Heartland Payment Systems Class Action Heartland Payment Systems Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that its fees are fair and its billing practices are transparent when the company began charging extra fees without properly notifying merchants and buried the fees in…
How to Avoid a Summer Vacation Nightmare Consumer News How to Avoid a Summer Vacation Nightmare Before you book that great getaway deal, you need to ask some questions.
House Approves Return to Deceptive Airline Ads Consumer News House Approves Return to Deceptive Airline Ads Transparent Airfares Act of 2014 is anything but transparent.
2025 Deceptive Ad Trends Consumer News 2025 Deceptive Ad Trends A closer look at what we’ll be monitoring in the new year.
TINA.org Finds U-Haul Using Bait-and-Switch Pricing Scheme Press Release TINA.org Finds U-Haul Using Bait-and-Switch Pricing Scheme MADISON, CONN. May 6, 2025 – U-Haul is engaged in a bait-and-switch pricing scheme with its $19.95 truck rental ads, according to an investigation by consumer advocacy organization truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org).…
Adore Me Brands Adore Me TINA.org investigated the marketing of Adore Me, a web-based lingerie company, and found that it used deceptive marketing tactics, including ads that deceptively promoted product prices that were only available…
Worst False Ad Settlements of 2021 Consumer News Worst False Ad Settlements of 2021 Class-action settlements leave consumers behind.
U-Haul Taking a Bite Out of the Big Apple Consumer News U-Haul Taking a Bite Out of the Big Apple TINA.org files complaint with NYC over company’s “$19.95” truck rentals.
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Travel Guard Insurance for United Airlines Flights Class Action Travel Guard Insurance for United Airlines Flights Allegations: Misleadingly representing that consumers who do not purchase travel insurance would be required to pay fees for cancelling or changing flights without disclosing that the airline waived such fees…
Fifth Third Bank Class Action Fifth Third Bank Allegations: Failing to disclose the number to out-of-network fees charged and misrepresenting how international transactional fees are applied
Frontier Airlines’ Low Fares Ad Alert Frontier Airlines’ Low Fares Lawsuit accuses airline of running a bait and switch.
Cox Mobile Ad Alert Cox Mobile Spoiler: In order to be eligible for Cox Mobile, customers must already have Cox Internet.
MLMs Continue to Recruit with Deceptive Earnings Claims Consumer News MLMs Continue to Recruit with Deceptive Earnings Claims TINA.org investigation finds 98% of MLMs using misleading income claims.
TINA.org’s Year in Review 2024 Blog TINA.org’s Year in Review 2024 Looking back at our accomplishments.
Xfinity Home Internet and Mobile Promotion Ad Alert Xfinity Home Internet and Mobile Promotion It’s easier to rack up hidden fees than it is to cancel.
StubHub’s Advertised Prices Class Action StubHub’s Advertised Prices Allegations: Misleadingly advertising low ticket prices without properly disclosing and including additional fees
TINA.org’s Worst List: 6 Class-Action Settlements that Missed the Mark Consumer News TINA.org’s Worst List: 6 Class-Action Settlements that Missed the Mark These class-action settlements fall short of adequate redress for consumers in the class.
Snuggie Marketers to Pay $7.5M in Customer Refunds Consumer News Snuggie Marketers to Pay $7.5M in Customer Refunds There’s nothing cozy about allegations of deceptive advertising.