Week of December 2, 2024
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Musk Seeks to "Delete" Consumer Fin. Protection Bureau
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To hear them tell it, it sounds like egg laying hens at Eggland's Best have a wonderful life being able to take leisurely strolls in green pastures. Not exactly.
That story is in Mouse Print* this week.
Everywhere you turn, there seems to be another fee being tacked on various bills. You see a good price, but then it gets jacked up with junk fees. That happens when you order from delivery services like Uber Eats (see their 9 possible fees). It happens on loans despite state rate caps. It happens on airlines that make billions on junk fees. States are jumping on the bandwagon to regulate them as well as the federal government. [Each link is a separate story.]
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In an undercover, hidden camera investigation, CBC Marketplace asked employees at the service counter whether they actually receive the tips that the customer was just asked to consider leaving. The surprising answer sometimes is NO! Here's the story.
As the prime shopping season gets under way, don't be lured into buying what you think is a genuine brand name product at a bargain price when it really is a fake. Here are 13 pictures of real and counterfeit products. Can you tell which is the real one and which is the counterfeit in each set? (To see the answer, click the faint text link between the two pictures.) More tips on avoiding fake products here.
Undercover Hidden Camera InvestigationThe Tip You Leave May Not Go to Whom You Expect!
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