A hundred Harris Teeter Fuel Points is worth ten cents off a gallon at the pump. But if you’re not careful, your VIC account can lose every one of them. These are the VIC card mistakes that cost North Carolinians. 1. Shopping Before Loading Coupons Harris Teeter’s e-VIC coupons don’t come off a single item…
Ohio requires a utility to give a customer 14 days’ written notice before cutting off power or gas. That much is public record. What isn’t always advertised is everything that can undercut it: A program that only works once, a deadline tied to a date nobody’s tracking, and a protection that disappears the moment a…
Insurers closed nearly half of the more than 329,000 hurricane claims Floridians filed after Helene and Milton without paying a dollar. Some of that was damage a standard policy was never going to cover. A lot of it was fine print nobody walked a homeowner through before they signed. These are the insurance gaps Florida…
Food Lion’s MVP loyalty program crossed a million monthly active shoppers in 2025, and the company only counts customers who show up and turn on their savings that same month. Many Virginia MVP cardholders never make that list. These are the Food Lion MVP perks many Virginians over 60 leave sitting untouched, week after week….
California has more than half of the Grocery Outlet stores in the nation, close to 280 locations from San Diego to Redding. That’s a lot of aisles. Prices that run 40% to 70% below regular grocery stores keep shoppers coming back. Nevertheless, it’s easy to make mistakes. These are the errors that cost shoppers Grocery…
A New York bagel shop can ring up the same bagel two different ways, and only one of them owes sales tax. Some of New York’s sales tax rules take money from customers, while others hand it right back. These are the New York sales tax rules people get wrong at the register. Note: This…
A strong property tax case rarely loses itself at a Texas Appraisal Review Board hearing. A missed form does. Homeowners walk in with solid evidence and still watch the number stay exactly where it started, tripped up by something that had nothing to do with what their home is worth. These are the property tax…
Think a canceled Tennessee gym membership stops billing the moment a member says so? It doesn’t always, and a Knoxville Gold’s Gym contract spells out why: The final 30 days of dues come due the moment a member files to cancel, not the day they leave. This isn’t only a Tennessee problem. Federal regulators say…
Replacing a lost California car title means filing a DMV form called REG 227, paying a $28 replacement fee, and waiting up to 30 days for the new one to show up in the mail. That much stays the same for almost every driver. What changes is whether a notary has to get involved, whether…
That neatly wrapped package in the Publix meat case may be convenient. But convenience doesn’t always come with the best price. Many South Carolinians don’t know there are ways to score cheaper packages, free butcher services, and more at Publix’s meat counter. These six mistakes are easy to make, but they’re just as easy to…
