Michael Finney's Consumer Blog

Free Stuff! Win Super Bowl pizza and Pepsi!

Finney's Friday Free Stuff! Free Super Bowl pizza... maybe. Papa John’s is giving away pizza and Pepsi MAX if the Super Bowl coin toss is correctly guessed.

Here are the details and how you can get in on the deal! 

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Free Stuff! New Versace fragrance!

Finney's Friday Free Stuff! Try the new Versace fragrance, Versace Yellow Diamond, before it is officially released.

Get your limited time, deluxe sample here!

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Crackdown continues on fake acai berry reports

Awhile back my picture and the 7 On Your Side logo was stolen by a company selling acai berry weight-loss supplements. I busted them and the website disappeared but there were plenty more like it using fake reporters or stealing the identity of real ones. The Feds are now cracking down on the practice and have reached settlements with six companies that are agreeing to stop posting phony news reports and making outsized claims. As part of the FTC's ongoing crackdown on bogus health claims, "the proposed settlements will require that the six operations make clear when their commercial messages are advertisements rather than objective journalism, and will bar the defendants from further deceptive claims about health-related products such as the acai berry weight-loss supplements and colon cleansers that they marketed."

12/06/2011 BLOG: Government cracks down on fake news sites

 

Fewer free meals at casinos

Casino 'comps' are a big deal. Big gamblers, called whales, get free rooms and limos, while those with smaller stakes get free meals. It is a perk for gambling at a particular casino. Well, those free meals have not gone unnoticed by the state tax people. The Nevada Tax Commission has declared that casinos must pay sales tax on all those comped meals... millions of dollars every year. This is a huge hit to a casino's bottom line, so they will be scrambling to make up the loss. The easiest way to do that is to make it harder for you to get a free meal. So here's your proof that there is no free lunch... especially in a Nevada casino.

Rich tourists bribed way onto lifeboats

When packing for a cruise remember to pack evening clothes, medication and cash. Lots of cold hard cash. There are reports this morning that rich passengers aboard the Costa Concordia bribed their way on to lifeboats while the elderly and young had to wait. 

Toast your loved ones & support Susan G. Komen

Toast your loved ones and support Susan G. Komen. Starting on Valentine’s Day, and continuing through February order a “Vixen” cocktail from  EPIC Roasthouse and half the money goes to Susan G. Komen.

What’s a Vixen? Glad you asked.

The Vixen

½ lemon juiced

1 ½ oz Skyy vodka

½ oz King’s Ginger Liqueur

1 oz Apple Juice

1 oz Cranberry Juice

Shake and strain into a Collins glass

Top with Bundaberg Ginger Beer

Want to be part of the 1%? Move!

If you want to be part of the 1%? Move to America's heartland where 200 grand will make the cut.  Want to stay out of the 1%? Move to New York City where it takes about a million dollar annual income to join the club. Here is a great article about 1% including regional differences. You will be talking about this for days.

Pay off your holiday debts faster this year

Paying off your holiday debts this year should be easier and faster. For the next two months there is an extension to the Social Security tax cut. You will be paying about a third less than you are used to: 4.2% of your salary vs 6.2%. So do the math and figure out what 2% of your salary comes out to be, then send that amount to your credit card company. You won't miss the money since you aren't used to having it.

New postal rates

New rules! Mailing a letter now costs a penny more, a postcard an additional 3 cents. Here are the new rules. 

Letters (1 oz.) – 1-cent increase to 45 cents

Letters additional ounces – unchanged at 20 cents

Postcards – 3-cent increase to 32 cents

Letters to Canada or Mexico (1 oz.) – 5-cent increase to 85 cents.

Letters to other international destinations – 7-cent increase to $1.05

Free Stuff! Dinner from Panda Express!

Finney’s Friday Free Stuff! Free dinner from Panda Express on Tuesday, January 10th, in Belmont. Each guest gets a free 2-entrée plate and a 22 oz. fountain drink to celebrate the new Belmont Panda Express grand opening. 1050 El Camino Real (El Camino @ Ralston), between 11:00 am – 8:00 pm.

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