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Posted
Aug 20 2008, 03:00 PM
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Ryan MacClanathan
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from Joe Benton at partner blog ConsumerAffairs.com.
With sales down 18
percent so far this year, General Motors is offering automotive consumers deep
price cuts in a late summer effort to unload its remaining 2008 inventory.
The automaker will offer prices
usually reserved for company employees along with cash discounts of as
much as $4,000 on most 2008 and some 2009 models.
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Posted
Aug 12 2008, 03:30 PM
by
Karen Datko
This post comes from Joe Benton at partner blog ConsumerAffairs.com. The owners of millions of Ford cars and trucks could be driving vehicles still equipped with a faulty cruise-control switch that can start a fire under the hood even when the vehicle is parked and the ignition is turned off. As of July 31, in its most recent report to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Ford Motor Co. said about 4.8 million of the more than 10 million recalled vehicles are now repaired. Some vehicles were included in more than one recall, making it hard to calculate precise numbers.
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Posted
Jul 31 2008, 11:40 AM
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Karen Datko
This post comes from Martin H. Bosworth at partner blog ConsumerAffairs.com. In the face of high gas prices, stagnant wages and a moribund housing market, Americans are using credit cards less and less. A new study by Javelin Strategy & Research found that all ages of Americans, across all income levels, are cutting back on discretionary spending with cards, buying only necessary items, and often having trouble with the balances they maintain. "The sharp decline in credit card spending challenges the popular belief that more Americans are charging basic goods in order to sustain their quality of life," said Javelin president James Van ***. "Consumers are making deliberate cutbacks like shopping at superstores, eating out less and watching what they charge."
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Posted
Jul 24 2008, 12:15 PM
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Karen Datko
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This post comes from Truman Lewis at partner blog ConsumerAffairs.com. It's being treated as though it's news -- a warning that cell phones may cause cancer. In fact, U.S. media have ignored a growing wave of international concern about the long-term effects of cell phone usage for years. The latest alarm comes from the director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Dr. Ronald Herberman. He has issued an advisory to about 3,000 faculty and staff members warning about the possible health risks of using cell phones.
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Jul 17 2008, 01:58 PM
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Karen Datko
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This post comes from James R. Hood at partner blog ConsumerAffairs.com.  Almost exactly two years ago, with gas well under $3, we had the opportunity to test drive a Toyota Prius and a Camry. Toyota turned aside our request for a Corolla, insisting that the Camry was the car most comparable to the Prius.
Well, maybe so. But we've always thought that many families who need to save big bucks on their transportation costs -- as opposed to those who just want to be the first on their block to drive around on top of a battery -- should take a close look at the Corolla and similar cars before plopping down big bucks on the Prius.
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Jul 15 2008, 08:33 AM
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Karen Datko
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This post comes from Joseph S. Enoch at partner blog ConsumerAffairs.com. Less than a year after the Federal Trade Commission settled with Craftmatic for breaking telemarketing rules, the agency may now be investigating the adjustable-bed manufacturer for its door-to-door sales tactics. ConsumerAffairs.com has received 134 complaints dating back to 2000 about Craftmatic beds -- many regarding what consumers say are pushy sales tactics that prey on the elderly.
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Jul 01 2008, 11:46 AM
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Karen Datko
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This post comes from partner blog ConsumerAffairs.com. When large corporations face tough times, they often hire "efficiency experts" who come in and tell them how to save money. Households, struggling under the strain of higher gasoline prices, could use the same kind of service right about now. Playing the role of an efficiency expert, Consumer Reports magazine says it has looked for and found ways for the average consumer household to trim up to $500 a month from its budget. Even at $4 a gallon, that buys a lot of gas.
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Posted
Jun 13 2008, 07:12 AM
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Karen Datko
This post comes from Truman Lewis at partner blog ConsumerAffairs.com. Safeway will begin offering $4 prescriptions on hundreds of generic drugs at stores in the eastern United States and parts of the Midwest, becoming the latest supermarket chain to follow the trail blazed by Wal-Mart two years ago. The discounted prescriptions will be available at stores in the Chicago area, the District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey. The list of $4 drugs includes the antibiotic amoxicillin, blood-pressure medication atenolol, and levothyroxine for thyroid disease.
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Posted
Jun 12 2008, 12:28 PM
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Karen Datko
This post comes from Martin H. Bosworth at partner blog ConsumerAffairs.com. The digital-television transition took center stage at a House Commerce subcommittee hearing this week, just as the Government Accountability Office released a new report indicating mixed progress in preparing households for the change. The House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet used its fifth DTV hearing to focus on the results of the $40 coupon vouchers offered through the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration. The coupon program has been criticized for issuing vouchers that expire within 90 days, without opportunity for replacement or renewal.
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Posted
May 15 2008, 03:40 PM
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Karen Datko
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This post comes from Lisa Wade McCormick at partner blog ConsumerAffairs.com. A family of five now spends an average of $135 a week on groceries, according to the Food Marketing Institute's U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends report for 2008 released this week. Rising fuel costs and other economic concerns could force that grocery bill to climb even higher. Consumers are already feeling the pinch of high food costs on their pocketbooks, and many have changed their eating and shopping habits, the survey found. Consider:
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