Consumer Watch Stories

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  Caught in a cell contract conundrum

  A Calgary woman says her cell phone company gave someone a new phone on her account without her permission and now she is on the hook for the charges.

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  Frozen pizza possibly containing plastic pieces recalled

  Federal health officials and Nestle Canada are recalling a brand of frozen pizza because it may contain pieces of plastic.

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  Fake rental ad poses problems for tenant

  A Calgary woman is being harassed by would-be renters after an ad for her property was posted on a popular online classified site.

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  Growing pains

  A Calgary landlord blew the whistle on his tenant after he discovered a marijuana grow-op in his property and now wonders whether it was worth it at all.

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  Pros and cons of PIN-less pay systems

  Most debit and credit cards already have microchips imbedded in them and by 2015 all merchants must have chip readers in their stores.

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  Rogers looks into long distance billing blunder

  Two Alberta sisters call each other often and were surprised to learn that one side of their conversation was considered long distance by their cell phone provider.

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  Government approved teenage tenant destroys rental suite

  A Calgary landlord is calling his experience with a teenage tenant ‘disgusting, destructive and devastating’ as he continues to clean up after the rented suite was trashed.

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  Consumers conned by copy-cat company

  A number of people are now using an escrow agency when buying a big ticket item online from a distant seller to try to reduce the risk of a scam.

• Kids caught by ease of app accessibility
• Overseas investment scam surfaces in Calgary
• Couple plagued by property problems
• Funding fiasco leaves student stuck
• Taxi app triggers law suit from cab companies
• Traffic ticket tale with a twist
• Loblaws recalls 2 salsa products because they may contain bits of plastic
• Canada Safeway recalls burgers due to possible E. coli contamination
• Computer users targeted by support scam
• Homeowner faced with hardwood headache
• Fan fooled by online ticket trick
• Former Calgarian sentenced to jail time for fraud