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02/07/2013

Hoping for a Sweet Valentine's Day? BBB Offers Tips to Love Before You Buy

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and some consumers are still searching for the perfect gift. Whether you’re buying something as simple as flowers or as serious as an engagement ring, check the seller with BBB before you buy! BBB offers some additional tips about getting the most for your money whether shopping online or in store.

12/01/2006

FTC-Buying, Giving, and Using Gift Cards

Shopping for gifts can be a real dilemma. Just what do you get the person who has everything: your finicky Aunt Mary, your co-worker, or your child's babysitter? Gift cards may be the answer: one size fits all, and the recipients can get exactly what they want.

01/01/2000

FTC- The Gifting Club "Gotcha"

When is a gift not a gift? When it’s a "gotcha." In a scam spreading throughout the mid-Atlantic states and the Pacific Northwest, people pay to join a "gifting club," billed in promotional materials as a private club with members eager to help new friends -- often from within their own neighborhood or church group.


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