General Motors CEO Ed Whitacre has bragged in TV commercials and newspaper columns that GM has paid back its bailout “in full and ahead of schedule.”

GM received $50 billion in TARP funds (never mind that TARP was only supposed to cover financial institutions). About $7 billion of that came in the form of a straight-up, [...]

When I visit a hotel website I am looking for an accurate description of not only their rates, services and accommodations, but also what I can expect to find at their facility. In preparation for a recent trip to California’s Great America, I had the opportunity to explore and compare quite a few hotels in the Silicon Valley where we were visiting.
It wasn’t [...]

No, I haven’t forgotten about Retail Bandit, I’ve just been spending too much time on updating a few of my other websites. I’ll try to be better.
I do have some good news for those with an interest in the whole GMO issue.
The new Weston A. Price Chapter on the San Juan Ridge will hold its first [...]

Have you ever wondered if the products in those to-good-to-be-true ads are for real? After all, some of their claims are rather pie-in-the-sky like. I decided to try a few products that I’ve seen advertised recently.
At my local Rite-Aid I picked up a bottle of “Heel Tastic.” My heels are always cracked and bleeding. I’ve tried [...]

I just received a phone call from Comcast. I am simply livid. They called to inform me that my bill was past due. Well, how can that be? Since reactivating my cable service through Comcast only a month ago, I’ve never received a bill from them. Not one.
Apparently, they are sending the bills to my [...]

I am sitting here on hold, waiting for a Comcast Service Representative to answer the phone. I am fuming mad, so mad in fact that I feel as though I could spit nails.
I was sitting here enjoying my second Law and Order program of the evening — one I was really looking forward to watching. Especially since I [...]

Have you noticed the recent Campbell’s Soup commercials for their newest line of products; Select Harvest, advertising their new natural soup line with “real ingredients”, sea salt and no MSG? This advertising campaign makes me wonder what ingredients are found in their regular soup line.
My reason for bringing it to your attention is that the Select Harvest [...]

I actually need help on this.
Meijer refused to give me a rain check on an item for their Thanksgiving Day Ad. However, the only thing listed for the item, was a limit of 2. Nothing about a limited quantity or no rain checks. Other items had this written, but this didn’t.
I know they are obligated [...]

Last year for Christmas a dear friend had ordered a Turducken for us, which was the best “turkey” we have ever tasted. So, this year we decided to order one for our family and one for our kids in Michigan.
We ordered two Turducken’s a full-size bird for our kids and a Turducken Roll for us, since [...]

After being without television for the past two years, I finally decided to bite the bullet and order cable again. Our local cable company is Comcast.
I decide to be smart about it and order it online, to save time and hopefully money. After I checked all the boxes, filled in all their forms, and then selected [...]

You know I simply love the crisp fall weather; it’s all that is entailed in preparation for winter that I detest.
Fall means it’s time to put away our summer clothes and pull our warm winter woolies out of storage. It’s like reconnecting with old friends. I found clothing I had forgotten I owned. We’ll save that [...]

I was at Wal-Mart the other day. I purchased 9 items, 5 of the 9 rang up for more than the actual price! 3 of the items had a sign listing them at 90% off, they were marked $8.00 but rang up for $2.00.
The cashier gave me the overcharged amount. I also had 2 [...]

I’m in the process of changing all my appliances over to stainless steel, in hopes they will be easier to keep looking nice. At least that’s the theory.
My microwave looks like it’s survived a war, but it works like a champ. When we first got it, we overcooked everything. We called it “the microwave from [...]

Here is my problem. While on vacation this week, my husband and stopped at the Battle Creek Tractor Supply store on 6360 B. Drive North.
We often stop at Tractor Supply stores while on vacation, since we often find different clearance items that our home store does not carry. My husband came across the clearance sign [...]