duct cleaning

    By Barbara Thau

    | 11:30AM 3/02/2011
    Conventional wisdom would say that washing dishes is more energy-efficient than using the dishwasher, and that you need air cleaners to help keep your home free of pollutants. But sometimes, conventional wisdom needs to be rethought, and when warranted, debunked. People will shell out money on...

    By Dawn Fallik

    | 4:30PM 1/27/2011
    An Illinois company is being accused of scaring consumers with phony mold and mildew pictures to get them to buy air duct-cleaning services that they didn't need. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says that Warranty USA Inc. and Air Duct Cleaning Pros, both based in Schaumburg, fraudulently...

    By Mitch Lipka

    | 1:25PM 7/29/2010
    Duct cleaning services, frequently advertised by direct mail, are often tools to deceive consumers, a yearlong investigation by the Better Business Bureau found. The services frequently are advertised well below $100 -- an unrealistic price for the type of work that is supposed to be done. The ads...