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Read this and Lower Your Cell Phone Bill Immediately

By | April 23rd, 2013|Categories: Econo-YOU, Mom-o-nomics, Random, Recalls and Scams|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Scammers are always cramming charges on to our cell phone bills. If your cell phone bill seems higher than expected you might be tempted to scream at the nearest teen for texting too much but hold-it-right-there: the culprit could be even sneakier. Fake companies are frequently cramming unauthorized charges on to our cell phone bills, [...]

Indiana Pharmacy Recalls Perscriptions

By | April 23rd, 2013|Categories: Econo-YOU, Mom-o-nomics, Recalls and Scams|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

An Indiana pharmacy is recalling all perscriptions. During a recent inspection at an independent pharmacy in Indiana, government officials determined that vials used to store injectable drugs were not sterile, according to the United States Food and Drug Administration.  The pharmacy - Nora Apothecary & Alternative Therapies - is recalling all drugs it compounded, saying that patients are [...]

Be Cautious When Donating to Boston Victims

By | April 19th, 2013|Categories: Econo-YOU, Mom-o-nomics, Recalls and Scams|Tags: , , , , , , |

The bombings in Boston are opening everyone's hears and wallets. And that's exactly why fake charities are springing up overnight. The government's Federal Trade Commission has compiled a checklist to insure our good money goes to great causes. Background check charities at:  CharityWatch or The Better Business Bureau's WISE GIVING Alliance. Ask for detailed information about the charity, including name, address, [...]

Don’t Buy House Paints Emitting Dangerous Fumes

By | March 8th, 2013|Categories: Econo-YOU, Recalls and Scams|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Make sure both your base paint and your color tint are low VOC. Dutch Boy Refresh and Pure Performance interior paints may say they contain Zero VOCs - volotile organic compounds that can hurt your health - but it's a claim not entirely true, says the government's Federal Trade Commission. Sure, those base paints may [...]

Work at Home Scams

By | February 28th, 2013|Categories: Econo-YOU, Recalls and Scams|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Companies sell the dream of working from home but what you buy is a nightmare. The dream of making money from home - on our own schedules, wearing our own pajamas (actually make that someone else's pajamas, ours are ripped) - is so common it's in some cultures considered a maternal instinct. But many of the companies selling [...]

Underage Drinking: Four Loko is (Strong) Beer Pleasing to a Kid’s Pallate

By | February 13th, 2013|Categories: Econo-YOU, Recalls and Scams|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Teen parent alert: keep your eye out for cans of Four Loko, a fruit-flavored malt beverage  that in case you can't tell, is beer pleasing to a kid's palate. Not yet angry enough? Get this: the makers of this brew have been lying about it's alcohol content, telling underage drinkers they can safely sip an entire [...]

Home Insulation Scam

By | February 1st, 2013|Categories: Econo-YOU, Recalls and Scams|

Companies can confuse us with numbers and make fake claims. Here's how to avoid getting tricked. Insulation scams are abound. The only thing colder than the weather is the perhaps the people in our power companies' billing departments who relentlessly send us invoices every month. And so spending money on insulation may seem to [...]

Annies’ Organic Pizza RECALLED

By | January 23rd, 2013|Categories: Recalls and Scams|

Return your Annie's Pizzas to the store - the company is recalling all seven RISING CRUST varieties because it could contain pieces of mesh screen from some broken machinery. The fragments got into the product at the flour mill from where Annie's gets the power-like product. The company found the metal fragments in the pizza dough [...]