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Federal Government Could Extend Open Insurance Enrollment To April 15

http://ift.tt/1Bq4JOK ( bradhoc/a>) 2014 tax returns are the first ones that American taxpayers are filing since the health insurance s...

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JetBlue Also Reportedly Looking To End American Express Partnership

http://ift.tt/1FIAt1N ( Meg ) For ten years, JetBlue and American Express have been partners on the airline’s co-branded credit cards. But ...

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Ad Execs Pick Their Favorite Fake ‘Saturday Night Live’ Ads From Last 40 Years

http://ift.tt/1CpgvYQ “After five or ten fish, it gets to be quite a rush,” is a slogan more ads should employ. This weekend, NBC’s Saturda...

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Police Seek Man Caught On Security Camera Stealing Security Camera

http://ift.tt/1CpdtE9 Here’s the thing with surveillance cameras: the video that they capture usually goes somewhere. Somewhere else . We do...

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Costco Says Dumping American Express Was About “Saving Money For Customers”

http://ift.tt/1yykAoS ( photographybynatalia ) Yesterday, American Express announced the impending end of its monogamous relationship with ...

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Do We Choose Which Products We Like Based On How Easy They Are To Pick Up?

http://ift.tt/1KTS75F ( Ninja M. ) How hard do you look at products before you grab them? While we’re usually not thinking, “oooh that look...

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This Taxi Driver’s Business Secret: Bootleg Venezuelan Gas

http://ift.tt/19fFX9P Technically, gas in Venezuela is even cheaper than this. ( J B ) When you live on an island, things that have to be im...

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New MLB Commissioner Won’t Do Anything To Get Dodgers Back On L.A. TV

http://ift.tt/19fALCI Sorry, Dodgers fans. New MLB Commish Rob Manfred doesn’t care whether you can watch your team on TV. With pitchers an...

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Eatery Surprises Diners By Picking Up The $5,182.19 Tab For Entire Restaurant

http://ift.tt/172H8bd ( Cpt. Brick ) What’s better than a night out on the town? A night out on the town that involves a surprise free meal...

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Police Charge Head-Butting Walmart Customer With Assault

http://ift.tt/1DO2ohH ( Mitchell Simpson on YouTube ) Although the Walmart tax worker who was head-butted by a shopper at first declined t...

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Mother Of Autistic Boy Claims IKEA Discriminated Against Her Son

http://ift.tt/1AwztxC IKEA has three prongs to its stores’ playroom policy — a height restriction, a potty-training requirement, and no adu...

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Customers Rush To Use Grocery Store ATM Paying Out Double Cash

http://ift.tt/1uihynv ( Todd Kravos ) Customers at a Morrisons grocery store in the United Kingdom received an exciting surprise if they we...

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Visa, MasterCard Working On Security Improvements To Make Data Breaches Suck Less

http://ift.tt/17tM49Y ( frankieleon ) The data breaches, major and minor, that we’ve seen over the past few years aren’t going anywhere. Pa...

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Target Owes Minnesota-Based Businesses $3.8M Over Failed Canadian Stores

http://ift.tt/1Cp5Ivh ( Mike Mozart ) Target Corporation isn’t the only company losing money by closing its Canadian division . The retaile...

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Uber Adding “Panic Button” To Mobile App In Chicago

http://ift.tt/1Cp5KTX ( Alan Rappa ) A few weeks after announcing that Uber would implement a panic button feature in its app for users in ...

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Waitress Caught Editing Customers’ Tips To Add $10 Or $20 For Herself

http://ift.tt/1D4k6hQ One good reason to pay your restaurant bill in cash: Tipped employees get that money right away without having to wor...

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Gamblers Who Won $1.5M Must Return Winnings Over Unshuffled Cards

http://ift.tt/1CoRZVs ( Alan Cleaver ) Back in 2012, some gamblers in Atlantic City realized there was a pattern to the way the cards were ...

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Colorado Florists Offering Pot-Themed Bouquets For Valentine’s Day Because Love Is Just So Dank

http://ift.tt/1D4aDal (Just picture a bunch of flowers around that. DEARTH ! ) When it comes to marijuana in Colorado, now that the stuff i...

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National Grid Cuts Off Mall’s Electricity For Apparent Non-Payment

http://ift.tt/1F623Zo ( Samuel M. Livingston ) Rotterdam Square Mall, outside of Schenectady, NY, is not doing so well. It keeps losing stor...

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U.S. Airports Ditching Customs Forms For Travelers To Speed Things Up

http://ift.tt/17tgpFF ( Joel Zimmer ) The millions of passengers flying into U.S. airports will have one fewer hassle to deal with after th...

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3 Things Costco Shoppers Need To Know About Split From American Express

http://ift.tt/1B6oooh ( photographybynatalia ) Yesterday, American Express confirmed rumors that it would be ending its exclusive partnersh...

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USPS Trying To Finally Replace Old, Gas-Guzzling Fleet Of Delivery Trucks

http://ift.tt/1Elxr2i ( Great Beyond ) In an effort to stop effectively pouring money straight into the gas tank, the United States Postal ...

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Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds

http://ift.tt/1vqqus0 Here are eight of the best photos that readers added to the Consumerist Flickr Pool in the last week, picked for usab...

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