Smoking Out E-Cigarette Ad Claims

TINA.org review of more than 150 e-cigarette sites finds a wide variety of questionable claims.

Hotwire.com Car Rentals

How to Avoid a Summer Vacation Nightmare

Before you book that great getaway deal, you need to ask some questions.

Free Speech, Advertising, and Me

Does free speech protect deceptive advertising?

Authority Tax Services

Here’s a radio ad we heard for Authority Tax Services:   The very beginning of the ad states: Attention tax payers: If you owe $10,000 or more to the IRS,…

Are Tobacco Ad Regulations Doing Enough to Deter Smoking?

How tobacco companies can advertise is heavily regulated.  For example, ads for tobacco products are banned from TV and radio, and all advertising for cigarettes and packaging of the product are…

Crash Proof Retirement’s ‘Inflation Fighters’

TINA.org takes a closer look at company’s claims of ‘guaranteed income.’

H&R Block

FTC alleges company pressures consumers into overpaying for its tax filing software.

Prices of Contact Lenses from Lens.com

Allegations: Misleadingly advertising prices for contact lenses that do not include additional taxes and fees

Peek

Allegations: Failing to include variable “Taxes & Fees” in advertised prices

Tickets on Peek Travel

Allegations: Failing to disclose taxes and fees in advertised prices and using a countdown timer to give consumers a limited amount of time to complete their transactions

SeaWorld in California

Allegations: Misleadingly representing that consumers are charged $10.99 in “Taxes & fees” when no portion of that amount is a tax charged by the government and misleadingly using fake sales

Consumer Cellular

TINA.org uncovers the limits of this carrier’s “unlimited” data plans.

A List of Freebies

Before paying a company for something, know all your options.

Ty J. Young, Revisited

Ty J. Young’s fine print continues to be a must-read for consumers.

Lifetime Warranty on Costa Sunglasses

The Monthly Rate of RCN Internet Services

Allegations: Engaging in a bait-and-switch and billing fraud scheme

H&R Block’s “Free Online” Product

What You Should Know about the Trivia App Givling

Odds are you being good at trivia is not enough if you want to pay off your student loan debt with this app.

Booking.com

Who is the constant prompting on Booking.com actually benefiting, the consumer or the site?