by Dennis Beaver | consumer, false advertising, technology
January 25, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver Have you purchased a pair of walkie-talkies which claimed in bold, large print on the package a range of anywhere from 6 to 50 miles, taken them home, charged the batteries and then discovered that these radios barely let you talk a...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer
March 8, 2006 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver When Redway, California resident Carolyn Green purchased $75.00 worth of gift certificates from a local market in December, 2004 as a Christmas present for her son, she had no idea that a few months later the...
by Dennis Beaver | business, consumer, false advertising
February 7, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver “We are considering making the jump into solar for both our home and machine shop which consumes a great deal more electricity than a normal house. But in researching solar in general, I came upon some of your articles which were...
by Dennis Beaver | complaint, consumer
February 14, 2009 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver You’ve heard the saying, “Sleep Tight and don’t let the Bedbugs bite,” but have probably never seen a real bedbug. Since the 1950s — and use of DDT with other powerful insecticides —...
by Dennis Beaver | air conditioning, consumer
August 04, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver About to replace your home or office air conditioner? Well, don’t be in any hurry, or you could wind up throwing thousands of dollars down the drain, another victim of a multi-billion dollar industry fraud on...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, scam
February 16, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, suffering from bad arthritis in my hands and nighttime leg cramps — charley horses — led me to inventing a battery-operated lime squeezer that I would like to market. “I was turned on to drinking tonic water, which...
