Tx. Attorney General: Doing Its Job.

It's always refreshing to see the government taking action and doing its job to help out the taxpayers that put money in their pockets. Today the Texas Attorney General did just that.
With the current economic situation and holidays here at our door-step, consumers want the most bang for their buck. One way that many people ensure that they get their monies worth on the items they purchase is to use a price comparison website. These websites compare the prices of certain goods against different retailers and manufacturers and finds out which one is selling it at the lowest price. These websites promise to supply consumers with unbiased ratings and reveiws on products. This, however, is not the case with two such companies. The state has sued Intercept LLC and everyprice.com for deceptive trade practices. These two companies operate at least seven price comparison websites including; shopcartusa.com, diduprice.com, flyingprices.com, digitalsaver.com and pricing depot.com, everyprice.com and lowpricedigital.com.
"Online shoppers found some vendors labeled as trusted, recommended, lowest legitimate price and customer certified without being informed that the favorable labels were purchased rather than earned," said Gregg Abbott, Texas Attorney Generall.
It's not clear at this point what will be done to resolve the issue with said companies, but I for one hope the penalty is high and this discourages other like companies from breaking the trust of consumers to earn a few more dollars. So to all those yet to finish their Christmas shopping, buyer beware. And, thanks again to Gregg Abbott for a job well done.

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RE: Texas Lottery

In response to Texas Twister's post Texas Lottery. I agree that this is a very frustrating and anger provoking situation, not only to those directly involved but also to those who play the lottery. It is easy to think that since a crook like Pankaj Joshi took the ticket from Mr. Willis under false pretenses and was paid, then Mr. Willis should be given what he rightfully and fairly deserves. However, who is truly responsible? I believe that there are many questions that should be answered before telling the Texas Lottery Commission to dish out another million dollars. For instance, was Joshi affiliated or employed by the Texas Lottery Commission just because he sold and cashed their tickets? Who is truly responsible for identifying winning tickets: purchaser, cashier, Texas Lottery Commission? What I'm trying to say is if you had a winning ticket in your pocket but failed to recognize it, is the Texas Lottery Commission supposed to give you a phone call and tell you to come get your money? No! It's your fault if you can't look up the numbers and tell whether they match are not. I feel sorry for Mr. Willis but I don't believe the Texas Lottery Commission is to be held responsible for the actions of Joshi and pay out another million dollars to Mr. Willis. That is unless he can prove that the ticket was in fact his and the Texas Lottery Commission has some sort of insurance for these types of situations or Joshi is caught and the money is returned.