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Credit Card Complaints Keep Coming, Says CFPB Report
5:15PM 12/01/2011
Even though last year's financial reform was supposed to make credit cards more transparent, consumers are still complaining about interest rates, billing disputes and confusing credit card terms.
A User's Guide to the New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
7:00AM 7/20/2011
On Thursday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau officially opens for business. Even as the political fight continues over just how potent the agency will be, at root, its mission is to make clear the prices and risks of financial products and services. Here's where it will focus its early effort.
If you've been wronged by a Big Box outlet, it sure pays to be famous. Kelly Clarkson left a message on her Facebook page read 'round the retail world, complaining that Best Buy wouldn't let her purchase iPod shuffles for orphans!
Any time you have "orphans" in a customer complaint, you've got a...
Six Gym Membership Pitfalls: Consumers Share Their Stories
3:00PM 3/02/2011
If you're ready to commit to going a gym to get fit, be careful.
Complaints against gyms and health clubs are increasing, reports the Better Business Bureau. In 2009, the BBB received more than 7,780 complaints, up 21% from the previous year.
Six California consumers, all of whom filed complaints...
For-Profit College Misconduct Complaints Under Investigation
3:00PM 11/29/2010
Consumer complaints of alleged misrepresentation of financial aid and other misconduct has prompted an investigation of eight for-profit schools including University of Phoenix and Kaplan University by the Florida's attorney general's office.
It's the latest round of scrutiny for the for-profit...
Just Brakes Accused of Routinely Padding $99.98 Brake Jobs
10:00AM 11/15/2010
If you've ever owned a car you've probably had at least one bad experience with an auto repair shop. But hundreds -- possibly thousands of people say they've been burned by an automotive repair chain known as Just Brakes, most often for trying to inflate a $99.88 brake job into major repairs...
What's in my cereal? A Raisin Bran mystery
12:59PM 11/05/2010
Mari Ostendorf poured a bowl of Raisin Bran for her 3-year-old daughter and heard a pronouncement that caught her attention: "Hey momma, I don't think this belongs in my cereal."
The little girl was holding what looked like a stick or bone and Mari was none too happy. She took pictures of it and...
Rodale to pay $1.3 million over consumer complaints of billing practices
10:05AM 10/21/2010
The publisher of Prevention, Men's Health, Women's Health and other magazines has agreed to settle a case brought by the Florida Attorney General that raised questions about the company's sales practices.
Under the agreement, Pennyslvania-based Rodale,Inc., which also publishes and sells books,...
Virginia Man Drives 450 Miles to Take on GM Over Faulty Part
11:29AM 10/05/2010
When GM told David Derringer of Virginia that it wasn't going to reimburse him for the cost of a power steering pump, he didn't just give up. He got into his GMC pickup and took a drive -- to GM's headquarters in Detroit.
iRenew balance bracelet stumbles again
8:00AM 10/01/2010
The iRenew balance bracelet, an "energy-correcting" gadget whose advertisers claim it can heal people holistically, is so bogus as to have earned its marketer the lowest rating from the Better Business Bureau.
The group based its grade on dozens of consumer complaints saying the iRenew Bracelet...
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