A rebate runaround, a car rental rip-off and … roaches?!

A labyrinthine rebate process. Shrinking cereal boxes. Mystery rental car charges. Cockroaches?! We share listener tales of Consumer Rage and unpack the economic forces driving that ANGER.

Fact checking by Sierra Juarez.

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