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The Consumerist Guy Rides Again
by Charles Selden on August 20, 2014 in Consumer Comp, Consumerist Takeaway

Luxury Prisons Planned for Banksters
by Charles Selden on July 18, 2012 in Breaking News
Incarceration Without Inconvenience Senate hearings* disclosed American bank complicity in money laundering for domestic and international organized crime groups. The news raises the hitherto unthinkable possibility of jail time for banksters. This is good news for the luxury hotel industry. Anonymous sources report that the Four Seasons and Kempinski hotel chains are readying business plans […]
Techno-Scammer Is “Hacker of Interest”
by Charles Selden on April 9, 2012 in Awards Update, Outstanding Techno-Scammer Award
Even Paranoid Bloggers Have Enemies Minutes after my March 25th post went up, my blog site was hacked down. Probable cause points to the group featured in that post, which announced the co-winner of the Outstanding Techno-Scammer Award for 2011. That makes two hackings in six months by two different techno-scammers. Weeks before the latest […]
Corp-Speak
by Charles Selden on November 16, 2011 in Words Matter
Business Language Translated for Consumers Corp-Speak 1. Corporate: use words and phrases without fully informing consumers, alarming stockholders or alerting regulators. 2. Consumerist: create new words and define old to assist consumers in clarification of corporate language. Corporations hire experts to massage language used in promotions, guarantees and plea bargains. The corporate concern is that anything […]
FedEx SYSTEM AT IT AGAIN
by Charles Selden on June 22, 2011 in Consumerist Takeaway
FedEx SHIPS ONE, TRIES TO CHARGE FOR TEN A Missed Consumerist Opportunity Yesterday FedEx billed me $451 for overnight shipping. It was astonishingly high for a 10-pound box. Had the contents been precious stones or a live puppy sent from NJ to Vladivostok for Saturday delivery, it would have been a bargain. But it was […]
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Dr. Seuss Turned Down Ronald Reagan February 8, 2011
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FedEx Wins DIBY Award March 22, 2011
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Mutual Benefits Joins GCC of C October 4, 2011
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