Class Action Lawsuit Targets Galeos Dressing After Consumer Ally's Testing
Mitch Lipka
Dec 1st 2010 @ 1:20PM EST
Filed Under: Food, Shopping, Fraud, Consumer Ally, In the News
On the heels of lab tests done for Consumer Ally that showed Galeos low-fat, low-calorie dressing was neither, a class action lawsuit was filed in federal court alleging the company intentionally deceived consumers with its claims and committed fraud.Our lab tests showed the popular Galeos Miso Caesar Dressing -- hyped on the NBC reality show "The Biggest Loser" and by featured personal trainer Jillian Michaels -- had 10 times the calories per serving that are claimed on the label. That's about the same as what full-fat, premium dressings have.
Whole Foods Market Recalls Ground Nutmeg
Hold that Eggnog. Whole Foods Market recalled packages of its ground nutmeg nationwide because of possible salmonella contamination, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.Iowa's Frontier Natural Products Co-op packaged the non-organic nutmeg for Whole Foods brand as well as its own Frontier Bulk brand. Both products, sold nationwide and in parts of Canada, are affected by the recall.
New Barclays Bike System Lets People Commute for 19 Cents a Day
Jason Cochran
Dec 1st 2010 @ 12:00PM EST
Filed Under: Bargains, Extracurriculars, Transportation, Fantastic Freebies, Video, Green, Economizer
Since July, the city of London has been installing a system of loaner bikes and widespread docking stations that has locals commuting for the equivalent of 19 cents a day. They're called Barclays Cycle Hire, but Londoners call the cycles "Boris Bikes," after the city's swaggering mayor, Boris Johnson, and they're increasingly popular in a city that has labored under intense traffic, crawling public transportation and skyrocketing daily costs. Most incredibly, the city is making money off the bike rentals. Here's how London's win-win system works, and what Americans can learn from this good idea:
BlueGreen Pays Consumers Duped by Timeshare Incentives
Linda Doell
Dec 1st 2010 @ 11:15AM EST
Filed Under: Family Money, Real Estate, Travel, Fraud, Consumer Ally
A Florida timeshare company paid $60,533 in restitution to Pennsylvania consumers promised free gifts and other timeshare incentives BlueGreen Corp. used to market timeshares and vacation packages in the state, said Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett."Consumers were promised a wide variety of 'free' items, including airline tickets, hotel accommodations, cruise packages, gas cards, restaurant gift certificates and other valuable prizes," Corbett said in a statement. "For most people, the promise of a 'valuable prize' turned out to be nothing more than vouchers or coupons that required other expensive purchases before they could be used, or were limited by massive 'fine print' restrictions."
Five Ways to Retire a Multi-Millionaire
Jennie L. Phipps
Dec 1st 2010 @ 11:00AM EST
Filed Under: Make Money Fast, Retire, Wealth, Investing, Retirement Advice
Retirement these days doesn't sound like much fun. Too much scrimping and saving and trying to figure out how to turn a lousy Social Security payment into a government gold mine.Why not aim higher? What would it take to retire and live like Bill Gates or one of those oil-rich sheiks? Research says millionaire status may not make you happy, but it's worth a shot. Here are some wealth-producing possibilities.
FBI Issues New Warning on Lottery and Sweepstakes Scams
Consumers need to be wary of bogus letters and emails claiming they've won a sweepstakes or lottery, since they have nothing to win and much to lose, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) warns.The IC3, a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National White Collar Crime Center says it continues to receive reports of phony prize-winning notifications containing counterfeit checks bearing legitimate-looking logos of various financial institutions to fool victims into sending money to scammers.
10 Things You Need to Know About Gift Cards
According to a recent report from the National Retail Federation, clothing and gift cards are expected to be the most requested items on American wish lists for 2010, and while reindeer sweaters can be easily exchanged, Bankrate.com says there are ten things consumers should know when buying a gift card.First, there's a difference between gift cards that are store specific, or "closed loop" (think: Barnes & Noble, Starbucks, Macy's), and those that spend like a branded credit card (i.e., American Express, Visa, MasterCard) which are "open loop." Still with me?
Popular Toy Gifts of Past Recessions, Thanks to Sears Catalog Archive
For anyone old enough to have ever had a Sears catalog at home, the memory of being a child and circling the toys they wanted for Christmas is a strong one. Sears printed the catalogs from 1896 until 1993, and while the catalogs that millions of children tore into is now long gone, they're available on the Internet in a new Sears catalog archive.Ancestry.com announced Nov. 30, that it is making the complete collection of catalogs and more than 250,000 pages available online.
Viewing the pages is like traveling back in time, but without having to worry about philosophical issues such as meeting your mom when she was 6. They offer a glimpse of how Sears targeted -- and how customers spent what little money they had -- selling gifts during the many recessions of the past 100 years.
Disney Plush Toys BOGO Free
Today through Sunday, Dec. 5, plush toys from the Disney Store are buy-one, get-one-free. Wahoo! The freebie is the cheaper of the two plus toys, of course. There are more than 200 plush toys included in the sale, from the $3.95 clip-on plush "puffles" to a 32-inch tall Beast plush (from Beauty and the Beast) for $99.50.You can search Disney's plush toys by price, character, size, and more. The Winne the Pooh plush is awfully cute, but at $49.50, a bit more than I want to spend. A smaller version is $16.50.
Spend $75 or more and shipping is free with Disney coupon code SHIPTODAY. Unclear when this coupon code expires.
Check back later today and through the week for more great deals at WalletPop.
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