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

Spotify

Viralis RX – A True Downer

This erectile dysfunction pill disappoints on all counts.

Zederex Fails to Perform

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

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.

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.

5 Second Fix

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

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Don’t Let a Job Training Offer TRAP You

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

State probing Bob’s Furniture offers

Lee Howard, The Day

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…

Inglehoffer® Original Stone Ground Mustard Sauce

Limited Time Offer for Bonus Starpoints

MyPillow

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

Spirit Airlines “Shortcut Security”

Allegations: Deceptively advertising a “Shortcut Security” option that allows consumers who pay for this option to use a separate, faster line to get through security at certain U.S. airports

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

The misleading advertising of democratizing finance.