Don't Get Ripped Off

Don't Get Ripped Off

We work to protect consumers by:

  • Alerting the public to hidden dangers, scams, and unsafe products
  • Educating consumers about their rights in the marketplace

We have created a series of guides to help you avoid rip-offs and scams, and to be a smarter, healthier consumer.

Issue updates

Blog Post | Corporate, Democracy

Success at Southern | Thomas Letchworth

Students and Ashland residents assembled in front of the student union to mourn the death of free and fair democratic elections in the United Stated yesterday. This was a peaceful candlelit vigil for individuals who believe corporations are not people, and thus should not be allowed to fund elections and support candidates with unlimited financial contributions. After over 160 people congregated on campus, we marched down the closed off lane of Ashland’s busiest street, Siskiyou Boulevard, chanting things like, "Hey, hey, ho, ho, corporate greed has got to go!".

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Blog Post | Textbooks

Big Day for Open Education! | Nicole Allen

Today was a big day in the movement for free and open textbooks! A conference call featuring U.S. Under Secretary of Education Martha Kanter, CALPIRG textbook affordability activist Arthur Karadzhyan, and other leaders kicked off two exciting new initiatives for open education: 

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Report | OSPIRG Foundation | Corporate

Revealing Tax Subsidies

Last year, Oregon took an important first step towards showing the public whether the hundreds of millions of tax dollars spent on corporate economic development tax subsidies are worth the money. House Bill 2825 went into effect at the close of 2011, requiring disclosure of twelve corporate tax subsidy programs estimated to cost taxpayers nearly $530 million in the 2011-2013 biennium.

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Media Hit | Consumer, Higher Ed, Textbooks

Groups target textbook prices to rein in college costs

A push to create free or inexpensive textbooks is gaining momentum as educators, philanthropists and policymakers nationwide search for new ways to rein in college costs.

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Blog Post | Consumer, Foods, Waste

Stop Subsidizing Junk Food: Galley Closing and Panel | Thomas Letchworth

Government subsidies that benefit big agribusinesses, like Monsanto and Cargill, have made products like corn syrup so cheap that it's less expensive to buy a Twinkle than a bunch of carrots. The majority of these subsidies go to less than 10% of farms in America, and yet these farms receive more than $245 billion to grow only a handful of cash crops that are made into unhealthy, processed foods. It should come as no suprise to us then that childhood obesity has more than quadrupled in the last forty years. We need to end this wasteful government spending program.

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