Week of October 27, 2025
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What They Found When Opening a Can of Salmon 50 Years After Its Expiration Date
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One of our readers found himself being charged over $500 for allegedly smoking in a non-smoking hotel room. We show you how he fought back and won.
That story is in Mouse Print* this week.
Last month, Amazon settled a case for $2.5 billion after the FTC charged that they tricked some people into signing up for Amazon Prime, and made it difficult to cancel the $139 membership. If you signed up for Prime between June 2019 and June 2025 and had one of these two problems, you are eligible for a $51 payout. Here's how the program will work. Don't fall for scam emails designed to trick you into a false and costly process.
[Ignore ad at start.] Very often the Costco store brand, Kirkland, finishes close to the top in Consumer Reports ratings. That's no accident as the company made a decision years ago to try to make their store brand as good as the leading name brand in a particular category.
You may have luck negotiating certain bills particularly when facing a price increase for subscriptions, gym memberships, credit card rates, cable and internet services, etc. But come armed with facts about what competitors are charging as a negotiation tool.
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Consumer AlertHow Costco Made the Kirkland Store Brand a Huge Hit
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