Gotcha! .....

"If you're like most Americans, you feel you're getting screwed all the time," Bob Sullivan writes HERE, in a recent post to his blog, Red Tape Chronicles. "When you open your monthly bills, rent a car or sign up for pay television service, you hear that tiny voice inside saying ;Watch out!' You're not paranoid. You're merely paying attention. Hidden fees cost the average American consumer nearly $1,000 a year, $5 or $10 at a time, new research shows."

Sullivan's online venture is dedicated to unmasking corporate sneakiness, government waste, technology run amok, outright scams and other 21st-century headaches ..... and offering real solutions that save you time and money. One product of his virtual work is now appearing on actual bookshelves ..... "Gotcha Capitalism: How Hidden Fees Rip You Off Every Day - and What You Can Do About It"

Consumer advocacy has long been a staple of the news, with some media outlets maintaining a beat reporter devoted almost exclusively to such stories. The internet, Sullivan goes on to say, offers consumers and their advocates another venue, another forum for speaking up, speaking out and making their complaints public. Sullivan's own Red Tape Chronicles blog is a regular stop for me ..... and it should be a regular stop for you, too.