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		<title>Paying our debts?</title>
		<link>http://retailbandit.com/2010/05/paying_our_debts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 23:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Big Ticket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bail out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ripped off]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[General Motors CEO Ed Whitacre has bragged in TV commercials and newspaper columns that GM has paid back its bailout &#8220;in full and ahead of schedule.&#8221;
	
	
		
			
			
			
			
			
		
	www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOaS2SymjQ4
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, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bank Withholds Money!</title>
		<link>http://retailbandit.com/2009/09/bank-withholds-money/</link>
		<comments>http://retailbandit.com/2009/09/bank-withholds-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lost business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rude]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Retail stores aren&#8217;t the only ones out to rip people off these days. Many other establishments are just as bad, if not worse.
A word of caution to individuals opening a new bank account &#8212; don&#8217;t use a large check. My husband opened a new checking account a few months ago with Umpqua bank, using a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tipping the Scales!</title>
		<link>http://retailbandit.com/2009/06/tipping-the-scales/</link>
		<comments>http://retailbandit.com/2009/06/tipping-the-scales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Restaurants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Subway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cheese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foot long]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a Subway near where I work that literally makes their bread smaller than typical Subways. It is about one-third narrower but still a foot long. Needless to say they also put about one-third less meat, veggies, cheese, etc. on each sandwich.
This is obviously a choice made by the owner of the location. Other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Camera Phone</title>
		<link>http://retailbandit.com/2009/05/your-camera-phone/</link>
		<comments>http://retailbandit.com/2009/05/your-camera-phone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 17:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Retail Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[camera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clearance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[proof]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>

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I live in Texas. Many times the price listed on the shelf for an item is not the price at check out.
In Texas we have a Deceptive Trade Practice law that protects consumers. The advertised price IS what the store must charge otherwise they are subject to being sued for three times the amount of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Linens No Bargain</title>
		<link>http://retailbandit.com/2008/10/linens-no-bargain/</link>
		<comments>http://retailbandit.com/2008/10/linens-no-bargain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Retail Stores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Target]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cheated]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was shopping for linens at the Target store on Haskell Avenue, Dallas, Texas. I chose several items that were shelved directly behind a huge red &#8220;clearance&#8221; sign. Having been overcharged on sale items at this store before, I asked the checker to make sure the items scanned at the discounted price. They did not.
A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Target Loses Loyal Customer</title>
		<link>http://retailbandit.com/2008/05/target-loses-loyal-customer/</link>
		<comments>http://retailbandit.com/2008/05/target-loses-loyal-customer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 11:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Michigan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[checkout]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shelby Township]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopper]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://retailbandit.com/?p=645</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just last night, I was shopping at Target in Shelby township, MI and I purchased a 2-pack of hooded baby towels with washcloths. When I went up to the check out, they rang up $10.99 but the tag on the shelf said $4.99. The cashier said that I would need to go to the Customer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fraud or Mistake?</title>
		<link>http://retailbandit.com/2008/05/fraud-or-mistake/</link>
		<comments>http://retailbandit.com/2008/05/fraud-or-mistake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 04:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wal-mart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avatar cartoon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cartoon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manager threatens to call police on customer attempting to return a DVD containing the wrong movie.
I recently purchased a movie for my 5-year-old daughter at Wal-Mart. It was supposed to be The SpongeBob Squarepants Moviebut when I got home (about 20 min. away from Wal-Mart), it was an Avatar cartoon movie in the SpongeBob Squarepants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NY: Unlawful Arrest</title>
		<link>http://retailbandit.com/2007/02/ny-unlawful-arrest/</link>
		<comments>http://retailbandit.com/2007/02/ny-unlawful-arrest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2007 21:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kohl's]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Feb 18,2007 at 9:35 in the morning I purchased a teakettle from Kohl&#8217;s Department Store in Newburgh, N.Y.
When I returned home and opened the teapot. I noticed that it was pitted and chipped. Since I live in Middletown, N.Y. I went to the Middletown Kohl&#8217;s Customer Service Desk. I explained to the gentleman that [...]]]></description>
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