| 单词 | rip-off |
| 例句 | I did the best I could to rub him and the rip-off out of my mind by returning to my original plan. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “Seven hundred and twenty dollars. Talk about a rip-off. They’re supposed to sell for fifty-five a piece, but they charge a five-dollar service charge for each ticket.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “We went to these caverns in Tennessee once. A real rip-off tourist trap. What were they called?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “There’s a five-dollar service charge. What a rip-off. But the thing is, you try to sell the tickets, and all the customer’s gonna see is the face value.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “The first few rows are reserved for friends and radio stations. It’s a rip-off, but what can you do?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Now Tessie lowered her voice in the speaker: “Total rip-off!” she said, and laughed again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Fittingly, the first such property to be rumored for an imminent return is the original Halloween rip-off, Friday the 13th. Beyond the grave: what's next for the horror reboot? 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z “Expect over the next year or two to see more interactive storytelling,” he told a Mumbai audience on Tuesday, adding that whatever came next wouldn’t simply be a Bandersnatch rip-off. Too many choices: should Netflix make more interactive stories? 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z A pretty straightforward rip-off of The French Connection, but entertainingly paying homage to the great French gangster movie tradition. Michael Caine’s best films – ranked! 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Three years later, Corman cranked out a sequel called "Deathsport" that was more of a rip-off of "Logan's Run," "Star Wars" and Tolkien than a follow-up to the original. The "Death Race" prequel that's better than it should be 2011-01-22T14:01:00Z It garnered a worst rip-off or sequel nod, but doesn’t crack the majors. The Razzies aren’t fun anymore: The snarky answer to the Oscars has become a pointless, tone-deaf, self-important sham 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z That really was a complete rip-off of everything that we did. Richard Holloway interview: 'Again, I'm not being bitchy, but …' 2012-08-26T18:00:01Z When the case came to court, the book was described by Salinger's lawyers as "a rip-off, pure and simple", but Colting's lawyers said it was a parody, not a sequel. The Catcher in the Rye 'sequel' to be published 2011-01-12T20:57:14Z Though the author describes his books as "epic fantasy", A Song of Ice and Fire is no magic-and-maidens Tolkien rip-off. George RR Martin: Barbarians at the gate 2011-04-13T20:30:00Z Still the women reason that a rip-off is better than nothing at all.” Books of The Times: Need a Kidney? A Skull? Just Bring Cash 2011-06-16T21:02:31Z When I was first writing 'A Series of Unfortunate Events,' I was wandering around everywhere saying, 'I am a complete rip-off of Edward Gorey,' and everyone said, 'Who's that?' Edward Gorey's sensibility is growing like nightshade 2011-03-05T03:09:56Z The fake fake Argo in this movie is a Star Wars rip-off. Argo – Ben Affleck's gripping CIA thriller sends reality into a tailspin 2013-02-22T09:00:02Z Play a lousy movie — the 1988 “Gremlins” rip-off, “Hobgoblins,” or the 1986 Adam West thriller, “Zombie Nightmare” — then have three smart alecks weigh in on the lackluster acting and nonsensical plot. Cheesy Movie Lovers, Rejoice: ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’ Returns 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z Men At Work slam rip-off ruling Men at Work's Colin Hay has issued an angry statement calling the Down Under plagiarism case "opportunistic greed". 2010-02-05T10:28:00Z It's kind of a rip-off when you go to work and the director wants you to cry. Shirley MacLaine: the new dame in Downton 2012-08-24T22:01:23Z “It’s kind of like a rip-off of ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail,’” he said. South by Southwest: A Film Diary 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Homer tries it, disses it as a rip-off of his favorite beer Duff, and a bit of clever self-reference about both shows — always something each show has done well — and their shared lineage ensues. Everything You Need to Know About the Simpsons-Family Guy Crossover 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z That rubbishy new Twilight rip-off in The Sun? Which newspaper comic strip would you like to see made as a film? 2010-06-01T16:16:00Z From anyone else it would seem like a rip-off, but from her, it’s a provocation, a dare. Spring Performance: Music : Pop Sirens Flirt With Today And Yesterday 2011-02-20T02:00:59Z Basically, you should get the idea that Rise of the Guardians is a rip-off of The Avengers right out of your mind for good. Rise of the Guardians: too soft for superheroes? 2012-07-11T09:25:13Z The best thing you can say about "Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 2" is that it is basically a rip-off of the first "Guardians of the Galaxy" movie. MCU: The Franchise of the 2010s 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z As well as tying for worst film of the year, Fantastic Four was given the worst remake, rip-off or sequel prize, and Josh Trank took the worst director gong. Fifty Shades of Grey ties up five Razzies 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z This time around, Chevalier Blanc men’s cologne wants a rip-off of the Beatles’ film, “A Hard Day’s Night,” even if they’re surprised to hear the Beatles won’t provide the music. “Mad Men”: Joan did the right thing 2012-05-29T22:12:00Z Healthcare’s worsening crisis The greatest rip-off in the world is getting worse. Healthcare’s worsening crisis 2012-05-30T12:17:00Z You’ve been a victim of what banks call “dynamic currency conversion,” which may be legal, but is a rip-off. Heads up: Defend yourself against 21st-century travel scams 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z And then he goes on to confess that the entirety of his column will be a complete rip-off of another columnist’s work. Gene Weingarten’s most pathetic career moment? This column idea. 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z TONE: A “Dallas” rip-off, with all the attending petroleum, land, money, bravado, ego and intrafamily tensions. ‘Blood & Oil’: Should You Watch it? 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z They added that that it was "one of the worst examples of rip-off Britain". Monty Python adds four show dates 2013-11-25T17:46:08Z It’s a blatant “Blade Runner” rip-off complete with brooding bounty hunters, psychotic billionaires playing God, and doe-eyed androids searching for love. ‘Zone 414’ Review: Dreaming of Electric Sheep, Again 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z The preposterousness of the story doesn’t seem like a rip-off, since the twists in the plot, for the most part, pay off nicely. Review: In ‘Focus,’ a Grifter (Will Smith) as Life Coach 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z One glance at it registers the show as a rip-off of any number of better-known special agent thrillers. A spy like us: Amazon’s “Patriot” is the screw-up’s answer to TV’s super-agents 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z He does so by setting up Facemash – a rip-off of hotornot.com – comparing their relative attractiveness. The Social Network gives nerds a good name 2011-07-07T17:13:00Z It looks like a Toblerone rip-off you might buy from unmarked cardboard boxes in markets! We do mind the gap! Who has cut down Toblerone’s triangles? 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z “Event” in this case means a two-year-old “Da Vinci Code” rip-off from the Ridley Scott costume-drama factory. ‘Labyrinth,’ Set in 13th and 21st Centuries 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z However, as soon as Rea-Holloway saw the cake, she contacted Cyrus to claim to cake was a rip-off of her own work. Baker calls out Miley Cyrus over 'Abortion is healthcare' cake: 'It is a direct theft' 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z "It's a third-rate rip-off and the downstairs are unhappy at having been given such minor parts." Digested read: Habits of the House by Fay Weldon 2012-08-12T18:00:00Z It's a riff-off, not a rip-off, of an amalgamation of Chekhov and all his works. Scott Foley brings real-life experience to 'The Country House' 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z The worst thing you can say about "Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 2" is that it is basically a rip-off of the first "Guardians of the Galaxy" movie. MCU: The Franchise of the 2010s 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z It's the casting that suggests that this is not just a stage rip-off, but a fully fledged project, with Henry Goodman playing Sir Humphrey and David Haig as the prime minister. Theatre picks of the week 2010-05-07T23:14:00Z Could the entire category really just be a rip-off? Perspective | Most dietary supplements don’t do anything. Why do we spend $35 billion a year on them? 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Somewhere along the path of lost-and-found ideas, popular culture decided that the rip-off is the highest form of praise there is. Review | It’s the era of the homage and the satisfying ‘Stranger Things’ is the prototype 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z NME reports that Clash fans are, well, clashing with One Direction via Twitter, making public their displeasure over what they see as a rip-off. Did One Direction Steal New Single’s Intro from The Clash? 2012-09-24T15:37:30Z “The entire thing was a rip-off,” he says. The public may be losing its affinity for travel credit cards 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z When the men from Mossad reveal themselves to be rip-off artists, Nair, unlike a stock action hero, is paralyzed by fear. Book World: Denis Johnson’s ‘The Laughing Monsters’ offers more than formulaic thrill According to its blurb on the Apple trailers site, the first Grave Encounters film was a "found-footage horror phenomenon", which is probably just a polite way of saying "generic Paranormal Activity rip-off". Grave Encounters 2: a sight for really sore eyes - trailer review 2012-10-10T16:29:45Z Dwight’s rendition of “Heartbreak Hotel” in an after-hours bar is a respectful homage to the King, not a rip-off. | 'Memphis Beat': On TNT, Jason Lee Plays a Cop With an Eye on Elvis 2010-06-21T22:32:00Z Instead, it is a song that sounds like whatever copyright-free rip-off of Bad to the Bone the Food Network plays whenever Guy Fieri looks at an especially large hamburger. Professor Johnny Depp says goodbye to the rules, hello to himself 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z The Calgary Stampede, which turns 100 this July, began as a rip-off of Buffalo Bill’s rodeo vaudevilles. T Magazine: Where Canada Goes Country 2012-05-11T14:00:09Z “I told him, ‘I’m not paying my mother’s good money to come see some black-and-white movie, this is a rip-off’ and demanded my money back. Tracie Bennett as Judy Garland in ?End of the Rainbow? 