Cruise industry insiders say that in the weeks after the Carnival Triumph debacle made news, cruise sales have remained strong, prices have remained steady, and overall, travelers today are just as likely to book a cruise as they ever were. The results of a new poll suggest otherwise.
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Lenders Use a New Dirty Trick to Jail You For Small Debts
Debt collectors can call you, hound you and make you feel like a lowlife, but here in America, they can’t throw you in jail over your unpaid bills. Or can they? A sneaky tactic called “body attachment” is a new twist on this …
Is Credit-Card Debt Collection the New Robo-Signing Scandal?
The big-bank robo-signing scandal lifted the proverbial rock on the unsavory things financial institutions were doing to force people out of their homes, whether they had the legal grounds to do so or not. Apparently, similar …
Can You Sue a Store for Having Too Many Sales?
There’s a good argument to be made that when a store’s merchandise is always on sale, it’s never really on sale. The retailer is just employing fake prices that no one ever pays. The prices exist only to make discounts seem …
Small Claims, Big Wins: When David Takes Goliath to Court
Guy Sues Apple and Wins — but Here’s Why His Victory Is a Bummer
A Seattle blogger who goes by the handle Rex won a small-claims lawsuit he filed against Apple after it reneged on a promise to fix his defective computer. This kind of man-bites-dog moment is rare, but in the wake of legislation …
Citibank Sued For Giving Frequent Flyer Miles That Count as Taxable Income
Citibank customers who earned frequent flyer miles for opening accounts were caught by surprise when the bank labeled the bonus as taxable income. Faced with the prospect of hundreds of dollars in taxes for what they thought were …
Zombie Debt: A Real-Life Horror Story
A person with blemished credit and a history of defaulted debts will have trouble getting a credit card, so an unsolicited credit card application can seem like a lifeline. But some of these cards come with some very sneaky fine …
When Is Your Twitter Account Not Your Twitter Account?
A man in California is being sued for $340,000 by his former employer. What did he do? This isn’t a case of bringing home the stapler from his cubicle. After resigning from the company, he took his Twitter followers with …
