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This Hotel Charges You to Put Drinks in the Fridge

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This Hotel Charges You to Put Drinks in the Fridge

Keeping your drinks cool will cost you at this Las Vegas hotel.

Don’t Say Anything Foul about This Hotel

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Don’t Say Anything Foul about This Hotel

Inn says it was a joke but who’s laughing?

The Fine Print in T-Mobile’s Alleged Overbilling Scam

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The Fine Print in T-Mobile’s Alleged Overbilling Scam

How the fine print factors into the FTC’s multimillion-dollar complaint against the mobile carrier.

FTC Runs False Car Ads off Road

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FTC Runs False Car Ads off Road

Can you spot what’s wrong with these ads?

The Myth of Black Friday

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The Myth of Black Friday

Super sales start early, but are they great bargains?

Travel Insurance Assurance?

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Travel Insurance Assurance?

This Thanksgiving, ensure you know what’s what with the various assurances of travel insurance.

Interest Charge Hidden in Plain Sight

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Interest Charge Hidden in Plain Sight

Reader finds out not reading fine print comes at heavy cost.

Vacation Time: Great Deal or Ticket to a Time-Share Pitch?

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Vacation Time: Great Deal or Ticket to a Time-Share Pitch?

The travel website My Holiday Break advertises a variety of vacations packages at incredible prices. How does this service get away with offering such low prices? According to the front…

APR? HECM? KNOW YOUR FINANCING

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APR? HECM? KNOW YOUR FINANCING

Perhaps no segment of our economy is more confusing to the normal, everyday consumer than financial services. Whether it’s the lingo, such as Annual percentage rate; the amount of interest…

It’s Not Just a Phone, It’s a Medical Device

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It’s Not Just a Phone, It’s a Medical Device

Close to 15,000 people were duped into buying phone apps that were touted as curing acne. Using deceptive advertising, the marketers of two different apps were able to convince acne…

Best Bets for Buying a Car or Truck

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Best Bets for Buying a Car or Truck

Over $10 billion a year is spent on advertising cars and trucks, which results in an endless stream of television, Internet, and print ads promoting the almighty auto. Some of…

Make Sure Mortgage Relief Programs Really Aren’t Taking Your Cash

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Make Sure Mortgage Relief Programs Really Aren’t Taking Your Cash

The 2008 sub-prime mortgage meltdown and resulting financial crisis means credit is not that easy to come by anymore. This forces some of us to have to look for alternatives…

Fine Print in Credit & Loan Ads

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Fine Print in Credit & Loan Ads

If you’ve ever had the stamina to sit down and try to read a credit card disclosure statement (often the size of a paperback novel), you know that the Sometimes…

Be Wary of the Loosely Regulated World of Weight Loss Supplements

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Be Wary of the Loosely Regulated World of Weight Loss Supplements

You’ve seen the ads – online, in magazines, and on TV. Pop this “all natural” pill for easy weight loss with zero effort. Those struggling with the roller coaster ride…

Mascara: Jeepers Creepers, Where’d Ya Get Those Peepers?

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Mascara: Jeepers Creepers, Where’d Ya Get Those Peepers?

If you go by mascara ads that you see in magazines and on TV, modern mascara technology has evolved to the point of growing small hairy caterpillars on top of…

“Low Cost” Internet Access Can Really Add Up

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“Low Cost” Internet Access Can Really Add Up

There are many considerations when it comes to choosing an Internet service provider – type (cable, dial-up, DSL, or satellite), speed, price, hardware needed, reliability, and level of support. When…

How to Buy a Lamborghini in 5 Easy Steps

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How to Buy a Lamborghini in 5 Easy Steps

Step 1: Deceptively lure consumers into giving you their credit card numbers for shipping and handling charges on “free” or “risk-free” offers for products ranging from teeth-whitening to A magical…

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This Hotel Charges You to Put Drinks in the Fridge

Don’t Say Anything Foul about This Hotel

The Fine Print in T-Mobile’s Alleged Overbilling Scam

FTC Runs False Car Ads off Road

The Myth of Black Friday

Travel Insurance Assurance?

Interest Charge Hidden in Plain Sight

Vacation Time: Great Deal or Ticket to a Time-Share Pitch?

APR? HECM? KNOW YOUR FINANCING

It’s Not Just a Phone, It’s a Medical Device

Best Bets for Buying a Car or Truck

Make Sure Mortgage Relief Programs Really Aren’t Taking Your Cash

Fine Print in Credit & Loan Ads

Be Wary of the Loosely Regulated World of Weight Loss Supplements

Mascara: Jeepers Creepers, Where’d Ya Get Those Peepers?

“Low Cost” Internet Access Can Really Add Up

How to Buy a Lamborghini in 5 Easy Steps