LPT If you live in the US, you are covered under consumer protection laws when someone sends you an item you didn’t order via mail Large online retailers seem to be sending incorrect items more than ever. You are under no obligation to use your resources or time to send the items back. This includes printing labels on the retailers behalf, boxing up items, and dropping them off for shipment. Retailers also cannot force you to do any of the above as a condition for refund …

LPT If you live in the US, you are covered under consumer protection laws when someone sends you an item you didn’t order via mail Large online retailers seem to be sending incorrect items more than ever. You are under no obligation to use your resources or time to send the items back. This includes printing labels on the retailers behalf, boxing up items, and dropping them off for shipment. Retailers also cannot force you to do any of the above as a condition for refund …

NCAA eyes ‘consumer protection’ for NIL athletes Speaking to reporters before Monday’s national championship game, NCAA president Charlie Baker said he’s focused on creating a “consumer protection system” for collegiate athletes and their families as name, image and likeness deals become more prevalent.

Exposed Ticketmaster Rebate “Scheme” Draws Fire From Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Consumer Advocates submitted by /u/Burnsiah

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Consumer Reports Says These Cars Are The Worst Deals Right Now Things are slowly returning to normal in the world of new cars. Inventory is up, and you can even find a number of cars for less than sticker. That’s not the case across the board, though. Some cars are still going for thousands of dollars over MSRP. Read more…

China Consumer Prices Fall, Renewing Fears of Deflation Consumer prices declined for the second time in four months, while prices charged by factories and other large producers have now been tumbling for over a year.

U.S. Consumer Finance Watchdog Wants to Oversee Major Tech, Some Crypto Payments A proposed rule would let the CFPB supervise nonbank payment providers and transactions between people, including some crypto transactions.

ESPN’s Direct-to-Consumer Transition Is ‘First Priority’ for Bob Iger, Kevin Mayer Says submitted by /u/indig0sixalpha

ESPN Is a Disney Crown Jewel, but Its Financials Demand ‘Drastic Pivot’ to Direct to Consumer submitted by /u/Chemical-Ad-2694

Consumer Reports Says These Cars Are Currently The Wost Deals, Tom Disagrees In theory, things are getting better when it comes to buying new cars. There’s more inventory than we’ve seen in the recent past, and some cars are selling close to and sometimes even below MSRP. Unfortunately for consumers, some popular models are in such high demand that they’re still selling for significantly more… Read more…

Inflation Slowdown Remains Bumpy, September Consumer Price Data Shows Prices are rising at a pace that is much less rapid than in 2022, but signs of stalling progress are likely to keep Federal Reserve officials wary.

Lenovo exec promises 80 percent of its devices will be consumer-repairable by 2025 Lenovo’s rollable laptop concept. | Photo by Jon Porter / The VergeAt first, Lenovo only seemed casually jealous of Framework’s modular repairable laptops — first, it sent a cease-and-desist over a Framework power button, then it unveiled its own modular concept laptop dubbed Project Aurora with no promise to actually build such a thing. But it …

If you work in consumer electronics: How do you refer to product images/videos? For reference I mean pretty much any visual content – from product pages to social media ads. Product visuals? Visual content? Media assets? Or simply just “product images and videos”? submitted by /u/tonsil47294738274

Supreme Court Skeptical in That Could Hobble Consumer Watchdog The justices heard a challenge to the way Congress funded the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau but seemed persuaded that it was constitutional.

Consumer Reports’ Most Reliable Fuel-Efficient Midsize SUVs In 2023 If you’re in the market for a midsize SUV, it can be easy to get overwhelmed with all the options. The good news is, unless you accidentally stumble into a VinFast dealership, there aren’t really any bad options anymore. But who wants to spend all day driving to every dealership in your area test-driving crossover… Read more…

How to assess ‘sustainable’ products and your own impact as a consumer Some of Apple’s new watches will be carbon neutral, the company announced this month. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeThese days, brands are all about selling you something more sustainable. In just the past week, we’ve seen Apple launch its first carbon-neutral products and Amazon start to share pollution reports for individual dev…

Consumer Reports Says These Are The Cars With The Biggest Current Discounts If you’re shopping for a new minivan, it’s hard to beat the Toyota Sienna’s combination of reliability, practicality, good gas mileage and available all-wheel drive. But as Tom pointed out recently, the only way to get one is to either wait a long time for an allocation or to pay a big markup in order to skip the… Read more…

Is it reasonable for e-shops to not accept returns to fight against consumer fraud? If the product being sold is: intimate things like underwear; or expensive things like gold or diamonds; or heavy things like mattresses or chandeliers Is it reasonable to sell them online and not accept returns? Also what if I want to expand to the EU which has mandatory 14 day return laws? How does one deal with fraudsters there? submit…

Pay off consumer debt or leave money in brokerage? Married. 28. Yearly income of 140k. Have a little over 180k in retirement accounts and 55k in a brokerage. Max my 401k and our Roth IRAs every year. Saving a minimum of 3k each month (including retirement). Bought the wife a new car recently and financed it through WF. With the intention of paying it off with the money in the brokerage after ma…