I think the author makes the mistaken assumption that everyone is cash-rich and time-poor. Plenty of people are the opposite, have plenty of time, but a limited income.
He also makes the mistaken assumption that she would have done something income-earning had she not got her refund. She could have simply gone home and watched TV earned nothing and she would be down 37 cents.
Sure, but is it really necessary to make every review a roundup?
If you like a product and that's all you've had experience with, I don't think you need an obligatory mention of other products you can't actually recommend.
I know we like the horse-race aspect, and are chagrined to see someone who wasn't first to market credited as if they were the only product of its kind.
But people who actually use these products just want to endorse something that makes their life easier. They do that in context of how it differs from better-known alternatives, not compared to other things the reader has probably never heard of. I think that should be an accepted viewpoint.
Agreed, isn't <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7" /> just for people whose website breaks in IE8, but works in IE7 and they can't be bothered to update it?