Article: VIC: Freebies cost consumers in the end

Article: Vic: Freebies cost consumers in the end
AAP General News (Australia);  June 20, 2006 ;     407 words ...AAP General News (Australia) 06-20-2006 Vic: Freebies cost consumers in the end MELBOURNE, June 20 AAP - Consumers can't resist a freebie when they see one - but it could end up costing them in ...

Article: 'Freebies' cost pounds 8m.(News)
Sunday Mirror (London, England);  September 30, 2007 ;     313 words ...THE Environment Agency is under fire for forking out pounds 8million over three years on hotel "freebies". MPs have also attacked the watchdog for spending pounds 1.1million on meetings and hospitality. The bill for Henley Regatta was pounds 63,000 alone. The Agency, which has complained it doesn't

Article: Web freebies cost only your time, privacy
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  November 2, 1998 ;     700+ words ...The Web is a freeloader's paradise, the ultimate source of something for nothing. Free information. Free advice. Free e-mail. Free Web space. Free time waste. Knock yourself out. Indulge me one snide opinion here. Anything that is this unrelated to traditional cost considerations provides

Article: Glastonbury freebies cost BBC GBP70,000 COSTS: ...
The Sunday Herald;  July 15, 2007 ;     408 words ...THE BBC spent almost GBP70,000 entertaining MPs and guests at this year's Glastonbury Festival, the broadcaster said yesterday. While travel and accommodation costs were not covered, the total cost of providing tickets for guests, running the BBC's marquee and laying on hospitality at the

Article: HOTEL'S FREEBIES COST $450 A NIGHT.(Business)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  May 15, 1991 ;     650 words ...Byline: Associated Press You've met the butler; he's taken your suit to get pressed. You open a bottle of mineral water - no, two, they're free - and made a few local phone calls - gratis, as well. Read the newspaper; that's a freebie, too. Well, not exactly free. The cost is $450 per night at the

Article: eCommerce Barriers Will Cost Consumers $32 Billion ...
PR Newswire;  October 7, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Anticompetitive barriers to eCommerce will cost consumers $32.6 billion this year and more ... to direct sales of automotives will cost consumers nearly $25 billion this year and more ... preventing commission rebates will cost consumers $7 billion this year and nearly ...

Article: Lending Fees Cost Consumers Money
AP Online;  January 8, 2002 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 Title: Lending Fees Cost Consumers Money [image omitted] WASHINGTON (AP) _ Beatrice Hiers ... often not disclosed to borrowers, can be abusive and cost consumers thousands of dollars, Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-Md ...