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Back To Basics

Major appliances have never had so many high-tech features than they do to do. And it seems the consumer complaints about their new, expensive appliances have never been so numerous. Maybe there's a connection and maybe not, but we weren't surprised when our friends at Bankrate.com made this suggestion to appliance shoppers: go basic. Read more...

GE Washer/Dryer -- Catherine of Guanacaste. Costa Rica "It seems GE has decided to send these defective models to Central America. As I speak now, I have a flood in the laundry room due to a defective transmission on a washer that is less than 3 years old. Of course parts aren't available here. Thanks, GE, for sending your lemons abroad. Heaven forbid you shouldn't profit by this shoddy workmanship somehow!" Read more... One Click Cash -- Rari of Concord, Calif. "ONE CLICK CASH LOAN SUMMARY Loan amount: $ 400.00 Finance fees: $ 120.00 $ 520.00 Total amount I owed 09/10/09 Applied for loan (signed contract) 09/14/09 $400.00 deposited into my account PAYMENTS (withdrawn from my checking account) 09/30/09 $120.00 10/15/09 $120.00 10/30/09 $120.00 11/13/09 $120.00 11/30/09 $120.00 11/30/09 $ 50.00 12/15/09 $155.00 $805.00 Total funds taken from my checking account Total amount owed to company: $520.00 Total amount deducted from my account: $ 805.00 $ 805.00 - 520.00 $ 285.00..." Read more...

More Bumps in The Road For Toyota

Last week was not a good one for the Toyota image, with highly publicized recalls and complaints about its cars. This one might not be so hot either, since it's starting off with a slew of class action lawsuits against the Japanese carmaker. Read more...

Why Pinch Pennies?

Consumer reporter Elisabeth Leamy thinks a lot of financial advice we hear everyday is off-base: Give up the morning latte, take cold showers, pack your lunch. Who needs it, she asks, when you could save many thousands of dollars by concentrating on the really major expenses that account for the biggest portion of our budget. Or as Elisabeth puts it, "Pinching $1,000 bills beats pinching pennies."

“Why give up life’s little pleasures and conveniences,” Leamy asks, “when you can save much more money by attacking a few BIG, boring expenses instead?” Read more

Good News, Bad News

You may have noticed the price of gas is going down again. That's good news, but the reason it's going down isn't. Commodities traders are worried that the economy is not recovering nearly as fast as economists had hoped. As a result, we're using less energy. Read more...

New York Vs. Bank of America

Lots of people have issues with the big banks these days. New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo has filed a lawsuit against Bank of America, its former CEO Kenneth D. Lewis, and its former CFO Joseph L. Price on charges of duping shareholders and the federal government in order to complete a merger with Merrill Lynch. Read more...

Hitting The Brakes

ConsumerAffairs.com has been getting complaints for years from Toyota Prius owners about a number of problems, including brake failure. Now the U.S. government has decided to look into it -- just the latest in the Japanese carmakers escalating woes. Read more...

Cup of Joe

With all of the designer coffees out there, you would think it wouldn't be such a problem finding a really good cup of Joe. The folks at Consumer Reports went out in search of the perfect cup of coffee, and came back disappointed. Read more...

TV Ratings

ConsumerAffairs.com received hundreds of complaints from consumers about a number of different flat screen TV models, so which one can you feel secure in buying? Consumer Reports has done the homework. Read more...

Singing The Blues

BlueHippo, marketer of expensive computers to consumers with little or no credit, has filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy and may be liquidated. But that hasn’t stopped the complaints about this company. In Texas, officials are going to court to try and get restitution. Read more...

Honda's Turn

Toyota isn't the only Japanese carmaker struggling with a recall issue. Honda has an issue of its own. The carmaker has initiated a voluntary recall of more than 600,000 Honda Fit subcompacts, including 141,000 sold in the U.S., to address a potential fire hazard. Read more...

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