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Those Damn Europeans Are Taking Over New York

Have you seen them? The Europeans? They're everywhere! In our fancy bistros, on line at the Apple store, spending their fancy-pantzy valuable Euros while we suffer through this intolerable non-recession. The patriots at the New York Times finally sounded the warning call over this European "invasion" that's transforming New York into the "Walmart of hip." More »

12:00 AM on Sun Aug 3 2008
By Carey
15,440 views, 81 comments

Latest by OMG! Ponies!: @zgori: They're shopping for apartments. The reason 2BRs are rare as hen's teeth and 3BRs cost so damned much is more »

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Meet Your New $5 Bill

If you liked Harold And The Purple Crayon, boy are you going to love the new $5 bill. Lincoln's last stand after the penny will inherit the same counterfeiting countermeasures found on more valuable bills, and will come bruised with a large purple five "to help those with visual impairments distinguish the denomination.' That's right, never again will you confuse a $5 bill for a $50 bill.

We match purple ties to green shirts without pause, but does the pairing work for currency? Tell us what you think in our poll, after the jump. More »

9:34 AM on Sat Mar 15 2008
By Carey
11,803 views, 111 comments

Latest by hibiscusroto: FIVE!!!! more »

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Why Do You Hate The Dollar Coin?

Our beloved U.S. Mint has apparently redesigned the dollar coin to feature a rotating slate of Presidents. Each President gets a three-month stint on the coin. On Thursday, James Madison, our 4th Chief Executive, took his rightful place on the golden slab - but nobody seemed to care. Why? More »

9:36 AM on Sun Nov 18 2007
By Carey
10,539 views, 152 comments

Latest by EatTheWitch: Phase out the dollar bills (slowly) and pennies (like yesterday). Use the penny slot in cash registers for the more »

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Verizon STILL Doesn't Know Dollars From Cents

According to reader Greg, Verizon reps are still confused about the difference between .002 dollars and .002 cents.

I recently updated my phone and went with a treo 700w. I decided to go with the pay-as-you-go data plan since I don't really plan on using the interwebs too much on the phone. So, when I was setting up data over the phone with the verizon woman, I asked her what the data rate was. She said ".015 cents/kb". I said "Are you sure? Are you sure it's not .015 dollars/kb? I read and interesting article about the discrepancy." She said, yes yes we've all heard about it, I assure you this is correct" [or something like that]. So, I went about my way figuring this was going to be an issue soon. The bill comes, and sure enough it's 100x more than expected.

Back in December another customer, George, took Verizon to task for quoting .002 cents and charging .002 dollars. It was a huge story and Verizon said they had it all figured out and were going to retrain their customer service staff. Apparently, those efforts failed. Verizon, you're stupid. Teach your people basic math, or better yet, making it a hiring prerequisite. — BEN POPKEN(Photo: stopnlook)

4:35 PM on Tue Apr 17 2007
By Ben Popken
4,413 views, 29 comments

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Solve This Math Problem, Verizon

Considering their ability to convert cents to dollars, Verizon should have no trouble solving this equation. More »

6:22 PM on Tue Dec 12 2006
By Ben Popken
12,817 views, 21 comments

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VerizonMath's Open Letter To Verizon

George Vaccaro posted an open letter to Verizon after winning a public battle over his wireless bill, a fight that hinged on Verizon Wireless employee's inability to tell the difference between .002 cents and .002 dollars. More »

9:44 AM on Tue Dec 12 2006
By Ben Popken
882 views, 6 comments

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Transcript Of Verizon Still Not Knowing Difference Between Dollars And Cents

Inside is the phone transcript of another user experiencing the same problem as George. Verizon told Peter he was to be charged .0015 cents per kilobyte for data usage. Instead, they charged him .0015 dollars. More »

7:29 PM on Mon Dec 11 2006
By Ben Popken
918 views, 11 comments

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Verizon Finally Admits They Were Wrong

It only took them five days, but somehow it got through to Verizon that they were wrong. They issued George an official apology letter and promised to teach their reps the difference between dollars and cents. More »

6:21 PM on Mon Dec 11 2006
By Ben Popken
708 views, 1 comment

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YouTubers Post Videos In Response To Verizon Math Call

5Six different video have already gone up on YouTube in response to our upload of George's original "Verizon Can't Count" phone call. More »

5:33 PM on Mon Dec 11 2006
By Ben Popken
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