Filling out the FAFSA every year is as much a part of college as binge drinking and the morning after pill. But Jackie points out how easy it is to miss out on this seminal, government-subsidized loan and grant hunting experience by accidentally clicking on FAFSA.com, run by a non-government entity that soaks you for $80 to use its financial aid-finding services. The site you’re looking for is FAFSA.gov, which is free. [More]
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Newsweek Readers, Don't Fall For The Scam On Pages 60 and 61
By 2.17.10
Remember that ad for doctored “state” $2 bills that ran in newspapers across the country? Now the “World Reserve Monetary Exchange,” the company that takes regular $2 bills and places stickers on them to turn them into state versions of the bills, has taken out a two-page spread of this week’s Newsweek. [More]
Company Selling Doctored 'State $2 Bills' For $17 Apiece
By 2.3.10
An enterprising company called World Reserve Monetary Exchange took out ads in two Arizona newspapers last month, and presumably others throughout the country, offering supposedly rare, collectable ‘state $2 bills’ — meant to capitalize on the recent craze of state quarters — for $17 each, I reported in my day job at the Arizona Daily Star. [More]
Pizza Hut's $10 Offer Doesn't Include Stuffed Crust
By 1.1.10
Alisha was disappointed to find out Pizza Hut’s “Any Pizza, Any Crust, Any Size, Any Topping” for $10″ deal isn’t quite as all-encompassing as it promises. [More]
French's Boasts That Its Large Mustard Is Bigger Than Its Small
By 12.24.09
This bottle of French’s mustard caught Stefanie’s eye with its 40 percent more boast, but she read the smaller print to determine that the label was a sly way of saying nothing at all. [More]
Behold, 'HD Lighting'
By 12.7.09
Will spotted this amazing new invention, which lets you light stuff in HD. He writes: [More]
Math Skills Not Required To Bake Pie Chart Ad
By 11.25.09
Anonymous Math Geek sent us this ad for the Stratosphere, a Las Vegas casino. The wizards are using tricky geometry to convince you that the casino gives you more bang for your Benjamin. AMG writes: [More]
Read Disclaimer Before Taking GameStop Offer
By 11.16.09
Jeremiah is happy he double-checked a strange GameStop ad that lists games eligible for an offer that lets you trade two games in to get certain new releases for $20 or New Super Mario Bros. Wii for $10.
Cocoa Krispies No Longer Prevent Swine Flu
By 11.12.09
Kellogg decided that it isn’t such a good idea to pretend Cocoa Krispies build your immunity.
Kellogg Hints That Cocoa Krispies Will Save Your Kids From Swine Flu
By 11.2.09
Remember when the FDA was like, “Hey, General Mills, you’ve turned Cheerios into a drug?” This sort of reminds us of that. Now Kellogg is claiming on their new packaging that Cocoa Krispies will help your child’s “IMMUNITY.”
Best Buy Vacuum Sales Clogged With Lies?
By 7.17.06
At first we were excited by Lisa’s story. It seemed that Best Buy was running a scam, tricking consumers into buying vacuums and service plans and then not fixing the vacuums when they broke. Lisa complained, “until she was blue in the face” to multiple supervisors, to no avail