2012-03-30T15:00:00Z If you think of books primarily as physical objects, then off course they'll seem a rip-off, because printing and distributing them is cheap. The true price of publishing 2011-08-04T14:04:46Z Even after Mr. McEvoy prevailed, he seemed unsure of whether he’d gotten a great deal or a big discount on a rip-off. The Flea Circus 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z Last year, The Weeknd was sued with an allegation that his song “Starboy” from the album of the same name, was a rip-off. The Weeknd sued by British songwriters over 'A Lonely Night' 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Sure, Dina is a bit of a rip-off of Melissa McCarthy’s character from Bridesmaids, but since she was so good, why wouldn’t you want to replicate her for television? Superstore: Walmart-inspired sitcom isn’t such a bad deal 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z “Once I did that, I think it freed something, in that it allowed me to write how I thought my uncles spoke — without it seeming like a rip-off of Pinter or Mamet,” he said. You’ve Got the Wrong Idea About Martin McDonagh 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z Appeal over Men At work 'rip-off' EMI Music are appealing a court ruling which found Australian band Men at Work plagiarised a Girl Guides' song in their 1983 hit Down Under. Appeal over Men At work 'rip-off' 2010-02-25T12:59:00Z The movie, a mild rip-off of “The Santa Clause” and its ilk, imagines a world of Easter-time joy from which even the slightest trace of Christianity is absent. | 'Hop': Bunny Doesn?t Want to Work, Just Wants to Bang the Drum All Day 2011-03-31T22:41:55Z In other words, a six-and-a-half-minute rip-off of the less annoying part of "When Harry Met Sally," a movie that was itself a rip-off of everything Woody Allen has ever done. She's the one 2011-07-29T18:30:00Z Otherwise they sell it as a Python film and we won't own it or control it, so it's just a rip-off. Python's Eric Idle back with 'What About Dick?'(wink-wink) 2012-11-12T21:43:39Z My bacon-egg-and-toast breakfast at Angeline’s was soulless; my hamburger lunch at New Traditions was decent but overpriced, and my minuscule portion of two lonely waffles at the Spot were a downright rip-off. Hurricane Season, Bargain-Hunting in Bermuda 2010-09-22T03:01:00Z I always thought they were a slight rip-off of Chuck Berry and some of the old blues people, and they never seemed to change. The Rolling Stones: a career in quotes 2013-06-26T12:29:44Z Critics dismissed De Palma’s “Dressed to Kill” as a rip-off of Hitchcock’s “Psycho,” with Angie Dickinson taking Janet Leigh’s place as the star who gets bumped off when the film is only a third over. ‘Brian De Palma’s Split-Screen’ review: A long-awaited reassessment 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Oldenburg was furious at her for making what he considered a rip-off of his art. ‘Sturtevant: Double Trouble,’ a Career Retrospective at MoMA 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z A young Mark Morris once called a dance “my Trisha Brown ‘Accumulation’ rip-off” while also explaining that his main source of inspiration was Denishawn. It Was a Happy Month, Mostly, for Modernists 2011-04-01T21:14:26Z Contemplating the spoils of a drug-deal rip-off, one of them allows that this beats waiting tables. ‘Braid’ Review: Childhood Friends Play a Dangerous Game in This Jumpy Thriller 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Brockmire then disappeared into an alcoholic downward spiral, calling cockfights in Asia and starring in a Filipino rip-off of “Hart to Hart,” among other things, as he scrabbled through the dregs of his sanity. There is joy in Morristown: Salon talks to Hank Azaria, star of “Brockmire” 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z “For that generation who’s getting their first taste, I worried that we’d be seen as a rip-off of current culture,” he said. ?Pop Up Video? Retooled for a New Decade 2011-10-02T02:45:05Z A cheesy "Star Wars" rip-off, "Argo" would have been total schlock if it had actually seen the light of day, and that's a major source of humor that's inside-Hollywood without being alienating. Review: Ambitious `Argo' one of year's best films 2012-10-08T22:48:11Z Single White Female seeks contemporary copycat obsessive-psycho-dormmate thriller for unfavourable comparisons, rip-off sisterhood spookery and share of elusive female horror audience. This week's new films 2011-04-08T23:06:46Z For $70 a night anywhere else – even Manhattan – it would have been a rip-off. Hurricane Season, Bargain-Hunting in Bermuda 2010-09-22T03:01:00Z The shock element was, said Mr. Ford, “a rip-off of a rip-off,” an elongated dress-length version of a football jersey worn by the rapper Jay-Z when he performs his “Tom Ford” song. Fashion Review: Tom Ford, Glamour Cowboy 2014-02-18T09:40:38Z It is saved from being a complete rip-off of Richard Long’s stone floor pieces by the exotic quality of the stone. Art in Review: Olafur Eliasson: ‘Volcanoes and shelters’ 2012-11-15T23:25:56Z Cows Blasting Aardvarks: “Shouldn’t we try to think of something other than another Angry Birds rip-off, boss?” Style Invitational Week 1183: C’mon, be honest with us 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z People sometimes say “Is it a Drive rip-off? Did you get the mixtape idea from Guardians of the Galaxy?” and I go: “No, look, here’s a video I made 15 years ago.” Edgar Wright: ‘With Baby Driver, my oldest idea became my biggest hit’ 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z But while it doesn't sound like any teenager's finest moment, Palin's response suggests that she views it as a drunken hookup and a rip-off, but ultimately, a willing act. Celebrity Intervention: Bristol Palin 2011-07-21T20:22:00Z So that’s a company making a rip-off of a film that ripped off its own film. The end of Sharknado: saying goodbye to the silliest movie franchise ever 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z Price-conscious drinkers may think they smell a rip-off, but the answer is much more complicated than that. Why you can’t get a pint in a beer bar anymore 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z At first, this sci-fi/horror hybrid looks like a blatant rip-off of — sorry, tribute to — “Alien.” 5 Science-Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z C. Reilly, was the biggest “winner,” taking four trophies including worst film and “worst rip-off.” Donald Trump, 'Holmes & Watson' win Razzie worst film awards 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z Tolkien rip-off, while the wisecracking bad guys are from Mogador, which in our world is actually a city in Morocco. "I am Number Four" -- and I am awful 2011-02-17T02:01:00Z That fight scene was more than a homage, it was more like a straight rip-off! "Debt Collectors" star talks brawl that is a "straight rip-off" of "They Live" fight scene 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z It’s a rip-off, it’s a Hollywoodisation … Am I happy about it? Spielberg’s The Post tells of Pentagon Papers and time when media was trusted 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z Her early comics were “basically a big rip-off of ‘For Better or for Worse,’ ” by Lynn Johnston, she said. “Ghosts”: Raina Telgemeier Returns 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z This is that rip-off; a shameless and oddly lifeless slasher that sees Perseus hack a swathe through Greek mythology, slaughtering reanimated skeletons and ludicrously sized monsters using equally outlandishly proportioned weapons. This week's new games 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z But New York magazine said "Super 8" was a "Steven Spielberg homage/rip-off produced by Spielberg himself." Mystery surrounds "Super 8" in a summer of sequels 2011-06-08T04:59:57Z He is not talking about simple rip-off scams, he is wondering how the amount a theatre charges for a show affects its relationship with the community it serves. Noises off: Views from the edge of the red carpet 2010-06-17T10:04:00Z You might have seen some of the posters for Limitless: a rip-off of vitamin supplement ads, they offer the grandiose promise of "the perfect version of you". Bradley Cooper: boy to man 2011-03-22T21:30:00Z I started watching this thinking it would be a rip-off of Last Man on Earth, but instead of being about the difficulty of surviving it’s about the uncertainty of destruction. You, Me and the Apocalypse: the end of the world is funnier than you'd think 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z “We’ve never been paid for our recordings. That was a total rip-off. Basically because we never had lawyers,” he says. When the hits (to musicians’ health) just keep on coming 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The "Twilight" finale also won for worst screen ensemble and worst remake, rip-off or sequel. Razzies put bite on 'Twilight' as worst picture 2013-02-24T03:37:09Z But as soon as the chorus began it became clear it was simply a dreadful rip-off of Adele, a mélange of Skyfall and similar tawdry wails. Eurovision 2017: Gorilla suits, gypsy hip-hop, and the winner was half-decent 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z Initially, one of the earliest drafts of this book was really a rip-off of "Dear Mr. Henshaw." In “Dear Rachel Maddow,” the MSNBC anchor becomes a fictional teen’s muse 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z So we are exchanging the corporate rip-off for the public one.” Today's Lecturer on Music and Economics: Iggy Pop 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z And because paying an extra $5 for a mediocre film in 3-D is a rip-off. Most People Rarely?Or Never?Go to the Movies Nowadays 2012-02-16T20:54:23Z From then on, Fonda’s career took an uncertain turn, lurching from one Easy Rider rip-off to another. Peter Fonda obituary 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z The inmates were instructed to rate the pedestrians on a scale of one to ten, from “a very easy rip-off” to “would avoid it, too big a situation. Too heavy.” The 7-second rule: How not to be singled out on the street by a predator 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z George: Because people are always walking everywhere, and it’s a rip-off of my treadmill talk show. How Many Jokes About the Upper West Side Can You Make? 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z But given the seriousness of the effort here, “Diner” the musical is not a rip-off. Levinson, Crow take ‘Diner’ for a test-drive 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z At a certain point this would-be shocker suddenly jerks into high gear and becomes a blatant, incompetent rip-off of “Psycho.” Movie Review: ‘The House at the End of the Street,’ With Jennifer Lawrence 2012-09-21T22:00:42Z From the poster and the synopsis describing a story of a Vietnam vet out for revenge, this appears to be a rather shoddy rip-off of 70s exploitation classic Walking Tall. Santa, Teacher or Grandpa: which 'bad' movie is the baddest? 