Week of January 13, 2025
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What Happened to Egg Supplies and Prices?
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You might have done a double-take if you saw the latest TV commercial for TurboTax. They are making their tax prep service free this year to a wider than ever population. We check the fine print to see what strings are attached to the new offer.
That story is in Mouse Print* this week.
If you are in the market for a new car, gas mileage is still an important consideration for many people. ISeeCars has a comprehensive chart of which cars get the most miles per gallon broken down by type and size of vehicle. They also provide reliability, safety, and value retention scores. Note: This list may contain a mix of 2024 and 2025 model year vehicles.
[Ignore ad at start.] A CBC investigation reveals that a large Canadian supermarket chain, Loblaw, overcharged shoppers on meat. How did it happen? Apparently, they included in the price of each meat item the weight of the packaging called the tare. The tare always has to be deducted before pricing products sold by weight. Could this be happening in the U.S. too? Here is the print version of this story.
The annual consumer electronics show just wrapped up in Las Vegas. CNET's editors have chosen the winners this year in this story. Here also are nearly three dozen products that captivated them. Personally, I like these interactive life-size 3D holographic displays that make you think a real person in a box is interacting with you.
Consumer InvestigationSupermarket Chain Overcharges on Meat, Misweighing Packages
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