Consumerism

GameStop is stupid and unprofessional - Bent Corner

GameStop is stupid and unprofessional

I bought the One Piece Kaido, King of The Beasts statue I wrote about the other day from the GameStop website on Monday, January 31, 2022. Not only have I not received it, GameStop hasn’t even shipped it yet. This wasn’t a pre-sale. I bought something that was in stock and ready to ship. When …

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Fanatics is terrible and I hate it - Bent Corner

Fanatics is terrible and I hate it

I received an email this morning from the MLB shop, a “Fanatics Experience.” That distinction means the email was actually from Fanatics. That’s because Fanatics paid MLB a lot of money to take over its e-commerce presence. Fanatics did a similar deal with the NFL, NBA, NHL, NASCAR, Lids, and a host of other entities …

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AT&T is unreliable and their customer service to terrible - Bent Corner

AT&T is unreliable and its customer service to terrible

I’ve been having intermittent problems with AT&T Wireless. I’m having difficulties using their “Fastest in Hagerstown wireless network.” Because I drive for both Uber and Lyft, this problem is more than a small annoyance. It stops me from earning money. Either I cannot accept ride requests, or I cannot end a passenger’s ride because my …

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Walmart is trying to sell someone's grungy and disgusting used hat - Bent Corner

Walmart is trying to sell someone’s grungy, disgusting used hat

I was perusing the clearance section of Hagerstown’s original Walmart store (not the new store) when I stumbled upon this gem. It’s a Callaway golf hat on clearance for only $5. Even though I like golf hats and things on clearance, I passed on this hat. The reason? Because it’s obviously used and extremely disgusting. It looks like it spent the last 11 months on the head of a homeless man training for a 10K fun run.

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Toys R Us 1957 – 2018

Toys R Us is going out of business. They owe more money to creditors than what they have and have declared bankruptcy. I keep reading that Toys R Us will be liquidating their current inventory with massive sales. The science fiction blog io9 said that sale was to begin yesterday. That didn’t happen. I went …

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