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- About Checkbook: Why We're Unique
- Car Buying Strategies
- Complaining: How to Get Results
- Consumers’ Notebook
- Credit Cards Provide Strong Protections for Consumers
- Defective Products: Strategies to Get a Refund or Replacement
- Free Perks You Didn't Know You Have
- Our Editors’ Favorite Websites and Apps
- Rental Car Insurance: Should You Buy It?
- Right-to-Repair Fight
- Tire Pressure Advice
- Used Cars Often Sold with Dangerous Defects
- Used-Car Certifications Often Not Meaningful
- Vehicle Service Contracts
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Plumbers Who Won’t Drain Your Wallet
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Straight Talk About Nutritional Supplements
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Guide to Buying Hearing Aids
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Florists
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Sofa, So Good
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