rip offs

Budget Travel magazine's Brad Tuttle unearthed a pricing snafu that proves, once and for all, that it's worth it to sign up for promotional e-mails from the big travel sellers.As a member of Alamo Rent A Car's e-mailed "Hot Deals" promotions, he got a notice a while back advertising weekend rentals...

We run into McDonald's because it's easy and cheap, and that keeps us from turning on the stove. But did you know that you've also probably been turning off your brain? The Golden Arches is pulling off a little sleight of hand in the way it prices its McNuggets. Like the best optical illusions, the...

Cruise ships are big business. There's something about traveling on a giant tub that attracts us. The appeal is mostly in the fact that you simply don't have to turn on your brain if you don't want to. The food, the driving, the entertainment, the babysitting, the paperwork -- it's all taken care...

Back in June, consumers were puffed up with pride when Hertz announced it was ending its policy of overcharging customers for gas. If you returned the car without filling the tank all the way again, Hertz gave customers the option of pre-buying gas set according to the going rate at the pumps in...

How many homeowners do you know who have been ripped off by a builder, carpenter, or other contractor? I bet just about all of them will say they fell victim to a contractor at one point: either not receiving any services for their money, or getting a shoddy work product.Over the last year, I...