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Crime was a rip-off of "Mr. Coffee-Nerves,"the corporate mascot of Postum coffee substitute. Comics: 'Crime Does Not Pay' rewards with hours of fun 2011-10-26T17:14:04Z Trump's Twitter rip-off, Truth Social, shows that social media networks that cater only to this right-wing bubble may not scale to the point of profitability, but they are unfortunately good at radicalizing people. "They need us. We don't need them:" The fall of Twitter is making the trolls and grifters desperate 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z That should be seen in shorter waits and suitable responses when customers call a company on the phone, and the end of rip-off fees. Key consumer protection powers come into force 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z Announcing the scheme earlier in July, Mr Shapps said the government wanted to "shine a light on rip-off retailers". Fuel retailers urged to back government price sharing scheme 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z “This is something that needs to be in regulation. It’s at the very least sleazy. At the worst, you could call it a rip-off. I’ve heard that from consumers,” Friedman said. California lawmakers act after Taylor Swift ticket fiasco. Ticketmaster tries to shake it off 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Democratic leaders said Newsom’s tactic of holding back the money for the general fund is a “rip-off.” Democratic lawmakers press Newsom to spend millions from health insurance fines 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z After the pension was established, the late Assemblymember Richard Floyd, a Democrat from Carson, called it a “rip-off” and introduced a bill that would have given boxers a choice in whether to participate. California created the nation's only pension for aging boxers. But it's failing to deliver 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z The worst remake/rip-off/sequel award went to Disney’s “Pinocchio,” also starring Hanks as puppet-maker Geppetto, for what the Hollywood Reporter called “just another widget in Disney’s remake ‘em all agenda.” Tom Hanks, 'Morbius' and 'Blonde' dominate the 'deliciously awful' 2023 Razzie Awards 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z When victims began reporting the rip-off in September 2020 the stories began circulating on social media. Fake travel agent Lyne Barlow jailed for £1.6m holidays scam 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Labour's shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said: "Desperate hospitals are forced to pay rip-off fees to agencies, because the Conservatives have failed to train enough doctors and nurses over the past 12 years." Hospitals in England pay £5,200 for one agency doctor's shift 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z Marine who was part of a four-man team in an elite Border Patrol unit staking out the southern Arizona desert on a mission to find “rip-off” crew members who rob drug smugglers. Last defendant sentenced in US Border Patrol agent’s death 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z “The way this money has been burned, there needs to be an audit or investigation because we’re not gonna take the Senate now and this money has been squandered. It’s a rip-off.” ‘It’s a rip-off’: GOP spending under fire as Senate hopefuls seek rescue 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z “But explaining where the rip-off is doesn’t fit easily into a quick speech.” Can Global Shipping Be Fixed? One Regulator Will Try. 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z It said that should include ending long waits on the phone or rip-off fees. Vow to tackle long waits to make a complaint 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z “Not only was there the big lie,” Representative Zoe Lofgren, Democrat of California, said at a hearing last month, “there was the big rip-off.” The Jan. 6 Panel After 8 Hearings: Where Will the Evidence Lead? 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z But this is a $500-ish phone, and if the lights are only sometimes useful, then it feels more like a bonus feature, not a rip-off. Nothing Phone 1 review: something else 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z “There was nowhere to park, so my $50 parking pass was a complete rip-off,” he said. Column: Attending a game at marvelous Dodger Stadium is a maddening experience 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Yet the president has handed him a resolutely populist mission: Apply force to remedy what Mr. Biden describes as a “rip-off” of American consumers. Can Global Shipping Be Fixed? One Regulator Will Try. 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z "They were conned by the president. It was a big lie and it was also a big rip-off." Kimberly Guilfoyle collected $60,000 for speaking at the "Stop the Steal" rally before Jan 6 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z “Not only was there the ‘big lie,’ ” Lofgren said, “there was the big rip-off.” Trump’s inner circle warned him election-fraud claims were false 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z “Not only was there the big lie, there was ‘the big rip-off,’” Rep. Zoe Lofgren, California Democrat and member of the committee, said at the conclusion of Monday’s hearing. Jan. 6 committee emphasizes claim Trump pushed election fraud to help rake in campaign donations 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z The big lie was also a “big rip-off,” a committee member said. Your Tuesday Briefing: Europe Recalculates on Ukraine 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Infuriated, Johnson watched Drake and Raptors players engage with the rip-off tweet. Meet Josiah Johnson, the former UCLA benchwarmer who became an NBA meme king 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z "Space Jam: A New Legacy" won three Razzies: worst actor for LeBron James, worst rip-off or sequel, and worst screen couple for James combined with any of the cartoon characters. Diana musical and 'Space Jam' snag the most Razzie awards 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Psychological thriller The Woman in the Window also received five nominations, including worst actress for Adams and worst director for Joe Wright, while both films are up for worst re-make, rip-off or sequel. Razzies: Diana the Musical leads nominations with nine 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z For a ticket that could cost as much as $1,799.99 — rip-off alert! — folks can attend a party that includes rap performances and carnival rides and almost-famous sightings. Welcome back, Super Bowl. L.A. is where you belong 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z It’s the digital game that feels like a rip-off, with only a few titles to choose from and prices that can be more than double what you’d pay on Microsoft’s own Xbox Store. Microsoft is emailing out links to buy an Xbox Series X bundle from its online store 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Consumer rights groups said the Department for Health and Social Care had not done enough to protect consumers from what was called a "predictable Covid rip-off". Covid test firm urges end to tests for travellers 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z My latest dip into the glasses pool showed me it’s still a complete rip-off, but there’ve been some incremental improvements since the last time I purchased eyewear. Column: Glasses are still too damn expensive 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z The crypto rip-off known as a “rug pull” is practically a rite of passage for the wide-eyed investor who hopes to challenge the predominance of the mighty dollar. Opinion | Welcome to the golden age of scammers 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Mr Gove said that waking watch schemes, which can add thousands to flat owners' annual service charges, were a "rip-off". Cladding: Why must flat owners pay the bills, asks Gove 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Image: Paramount Pictures Unrealistic smart homes aside, the next clip brings with it the relief that this is not just a schlocky rip-off; this is Scream in all its gory nineties glory. Scream is back, and Ghostface is better at controlling my smart home than my phone 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z King County prosecutors have charged one of three men suspected of committing a drug rip-off in July in Seattle’s Roosevelt neighborhood that led to the shooting death of a 21-year-old man. 21-year-old man charged in July homicide in Seattle; 2 additional suspects sought 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z I asked Butler if he still felt glasses were a complete rip-off. Column: Glasses are still too damn expensive 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z Britain, which relies heavily on gas for heating, introduced a price cap on the most widely used energy tariffs in 2019 aimed at ending what former Prime Minister Theresa May called "rip-off" pricing. Explainer: Bleak house: Why Europe faces steep winter energy bills 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Labour's 2019 general election manifesto promised to bring "energy into public ownership to end the great privatisation rip-off and save you money on your fares and bills". Labour conference: Delegates vote to back nationalising energy industry 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z Originally a rip-off of GTA, the franchise quickly grew into a consistently funny spoof of franchises, including — oddly enough — Mass Effect and Michael Bay’s Armageddon. Saints Row is getting a reboot that’ll be out in February 2022 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z The influence is undeniable, but the lines of homage and rip-off blur when separated by three decades. We’ve dumped blood on her and made her cry until her mascara runs. But, oh, how we still love our prom queens. 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z But in a series of tweets Conservative MP Huw Merriman, chairman of the Commons Transport Select Committee, criticised "expensive" PCR tests for travel as an "unnecessary rip-off" and a "barrier to affordable travel". Coronavirus: Transport secretary defends travel rule changes 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z While selling passenger locator forms is not illegal, Mr Anker said the rip-off websites were "devious". Fresh warning over rip-off locator forms on Google 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z After a rip-off version of the Temple Run video game became the top-rated app, according to Schiller’s email exchange, he sent an irate message to two other Apple executives responsible for the store. Apple’s tightly controlled App Store is teeming with scams 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z "So I literally – it's not like your song, like a rip-off – I literally wrote this whole thing, therapeutically for me and it's actually on my next album ..." Garth Brooks responds to Kelly Clarkson saying his song helped her amid divorce 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z "So I literally -- it's not like your song, like a rip-off -- I literally wrote this whole thing, therapeutically for me and it's actually on my next album ..." Kelly Clarkson reveals what Garth Brooks song is helping her get through divorce from Brandon Blackstock 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z And as the election has neared, he's upped his anti-China rhetoric, accusing them of working to replace him with his Democratic rival Joe Biden "so they can continue to rip-off the United States". US election 2020: What has Trump said about your country? 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z However, on Wednesday, searches for "passenger locator form" on Google were still returning the rip-off ads. Fresh warning over rip-off locator forms on Google 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z “This wasn’t a rip-off,” he said in an interview. Seven bodies, nothing stolen: Were killings at Riverside marijuana grow ‘a message’? 