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Guy From Mentor Is Suing Starkist For $64,000 Because His Cans Of Tune Weren’t Completely Full

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Via The News Herald

A Mentor man who claims StarKist Co. has fishy business practices is seeking $64,000 in damages.

Acting as his own attorney, Bryan Anthony Reo filed a lawsuit Dec. 23 in Lake County Common Pleas Court against the Pittsburgh-based company.

According to the suit, StarKist committed statutory violations of the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act by underfilling cans of tuna by about three-tenths of 1 ounce to four-tenths of 1 ounce each and then placing the cans “into the stream of commerce” to be sold to customers.

During 2013 and 2014, Reo said he bought at least several hundred cans of StarKist chunk light tuna to have an emergency food reserve and because he often eats a can a day.

“I like it. It’s low-fat, high protein,” said Reo when contacted by telephone.

Reo, who is not an attorney, said he still has numerous unopened cans from 2013 and 2014.

Reo said he is seeking between $200 to $3,000 per can for the 20 cans he can prove were underfilled, and other costs, for a total of $64,000.

 

According to Walmart.com, a 4 pack of Starkist Chunk Light Tuna in water is $3.98. An oz. of tuna runs about 20 cents and each can is 5 ounces.

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If what this guy is saying is true and Starkist has been scamming people out of three-tenths of an ounce of tuna per can, then they’ve been stealing 6 cents per can from people. You’re only getting $0.93 cents worth of tuna for $0.99 cents. And that’s BULLSHIT.

Now normally I would probably call this guy an idiot. He’s trying to make $3,000 off of a can of tuna that he lost $0.06 cents on. Sounds pretty dumb. But I just can’t bring myself to hate this move. This is America in 2015. If companies are trying to scam you, you scam them back twice or 3x as hard.

You want to save six pennies worth of tuna? Alright well now you owe me 3 grand. I don’t make the rules, that’s just what it is. You can throw your little jab, I’ll answer with a haymaker right in the kisser.

I won’t stand for Big Tuna trying to take advantage of the little minnows (us, the consumers) to try and save a couple cents. Down with Big Tuna I say!

 

Browns

VIDEO: Jim Brown on Johnny Manziel “I’m For You, Man. I Believe You Can Do It”

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Jim Brown appeared on Colin Cowherd’s show today and discussed everyone’s favorite quarterback Johnny Manziel with Jason Whitlock. Here’s a clip of their conversation

It is interesting to see Jim Brown stick up for Johnny and say that he can play in the league. When talking about current players on the Browns roster, Jim usually doesn’t hold back and will tell you what he thinks of a player even if you don’t want to hear it. If you remember a few years ago Jim also called Trent Richardson “ordinary” and we were all up in arms about it. Well, turns out he was right.

Guess we can welcome the greatest running back of all time to the Manziel Mafia.

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Dwayne Bowe Being Named A Team Captain For Yesterday’s Game Is Really Really Dumb

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First off, I know the Browns do this for players on the roster that have ties to the opposing team. Ex: Paul Kruger was a captain for the Ravens game because he used to play for the team and Danny Shelton went to the University of Washington so he was a captain against the Seahawks. Pettine does this every week. I think it’s pretty dumb but whatever. I know he has to be consistent but… come on.

Yesterday before the game guess who was out there at midfield calling the coin toss? Yup, Mr. $9 million guaranteed aka Mr Dwayne Bowe aka Mr. 5 catches aka Mr. Healthy Scratch.

So the guy who’s been inactive for 8 out of 15 games this season was representing the team before the game. This guy, the ultimate teammate:

The fact that Dwayne Bowe was a captain Sunday is a joke. The fact that he got got a pass thrown to him is a joke. The fact that he was active is a joke. The fact that he’s still on the team is a joke.

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I could be way off base here but if you’re a player on the Browns and you find out that Bowe is a captain, wouldn’t you be pissed? That a guy who sat out training camp, doesn’t play, is out of shape, made $9 million, and who has 5 catches on the year is representing you and your team before a game? That’s kind of a slap in the face, no? And how about if you’re a player on Kansas City? How do you not laugh when you see him as an opposing captain before the game?

This whole shenanigan is like a real life version of this scene in Remember The Titans. The decisions this team continues to make is flat out bonkers.

One of the dumber things the Browns have done this season and that’s saying a lot.

Good thing Mr. Healthy Scratch backed up his tweet