Reports by Consumers

A consumer reports on higher prices for iPods and GPS devices in Ireland.

Just to take the iPod as an example. A 16GB iPod touch will set you back $399 (€253). In Ireland it is €369. Even if you knock off the 21% tax the Irish price is 20% more than the US one.

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Look for an easy consumer electronics recycling solution in a city near you soon!

The United States Postal Service recently announced a 10 city trial run of a free recycling program for used electronics.

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This consumer reports on another loss of personal information by a bank.

HSBC says the data lost is not considered sensitive to the point of putting customer bank accounts at risk. Are they kidding? Armed with this knowledge it is pretty easy to ‘break’ over the phone call in security measures.

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This consumer reports on the emerging wearable electronics market.

Every year, the world's major consumer electronics exhibitions showcase apparel with built-in gadgetry and equipment that can be used to adorn various parts of the body, and predictions are made that wearable electronics is a market set to take off.

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Good news in the consumer electronics world as Blu-ray prices are expected to drop by next Christmas.

Zoran demonstrated multimedia processors for both Blu-ray and HD DVD at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show in January. "While we have proceeded cautiously during the format wars, planning to go as the market and our customers direct, going forward we will fully support Blu-ray," said Dave Pederson, vice president of corporate marketing.

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This consumer reports on financial products available at Russian banks.

But there’s a Russian bank called Expobank which is doing things the other way round. It recently released a calendar, as most people sometimes do before the start of a year, featuring some of their female banking staff in various degrees of undress.

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This consumer reports on installing the new flat screen television.

So Jen finished up the painting. I must say that adding a bit of paint made this place feel more like home. We hung our LCD television on the wall, and it looks pimp.

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Read more from this blogger: Painting is done.