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Overheated PG&E SmartMeters Overcharging Customers
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Some Pacific Gas and Electric Co. SmartMeters can overcharge customers when they become too hot. Officials said on Monday that almost 1,600 of the wireless electricity and gas...
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South Bay Camp Closure Leaves Parents Searching For Alternatives
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – Dozens of Bay Area families are scrambling to find summer camps for their diabetic children following the sudden closure of programs run by the Diabetes Society. Parents who signed...
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450K Homeowners To Receive Refunds From Countrywide Settlement
WASHINGTON (CBS/AP) – More than 450,000 homeowners who took out mortgages with Countrywide Financial Corp. will soon receive their slice of a nearly $108 million settlement over claims that the lender...
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BART To Issue More Than $200K In Long-Term Parking Refunds
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Bay Area Rapid Transit customers overcharged for airport and long-term parking will be receiving a portion of $202,000 in refunds, BART officials said Wednesday. The...
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ConsumerWatch: Last-Minute Tax Change Could Mean More For Filers
SACRAMENTO (CBS 5) – Just days before the tax-filing deadline, the California Franchise Tax Board dropped its campaign to get California homeowners not to deduct part of their property tax bill. Last...
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City College Of SF Holding Unclaimed Money From Many Former Students
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) – City College of San Francisco is trying to get the word out that the school owes more than a million dollars to current and former students. An insert in the San Francisco...
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ConsumerWatch: Groupon Offers Settlement On Expired Deals
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) – This week in California, Groupon costumers can file a claim to receive refunds for some of their daily deals. Groupon has agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle a class-action...
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ConsumerWatch: Credit Counseling Firm Refunds Up-Front Fee
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) — An Arizona-based debt reduction firm that charged a Bay Area couple an up-front fee of nearly $1,300 for its services has refunded the money, after a CBS 5 ConsumerWatch...
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ConsumerWatch: Can I Get Cash Back On Gift Cards?
WALNUT CREEK (CBS 5) — California law requires merchants to give cash bank for small amounts left on gift cards. But it appears some retailers are not getting the word. Maureen O’Rourke received a $200...
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ConsumerWatch: Canceled Wedding Costs Woman Thousands
AUBURN (CBS) – A week after signing a contract to book a wedding, the wedding was called off. When the venue refused to give them any of their money back, an Auburn woman called CBS for help. This...
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Donors Who Helped Save Henry Coe Park Want Money Back From State
MORGAN HILL (CBS 5) — The State of California is refusing to refund a group that pledged to keep a Bay Area park open, despite an investigation revealing the State Parks Department was sitting on...
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Navigate Tricky Gift Return Policies After The Holidays
The holiday season has arrived and with it the efforts to find the perfect gifts for loved ones. As the hunt for gifts gets going, so does the dread of returning the thoughtful presents that are just...
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What To Do With Your Tax Refund
By Ray Martin, CBS MoneyWatch (CBSMoneyWatch) Most tax filers are getting a refund after they file their 2012 return. With the average refund running about $3,000, a lot of people will be thinking...
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A Look At The Craziest Tax Write-Offs
(CBSMoneyWatch) It’s hard to think there’s anything funny about taxes when you’re under a mountain of paperwork, but CBS News contributor and analyst Mellody Hobson has a little comic relief for...
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America’s Cup Organizers To Refund Early Race Grandstand Tickets
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — The organizers of the America’s Cup are refunding grandstand tickets for this summer’s initial races of the America’s Cup Challenger Series. America’s Cup CEO Stephen Barclay...
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City of Oakland To Pay Back $2.3 Million In Overpaid Parking Tickets
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Oakland officials will refund $2.3 million for overpaid parking tickets from 2008, 2009 and 2010 after a city audit discovered the overpayments last year. The city’s Parking Ticket...
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‘Lemon Law King’ Files Suit Against Tesla
MADISON (CBS/AP) — Wisconsin’s self-proclaimed “lemon law king” filed a lawsuit Monday against direct-order car maker Tesla Motors, accusing the company of refusing to give a Franklin doctor a refund...
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DMV May Issue Refunds After Overcharging Thousands Of Drivers For Vehicle...
(CBS SF) — The Department of Motor Vehicles may owe thousands of Californians a refund after a state board says it overcharged residents for vehicle registration. The California Board of Equalization...
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California Man’s Tax Refund Garnished Over Parking Ticket For Someone Else’s Car
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A California man’s state tax refund was heavily garnished over a parking ticket from a city he’s never been to, for a car he’s never owned. Michael Gardner drives a Chrysler,...
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Comcast Offering $5 Refund For Customers Hit By West Coast Xfinity Outage
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Comcast is trying to make things up to customers who lost internet service for hours earlier this week. Customers in the Seattle and the Bay Area can request a $5 account...
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Lawsuit Demands Refunds For Owners Of Volkswagen Emissions-Cheating Diesels
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — There is a push to get full refunds for Volkswagen diesel owners in the wake of the emissions-test rigging scandal. A Seattle law firm filed a class-action lawsuit in Los...
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Gilroy Woman Gets Nearly $30K Property Tax Refund After Finding Low Income...
GILROY (CBS SF) — County leaders in Gilroy presented a woman with a big check this Christmas Eve after she discovered a multi-million dollar property tax mistake. “You know, when government makes a...
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Apple Refunds Customers $400 Million In E-Book Price Fixing Settlement
MOUNTAIN VIEW (KCBS) — Three years after Apple was found guilty of price-fixing e-books, customers are finally getting compensated. According to the law firm at the center of the case, Apple will pay...
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No Refunds For Treasure Island Music Festival-Goers After Storm Soaks The Party
TREASURE ISLAND (KCBS) — When the storm blew in Saturday over the Treasure Island Music Festival, it shut down the pier with a ferris wheel and cut the lights on the silent disco. Two musical acts...
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