HelloFresh Brands HelloFresh TINA.org found meal-kit company deceptively marketing “free” meals and using ROSCA-violating autorenewal subscriptions.
CATrends: Buy Now, Pay Later Services Send Users Further Into Debt Consumer News CATrends: Buy Now, Pay Later Services Send Users Further Into Debt The result is that BNPL services that are advertised as free aren’t, class-action lawsuits allege.
TINA’s Take: How FIFA’s Online Version Exploits Consumers Consumer News TINA’s Take: How FIFA’s Online Version Exploits Consumers Gimme the loot (boxes).
TurboTax’s Free Services Class Action TurboTax’s Free Services Allegations: Deceptively marketing TurboTax’s free tax filing services
FanDuel March Madness Promotion Ad Alert FanDuel March Madness Promotion Digging into the terms of this “$150 instant bonus” offer.
“Free” Gift Cards at Target Class Action “Free” Gift Cards at Target Allegations: Falsely marketing that consumers who spend $40 or more on toys and kids’ books could get a free $10 gift card when they’re actually charged $10 for the gift…
CATrends: Hidden Food Delivery Fees Consumer News CATrends: Hidden Food Delivery Fees Be wary of claims of free or low-cost delivery.
Best Reader Tips of 2021 Consumer News Best Reader Tips of 2021 This year reader tips led to dozens of ad alerts, as well as a complaint to regulators.
Vapex Brands Vapex TINA.org investigated Vapex, a Utah-based company that sold e-cigarettes, and found that it falsely claimed consumers could receive a “Free Trial’’ offer, used fake testimonials, falsely claimed it won a…
TurboTax Brands TurboTax TINA.org filed an amici brief supporting FTC in case against Intuit regarding misleading TurboTax Free Edition ad campaign.
Crowd Cow’s ‘$100 of Free Meat’ Ad Alert Crowd Cow’s ‘$100 of Free Meat’ As a TINA.org reader put it, it’s only “free” if you first spend money.
Ancestry.com Class Action Ancestry.com Allegations: Misleadingly offering free trials of subscriptions
Primitive Survivors Class Action Primitive Survivors Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose the terms of “risk-free” offers
The Kids Guide to Fighting Socialism Ad Alert The Kids Guide to Fighting Socialism “Free” guide harbors future charges that aren’t disclosed in a frightening email to parents and grandparents.
Free Trials of Audible AudioBooks Class Action Free Trials of Audible AudioBooks Allegations: Audible’s “free” trials of audiobooks violate California law
Elite Metal Tools: ‘Free Shipping on ALL Orders’ Ad Alert Elite Metal Tools: ‘Free Shipping on ALL Orders’ “Free Shipping on ALL Orders” turns out only to be good on around 90 percent of orders.
Lucky Bingo Ad Alert Lucky Bingo Players say free app limits cash rewards the closer they get to the minimum balance required to cash out.
Dermaset Class Action Dermaset Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose that consumers who pay for shipping and handling of “free” cosmetics will be enrolled in an automatic renewal offer