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z That's nearly three times the pharma contributions to Trump, who recently switched his tune from complaining about "rip-off" prescription prices to describing drug firms as "great companies." As Trump touts his "great" COVID drugs, the Big Pharma cash flows to Biden 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z “Paying full tuition for this is kind of a rip-off, if you ask me,” he said. A Student Dies, and a Campus Gets Serious About Coronavirus 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z “You don’t need people scheming to turn it into a profit center. These are really a bunch of rip-off artists wanting to carve up every part of our democracy.” Low-profile Los Angeles politico swept up in the Postal Service dispute 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z I told them it wasn’t a rip-off, and in any case Nick’s riff was faster, had a different groove and that gave way to the lovely melody. Transvision Vamp: how we made Baby I Don't Care 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z In contrast, paying £60 to weed Tom Nook’s bucolic hell garden may feel like a rip-off to you, the person who hasn’t bought a game since GTA: Vice City. How to re-discover video games as a bored grownup 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z If Tannehill comes close to his 2019 performance, there’s a better chance his contract looks like a bargain in 2023 than a rip-off, and either way it shouldn’t be an albatross. Analysis | Ryan Tannehill’s contract is a win for him and the Titans 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z “Status was a very late addition and just a straight rip-off of Twitter,” he says on page 259. Facebook once built a phone that could only be used by right-handed people 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z In other words, Simpson said it was designed from inception as a rip-off, which is egregiously wrong. Column: Bloomberg's record on Social Security has its advocates alarmed 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Not wanting to be party to this rip-off, I quit. My Ex-Wife Bad-Mouths Me to Our Boys. Can I Tell Them the Truth About Her? 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z “It’s a rip-off of Savannah Smiles,” Kimorra said, referring to a previous lemon cookie the Girl Scouts sold. The best and worst Girl Scout Cookies, ranked | Produced by Advertising Publications 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z No team is better poised to rip-off a dynastic run than the Super Bowl champions. The NFL's new evil empire: who will replace the Patriots as league supervillains? 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z The UK's annual rail fare increase leads the i, which declares a "rail rip-off", while the Metro says protests are planned at stations. In a hurry? Here's what you need to know in five minutes 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z “The breakage warranties that are being sold to patients of stores owned by Luxottica are a huge rip-off,” the tipster said. Are extended warranties worth it? Not so much, experts say 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Respondents described the fees as a "rip-off", "extortionate" and "astronomical". A third of hospitals 'increased parking charges' 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Parlays are fools’ gold — it’s hard enough getting one game right; trying to get several games right for a rip-off payoff is professional gambling malfeasance. Perspective | NFL peddles its integrity on gambling while reaching deeper into fans’ pockets 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z Labour said the "rip-off" move showed the grid needed to be in public hands. Top energy firms move offshore over Labour plans 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z She said the SNP will demand an end to the "rip-off" of workers aged under 25. 'Real living wage' rises in pre-Christmas pay bump 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z Corbyn says he would put rail, mail and water into public ownership, ending the Tory rip-off. General election: 'Real change is coming,' says Corbyn at Labour's campaign launch - live news 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z That’s the outgrowth of a mind-set that views our most vulnerable populations as malingerers, rip-off artists or guilty of moral turpitude. Column: Trump proposes denying free school meals to a half-million children 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z One of Double Tap’s best sustained sequences starts with an insultingly blatant rip-off of a memorable throwaway gag from Shaun of the Dead. Zombieland: Double Tap is a shambling, half-revived mess of a sequel 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z “It’s a rip-off that people paid hundreds of dollars for a plastic chair, a blocked view and teams that didn’t feature the superstars promised.” Basketball: Australia consumer watchdog probing U.S. game 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Law enforcement sources told TMZ the rip-off is a retooled version of the Nigerian Prince scam. Scammers attempt to con Dog the Bounty Hunter out of $250,000: TMZ 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z New York City police and federal authorities say Siders is wanted in the September 2010 killing of a Pace University student in a drug rip-off. Man wanted in 2010 New York City murder arrested in Arizona 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z He said under his plan patients would still be able to see their doctors but won’t have to ‘deal with rip-off insurance companies.’ No secret genius in Trump’s attacks on freshman four 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z The rip-off became clear, he says, whenever their time commitment to funded research projects exceeded 12 months. NIH probe of foreign ties has led to undisclosed firings—and refunds from institutions 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z Biden’s logo has been picked apart online for being “an obvious rip-off of Obama’s logo,” as New York magazine put it. Why are all these 2020 campaign logos so boring? | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z I take issue with an image used for the May 26 Travel article “Prepare for rip-off.” Opinion | Readers critique The Post: People we should remember and folks we’d better forget 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z If the knock on “The Secret Life of Pets” was that it was a rip-off of “Toy Story,” then the second film better grounds itself in its own universe. Review: ‘The Secret Life of Pets 2’ is a well-crafted sequel 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z She grew up believing college was a ‘scam’ and a ‘rip-off.’ Perspective | Two teenagers are dead after U-Md. did not act quickly enough. It’s time the school does what it asks of its students: Learn. 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z “They felt it was a scam. It was a rip-off.” Perspective | She grew up believing college was a ‘scam’ and a ‘rip-off.’ Let’s not prove her right. 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Critics slammed Edison’s first request for higher returns as a rip-off for ratepayers, calling it a tactic to pressure lawmakers into limiting the company’s liability. Edison asks for bigger profits, says bills would rise $14.40 a month for the average home 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Fans expressed their anger on social media, labelling the eggs "embarrassing" and a "rip-off". Fans' anger at £7 'rip-off' Easter egg 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Labour argues that taking water into public ownership would end "rip-off" prices and excessive dividends. Water firm outlines 'nationalisation refund' 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z “I had nothing but rip-off artists, until just lately,” she sighs. Pop, Prince and Black Panthers: the glorious life of Chaka Khan 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z For them, the Fyre Festival was more than a rip-off, a disappointment or an inconvenience. My front-row seat for the Fyre Festival chaos 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z If DOT gets away with this, every major highway in the state will face the same rip-off. A Republican agenda for Washington state 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z We grumble that protein bars are a pointless rip-off – and then we buy another pack of them. Protein mania: the rich world’s new diet obsession 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Samsung is getting criticized by hypebeasts everywhere after it claimed to be collaborating with Supreme; in reality, it partnered with a Supreme rip-off. Samsung angers hypebeasts by partnering with fake Supreme brand in China 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z His "Make the planet great again" refrain - a rip-off of Mr Trump's "Make American great again" slogan - immediately went viral. Will the environment be the true victim of France's riots? 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z "It's a bit of a rip-off really," laughs Angela Andrew, talking about the £120 she pays a month for a self-storage unit in east London. The people with more stuff than they have room for 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z I consider it penance for the company’s egregious and barely functional rip-off of the iOS share sheet. How China rips off and reinvents the iPhone and Android 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Letters to the editor: Are I-66’s new tolls a rip-off or corrective? Opinion | Maryland’s poor plan for public-prive partnership toll roads 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z New technologies allow rip-off artists to call consumers from nonexistent or difficult-to-trace numbers, sometimes even from abroad, with impunity. Opinion | The robots are taking over our phone calls. How will we defeat them? 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Science ministers come and go without saying a word about this rip-off. Scientific publishing is a rip-off. We fund the research – it should be free | George Monbiot 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z “NAFTA has a lot of bad connotations for the United States because it was a rip-off,” Trump said. Trump announces separate U.S.-Mexico trade agreement, says Canada may join later 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z The government described them as "rip-off fees" and in January they were made illegal as the UK adopted EU rules. What do the government's Brexit "no-deal" papers reveal? 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z One is a direct rip-off of Nasa's logo. Trump team solicits 'Space Force' logo 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z But as Perlstein noted, they tend to sell those to charities trying to raise funds or to legitimate businesses, not the rip-off artists that populate the advertising revenue streams of the right. Remember Kris Kobach? Trump’s “voter fraud” hunter is just part of the big right-wing grift 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Trump thinks that trade is inherently a rip-off. Opinion | Don’t believe the spin: Trump still hates free trade 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z In his letter, Grassley chided the Defense Department over what he called a “spare parts rip-off.” The Air Force’s $10,000 toilet cover 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Nato is both a rip-off and very strong. Let's drop the euphemisms: Donald Trump is a racist president 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z And it does, even if it’s in the context of a scene that is a clear rip-off of — excuse me, homage to — Orson Welles’s “The Lady From Shanghai.” Review | In ‘Skyscraper,’ The Rock jumps off a crane into a burning building. Hey, it’s summer. 