Jays money in on scalped tickets: CBC’s Marketplace consumer lie sheet

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About those Jays tickets

If we had a tough time removing tickets for a Blue Jays home opener, you’re not a usually one. A CBC/Toronto Star review found that nearly half of all a tickets were listed on resale websites — and scalpers aren’t a usually ones cashing in. The Blue Jays have a partnership with reseller StubHub that gives them a cut of each sheet resold on a site.

Cost of blue box recycling rising

​Airline newcomer woes

 Whether it’s PC Optimum or Air Miles, your faithfulness points could be during risk. More scammers are targeting prerogative programs since they’re easier to entrance than bank accounts. To strengthen yourself, experts contend we need to provide faithfulness programs with a same significance as other financial accounts. That means formulating tough-to-crack passwords and changing them often.

What else is going on?

New manners to revoke radon. The organisation representing Canada’s home builders says Health Canada’s solutions for shortening radon gas pose a critical health risk. The new customary includes venting systems to mislay a gas from basements, that could turn clogged in cold weather.

Uber might have switched off reserve complement before deadly crash. The self-driving Uber that resulted in a deadly pile-up in Arizona may have been handling without a customary collision-avoidance technology. The auto-parts builder that reserve a Volvo SUV’s radar and camera told Bloomberg that Uber infirm a technology.

This week in recalls:

This fry beef could be infested with Listeria; these USB chargers could be a glow and startle risk; these bath toys could be a choking hazard; this energy bank’s battery could overheat and ignite; these baby onesies have steel snaps that could be a choking hazard; these duck nuggets could be infested with salmonella. 

We’re on a mangle this week

We’ll be behind with a new uncover Apr 6, though while we’re away, we can binge watch the past episodes on YouTube.

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