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United Airlines’ ‘Offset Your Flight’ Booking Option

United customers encouraged to “offset” their flight as airline CEO blasts such carbon offset projects.

Priceline’s “Name Your Own Price” Option

Salesforce.com Subscriptions

Ancestry.com

Allegations: Misleadingly offering free trials of subscriptions

Test-O: Don’t Get Your Hopes Up

TINA.org gives this ED pill a failing grade.

Viralis RX – A True Downer

This erectile dysfunction pill disappoints on all counts.

Spotify

Zederex Fails to Perform

Webpage promoting ED pill is the quintessential example of fake news.

5 Second Fix

Ad claims for miniature welding tool don’t stick, alleges class-action complaint.

What’s Wrong with Right Size Smoothies?

A company that sells weight-loss smoothie mixes seems to be hiding the real truth in the fine print.

Don’t Let a Job Training Offer TRAP You

What consumers should know about a provision hidden in some employment contracts.

Inglehoffer® Original Stone Ground Mustard Sauce

Best-Buy-Offer.com: Not Exactly Best Buy

Watch out for any site that uses a slightly altered version of a major vendor’s URL to try to seem more legitimate. The link in this shady-looking text message leads…

Glucosamine Settlement Offers Little Relief According to Ad Watchdog TINA.org

Supplement Deceptively Marketed to Consumers Nationwide MADISON, CONN., November 19, 2014 — Three of the nation’s largest retailers, Walmart, Supervalu, and Walgreens, are misleading consumers through the promotion and labeling…

MyPillow

Sleep on this company’s supposed buy-one-get-one-free offer.

Limited Time Offer for Bonus Starpoints

State probing Bob’s Furniture offers

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Who’s Allowed to Play Games with the Stock Market?

The misleading advertising of democratizing finance.