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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
Is any of your property subject to a recall? To learn what product recalls have been ordered by the government, check out the following website: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Click here for more.
15 Ways to Make Your Food Safer
While food safety controls are being tweaked, here are 15 tips on making your food safer, from the market to the table. Click here for more.
Top Five Sneaky Credit Card Tricks
Feel like trying to pay down your debt is a losing battle? No wonder: Credit-card companies are quite inventive when it comes to charging fees or finding new reasons to jack up your interest rate. After all, it's how they make money. In 2005 alone (the latest year available), consumers paid nearly $88 billion in interest charges and penalty fees, according to Cards & Payments, an industry magazine. That's an increase of nearly 10% over 2004. But with some vigilance, you can avoid getting burned. Here are five of the latest credit-card tricks to watch out for. Click here for more.
The Customer Service Hall of Shame
Who hasn't gotten lost on an automated phone line, wandered aimlessly around a store trying to find a sales clerk or waited hours for the repair technician who never comes? Click here for more.
Teen Shopping Habits
How savvy are teen shoppers? What are the small decisions, the information and inclinations at work as they shop? When do they stop and buy; when do they just move on? Click here for more.
Your Money
Which lender has the better loan? Click here for more.
For the Lawyers
Arbitration clause not enforceable. The South Carolina Supreme Court has held that an arbitration clause in a trade-in contract between a dealership and customer is unconscionable and unenforceable. Click here for more.