Week of February 13, 2023
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If you are given one of the large heart-shaped boxes of chocolate for Valentine's Day, you might be in for a surprise. We've discovered that some big brand boxes are only half-filled.
That is our Mouse Print* story this week.
"Dark patterns" is the new-fangled name for unfair or deceptive design elements on websites to trick you into buying. Here is a list of the most common dark patterns and the online companies that seem to engage in them the most.
Mary Bach has been a consumer advocate for decades in Pennsylvania. When Walgreens repeatedly charged her sales tax on toilet paper that is (oddly) not taxable in her state, she took them to court and won. But they continued to overcharge customers, and now she's going back to court.
Homeowners in a number of states say they were tricked into accepting relatively small amounts of cash in exchange for promising to use a particular realty company to sell their home if and when the time came. Little did they realize the listing agreement was for 40 years and a lien would be put on their home to enforce it. Consumer agencies have now taken action against the company.
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