Consumer Advice
Find a reputable mover, using these tips
May is National Moving Month and the start of one of the busiest times to make a move. Your Better Business Bureau says this is when many unlicensed or dishonest moving companies come calling. Your BBB can help you avoid them and select a trustworthy mover. Two years ago, 35.1 ...
High-deductible health plans to impact Ohioans
A growing number of Ohio employers are giving their workers just a single choice for their health insurance or encouraging them in other ways to sign up for high-deductible health plans that generally carry a higher out-of-pocket costs than traditional employer-sponsored health plans.About 663,000 Ohioans were covered by high-deductible plans ...
Computers, laptops are a deal
Computer sales just had the biggest drop in history of the PC ever. Sales have fallen off a cliff. Nobody wants one anymore because of the tablet revolution.Tablets are great. I travel with both a tablet and a MacBook Air. Yet the MacBook gets 95 percent of my eyeball time. ...
Top 5 Mother's Day bouquets 2013
Mother's Day is only one week away! It's one of those days I look forward to because I get waited on hand and and foot by my children and husband. From breakfast in bed to flowers, it's a day that I can proclaim where I can do nothing and get ...
Dealing with high health-care costs?
Are you among the estimated one-third of U.S. adults who have you put off getting medical care because the out-of-pocket costs of your high-deductible health plans are just too high? If so, we’d like to hear your story. Please contact health care reporter Randy Tucker at (937) 225-2437 or rtucker@coxohio.com.
This week in deals: Buy one, get one 50% off at Nine West
Can you believe that it's already May 1st? This month will be a very busy one with Cinco De Mayo (5th), National Teacher Day (7th), Mother's Day (12th), Memorial Day (27th) and many birthdays as well. With a busy month ahead of us, hopefully you've had the chance to sit ...
Cheap hotel rooms coming to Europe
Looking for a cheap hotel room when you travel to Europe? Marriott and Ikea are teaming up to deliver accommodations from around $73 a night.The joint venture is a fashion forward discount hotel chain called Moxy. It’s starting out in several Europe cities, but it could likely migrate to the ...
Finding a contractor for spring fix-ups
Whether you’re looking to spruce up your yard or tackle a minor or major repair to your house. Spring is when many people begin to get their homes and yards ready for the summer. Your Better Business Bureau says this is a great opportunity for scammers to emerge. In 2012, ...
Complaints of weight-loss pills continue to rise in Ohio
Increasingly popular over-the-counter dietary supplements were responsible for more than half of all major drug recalls in the United States in the past decade and have been tied to a sharp spike in complaints to the Central Ohio Poison Center over the same period, according to new data from medical ...
Be wary of scams using Green Dot MoneyPaks
Prepaid debit card use is the fastest growing payment method in the U.S. Billions are spent each year on the prepaid cards, according to Network Branded Prepaid Card Association. A tool often used with prepaid cards is MoneyPak, which can be used to reload prepaid cards, add money to a ...
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