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z “I still think of that vote and what a rip-off it was for consumers,” Mr. McMillin said. Can Health Care Be Disrupted? Warby Parker Offers a Clue 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Odds are you’re feeling inundated with telephonic spam, too: Last year, the FTC got more than 7 million complaints about rip-off calls. 4 Smartphone Apps That Aggressively Block Spam Calls 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z “Your first reaction is it’s a rip-off,” he says. Eh Tu? Canada’s Tariff Response Targets U.S. Hankies, Boats, Jam 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z “This is a total rip-off and we are ending it,” Trump said of the practice. To get around pharmacy gag rules, ask about drug costs 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z La Paz is basically a rip-off of Monopoly, the Leeds firm's most popular game, albeit with a Spanish name which translates to peace in Spanish. Wacky games from a toy maker's archive 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z “This is a total rip-off, and we are ending it,” Mr. Trump said in his speech on Friday. 6 Takeaways From Trump’s Plans to Try to Lower Drug Prices 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z "We welcome any move to deter rip-off motorway pump prices," the organisation said. Motorway petrol prices 'exploitative' 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Recording the entire show is not only a rip-off of the artist, it’s also extremely distracting to those around you. Rant & Rave: Put your phone down and enjoy the show 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z Prime Minister Theresa May said: "It's often older people or those on low incomes who are stuck on rip-off energy tariffs, so today we are introducing legislation to force energy companies to change their ways." Move to cap 'rip-off' energy bills 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z “Most people still view 10 bucks a month for something that’s free as kind of a rip-off.” Radio Giant iHeart Faces Costly Reckoning On Debt 10 Years After Buyout 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z The president is trying to create a turning point in the country’s economic relations with the world, after which he will put “America first,” and the purported globalist rip-off of the middle class will end. Opinion | Trump is trying to dismantle free trade. That’s almost impossible. 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z “It would only take one really effective rip-off gang,” Walsh, the former U.S. attorney, says, “to terrorize that industry.” Where Pot Entrepreneurs Go When the Banks Just Say No 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z The New Year rise in rail fares draws scathing comment, with the i calling it a "great train robbery" and the Daily Telegraph reporting that ministers are looking at cracking down on "rip-off" fares. In a hurry? Here's what you need to know this morning 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z "Whether it is Brexit, the National Health Service, social care, our rip-off railways, rising child poverty, growing pensioner poverty or universal credit, this government is unable to solve important issues facing this country," he said. Corbyn v May and the battle to go viral 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z I don’t know which is worse: paying $40 for a 10-mile drive on Interstate 66 or trying to make sense of the machinations of Virginia’s bureaucrats defending this rip-off. Opinion | I-66’s new tolls: Rip-off or corrective? 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z With students already struggling to pay off well over $1 trillion in debt, where millions are already in default, this rip-off legislation will precipitate that debt bubble bursting and throw the economy into recession. Opinion | The Republican Tax on the Future 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Are they a rip-off that represents the ever-growing commercialism of Christmas, or just a harmless bit of festive fun? The early Christmas gift everyone's buying 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z Did you really think this was "Tax Reform"? More like an "Inverse Robin Hood with Triple Pike" tax rip-off. Haste on Tax Measures May Leave a Trail of Loopholes 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z Frank Field MP, chairman of the House of Commons Work and Pensions Select Committee, said the new figures reveal "the full scale of the human wreckage that was created by this rip-off operation". Dial universal credit: And wait 5 minutes 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z We built the #1 healthcare rip-off in the world at 17% of GDP, an international crime against humanity which Republicans call "free-dumb". Opinion | We Used to Build Things 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z She said that Britain’s energy market wasn’t working and that it was time to stop “rip-off energy prices once and for all.” Analysis | Theresa May’s speech overshadowed by a persistent cough and a prankster 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z True story, I used to spend a healthy percentage of 11th grade math designing a uniform for my high school hockey team that was a rip-off of that sweater. Presented with complete bias, the 10 best NHL jerseys of all time - Golf Digest 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z See if you think it’s a total rip-off or not... Real Madrid v Espanyol: La Liga – live! 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z The Conservatives said action was already being taken to outlaw "rip-off credit card charges". News Daily: US travel ban and Merkel wins 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z The Conservatives said action was already being taken to outlaw "rip-off credit card charges" and ensure companies help customers clear debt. Labour pledges law to cut credit card debt 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z A series of deeply reported stories in the respected newsmagazine Semana told the epic story of a spectacular alleged rip-off of the Colombian army. She told them she was Hugo Chavez’s ex-wife and worked in the White House. And she’d make them rich. 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z “I think the whole thing is a rip-off,” said Thomas Arnold, an optometrist in Sugar Land, Texas. Business interrupted: hurricane-damaged firms dig in for insurance fight 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z It was described as "chaos", "crowded" and a "rip-off". London Luton Airport is 'UK's worst airport' in survey - BBC News 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Tellingly, the attack ads against him skirted those controversies to portray Moore as a rip-off artist who added to his six-figure salary by starting a lucrative think tank. Sen. Luther Strange will face jurist Roy Moore in Alabama’s Republican Senate runoff 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z It was a rip-off considering Wagoner and the show’s wealth, but it was a fortune in Parton’s eyes. Working-class women are too busy for gender theory – but they're still feminists 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z However, she , describing the industry as “too nasty, too rip-off, too hard”. Anita Pallenberg, actor, model and muse to the Rolling Stones, dies aged 73 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z “I think the whole thing is a rip-off,” said Thomas Arnold, an optometrist in Sugar Land, Texas. Business interrupted: hurricane-damaged firms dig in for insurance fight 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z In a speech Tuesday, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the economy is “still rigged in favor of the rich and powerful” and vowed to target “the tax cheats, the rip-off bosses, the greedy bankers.” UK’s Labour leader says he won’t try to reverse Brexit 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z The PM said the energy market "is not working", with vulnerable people worst hit by "rip-off" bills. General election 2017: PM vows to end 'rip-off' energy bills - BBC News 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Let’s just call it what it is: a massive taxpayer rip-off by bureaucrats with law degrees. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Labour says these leaseholders are currently "unprotected" from "rip-off rises in 'ground rents' from developers or management companies". Four million leaseholders in England 'at risk from rip-off fees' - BBC News 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z The owner “yelled at me” for the rip-off, he said. Paying a lot for an appraisal? A middleman may be getting a large part of the fee. 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z He added: "Like so much of the spin from our rip-off private train companies, these big promises are doomed to turn to dust." Rail industry promises 6,400 extra trains - BBC News 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z "Like millions of working families, I am fed up with rip-off energy prices," Mrs May wrote in The Sun. General election 2017: PM vows to end 'rip-off' energy bills - BBC News 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z So why is this such a taxpayer rip-off? Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z The Missouri AFL-CIO on its website called the legislation a "rip-off" that amounted to government interference in private negotiations between employees and businesses. Missouri becomes 28th state with optional union dues 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z But where some see the ultimate classic rock experience, others see the ultimate classic rock rip-off. Desert Trip's dream lineup and sky-high prices are making history—and upending rock fest tradition 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z “The tobacco settlement was a rip-off. They ripped us up one side and down the other.” Coal Country Is Wary of Hillary Clinton’s Pledge to Help 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z And there's good reason to worry about Trump promoting his business interests via the presidency – in fact, he's already outlined a way to do just that by restarting the rip-off outfit that is Trump University. No Blind Trust for Trump 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z It was brought by customers who felt victimized by what sure looks in retrospect like a shameless rip-off operation. Trump’s best example of political corruption is himself 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z As I noted in a June post that was based on court documents, even some of Trump University’s own employees regarded it as giant rip-off. Trump University: The Scandal That Won’t Go Away 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z And it has been full of lows everywhere else, with the Lochte crew’s “The Hangover” rip-off being the most embarrassing incident, at least from an American perspective. From Usain Bolt to Ryan Lochte, these Games are delivering a little of everything 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Or are we just at the mercy of manufacturers for whom this sort of rip-off is just an excuse to sell more hardware? Software update ‘bricks’ laptop; was this manufacturer’s intent? 