Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 03-25-26
I have another busy "work" day ahead of me, but I won't let that come between you and today's Pook-Emu Bee daily links collection. 1. yokohama (Kat at Our Adventures in Japan. March 25, 2026.) Spring hasn't fully spring in Yokohama, but we can see in the pretty photographs that it is in the progress of springing. 2. Chuwi responds to CPU fraud, does not replace all affected models (Hannes Brecher for Notebook Check. March 24, 2026.) You can count on the company that not only lied about […]https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-03-25-26/
[Nov 2023] Wake-up call: Is that snack chocolate or 'chocolatey'? How skimpflation might be affecting your groceries
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/skimpflation-shrinkflation-chocolate-1.7021544
Skimpflation — switching recipes to use cheaper ingredients — is harder to spot than its cousin, shrinkflation
Middle of pandemic: Loblaws record profits while raising food prices, shrinking packaging #ConsumerFraud
Corporations continuing long practice of swapping ingredients for more profitable alternatives - health be damned. Avoid processed foods
Skimpflation is when companies swap out ingredients in food products for cheaper ones without lowering the price. The practice can be hard to detect because shoppers don't have access to companies' recipes.
Capitalism: $ over people: Grandson of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups inventor accuses Hershey of recipe changes
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/grandson-reeses-peanut-butter-cups-inventor-hershey-ingredients-9.7097143
* "chocolatey/chocolaty" spellings describe having flavor, smell, or color of chocolate - NOT chocolate
* Hershey claims changes meet "demand for innovation" 🤨
* unnatural chemicals in food
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/skimpflation-shrinkflation-chocolate-1.7021544
"chocolate candy and peanut butter creme," not milk chocolate and peanut butter
#capitalism #ConsumerFraud #greedflation #DemocraticSocialism
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Learn how to protect yourself from common #scams that target #consumers like you—and what to do if you're a victim.
What's that smell? Massive class action suit?
"In January, South Korea's antitrust regulator fined Tesla $2.2 million, saying the company exaggerated the "driving ranges of its cars on a single charge, their fuel cost-effectiveness compared to gasoline vehicles as well as the performance of its Superchargers."... actual mileage was "reduced by up to 50.5 percent compared to what has been advertised."
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tesla-batteries-range/
#Tesla #ElonMusk #Fraud #CFPB #ConsumerFraud
Reported consumer fraud losses totaled more than $8.8 billion in 2022, a 30% increase from the previous year, although the amount may no include funds falsely raised to cover federal legal expenses for politicians’ trials, the Associated Press reports. Cryptocurrency scams led the way, taking nearly half of the money: $3.9 billion. The report from the Federal Trade Commission found that people between the ages of 20-29 were more likely to fall prey to scams than those in their 70s, though the amount of money lost by septuagenarians greatly outweighed the amount lost by younger people. “When approached with urgency, give it an extra three-second pause,” said Amanda Clayman, a financial therapist who works with digital payment network Zelle around issues of fraud, giving great advice to people who respond to the thousands of panicked emails and text messages sent by an indicted former president and his lackeys. “When someone is trying to get us to take action quickly, that’s usually […]
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