http://www.njpirg.org/news-releases/consumer-protection-news/consumer-protection-news http://www.njpirg.org/news-releases/consumer-protection-news/consumer-protection-news/njpirg-applauds-senate-passage-of-comprehensive-cpsc-reform http://www.njpirg.org/news-releases/consumer-protection-news/consumer-protection-news/njpirg-applauds-senate-passage-of-comprehensive-cpsc-reform Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:59:54 -0600 http://www.njpirg.org/news-releases/consumer-protection-news/consumer-protection-news/njpirg-and-congressman-alert-consumers-to-holiday-toy-hazards http://www.njpirg.org/news-releases/consumer-protection-news/consumer-protection-news/njpirg-and-congressman-alert-consumers-to-holiday-toy-hazards Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:55:35 -0600 http://www.njpirg.org/news-releases/consumer-protection-news/consumer-protection-news/states-leading-consumer-groups-rally-to-stop-anti-consumer-anti-poor-rent-to-own-industry-bill Trenton – Today NJPIRG, NJ Citizen Action and AARP called on the Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee to reject A3851, a bill that would legitimize the outrageous prices charged by the Rent-to-Own industry. “This bill would bless the Rent-to-Own industry’s current practices of charging poor people as much as four times what others pay for the same goods, plus fees” said Abigail Caplovitz of NJPIRG. “While the bill has some pro-consumer provisions, in sum they don’t come close to balancing the harm caused by letting the industry charge inflated prices and loan shark interest rates.” http://www.njpirg.org/news-releases/consumer-protection-news/consumer-protection-news/states-leading-consumer-groups-rally-to-stop-anti-consumer-anti-poor-rent-to-own-industry-bill Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:58:42 -0500 http://www.njpirg.org/news-releases/consumer-protection-news/consumer-protection-news/consumer-affairs-committee-votes-to-advance-anti-consumer-bill-on-rent-to-own http://www.njpirg.org/news-releases/consumer-protection-news/consumer-protection-news/consumer-affairs-committee-votes-to-advance-anti-consumer-bill-on-rent-to-own Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:32:28 -0500 http://www.njpirg.org/news-releases/consumer-protection-news/consumer-protection-news/students-overwhelmingly-support-fair-campus-credit-card-marketing-principles-to-rein-in-out-of-control-credit-card-company-marketing-nationwide-survey-finds http://www.njpirg.org/news-releases/consumer-protection-news/consumer-protection-news/students-overwhelmingly-support-fair-campus-credit-card-marketing-principles-to-rein-in-out-of-control-credit-card-company-marketing-nationwide-survey-finds Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:03:07 -0500