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Four Mexican men were convicted of first-degree murder in Terry’s death, including one man who was accused of assembling the rip-off crew. Parents of slain Border Patrol agent lose bid to revive suit 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z “The cost of textbooks is the biggest rip-off in higher education,” said Glenn Dubois, chancellor of the Virginia Community College System. College courses without textbooks? These schools are giving it a shot. 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Wolfe, speaking shortly before his death, said in magazine interview, quoted in the lawsuit, that it was a rip-off. Led Zeppelin in court as Stairway to Heaven plagiarism trial begins 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z "The whole thing was a total, total rip-off," said Sylvester, who worked in the real estate department of a homebuilder. Adviser's serial firings show 'big problem' at brokerages 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z “In my view, it doesn’t seem right. It seems like it’s a rip-off for the people.” Rain Clouds at French Open Come With No Silver Linings 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z The company releasing “Khan” originally wanted it to be called “Revenge of Khan,” which Meyer viewed as a rip-off of the Star Wars title. University of Iowa exhibit honors ‘Star Trek’ anniversary 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z It's hard to imagine a more brazen consumer rip-off, especially at a time when most people struggle to reduce the volume of telemarketers and robocalls reaching their home. Phone companies' unlisted-numbers fees are unjustifiable 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z That's not to say all long-term care insurance is a rip-off. Prudential pulls a fast one on long-term care insurance policyholders 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z During tax season, scammers, rip-off artists and other unscrupulous people are looking to get their hands on your tax refund. 6 Scams and Frauds to Avoid This Tax Season 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z “Our trading partners would have to negotiate across the table with Donald Trump,” he said on Fox News, “and I guarantee you, the rip-off of the United States would end.” Crying Trump 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z The reboot of the Fantastic Four franchise scored wins for worst director for Josh Trank and worst remake/rip-off or sequel. Fifty Shades dominates at Razzies - BBC News 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z "Fantastic Four" was also dubbed the year's worst remake, rip-off or sequel, while Josh Trank copped the worst director prize. 50 shades of dreck? Steamy 'Grey' film tops Razzies as Hollywood's worst 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z In addition to tying for worst film of the year, “Fantastic Four” was also lambasted as worst remake, rip-off or sequel and earned the worst director prize for Josh Trank. ‘Fifty Shades’ dominates Razzies with 5 awards 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z "Fantastic Four" was lambasted as worst remake, rip-off or sequel and earned the worst director prize for Josh Trank. "Fifty Shades of Grey" nabbed five prizes at Saturday's Golden Raspberry Awards, including worst screenplay, actor, actress, screen combo, and film of the year in a tie with the superhero flop "Fantastic Four." 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z “Fantastic Four” was lambasted as worst remake, rip-off or sequel and earned the worst director prize for Josh Trank. ‘Fifty Shades’ dominates Razzies with 5 awards 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z "Fantastic Four" also took home trophies for worst remake, worst rip-off or sequel and worst director for Josh Trank. 'Fifty Shades of Grey' and 'Fantastic Four' are the biggest 'winners' at the Razzie Awards 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z "We get everything from games that we look at and are very impressed with, to one guy making some really basic Flappy Bird rip-off." Noodlecake Studios: the tiny Canadian outfit bringing your favorite iOS games to Android 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z The relatively quick appearance of the story's monster, tantalizing executed, leaves little time for Quentin, and viewers, to explore the Brakebills universe, but it also trims some of the unabashed Rowling rip-off/homage. 'The Magicians' casts a potent spell 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z One national newspaper called the change a "rip-off", but Camelot said it was making the game "more exciting". How did this massive Lotto rollover happen? - BBC News 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z My doctor calls the system byzantine, and a rip-off that does not allow the government, including Medicare, to negotiate costs with drug companies, instead allowing them to charge whatever they think the market will bear. A Prescription for Sticker Shock Caused by Drug Costs 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Turrell’s fame has just spiked because of a rip-off – or homage – by Drake. James Turrell: 'More people have heard of me through Drake than anything else' 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z That said, my HP printer in college was total garbage and the ink was a rip-off. Mike and Jim’s Week in Tech: Google’s New Version of Android 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z The end of rip-off roaming fees is a massive win for British consumers. Europe finally abolishes mobile phone roaming charges 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z This rip-off, supported by the political institutions of this country, deprives growing numbers of people of a basic human right. The Bay Area’s housing disaster: The affluent move in and the rest of us suffer 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z But even these oddly priced bargains were kind of a rip-off. Rousting the Book Pirates From Google 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z Usually, not being Trump is a strength; when launching a The Apprentice rip-off, however, it's a weakness. Before he self destructed: chronicling the fall of 50 Cent 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z It said a single licensing scheme would also allow councils to ban rip-off operators too. Rickshaw drivers should be vetted, say councils - BBC News 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z A mash-up video posted to YouTube of The Ice and Snow Dance and Let It Go The furore over the alleged rip-off was such that even respected financial magazine Caijing waded into the debate. Chinese Winter Olympics anthem is rip-off of Frozen song, say online critics 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z “Our trading partners would have to sit across the table from Donald Trump and I guarantee you the rip-off of the United States would end.” I just binge-read eight books by Donald Trump. Here’s what I learned. 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z “As far as I’m concerned, it’s all a rip-off,” Mr. Miller said. More Fees Propel Airlines’ Profits, and Embitter Travelers 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z The rip-off: All you really desire is basic cable, but you’ve somehow ended up with an overpriced bundle of channels featuring shows that you will never, ever watch, like “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.” 6 insidious ways the one percent is ripping you off 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z “The people who claim these powers are liars, cheaters, swindlers and rip-off artists. The tricks themselves are evil, immoral - and I know how to do them all,” Penn says. Review: Penn & Teller show plenty up their sleeves 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z "The end of the rip-off numbers is not far off," he said. Calls to 0800 numbers now free on mobile phones and landlines - BBC News 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Bush for staying silent as “Salomon Brothers abused the Treasury markets” and “rip-off artists looted our S&Ls.” Hillary Clinton’s leftward illusion 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z However, there are also many less talented and unscrupulous people who can make money by fleecing old ladies, selling used cars or by pushing rip-off MLM schemes. We’re all ShamWow schemers now: The American dream is now selling useless nonsense to other suckers — even our Facebook friends 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z The rip-off: You sign up for a product or service for a limited time period. 6 insidious ways the one percent is ripping you off 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z It is about an over-reliance by the NHS in England on expensive locums that line the pockets of what Mr Hunt calls "rip-off" agencies. Sanctions target 'rip-off' NHS temps - BBC News 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z By that I mean Point Break is a classic example of “Don’t remake, rip-off!” in terms of crafting new would-be franchises. Trailer: 'Point Break' Should Have Been Ripped-Off, Not Remade 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z And with Mordor, people were expecting little more than an Assassin’s Creed rip-off set in Middle Earth. 'Mad Max: Fury Road' Is Perfection, Can The Game Possibly Compare? 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z How is it not a mere rip-off of the similarly structured Louie? 'Maron' Review: IFC Comedy Returns Strong in Season 3 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z It may be a rip-off of an old Futurama episode, but the trailer works like gangbusters in theatres and both my wife and my daughter want to see it this summer. Summer Movie Preview Part IV: 'Pixels,' 'Straight Outta Compton,' And The Sleeper Hits 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z This is another example of a film finding financial success and a token foothold in popular culture because it was merely a rip-off instead of a remake. Don't Remake 'She's All That,' Hollywood, Just Rip It Off 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z Imagine just for a moment, if the Rob Cohen film that started this all back in 2001 wasn’t just a glorified rip-off of Point Break but an out-and-out remake. 