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Walgreens: Deals for the week of August 30-September 5, 2009

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Here are the best deals at Walgreens this week, with thanks to Mercedes for her hard work in helping to compiling these:
COUPON DEALS Secret Deodorant–$1.99 after in-ad coupon Use $2/1 coupon from $62 in Savings Kmart Coupon booklet Free after coupons (hand manufacturer’s coupon first to avoid beeps)  Campbell’s Soup–$0.69 after in-ad coupon Buy 2 [...]

CVS: Deals for the week of August 30-September 5, 2009

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Thanks to The Thrifty Mama for her help in compiling this week’s deals:

******WEEKLY ECB DEALS******
Buy 1 Bayer Contour Meter at $14.99, Get $5 ECBs (Limit 2)
Use up to $30/1 coupon from the 2/1 RedPlum insert or the 3/22 SmartSource inserts (will take
$14.99 off)
Free plus $5 overage after coupons and ECBs
Buy 1 Glade Scented Reed Diffuser [...]

EECB To Toys R Us Results In Refund, Personal Apology, Free Toy [Success Stories]

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Seth had what should have been a fairly simple problem. His son’s radio control car broke after only a few weeks of use. The toy was purchased at and manufactured by Toys R Us, and an e-mail to the support address included with the toy bounced. No one in the company’s usual customer service channels [...]

Comcast Wins Right To Own More Than 30% Of Cable Market [Comcastic]

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Comcast is the biggest cable provider in the United States, and now a U.S. Court of Appeals decision states that it can grow even bigger. Yay! Yay?
The FCC and Comcast have been fighting this out in FCC panels and courtrooms off and on since ownership limits were put in place in the early ’90s. The [...]

Toyota Accused Of Hiding Evidence In Hundreds Of Consumer Lawsuits [Toyota]

Monday, August 31st, 2009

A former attorney for Toyota Motor Sales has filed a federal racketeering suit against the company, accusing them of failing to turn over or destroying documents relevant to accident victims’ lawsuits against the company.
Dimitrios Biller worked for Toyota from 2003 to 2007 and defended the company against lawsuits by customers whose vehicles had rolled over.
The [...]

Complaint From Canada Prompts Facebook Privacy Changes [Privacy]

Monday, August 31st, 2009

If you’re suspicious of Facebook’s use of your personal data, the social networking site has made some recent changes that may make you very happy. And for this, you can blame thank Canada.
Some of the provisions of Facebook’s privacy policy sort of violate current Canadian law, and Facebook has agreed to make changes accordingly. The [...]

Target Charges $1.50 For Free Nalgene Bottle [Target Is Crazy]

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Regular Consumerist readers are familiar with our exposure of Target’s absurdist pricing policies, and this is a particularly confusing example. Reader Rob in Minnesota noticed a nice promotion on a 3-pack of Brita water filters, which came with a free small Nalgene water bottle and a few packets of drink mix. Nice deal, but he [...]

Banks Once "Too Big To Fail" Now Even Bigger After Meltdown [Banks]

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Remember those banks that the federal government bailed out because they were “too big to fail?” Well…after mergers and bank takeovers (some encouraged by the government) those banks bailed out because they were “too big to fail” now are much bigger. JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America combined now control more than 20% of [...]

More Unemployed Alumni Sue Their College [College]

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Everyone (including us) snickered when an unemployed woman sued the college she had graduated from only months before, but the news story did help bring to light the overly optimistic or outright misleading claims made by some for-profit educational institutions. Now, thirteen former students of Everest College’s Dallas campus have sued the school, claiming that [...]

Deep HDTV Discounts From Best Buy This Week [Best Buy]

Monday, August 31st, 2009

People just aren’t buying ginormous TVs like they used to. At least not from Best Buy. That’s why there’s going to be some great deals this week at Best Buy on large-screen HDTVs. HDGuru got an advance copy of their Sunday circular, which advertises discounts that bring the big TVs down to an almost reasonable [...]

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