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    Selling It

    Goofs, glitches, and gotchas spotted by our readers

    Published: July 2014

    Affordable housing

    Spotted in Yuma, Ariz., the reader who mailed this in wonders whether this is a cheap snowbird rental with matching guest house.
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    Juicy mistake

    The company says its product really does have orange juice, but the reader who sent in this misprinted label would have had to go online to know.
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    Such a deal!

    Almost a whole penny of savings is offered on this Post Shredded Wheat cereal coupon.
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    Take as directed?

    We haven't checked on how the reader who sent in this prescription is doing.
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    The oily bird gets the worm

    This bird feeder's instructions for attaching its suction cups to your window include step No. 4: "Using the facial oil from the side of your nose, rub finger on suction cup surface." So don't powder your nose first.
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    Send us your submissions

    If you spot something that makes you chuckle, causes your jaw to drop, or leaves you confounded, send it our way:


    E-mail: sellingit@cro.consumer.org


    Fax: 914-378-2911 (attention: Selling It)


    Mail: Consumer Reports, Attn: Selling It, 101 Truman Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10703


    Editor's Note:

    This article also appeared in the August 2014 issue of Consumer Reports magazine.



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