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If it's of interest to consumers, you'll find it covered here. We offer useful consumer advice relating to cell phones, digital cameras, funerals, opt out options for email spam, getting rid of junk mail, investment fraud, playgrounds, recalls, and myriad scams you'll want to avoid.

Cell Phones

  • VoIP Phones - Are you ready for a VoIP phone? VoIP is coming of age, and it’s time to consider abandoning your existing phone service in favor of a more affordable VoIP service.

  • Cell Phones Go Global - What's your best move if your traveling abroad and need a phone? Ilyce Glink offers some useful advice on cell phones.

  • Cell Phones - Buying a cell phone and choosing a cell phone plan is as complex as ever. Ilyce Glink gives a few useful tips on how to choose from the many cell phone plans that are available to you and get the best cell phone deal.

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Digital Cameras

Funerals

Opt Out

Travel and Vacation

Investment Fraud

Playgrounds

  • School Playground Equipment - A reader asks whether school playground equipment stays at the site when the school location changes. School playground equipment is considered a fixture. Fixtures typically stay at the site where they’re installed and have to be excluded from a contract to be removed.

  • Building a Safe Playground for Your Kids - How to design, build, and install a safe playground.

Recalls

  • Pacemaker Recall - Guidant Corporation recently recalled some of their pacemakers due to a potentially fatal flaw. 78,000 Guidant pacemakers manufactured between 1997 and 2000 are suspected to have this defect, with 18,000 still in use in the United States.

  • Have You Had A Recall Lately? - Have You Had A Recall Lately?

Scams

  • Moving Company - How can you pick the right moving company? Ilyce offers some tips from the Better Business Bureau to help you select a moving company. Moving company scams abound. Here are some of the most common.  

  • Credit Repair - As the economy worsens, credit repair scams abound. Repairing bad credit takes more than paying a $1,000 fee. Beware of those promising to repair your credit by getting you a new Social Security number.

  • Proof Of Funds Letter - Wealthy home sellers describe buyers who cannot provide a letter showing proof of funds. Buyers tour homes, promise to purchase them and then disappear. Requiring a proof of funds letter can help stop this.

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Cars

  • Increasing Rental Car Prices - Renting a car? Rental car prices are on the rise. Consumers walking into car rental companies later this year are more likely to find higher prices, older cars, and an alternative mix of rental vehicles.

  • Problems with High-Interest Car Loan - Bad credit history can make it tough to refinance your high-interest loans. But don’t assume the worst. Get a copy of your credit report and start talking to lenders. You might be surprised by the results and you could save a boatload on interest payments in the process.

  • Auto Financing - Whether you're buying a new car or one that's been gently used, you'll want to make sure you know what kind of financing is available ahead of time. 

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Other Topics

  • Retirement Living - Baby boomers expect more active retirement living that the generation before them. Baby boomers look at amenities available for use during retirement living. The silent generation has different expectations for retirement living.

  • Green Home Tips - Green home tips vary from saving on heating bills using better insulation to restricting water usage. Employ these green home tips by contacting a water engineering firm or an advanced plumber.  

  • Green Consumer Demographics - Green consumer demographics fall into three categories. Green consumer demographics include being thoughtful of the environment, dilettante green consumers and green consumers who want a return on their investment.  

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