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		<title>Identity Theft Tops Complaint List</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyfinesse.com/2007/02/10/identity-theft-tops-complaint-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Paulsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Trade Commission has released its annual report on fraud complaints filed by consumers. As expected, identity theft tops the list at 36% of all complaints filed. But the actual number of instances of identity theft could be much higher, as for every reported instance and complaint, there may be a dozen others who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blue Hippo Credit Costly</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Paulsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consumer affairs.com is featuring an article about Blue Hippo Funding, a company that sells computers, televisions and other high-end technology to consumers with poor or non-existent credit. The company has a unique credit plan. I checked out the Blue Hippo website where they advertise a computer system on easy credit terms. There are no credit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Extended Warranties</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Paulsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When shopping for electronics and big-ticket items such as cameras, TVs and other appliances, we are often faced with strong and seemingly sensible encouragement from the salesman to take out an extended warranty on the product. After all, you&#8217;re paying a lot for this advanced technological gadget &#8211; don&#8217;t you want to protect your investment? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Car Reliability</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Paulsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CNN has an article looking at Consumer Reports&#8217; latest survey on reliability in 2006 and 2007 cars. It makes interesting reading, with some winners you would expect and some surprising losers. Toyota and Lexus do well but I was amazed that Volkswagen have so many models that owners reported as unreliable. As a result, I [...]]]></description>
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