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- Consumers in the Crosshairs
- Americans are being nickel and dimed with a barrage of special fees and charges. Here?s why ? and what you can do about it.The fees are insidious, in part because they?re so small. A buck here, $3 there; it barely seems worth breaking a sweat over. But these additional charges...
- Articles 2009-10-08
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- Fees Gone Wild: Why You're Paying More for Everything
- Sneaky fees and hidden costs are popping up everywhere. But angry consumers may only have themselves to blame. Here's the truth about those hidden costs. With consumers demanding lower prices, businesses are seeking new ways to raise revenue, and have started charging separately for services...
- Articles 2009-10-08
- Deal or No Deal? 8 Phony 'Bargains' and Better Alternatives
- In this economy, enticing offers abound. But a lot of so-called bargains may turn out to be raw deals. For consumers, a little...
- Articles 2009-08-04
- 'Downsizing' Packages Gets Even Sneakier
- Pepsico's Tropicana recently redesigned its bottles, with an on-package advertisement touting the new "fresh snap cap." What it didn't tout was that there were seven fewer ounces of orange juice in the bottle -- 89, down from 96 -- though the price remained unchanged. This, according to...
- Blog posts 2008-12-09
- Products shrink but prices don't
- There's a reason why the tub of ice cream you bought last week looks a tad smaller than ones you bought last summer. It is. Many major ice cream makers, hit by higher dairy costs, have shrunk their standard containers to 1.5...
- Research articles 2008-06-12
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