5 Reasons 'Furious 7,' Not 'Avengers 2,' Is What Hollywood Should Copy 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z “Blurred Lines” may blur lines between homage and rip-off, but the song’s lack of originality is hardly more egregious than the long and winding history of pop music borrowing. Your Favorite Band Probably Plagiarized More Than ‘Blurred Lines’ 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Just how much of a rip-off is that? $5 Bottled Water at Airport Inspires a Lawsuit 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z The award for worst remake, rip-off or sequel went to "Annie," the modern telling of the Broadway classic that hackers leaked online before its December opening after attacking Sony Pictures. Kirk Cameron, Cameron Diaz rake in 'worst achievement' Razzies 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z NTV is more happy-go-lucky, blasting noirish crime thrillers and comedy shows, like a “Saturday Night Live” rip-off shamelessly titled “Saturday. Night. Show.” ‘Out of My Mouth Comes Unimpeachable Manly Truth’ 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z “Kingsman: The Secret Service” is a blithe James Bond rip-off that gleefully celebrates, parodies and self-consciously modernizes the mossy spy thriller. Review: ‘Kingman’ shakes up the traditional spy thriller 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z It was a suspected drug rip-off killing case that was eventually dropped. Police believe missing Miami woman was killed by her lover 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z Now it’s absolutely unfair for me to describe Insidious as an out-and-out rip-off of Poltergeist, but nor will I deny that it played around with some of the same elements and same story beats. 'Poltergeist' Trailer: The Case For Rip-Offs Over Remakes 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z And leaves competitors struggling to beat, ape or simply rip-off its products. Obama, Apple and the tax issue 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z "Labour's policy needs tinkering with but Ed Miliband remains right when he argues we need a body to end the great gas and electricity rip-off." 'Corrie's Deirdre Dead' - front pages 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z This, he thundered, is a rip-off of taxpayers and other workers. America’s Greece? 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z The event closed for three days last month, after dissatisfied customers branded the top price of £22.50 for a child ticket a "rip-off". Complaint-hit festive park shuts 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z You can read the subsequent story that followed that briefing - about a review off "rip-off pensions" going back decades - here. Financial regulator in hot water 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z He said it was "time for sleeves to be rolled up" at the park, which was branded a "rip-off" by some visitors. Llewelyn-Bowen vows action over park 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Some customers branded The Magical Journey, which opened on Saturday, a "rip-off" and "unfinished". 'Un-magical' Christmas land closes 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z North Korea launched the Samjiyon tablet last year, running on the Android system and pre-loaded with games including what appears to be a rip-off of Angry Birds. North Korea becomes tech-savvy 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z Consumers are being warned to be wary of "rip-off" payday middlemen, after the NatWest bank reported that it is receiving hundreds of new complaints every day. 'Rip-off' payday loan broker warning 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z The Bulgarian news agency Novinite claims that the Austrian authorities’ reported preference for Advent/EBRD is the “final rip-off” of the Austrian state: The EU's Sanctions Against Russia Create A Problem For Austria 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z “We are exchanging the corporate rip-off for the public one, aided by power nerds, kind of ‘computer Putins’. Iggy Pop criticises U2’s free album ploy 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z An incomprehensible policy on our fragmented, rip-off, publicly subsidised privatised railway is offered, even though a clear-cut commitment to renationalisation is backed by a large majority. Memo to Miliband: Britain’s social order is bankrupt 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z No, I think the problem with these incentives is not that they are a rip-off for the localities that use them, but that they are a good deal for them. Crony Capitalist Incentives Make Economic Sense, That's The Problem 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z Industrial development incentives have become a nationwide rip-off. Tesla is taking Nevada for a ride 2014-09-13T04:00:00Z Sony experimented with Move, a more blatant Wiimote rip-off than most, but understood that the way things were going, motion controls weren’t exactly the next big thing everyone thought they were. Nearly One Third Of PS4 Owners Switched From Xbox 360 Or Wii 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Not every single one is a rip-off, but more than two-thirds are, and some of the markups are pretty egregious. One (More) Shocking Way Colleges Are Ripping Off Kids 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z You can also see why many people would be interested in an alternative that isn’t as much of a rip-off. Get Paid Before Payday Without Any Fees, New App Promises 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z The whole process of hospitalizing a living thing seemed like a giant rip-off. What I Learned About Health Care When My Cat Died 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z During the trial, the prosecutor argued the men were part of a "drug rip-off crew." Three men sentenced to life in prison for deadly Bellflower robbery 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z "There are a lot of rip-off products out there. If we begin to dilute the quality and the strength of the product, it is a very dangerous path to go down," he said. Europe could show way for clog maker Crocs' revival 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z It deals with such matters as trading standards inspections, nuisance calls, secondary ticketing, rip-off letting agents fees and other areas of consumer detriment. Week ahead 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z A lot of Apple followers are up in arms at this occurrence, and are putting the new iMac down as poor value for money, a wasted opportunity, or even a rip-off. Apple's Latest iMac Shows Tim Cook, Once More, Trading Specifications And Price For A Larger User Base 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z If it were any other industry, we'd call this a rip-off. Hospital's healthcare fee causes nothing but headaches 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z But who knows how much of a rip-off in dollars is involved over a specific time period? Loan calculator shows how competing mortgage proposals differ in the long run But you can achieve those goals merely by being a rip-off as opposed to a remake. 'Cliffhanger,' 'Stargate' Remakes Need More Than Brand Awareness 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z This is a tragedy for students who often can’t even afford to pay the interest on their loans to complete their degrees, and it’s a rip-off of American taxpayers. Hold For-Profit Colleges Accountable With Gainful Employment Regulations 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z But there’s more to the story; it’s not that Coldplay is simply a rip-off band. How Coldplay Is Providing You With A Service (And Why You Should Be Grateful) 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z The trailer is all over the place tonally and looks a little too much like a Clueless rip-off, but as counterprogramming against The Flash, NCIS, and The Voice it could bring viewers. Upfronts 2014: Shows To Watch For This Fall 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Now, a big fight is brewing as hedge funds and other monied investor groups try to stop Congress and undo what they see as a massive government rip-off. Small investors are caught up in fight over future of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac 2014-05-09T00:34:59Z But Page actually ridiculed the game for seeming to rip-off her likeness, and even though she looks young, 27 may be too old to effectively play 14 at this point. Troy Baker Has Faith In 'The Last of Us' Film, Assumes He Won't Be The Lead 2014-03-09T14:16:00Z At the time Sir James Dyson, the company's founder, said: "This looks like a cynical rip-off. I find it hard not to believe that this is a deliberate or utterly reckless infringement of our patent." Samsung sues Dyson for 'hurt image' 2014-02-18T16:13:19Z They are, in effect, rip-off artists of the best kind, and here’s why: How Coldplay Is Providing You With A Service (And Why You Should Be Grateful) 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Even though King admits that The Banner Saga is anything but a rip-off of their game, it may not matter. 'Candy Crush Saga' Creator Accused Of Cloning Indie Game 2014-01-24T16:53:00Z Is this sort of pricing really a rip-off? Apple, Google Caught Charging Ten Times+ Mark-ups For Tablet Hard Disks: Is This A Rip-off -- And Is It Sustainable? 2013-12-15T16:57:00Z The state official wasn’t implicated in the alleged rip-off, . Gulf Oil-Spill Fraud Accusations Hit Alabama Official's Family 2013-10-28T10:15:14Z "This looks like a cynical rip-off," said Sir James Dyson, the firm's founder. Dyson sues Samsung over new vacuum 2013-09-10T11:05:38Z Also common in the open-air markets is the sale of counterfeit brand-name clothing at heavy discounts compared with the real thing, like rip-off Converse Chuck Taylor basketball sneakers for 20 euros. INSIGHT: Jeans and shoes show criminal underbelly of China-EU trade 2013-07-24T04:47:13Z One law enforcement official said the murders were part of a “drug rip-off.” Boston Bombing Suspect Is Said to Be Linked to 2011 Triple Murder Case 2013-07-11T03:05:25Z They are also almost certainly to be among the users of rip-off financial services, ranging from tire rental outfits to payday loan lenders. American retail workers need more than $10 an hour 2013-06-13T14:38:55Z If you carry that image and reputation as being a rip-off artist, that’s going to hobble you in the marketplace. The Caucus: 10 Questions for Jon Huntsman 2013-06-07T12:10:41Z Auto-renewal scams The rip-off: You sign up for a product or service for a limited time period. 6 insidious ways you’re getting ripped off 2013-05-02T17:53:00Z “Basically, it was a rip-off of the American taxpayers.” Farm Loan Bias Claims, Often Unsupported, Cost U.S. Millions 2013-04-26T01:37:14Z Minder turned his shock into a campaign in Switzerland against “rip-off merchants”. With Help From Novartis, Switzerland Moves On C-Suite Ripoffs 2013-03-04T15:34:20Z It’s time for Maryland to stop contributing to that rip-off. Md., D.C. utilities pay paper mills burning ‘black liquor’ for alternative fuel credits 2013-02-22T18:17:26Z They then choose between getting videos that are found to use that content blocked from the site, or taking a slice of the advertising revenue those rip-off videos generate and tracking the original's success. Harlem Shake: Baauer cashes in on viral video's massive YouTube success 2013-02-19T19:36:48Z Electronics warranty game The rip-off: You just want to buy a freaking TV, but there’s the sales rep, trying to pressure you into purchasing an extended warranty. 6 insidious ways you’re getting ripped off 2013-05-02T17:53:00Z One tried to sell me a fraudulent carbon credit scheme; two were recorded messages from PPI companies; another was a rip-off computer "cleanliness check"; the other two were silent. Plagued by nuisance phone calls 2013-02-16T07:02:16Z Apple's worst fears were confirmed with the early 2011 release of the Galaxy Tab, which Jobs and others regarded as a clear rip-off of the iPad. Insight: Apple and Samsung, frenemies for life 2013-02-10T06:14:29Z Urgent action is needed to tackle rogue landlords and rip-off letting agent fees, according to the Local Government Association. Buy-to-let landlords' buying spree will keep more families in rental trap 2013-02-04T00:01:02Z Yes, an injured player must get paid, but if I counted them then any injured player would appear to be a rip-off. NFL salaries: which players gave fans the least value for money this season? 