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Week of June 22, 2026
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What Will It Take To Get Back to $3/gal. Gas?



Average Gas Prices in Each State


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Mouse Print*-- Can a Parking Lot Sign Mandating Arbitration Be Enforced?

mouse print Normally a contract is formed when both parties agree to various terms. But in this case, a company is claiming that a contract is formed with a customer by merely having a sign in its facility dictating certain terms. That story is in Mouse Print* this week.

See last week: They're Peddling 8 Prescription Drugs in a Home Emergency Kit


Part 2: Sites With Biggest Price Drops

price changes When checking prices online, some stores tend to drop prices more dramatically or more often than others. For the items in this study from 30 leading sellers, Amazon's price drops were always at least 10%. Over 90% of the time, price cuts were at least 10% at Lidl (Aldi competitor), AliExpress, Revolve and Wish. See how often and how deeply other online sellers discount their products.



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How to Get Money Back When Airfares Drop

airplane With fuel prices beginning to fall, some airfares may be dropping. But what do you do if you already bought your tickets at a higher price? If you purchased other than the least expensive non-refundable seats, you may be entitled to get back the difference as a refund or travel credit. You can keep monitoring fares all the time but who wants to do that. Or you can use one of these services that automatically keeps checking fares and gets the money back for you (for a 20-25% commission or an annual fee).



Consumer Alert

Same OTC Drug, Wild Price Differences

This pharmacist shows you how to save money on prescriptions and over-the-counter drugs. Here he finds acetaminophen made by the same manufacturer way cheaper at Aldi than CVS. If you are hooked on acetaminophen, Costco's price for 1,000 tablets is $9.99!



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Bargain of the Week

Get a Free Aldi Blind Box

Aldi is giving away a limited number of "blind boxes" of products this week in four different categories. Go to this website at noon ET Monday through Thursday this week for your chance at getting one.

Big Sales This Week: Amazon Prime Day and More

Some of the lowest prices of the season should become available this week as Amazon Prime Day is June 23-26. (Some items are already on sale there, however.) Save even more combining Prime Day sales with Subscribe & Save discounts. Target Circle Days are the same dates, but Walmart runs its Deals sale June 23-28 (the 22nd for Walmart+ customers). ++

Consumer Reports

How Uber and Lyft Try to Squeeze Every Dollar Out of Riders

Consumer Reports priced various routes on Uber and Lyft, the two leading ride-hailing apps, and found significant differences in quoted prices although the inquiries were for the same starting and ending destinations and made at virtually the same time! Here are the details.

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