CATrends: Deceptive Pricing Tactics

What consumers need to watch out for this holiday shopping season.

How Online Shopping Makes Suckers of Us All

Jerry Useem, The Atlantic

Rejuvenation: ‘Free Shipping Site-Wide’

Lawsuit accuses retailer of reneging on free shipping offer.

Where’s the Paper in The Paper Store?

What’s in a name?

Oh, Christmas Tree: Pricing Mix-up Burns Consumer

“I needed to spend that money on hams, not false advertising,” says frustrated consumer.

FabKids’ Back-to-School Ads Mislead Parents

Online retailer deceptively advertises members-only prices, TINA.org investigation finds.

What You Should Know about Market America

MLM takes down hundreds of deceptive income claims following TINA.org investigation.

Ryan’s Videos and Target Audience

Ad or Not? People Magazine’s ‘Stuff We Love’

Just why exactly does People ‘love’ these products?

The Future of Shopping: Trapping You in a Club You Didn’t Know You Joined

Rebecca Greenfield and Kim Bhasin, Bloomberg

FindCostume.com: A Horror Story in Halloween Shopping

Online purchase of a child-sized firefighter costume leaves one woman feeling hosed.

Black Friday Fails: Victoria’s Secret, Lowe’s, Walmart (x2)

Not everyone got the deal they were hoping for.

Before You Brave Black Friday…

The deal regarding the bargains on what’s known as the first day of the holiday shopping season.

Is that 100 Percent Cashmere?

Reader says she was “duped” into buying a cashmere cap that turned out to be only 3 percent cashmere.

Cardcash.com: Fast Cash Slow Tracked?

Why it may be better to regift next holiday season than to sell your unwanted gift cards to cardcash.com.

GSA Advantage

TINA.org investigated the U.S. General Services Administration’s online shopping system, GSA Advantage!®, which supplies products and services to federal agencies, the District of Columbia, state and local governments, and certain…

Do ‘Original’ Prices Really Even Exist?

Shopping for a spring wardrobe? Here’s what you need to know about price tags.

The Myth of Black Friday

Super sales start early, but are they great bargains?

Sales, Bargains, Discounts

Shoppers face fictitious pricing, perpetual sales and more when trying to decipher a true bargain in the aisle.

Balsam Hill

A consumer didn’t light up with joy after purchasing a couple items from this holiday décor retailer.