A Consumer Reports...
Consumers report on products from all over the web. Plus the latest info on credit cards, interest rates, mortgages, car loans and debt.

• Warning Labels
  This consumer reports on the usefulness of warning labels.

  One has to read this one and wonder how many other products might interfere with breathing if caught in windpipe.

  Read more: Thursday Thirteen (The Tenth Such Post I've Done) - WARNING!

• BPA Free Sippy Cups
  This consumer reports on the problems of BPA products, and some BPA-free sippy cups.

  So…what is the verdict? Who wins the safe sippy cup celebrity death match….muhawaaa! The Foogo by Thermos wins the first round in our household but the Klean Kanteen is very close behind. My kids really liked the kid friendly design of the Sigg bottles but mom likes durability more. Born Free is a good option in plastic but a little to high maintenance for me.

  Read more: Battle of the BPA Free Sippy Cups - A Review

• Sling Media, SlingPlayer, Slingbox, Oh My!
  Consumers with TiVO may want to check out this report on the Slingbox.

  Let’s start from the beginning, what is a Slingbox and what does it do. Imagine the ability to watch your television from any online computer in the world. (Plus the ability to watch your TV from many portable devices.) Imagine the idea of not only watching your TV, but watching your recorded events from your Tivo, or DVR. Now imagine the possibility of tuning your TV or setting your DVR to record an event from any online computer in the world. This and even more is what you can accomplish with the Slingbox and their software and accessories. It does this with the help of what they call SlingStream Technology.

  Read more: Sling Media, SlingPlayer, Slingbox, Oh My!

• Dishwasher Training Offered
  This consumer relates a humorous story about the family dishwasher.

  Sometime in junior high school, our dishwasher broke in my home. It was never really addressed. Then, a long time later, I was informed that it had been fixed. The problem was that I was legally old enough to drink alcoholic beverages by this time.

  Read more: Dishwasher training offered.

• A Different Kind Of Composter
  This consumer reports on a novel composter called the Daily Dump.

  I was browsing around Treehugger the other day and came across this story about a company in India that makes these really unique home composters. Well, what caught my eye first was the photo of the composters. Are they not absolutely gorgeous and unique?

  Read more: A Different Kind of Composter; A Different Kind of Company

• TJX Security Breach Risks Consumer Identity
  Consumers be ware! A report on what happened after this springs identity theft at TJ Maxx.

  Here we go again. This is part of the identity theft problem. You can do all you want about keeping your data out of the hands of thieves. You can shred all your documents. You burn any unused or used credit cards. But you can’t do security for retailers that you frequent. TJX is the parent company of some successful retail chains like TJ Maxx. This past spring, TJX had 45 million credit card and debit card customer numbers stolen. You read that right - 45 million.

  Read more: TJX Security Breach Risks Consumer Identity

• Life Assurance And Virtual Worlds
  This consumer reports on a funny life insurance letter from the bank.

  My bank did one of its regular mail-outs to advertise its life insurance scheme. As anyone will tell you, if you put text in front of me I’ll read it, so Sharon was startled when I burst out laughing reading an insurance form…

  Read more: Life assurance and virtual worlds

• Young Adults Prefer Online Banking
  Young consumers are moving online. Check out this report.

  Not that this is a huge surprise, but 36% of young adults say that they prefer making their financial transactions online, the most of any method, according to a new report.

  Read more: Online Banking Preferred Most by Young Adults

• Sears Saga
  This consumer reports on changes in the refrigerator market, and the problem of more frequent repairs.

  Sometimes appliances die. Sure. But we baby boomers grew up in a world where major ones, like refrigerators, died maybe in 20 or 30 years, if ever. I’m going to chronicle my sad personal saga as it happens–a good thing to do with a corporate blog if you can tie it to how your customers will never experience this kind of thing with your company.

  Read more: Sears - a saga of customer “service”

• Fight Back! With David Horowitz
  A look at consumer reporter David Horowitz.

  David Horowitz, a consumer reporter guy I'd never heard of before said show, would do... uhm, consumer reporting. For instance, if someone had an issue with identity theft from a certain chain (called Leona's), sending it in to Horowitz was the way to get it solved.

  Read more: Fight Back! With David Horowitz

• Abandoned Shopping Carts
  This report looks at reasons that consumer abandon online shopping carts, and what to do about it.

  Online shoppers abandon shopping carts for a variety of reasons. They may balk at a shipping charge or total price of multiple items. They might encounter problems entering credit card information or perceive the checkout process as too long. In the online world, it’s not as easy to recover a sale when a customer interacts with a screen and can exit with a click of a mouse. But it’s not impossible. An interesting study by Marketing Experiments on using email follow ups to save sales from abandoned carts gives some insight on how.

  Read more: Recovering Sales from Abandoned Shopping Carts With Email

• Shoes For Cheerleaders
  A consumer reports on a site for cheerleading shoes and accessories.

  Other products they carries are accessories and gifts like books, bags, CDs, hair bow, pom pom, jewelry , megaphones, videos & DVD’s and megaphones. The bags and jewelry can be some nice gifts ideas to your nieces , friend’s teenage daughters.

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