Using A CARS Rebate? Know Your Rights First
Jim decided to take advantage of the Cash For Clunkers program and trade his Crown Victoria in on something a little more fuel-efficient. Unfortunately, the dealership where he bought the car wasn’t...
View ArticleCash For Clunkers Program Sputters To A Close
If you’re still thinking about trading in an older, fuel-inefficient car, get moving. Due to its overwhelming, car-crushing success, the Cash For Clunkers (CARS) program will end at 8 p.m. on Monday....
View ArticleTop Ten New Cars, Trade-Ins From Cash For Clunkers
With Cash for Clunkers mostly over, Consumer Reports looks at the most popular new cars and the most popular clunkers that were traded in. Here are the most popular new cars: 1. Toyota Corolla 2. Honda...
View ArticleWas Your Cash For Clunkers Deal Rejected After Being Approved?
Edmunds.com, the car info website, is asking people who participated in the short-lived Cash for Clunkers program to contact them if something went wrong. Although they can’t fix any problems, they’re...
View ArticleCouple Finds Traded-In Clunker For Sale
Dan and Tara took advantage of the Cash for Clunkers program, trading in their 2001 Nissan X-Terra for a $3,500 government-backed discount with the assurance that their gas guzzler would be taken off...
View ArticleEnergy-Efficient Appliance Rebate Program Still Lacks Catchy Name
The main problem with the energy-efficient rebate program the federal government has planned is that it just doesn’t have a catchy enough name, editors’ and bloggers’ efforts notwithstanding. Dollars...
View ArticleEdmunds.com Estimates Real Cash For Clunkers Cost, Gets White House Smackdown
Edmunds.com crunched some numbers, and came to the conclusion that the federal Cash for Clunkers program was not a terribly effective use of taxpayer money. They argue that the bulk of rebates went to...
View ArticleWhy Does The Federal Government Hate Truckasaurus?
Last night, “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” addressed one of the crucial economic policy questions of our time: why do the Ivy League snobs in the Obama administration hate Truckasaurus so much? See,...
View ArticleCash For Clunkers Customers Entitled To More Cash
Some customers who purchased cars during the 2009 CARS rebate program, popularly known as Cash for Clunkers, were entitled to a portion of the scrap value of their old cars, in addition to the...
View ArticleMassachusetts Appliance Rebate Program Lasts 145 Minutes
When Massachusetts announced their cash-for-clunker appliance rebate program, Consumerist bet it would last one day before the rebate cash ran dry. We were wrong — it took less than three hours. The...
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