Is your restaurant safe? Maybe — maybe not
If last week’s restaurant shootings didn’t make you wonder, then the random stabbing probably did: Is your restaurant safe?
Probably not as safe as you think.
Commentary
Elliott Advocacy is a nonprofit organization that mediates cases between consumers and businesses. These are commentary articles that detail our efforts and provide educational information for consumers.
Tell Cricket to take my phone off the blacklist!
Dejuan Rasberry-Davis wants me to wave my magic wand and tell Cricket to take his phone off the blacklist.
How to buy clothes without getting ripped off
When you get clothes, it can be easy to get ripped off too.
Fed-up consumers seek reckoning with travel industry
Ask any frequent traveler if the travel industry is fair. You’ll likely hear a litany of complaints: Travel companies routinely charge you for services they don’t have to deliver, punish you with onerous restrictions and flout the time-honored rules of American business. And now, travelers are pushing back.
This old airline price trick is about to make a surprise return
Domestic carriers could get a legal right to profit by lying about ticket prices by using legal trickery. Thanks to proposed legislation with that legal trickery, the option is on the table and may find its way into law.
Arrested at a business? Here’s what to do
The shocking arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia Starbucks last week is raising all kinds of questions, not the least of which is this one: What should you do if you’re arrested at a business?
These hotel complaints will make you want to check out
Of all the hotel complaints, the one that bothers Louise Sattler the most are the smells. “Scents,” she says, “and smoking in hotel rooms.”
Why are travelers rethinking rental cars?
If you’re planning a vacation, then renting a car may be as automatic as making hotel or restaurant reservations. Or not. New ground transportation options are blossoming in the sharing and hailing economies. A recent Bank of America review of its card users found that people are thinking differently about how they get around.
Worried about getting sued in a lawsuit-happy society? Then read this now
It’s not your imagination. People are getting sued more than ever, and you could be next.