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It's hard to watch TV late at night or early in the morning without seeing those most braggy of commercials. It seems like every As Seen on TV product is the best ever. So, here at Consumer Ally we like to put them through the paces. Our own Lisa Kaplan Gordon lives in a veritable As Seen on TV...

Comparing in-store prices and finding out which local stores have specific items in stock is what Milo.com does, and something it does extremely well. Whether you're looking for an iPad, a pair of shoes, a new HDTV or a specific shirt Milo.com will help you find it in stock at a local retailer....

The Product: Topsy Turvy Tomato Planter The Price: $19.99 plus $7.95 shipping and handling The Claims: Grows delicious tomatoes without the back-breaking work. Buy-O-Meter Rating: 4 out of 5

A good TV infomercial is an audience eager to spend its money to buy the next great, must-have product. But what's behind the claims? A good pitch does not make a good product. And as we've learned, hype often outstrips reality with many As Seen on TV products. Still, it's the possibilities that...

It seems harmless enough. You have a bad experience with a company and post an account of the experience on Twitter, Angie's List, Yelp or some other consumer review site. If you're lucky, the complaint may fix your problem. But if you complain about the wrong company, you may end up at the wrong...

As merchants line up to join the lawsuit against Yelp for allegedly downgrading their ratings when they did not advertise, the debate over the import and impact of online reviews has never been more heated. From other online sites touting their more pristine approaches, to merchants insisting that...

Not every purchase we make is entirely satisfying. Recently, I had to return a winter jacket to Sears after only two months of wear because a couple of the seams had started to fray. But dollar stores seem particularly susceptible open to criticism that "everything" they sell is junk. Personally,...

If you find that you've missed the holiday shipping deadlines or don't want to waste time and gas searching local stores for the perfect gift item, you're in luck. Milo, a new online search tool, will help you research and compare products and then find out which stores near you have them in stock....

According to a data mining company, the old adage of being judged by the friends you keep translates easily into the digital friends you keep. Rapleaf, a social media monitoring company, claims that by analyzing public information such as the friends you have on Twitter it can assess how...

The howling-wolf T-shirt phenomenon it is not. Walmart Stores (WMT) has closed the lid on customer reviews of its caskets. As DailyFinance reported this week, the retailer is selling 15 caskets, and more than 130 urns and cremains containers, through its website. As debatable as that business...