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Southwest Airlines Customers Claim There’s a New Scam To Watch Out For
Scroll through Twitter at any time of day and you’ll likely come across someone who is fuming about an airline experience. The latest complaint? One Southwest Airlines customer is claiming that passengers are using wheelchairs to board early — even…
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Buffalo Wild Wings Is Charging a Takeout Fee, and Annoyed Customers Aren’t Having It
Picking up your own takeout used to be a logical way to save money on food delivery. That is, until Buffalo Wild Wings added a takeout fee — and customers aren’t having it. In a thread on Reddit, user u/ColdCruise…
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Extreme Penny-Pinching: Couple Finds One Million Antique Pennies in Crawl Space
Think finding a million pennies would be an awesome windfall or a total pain? The answer might be a mix of both. California realtor John Reyes and his wife Elizabeth looked into the crawl space of a home that had been…
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‘Well Down the Path of Enshittification’: Consumers React to Lawsuit Claiming Amazon ‘Tricked and Trapped’ Prime Subscribers
The Federal Trade Commission is suing Amazon for allegedly duping millions of consumers into signing up for its paid Prime subscription service. The legal complaint, filed Wednesday, also claims that the company made it difficult to cancel the paid subscription.…
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‘Greedflation’: Why Inflation Is SO Good for Food Billionaires
While inflation rates seem to be cooling in the last few months, that doesn’t mean they aren’t enormously high. Two years ago, white bread was 22% cheaper and butter was 31% cheaper than it is now. According to the United States…
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A National Summer Crisis: Ice Cream Inflation and Other Grocery Staples Rising in Cost
One minute we’re reeling from inflation at the grocery store and the next we’re being told price increases are slowing down. It’s inflation-induced whiplash, but it’s here to hit you where it hurts again. Here’s the latest round of grocery…
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Consumer Watchdog Says Storing Cash in Venmo, Cash App, and PayPal Might Not Be Safe. Here’s What You Should Do Instead
When a bank fails, up to $250,000 of your money is insured by the FDIC. But that isn’t true for cash that’s stored on payment apps like Venmo, Cash App,…
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15 Cursed Things People Are Selling on Facebook Marketplace
Facebook Marketplace is known for being a weird assortment of items dumped onto the internet after a good garage clean-out, but some things are weirder than others. Here are items…
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Vapes on a Plane: Get Ready for the Biggest Complaint of This Summer’s Travel Season
It seems like there’s a new plane travel woe every summer. In the last few years especially, it’s been a wild ride, with everything from flight attendant abuse and unruly…
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‘Disgusted’: Americans on Social Media Respond to Senate’s Vote To Repeal Student Loan Relief
In a bipartisan vote on Thursday, the Senate passed a resolution to block President Biden’s student loan relief plan, which would cancel up to $20,000 in debt for tens of…
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The Biden Administration Is Spending $1 Billion on Trees and Green Spaces. Here’s How You Could Get In on the Action
In a push towards environmental conservation, the Biden-Harris Administration unveiled on April 12 that it plans to invest a staggering $1 billion on tree-planting and green space initiatives in the…
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DIWHY: Man Charges Beachgoers to Use His Homemade Cooler Toilet
When ya gotta go, ya gotta go. And when there’s nowhere around to go, you might find yourself pretty desperate — perhaps desperate enough to pay an enterprising young man…
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Side Hustle Nation: 33% of Workers With Side Gigs Need the Extra Money To Survive
Side hustlers make an average of $810 a month. That may sound like a lot, but a third of side hustlers are spending their extra cash on living expenses, according to…
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What Is ChatGPT Plus — and Is It Worth It?
Imagine a world where our cell phones and computers are more than just gadgets — they’re personal assistants that can help us navigate life with convenience and ease. Well, welcome…
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Delayed Flight? New Rule Could Force Airlines To Compensate Passengers in Cash
Following a hectic year of air travel, the Biden administration announced new regulations on Monday that would force airlines to pay passengers in cash for carrier-caused delays and cancellations —…
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These 3 States (and D.C.) Could Face Massive Job Losses If the Debt Ceiling Crisis Isn’t Resolved
Surprise, surprise: Congress has yet to resolve its debt ceiling crisis, which means that the United States could run out of money as early as June. That spells disaster for…
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This Is Why Many Gen Zers Refuse to Apply for a Job
Zoomers have a bad rap when it comes to work ethic, especially if you ask a Boomer. But a recent study found that there’s one key factor that will make…
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Nothing a Little Tape Won’t Fix: Internet Uproar After Traveler Spots Spirit Airlines Worker Taping Plane Wing
You can patch just about anything with a little bit of duct tape, but the line has to be drawn somewhere. If you’re asking the internet where that line might…
