THE PLUG MAGAZINE

Changes To TurboTax Lead To Consumer Revolt, Opportunity For Competitors

http://ift.tt/1JiU22M ( rayovolks ) It’s the opening weekend of tax season! If you work an hourly or salaried job, the W-2 form summarizing ...

Egg Company Locally Laid Turns Complaint Letter Into Lesson About Sustainable Agriculture

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http://ift.tt/1CL5MHp Having received our fair share of complaint letters over the years, we know how tempting it can be to fire back at cr...

UPS: We Tried Too Hard To Deliver Your Holiday Packages On Time

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http://ift.tt/1D0hIFD ( Misfit Photographer ) Today we have to ask ourselves the important questions like, “is there such a thing as being...

Sprint Offers $350 For T-Mobile Customers To Switch. But There’s A Catch

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http://ift.tt/1D0eIsF Today, Sprint got tired of trying to win over customers from bigger wireless players like AT&T and Verizon, and de...

Brewers Of Gandhi-Bot Beer Agree To Change Its Name After Complaints From Indian-American Community

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http://ift.tt/1Axnf7u (New England Brewing Company) A few weeks after New England Brewing Company apologized for slapping a Gandhi robot on...

Dear Verizon Customers: Don’t Hold Your Breath Waiting For Rollover Data Plans

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http://ift.tt/1Eb2y43 ( Mike Mozart ) While T-Mobile and AT&T have each recently started allowing smartphone users to carry over unus...

Burst In Brisket’s Popularity During Nationwide Beef Shortage Means Higher Prices At The Table

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http://ift.tt/1AZOLqD ( jeffreyw ) While brisket lovers may be rejoicing to see Texas-style barbecue restaurants popping up around the nati...

Starbucks’ Delivery Service Might Bring Green-Aproned Baristas To Your House

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http://ift.tt/1AZOLab ( jpmarth ) Starting later this year you might not have to traipse into your local Starbucks to chat up your favorit...

IRS Says Thousands Have Been Scammed Into Paying Bogus Back Taxes

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http://ift.tt/1EC9nJ7 ( Jimmybionic ) Let’s be honest for a moment and acknowledge that not everyone is 100% honest or accurate when filing...

Package With $4,000 Worth Of Electronics No Match For USPS Carrier’s Chucking Abilities

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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The other day we asked readers if they’d pay money to choose which carrier delivers their Amazon packages, and found ...

New York Stock Exchange Sends Warning Letter To Radio Shack

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http://ift.tt/1t7l0Xi ( Penn Cann Mall ) The New York Stock Exchange has standards for the stocks that it lists, including minimum corporat...

North Carolina May Be Next To Get Google Fiber

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http://ift.tt/1CZxi45 ( Ken Fager ) It’s been nearly a year since Google announced plans to expand its Google Fiber broadband and pay-TV se...

Lawsuit Against Honda, Takata Claims Civic’s Exploding Airbag Left Woman Paralyzed

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http://ift.tt/1CZxfFD ( Jackie Vance-Kuss ) The ripples of last year’s massive Takata airbag recalls continue to spread, with a new lawsuit...

3 Mistakes To Avoid When Making A Credit Card Balance Transfer

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http://ift.tt/1CtZgXO ( frankieleon ) If, like a lot of people, you’re slowly chiseling away at the debt on a credit card with an interest ...

ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com Sells For $85,000 Now That Hype Is Over

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http://ift.tt/1xJVNi9 ( frankieleon ) The site ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com is an interesting case study in online marketing and being careful...

TSA: 2,212 Firearms Found In Carry-Ons Last Year, And Most Were Loaded

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http://ift.tt/1BkG6So TSA collage showing some of the guns discovered in 2014. ( TSA.gov ) Although the average traveler should know by now...

Expedia Buys Rival Travel Site Travelocity For $280M

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http://ift.tt/1uCD0Kh Expedia Inc. and Travelocity, two of the most prominent online travel agencies, have decided to take their relationsh...

SkyMall Files For Bankruptcy Because You’re Not Buying Enough Inflatable Movie Screens

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https://consumermediallc.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/skymallglasses.png?w=680&h=506 ( Paxton Holley ) The SkyMall catalog has always be...

Guy Who Bought Lottery Tickets To Break $100 Bill Wins $10M

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http://ift.tt/1CYZPHh ( Lisa Brewster ) When’s the last time you went out to grab lunch and ended up a millionaire? It’s been at least a fe...

Washington Could Become First State To Raise Smoking Age To 21

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http://ift.tt/1yCfUmu ( NoNo Joe ) The era of walking into a store and buying that first nudie magazine and pack of cigarettes upon turning...

Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds

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http://ift.tt/1yXIW1R Here are nine of the best photos that readers added to the Consumerist Flickr Pool in the last week, picked for usabi...