If you ask people their least favorite day of the week, the consensus is almost always Monday. Everybody hates Mondays. But now, there’s a reason to love them.
What’s getting consumers up in arms lately? Check out the list that follows. Working with various state, local, and federal consumer agencies, the Consumer Federation of America has gathered and sifted through more than 252,000 complaints logged by consumers in 2010. The result is a freshly published list of the nation’s top 10 consumer gripes.
The added expense is only one reason that no one likes having to regularly replace their dishwasher, refrigerator, air-conditioner, and any other appliance. So how do you make your appliances last longer?
As of March 1, 14 states began offering rebates for consumers purchasing energy-efficient appliances—for example, up to $500 back for refrigerators in Iowa. Next month, 23 more states step up with energy-efficient stimulus packages of their own.
