Introduction

Welcome! This site is about the awful business deals we've all seen. It is a place to read about them, critique them, and write about them. So, What's Yours?

Newest Awful Deals

• The neighborhood advertising barons

  Posted in Awful Advertising on 02 Apr 08 by bpw89.

  A few years ago, as I was building my computer tech support business, I had been placing simple ads in the 'services offered' classifieds of some local homeowners association newsletters. Th… Read This Deal »

• The Fool suppliers (I mean school supplies)

  Posted in Awful Investments on 20 Feb 08 by roadscholar.

  So this firm approaches us to raise millions of dollars for a new school supply business. When we read the financials, the CEO (Dr. Putz) expects to withdraw hundreds of thousands of dollars from the … Read This Deal »

• Duped by India

  Posted in Awful Employees on 27 Nov 07 by roadscholar.

  Jennifer was a project manager for a large telecommunications firm. She was assigned and Indian software factory to manage.
  
  Naturally, she had no expertise whatsoever in dealing with In… Read This Deal »