Week of May 15, 2023
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Imagine using a cash back credit card, earning a substantial amount in rebates, but then the bank unilaterally zeroes out your balance. It happens, and not just at one bank.
That is our Mouse Print* story this week.
As gas prices start rising again, is there a way to beat the system and save a few pennies a gallon? It turns out, according to a study by Gas Buddy, there are better days of the week to tank up than others.
In a first in the nation move, the New Jersey Assembly's Consumer Affairs Committee voted favorably on a bill last week that would require stores in that state that advertise sale items only available by using a digital coupon to also make available an easy in-store alternative so shoppers without internet access or smartphones can take advantage of the same sale prices as more tech-savvy shoppers do.
As a companion to our Mouse Print* story this week about Bank of America confiscating one consumer's earned credit card rewards, here's the case of another bank doing the same thing to a 98-year woman just after her passing.
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