2013-02-01T16:33:36Z Warranties may seem like a prudent buy, covering a variety of failures, but they can also be a ginormous rip-off. 6 insidious ways you’re getting ripped off 2013-05-02T17:53:00Z It’s probably like a rip-off of Doom or something like that. Spartacus Actor Liam McIntyre Went From Selling Video Games To Starring In One 2013-01-24T14:56:49Z In June 2011, the OFT called on the government to ban "rip-off" surcharges levied on debit and credit card transactions by travel companies, after it found considerable evidence of "drip pricing" practices. Ryanair introduces extra booking fee 2012-11-29T12:52:22Z There was none of this rip-off reselling of tickets. Two Stones tickets for £23,500? That gives me no satisfaction 2012-11-17T22:59:03Z As well as being bad for long-term investment and growth, preserving the cottage industry organisation of UK private pensions is also bad for UK savers, the high costs of sub-scale activity leading to "rip-off" pensions. How Labour is avoiding Cameron's austerity trap by focusing on growth 2012-11-14T13:30:01Z Parking at one Yankee Stadium garage, for example, costs $45, maybe the most shameful rip-off in all sports. Why Are Athletes Bothered By Booing? 2012-10-22T01:50:19Z He felt that Android was a direct rip-off of the iPhone and it resulted in Schmidt’s having to resign from the Apple board. Apple's Mapping Strategy: Today China. Tomorrow the World 2012-09-29T18:32:38Z While there’s no excusing a rip-off, it’s too easy to view the Samsung-Apple case as a morality play about Apple, the uber-innovator who took on a brazen foreign competitor and won. Gangnam Style vs. Samsung style 2012-08-29T15:24:00Z The fourth preseason contest is often dubbed meaningless, called boring and regarded as a rip-off for season ticket-holders, who pay full price and sell their tickets for pennies on the dollar. Who’s got the most to gain against the Buccaneers? 2012-08-29T11:00:00Z Independent went so far as to call Seinfeld’s series a “rip-off” of the U.K. show created by the man perhaps best known to U.S. audiences as the robot Kryten from Red Dwarf. Seinfeld’s British Misstep 2012-08-02T08:45:00Z Last week, computer security firm McAfee compiled a gallery of 18 different spam e-mails that all use some form of London 2012 imagery designed to rip-off unsuspecting Olympics fans. Olympic Scammers Go for Gold as Games Near 2012-07-20T16:05:36Z Small groups of public workers protested outside parliament and the Popular Party's headquarters, chanting: "This is not a crisis, it's a rip-off." Spain unveils new austerity under European pressure 2012-07-11T13:00:04Z It would amount to a rip-off of almost cosmic proportions – trillions of dollars that average people would otherwise have received or saved on their lending and borrowing that have been going to the bankers instead. Wall Street's link to Libor 2012-07-08T18:12:06Z All of these plans in my view are a rip-off and far more expensive than local alternatives when you arrive in a foreign country. How to Save Money on Mobile While Traveling in Canada 2012-06-20T13:04:53Z Many readers now complain about mobile-phone contracts, mistakes with online purchases, airline rip-off charges and utility companies' mistakes. Aviva steps in to cover a £63,000 case of missold insurance 2012-06-09T21:58:01Z Multiple controllers with completely different design philosophies and target audiences; a gadget that is too big for a controller, too small for a tablet; a Pro controller that is a transparent Xbox rip-off. Nintendo's Tablet Panic Is Crippling Its Product Development 2012-06-05T23:32:36Z It backs his plans to create a new watchdog and says it should protect consumers from "rip-off" charges. Bank reforms 'must press ahead' 2012-06-03T02:27:34Z This app will calculate the extraneous commission fee by comparing the booth’s exchange rate alongside the current market share, saving travelers cash and from an unjust rip-off while on the road. A Quintessential Travel App: Download This 2012-05-26T14:06:31Z But your arguments about how HSAs are a “rip-off” don’t make any sense. How Obamacare Will Make Health Savings Accounts More Costly 2012-04-27T15:14:56Z Edward Saldate, 55, a hairstylist who paid nearly $17 for close to four hours of parking there, called it “a big rip-off.” Program Aims to Make the Streets of San Francisco Easier to Park On 2012-03-15T17:37:18Z My two young daughters have spent $17 between them on games for the past two years and the $4.99 game they bought they thought it was a rip-off. Analyst Michael Pachter Sees No Signs of Bubble Bursting for Social Gaming, Zynga 2012-02-24T23:45:30Z Tourists face "rip-off charges" being imposed by some travel companies, according to Which? AUDIO: Hidden costs of booking a holiday 2012-02-23T16:38:33Z Rocky Agrawal, a digital media analyst, recently called Yelp a "rip-off" for smaller advertisers. Yelp Prices its IPO: 12 Things You Need to Know 2012-02-17T16:51:00Z But as Buffett would be the first to shout, this is a massive generational rip-off. Governor Rick Perry’s Generational Rip-Off: Laurence Kotlikoff 2011-11-03T14:29:12Z Roubini calls the deal “a rip-off” because the amount of reduction is “close to zero.” Amid Its Debt Crisis, Six Reasons Why Greece Should Default 2011-09-23T11:03:59Z Affleck isn't really involved in the "Independence Day" rip-off presidential speech scene but it is vaguely about saving people from a disaster. Other Ben Affleck movies John Boehener should show the GOP 2011-07-27T16:01:00Z Any thinking person sees 70% off and concludes that the regular price is a rip-off and probably almost no one ever pays it. Do Daily Deal Sites Have a Future? 2011-07-27T15:37:20Z The blogger who made the store an overnight online sensation said the Kunming store was a "beautiful rip-off" and the salespeople "all genuinely think they work for Apple." Insight: Fake Apple store cuts to core of China risk to brands 2011-07-22T12:51:38Z After she left the store, the writer said, “a 10-minute walk around the corner revealed not one, but TWO more rip-off Apple stores.” Bits: The Rise of the Fake Apple Store 2011-07-20T18:05:14Z If every friendly reached these standards there would be no moaning about rip-off Wembley. England fans are given a glimpse of the future by Fabio Capello 2011-03-29T23:06:01Z Matt Beard of the London Evening Standard reports: "Top hotel chains in crisis talks with 2012 Olympics organisers over 'rip-off' re-sale packages." London 2012: Ten best of the web 2011-03-25T12:52:09Z Thomas Martin, the president of , called the rebates “a rip-off” and said the Fed rule was “very welcome.” Mortgages: New Fed Rule for Mortgage Brokers 2011-02-18T01:00:58Z Cars failing to comply with those standards at prices considerably above $50,000 are a rip-off, a monetized scam trading prestige for ego. 2011 Audi Q5 2.0 T Quattro SUV: "Optional" shouldn't be standard 2011-02-18T14:42:00Z An antidote to "rip-off Britain", they argue they offer genuinely cheap gadgets from around the world. The hidden cost of online shopping 2010-12-08T18:03:00Z They've put 5,000 tickets on sale for £20 and will admit kids for a quid, which still sounds like a rip-off to us. The Fiver 2010-11-23T16:27:00Z For the first time in ages, serious names are shouting about the many examples of rip-off fees in the investment game. An end to rip-off fund management fees? 2010-10-11T19:30:00Z Racket Sports There are those cynics who reckon that the Move is a blatant rip-off of the Wii. Racket Sports for PS3 Move 2010-10-06T09:08:00Z On this Monday, Mr. Crawford was sending off a missive to Thrasher, complaining in his slightly backward-slanting print that snowboarding was “just another rip-off from skating.” New York Story: Making a Name Writing to Editors 2010-09-25T01:08:00Z “This is my personal opinion: it is a rip-off and a scam,” he said. A Crash. A Call for Help. Then, a Bill. 2010-09-05T00:24:00Z The supermarket rip-off of the poor isn’t any surprise, as illustrated in LE’s prose comment #2. Pricing Violations Found at City Supermarkets 2010-08-18T18:22:00Z "Its' a rip-off of the student, it's a rip-off of the taxpayer, and I think it's despicable," said Senator Barbara Mikulski, a Democrat from Maryland. Senator eyes bill to rein in for-profit schools 2010-08-04T19:36:00Z It's not that it's a pretty blatant rip-off of Wii Tennis. Racket Sports for PS3 Move 2010-10-06T09:08:00Z However, such adverts would also highlight a loophole that costs the Treasury more than £110m a year – and leaves HMV stores, where VAT is charged, looking like a relative rip-off. HMV results sound good ? but what about the VAT? 2010-06-30T20:11:00Z It is a food label sleight-of-hand that Bruce Silverglade of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a nonprofit advocacy group, calls a "rip-off" for consumers. Nutrition buzzwords make hay out of grains of truth 2010-05-27T04:00:00Z But I don't think it's a true rip-off. Sarah Palin, Peggy Noonan, flag: Naming an American book 2010-05-12T19:30:00Z "Whether they call it a bonus, a stock option, or they inflate their salary, that is wrong and a rip-off," Welch said. CEOs of bailed-out regional banks get raises 2010-04-05T18:27:00Z Yes, if you accept the argument that mobile termination charges are a rip-off. Q&A: Mobile phone and landline charges 2010-04-01T12:08:00Z Just for good measure British visitors to Europe are subject to rip-off exchange rates by banks and exchange bureaux. Letters: The hidden costs of not being in the euro 2010-03-31T23:05:00Z The only thing that keeps it from being laughable or a rip-off is that the chef totally believes in it, and that it celebrates a very real value: the value of fresh fish. 2010-02-05T19:45:00Z "It proves that McMillan is a fraud, a rip-off," Scott retorted confidently. Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel When it came to rip-off, Fry Guy was far more of a thief than LoD. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier Quite a few are crooks and grifters who don't have much in the way of technical sophistication; just some rule-of-thumb rip-off techniques. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier Ingenious, vaguely politicized varieties of rip-off, which might be described as "anarchy by convenience," became very popular in Yippie circles, and because rip-off was so useful, it was to survive the Yippie movement itself. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier This newsletter was dedicated to collating and spreading Yippie rip-off techniques, especially of phones, to the joy of the freewheeling underground and the insensate rage of all straight people. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier He certainly is not trying to make it safe for anarchists or utopians—least of all for computer intruders or electronic rip-off artists. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier It's tiny, compared to the tens of thousands prepared to rip-off, say, entertaining PC games like "Leisure Suit Larry." The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier The ability to manipulate the system for rip-off seemed diabolically clever. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier |
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