Gift cards can be a very convenient option... for the giver. Julian Morrow looks at the potential strings attached.
Ben Jenkins explains your consumer rights when you shop online, and what you can do when something goes wrong.
Consumer cops ... chasing down scams!
Zo Norton Lodge looks into the debt relief industry and tells you how you can help yourself, for free.
Alex Lee shines a light on sunglasses to find out which ones give you the best protection.
The story on unsolicited sales you haven't been asking for.
The hazards of travel insurance.
What's so special about that new box feeling?
The consumer cops are back .. and the Chief has fallen prey to a classic scam.#TheCheckout
Andy and Kirsten with an update on the new food labelling laws coming into effect on July 1. #TheCheckout
Petrol prices make Craig Reucassel snap. #TheCheckout
Alex Lee takes a cleansing look at detoxing.
Zoe Norton Lodge shows us what the song and dance is with Arbonne direct marketing. Its definitely NOT a pyramid scheme, its a multi-level marketing scheme.
Kirsten Drysdale hires a car and gets taken for a ride in The Road To Ruin, an examination of rip-offs in the hire car industry.
Alex Lee blends up the facts on the Nutribullet.
Strategies for managing your debts... and debt collectors.
Why do banks take days to transfer money when it leaves your account immediately? Zoe Norton Lodge holds up a bank to find out in The Bank Job.
Zoe Norton Lodge and Kirsten Drysdale try and come to terms with a product made for women.
Hannah May Reilly with some friendly tips when buying a puppy.
Andy Matthews looks at what you can do when your internet download speeds aren't what you've been promised.
The Checkout's elite unit of scam detectors, the ACCC CCC, investigates the scammers who pretend to be government agencies in order to rip people off
With the Olympics just days away, Kirsten asks what it takes to win a medal ... for wine. It turns out you get what you pay for ... the Wine Awards are big business.
Jules asks why pharmacists sell so many scientifically dubious products when their Code of Conduct says they should work on the basis of \"accepted evidence\".
The Guilty Mums guide to preparing school lunches.
Zoe Norton-Lodge takes a high level of interest in zero balance transfers on credit cards.
Renewing your mobile phone contract: Andy Matthews negotiates the challenges of getting a better plan and handset.
Scott Abbot asks if car makers are coming clean with their emissions ratings.
Julian Morrow takes a close look at the fine print in car parks that'll drive you mad.
Alex Lee and Zoe Norton Lodge say it's snot rocket science when it comes to over the counter cold & flu medications.
Ben Jenkins shows how to avoid an expensive lesson in further education.
Yoga accessories that will stretch your budget.
Hannah Reilly takes an interest in switching mortgage providers.
Craig Reucassel on the health ratings system that makes you see stars (at the supermarket).
Kirsten Drysdale and Zoe Norton Lodge on packaging designs and how marketers attempt to influence our purchasing decisions.
Alex Lee says you should think before you 'ink'.
Hunky bachelors abound as Zoe faces an important choice ... of comparison websites.
Craig gets a check up for his private hospital cover.
The Guilty Mum takes an unhealthy interest in kids health products.
Scott plays a round with golf accessories.
Alex goes ga ga over baby food.
Kirsten asks what's in a brand name at the supermarket.