A Manhattan small claims court ordered a management company to hand back a tenant’s $1,327.93 deposit, then added $2,655.86 on top of it. The larger number is the maximum New York allows. These are the things New York tenants can claim when a landlord keeps their deposit. Note: This is general information, not legal advice….
Farragut’s Publix opened in March at roughly 48,400 square feet, and Nolensville’s opened four months before it. Publix has been in Tennessee since 2002. Neither store is laid out the way the chain’s first Tennessee stores were. These are the Publix habits Tennesseans get wrong at the chain’s current stores. 1. Skipping the Pharmacy Drive-Thru…
The National Flood Insurance Program paid Tennessee policyholders more than $15 million for Hurricane Helene, which sent the Nolichucky over its banks two Septembers ago. None of that came from a homeowners policy. A Tennessee homeowners policy covers water damage only when it’s sudden and accidental, which leaves out flood, and leaves out anything that…
A $2 toll in Florida can arrive as a $4.50 bill because the state adds a $2.50 administrative fee to the invoice. Ouch. These are the charges that make a Florida Toll-by-Plate trip cost far more than SunPass. Note: This is general information, not legal advice. Toll rates, fees, and penalties are subject to change,…
Virginia taxes groceries at just 1 percent, among the lowest rates in the country, according to the state Department of Taxation. That’s the easy part of a Kroger receipt. Everything else on it runs on rules the shelf tag doesn’t always mention. Don’t get us wrong. We love Kroger. But like many grocery stores, understanding…
Harvard Business School researchers tracked online shoppers over several years and found they spent about 9.4% more once a free-shipping minimum was in play. Few people feel that happening in the moment. These are the ways free shipping gets South Carolinians to spend more. 1. Countdown Bars That Keep You Shopping Free shipping rarely just…
Dare County adds a 6% room occupancy tax to every Outer Banks vacation rental bill. So much for the nightly rate that looked like a bargain in your search results. These are the vacation rental fees that can wreck the deal North Carolinians find. Note: This is general information, not financial or legal advice. Rental…
A California couple’s fight over $30.22 in sales tax on a free cell phone reached the U.S. Supreme Court in 2011. They lost. These are the contract terms Californians sign without reading, and what you give up. Note: This is general information, not legal advice. Contract terms and consumer-protection rules are subject to change. 1….
Pennsylvania has more than 160 Aldi stores, putting it in the top five in the nation for the number of Aldis. A typical Aldi store runs on 15 to 20 employees. You can bet they’ve learned a lot during their hours there. These are the things Aldi employees know about the store that Pennsylvanians often…
There’s a Civil War cemetery in the parking lot of a Publix in Orlando, fenced off and kept up under a condition written into the land sale. Publix opened its first store in Winter Haven in 1930 and runs nearly 900 across Florida today. Many of those stores follow the same blueprint. These are the…
