By Rita R. Robison BSH Home Appliances Corp. is recalling about 835,000 Tassimo single-cup brewers in the United States and an additional 900,000 in Canada. The plastic disc, or T Disc, that holds the coffee or tea can burst and spray hot liquid and coffee grounds or tea leaves onto... Read more →
By Rita R. Robison Doing price comparisons on printer cartridges paid off this week. However, I found an error made by one of the credit unions I belong to. My best consumer experience: Paying less for printer cartridges at Costco While I was at Costco shopping, I checked out the... Read more →
By Rita R. Robison This year, the Consumer Electronics Association is saying women want electronics for Valentine’s Day. However, a blog article I read said that said women don’t want electronics – that men buy them for their female loved one because they’ve been nagging them to learn the device... Read more →
More people are turning to the Internet to find Mr. or Ms. Right through online dating services, pop-up ads, or email. A mid-West Consumer Fraud Task Force warns those who use the Internet to find love that, while online dating has resulted in some successful relationships, criminals also troll the... Read more →
By Rita R. Robison Does Valentine’s Day mean buying a gift for your partner or taking him or her out to dinner? How about flowers and candy? The average person celebrating the holiday will spend about $126 on Valentines Day, up 8.5 percent over last year’s $116, according to a... Read more →
Pfizer Inc. announced this week that it is recalling 14 lots of Lo/Ovral-28 (norgestrel and ethinyl estradiol) Tablets and 14 lots of Norgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol Tablets (generic) for customers in the U.S. market. An investigation by Pfizer found that some blister packs may contain an inexact count of inert... Read more →
By Rita R. Robison I’m getting joy this week in working on a photo project with a friend. However, I’m grumpy about paying a big furnace bill because the power outage wrecked a part in my furnace. My best experience: Making a photo book for a friend I noticed Kits... Read more →
By Rita R. Robison Ads during Sunday’s Super Bowl cost $3.5 million for a 30-second spot, up from last year's $2.7 million. Although the 2012 offerings seemed to have fewer ads where people were slapped or knocked down, the display again was marred by violent images. Do advertisers and public... Read more →
Last month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service announced that the agency will be expanding a controversial inspection program that will allow all poultry slaughter plants to participate on a voluntary basis. The Consumer Federation of America, a consumer advocacy group, has concerns about expanding the HACCP-Based... Read more →
By Rita R. Robison Voluntary efforts by industry to reduce sodium levels in the food supply have failed, according to comments filed with the Food and Drug Administration last week by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a consumer advocacy organization. On Friday, the center urged the FDA... Read more →