Week of January 6, 2025
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28 Metro Areas Where Housing Prices Are Falling
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This week we take a look back at the supposed great deals offered by retailers on Cyber Monday. Did the prices jump back up to the "regular" price after the sale, and did you really save as much as they claimed?
That story is in Mouse Print* this week.
Looking back at 2024, Consumer Reports testers picked out the worst performing products in these categories: major appliances like washers, refrigerators, and dishwashers, countertop appliances, cleaning products, dehumidifiers, outdoor products, and more.
Consumer giant P&G made a mistake recently and told a whole bunch of folks they won a sweepstakes earning them a year's supply of Charmin toilet paper. Turns out, the email was sent in error. How did the company try to make good. Well, let's just say they stepped in it. Here's the print version of this story.
Reading product reviews these days is downright scary. The tales of woe of expensive major appliances going on the fritz early are seemingly endless. Home Digest says these brands tend to be more reliable. Here are brands to avoid according to home improvement experts. And finally, here are the major appliance categories and their 2024 reliability ratings in one chart compiled by Consumer Reports. (Save this link for future reference.)
Consumer ApologyCharmin: Oopsie They Made a Poopsie
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