting parts of Western Africa right now, and some health care worker...

FBI Director Wants To Change Law To Allow Easier Snooping On Smartphones

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http://ift.tt/11Dc0MY Last month, FBI Director James Comey expressed vague concerns that new privacy measures on iOS and Android smartphone...

Comcast Sued By Customer Who Says Cable Company Had Him Fired From Job

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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Last week, we brought you the story of former Comcast customer Conal O’Rourke, who lost his job at renowned accounting ...

Starbucks Holiday Promo: Free Drinks For Life, Or At Most 30 Years

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http://ift.tt/1rC9RGb (afagen) Starbucks doesn’t want your cash. It doesn’t want your credit or debit card, either. The chain coffeeteria wa...

Uber Imposes Surge Pricing After Train Fatality: Is That Profiting From Death?

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http://ift.tt/1CkPcwG When there is a lot of demand for rides, the car-summoning app Uber imposes “surge” pricing, multiplying the standard ...

Get Ready To Show That Ink, Baristas: Starbucks Changes Policy To Allow Some Visible Tattoos

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http://ift.tt/1we3BL8 ( jojoling ) Things are about to get a bit more graphic behind the Starbucks counter. And by graphic we mean in the i...