Tag: shopping

Man sues Hotel over “free” Newspaper

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 9, 2011

Web Watch likes staying at hotels, especially nice ones.

The rooms are typically clean, comfortable. Staff service is friendly and they go out of their way to make us feel welcome and safe when travelling in an unfamiliar city.

One recent hotel stay even had the front desk manager give us a complimentary bottle of wine when we checked in after the “complimentary wine hour” was over. Granted, while it was drinkable wine, it wasn’t anything overly high-end. Still, the thought was there and the wine was certainly enjoyed that evening. We’ll definitely be back to that hotel again.

Tags Hotels, lawsuit, News, newspaper, shopping, Travel

10 Things shopping

Shopping tip: Beauty products and cosmetics have expiration dates

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 6, 2011

Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter without Me
Don’t Go to the Cosmetics Counter without Me

Web Watch has talked about how much trouble that cosmetics can get you into, but that’s not going to stop women and men from buying beauty products on a regular basis.

But some people end up buying more than they need (hello, Costco and Sam’s Club shoppers! We’re looking at you! And those Extreme Couponers with their hoard).

Tags 10 Things, bathroom, Beauty, cosmetics, shopping

News shopping

Wal-Mart refuses to refund $2.90; throws couple in jail (charges were later dropped)

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 2, 2011

Buy a CHICKEN HEAD MASK

Wal-Mart has a policy of having “greeters” at the front door of all their stores.

One of the jobs that the greeters and security staff are tasked with is to double-check receipts to ensure that everything that is being carried out has been paid for per the receipt.

Mary Hill Bonin and her husband are suing Wal-Mart for the Wal-Mart staff doing their job.

Unfortunately, it’s the Wal-Mart staff that allegedly appears to have acted inappropriately in this case. All Mary and “Ricky” wanted to do was buy $2.90 worth of chicken necks. According to the Wal-Mart security guard, the chicken neck was being shoplifted – that is, being taken out of the store without having been paid for.

Tags business, lawsuit, Legal, News, shopping, wal-mart

10 Things shopping

Women prefer to make purchases based on charitable giving

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 31, 2011

Buy some YOPLAIT YOGURT

A recent survey from M/A/R/C Research and The Integer Group discovered that women are very particular about the brands that they buy at the grocery store.

And it has absolutely nothing to do with whether those products are superior in Web Watch’s opinion (the infamous “Heinz vs Hunts ketchup debate” lingers on, folks) or not.

What the survey uncovered was that 43% of women prefer to purchase brands that are associated with charitable giving.

Tags 10 Things, breast cancer, business, charity, food, medical, shopping, survey

food shopping Websites

Announcing the 2011 Xtreme Eating Awards – the 8 highest calorie restaurant menu items

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 21, 2011

Rachel Ray - Eat Healthy Without Going to Extremes
Buy the book “Eat Healthy Without Going to Extremes”

For the past few years, the Center for Science in the Public Interest has been monitoring what restaurants have been serving, as a way to inform the public about the horrors that await them when eating wonderful, delicious restaurant food.

Web Watch, like you, loves cheese.

We apparently didn’t know that adding cheese to any meal is typically a no-no when it comes to eliminating fat and calories from one’s diet. So we’re torn – cheese tastes good, but it’s bad for you.

Oh well – maybe we’ll just have one or two small bites, then set the rest of these phenomenally sounding meals away to snack on later. Can’t let all that cheese go to waist, can we? (See what we did there? Looks like we mispelled “waste” as “waist”. Ha!)

Tags 10 Things, diet, food, restaurants, shopping, website

News

Men like to wear dirty underwear. Who knew?

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 14, 2011

Buy the DIRTY LAUNDRY WALL DECAL

According to a recent SURVEY BY CLOROX BLEACH, nearly 50% of men surveyed will wear any of their dirty clothes – including their underpants – more than once.

Tags Party Talk, Relationships, shopping, survey, underwear

Gadgets shopping Websites

Trouble applying sunscreen while at the beach by yourself? Just ask for someone to DO MY BACK

Post author By web gangsta
Post date July 7, 2011

Don’t buy THIS Lotion Applicator…
check out the one below instead:

We’ve all been to the pool or the beach, with the hot sun blazing down. In one hand is a tube of sunblock, and the other just doesn’t reach all the way around to those special places where the sun actually does shine… a little too much.

So what’s a person to do?

You can do what Kate Slavin did after she ended a 2-year romantic relationship — she designed a product to allow herself to DO MY BACK without anyone else’s help.