by Dennis Beaver | bank, consumer, insurance
October 11, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver There are a lot of people–especially older Americans–who do not trust, or just do not want to have their retirement funds at risk of loss in the stock market. And so they place their money in various accounts at banks insured by the...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer
March 12, 2011 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver In 2008 – around the time our economy went into a tailspin – anyone watching TV, surfing the Net, or listening to radio online or over the air began to hear the words “structured...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, false advertising
June 8, 2018 • By Dennis Beaver Recently, as clients came into our office, we handed them a sheet of paper and said, “We are going to say the names of three large companies. When you hear each name, please write down the first word that comes to mind about the...
by Dennis Beaver | complaint, consumer
October 21, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver When Cynthia Dias and her fiance, Troy Nunnelee, went out shopping for a new stove in late June, they had no idea that within a matter of weeks the promises made to America by one of its oldest and most...
by Dennis Beaver | auto insurance, consumer
December 24, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver
“In June of 2021 you had an hysterical article about a parking lot accident at a Jack in the Box in St. Louis, Missouri that involved a cast of characters suitable for Saturday Night Live,” began an email from ‘Eddie,’ a retired...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, warranty
December 31, 2011 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver When a business doesn’t care about customer service, things go wrong. Most of us only want to be treated fairly, and to receive what we have paid for. That’s what Mary Ann Borges of Hanford...