By Rita R. Robison
I was pleased this week to save money on face and body soap, while a new Federal Trade Commission ruling was upsetting.
My best consumer experience: Saving money on shipping costs
Since I have allergies, I order some of my personal care products from N.E.E.D.S., a New York firm that specializes in items for sensitive consumers.
At last, they’ve begun offering free shipping and coupons.
On my order of a gallon of shampoo and body soap, I got my shipping costs of $11 canceled.
My worst consumer experience: Having to show my ID when I go to a medical appointment
It’s irritating. When you go to the doctor or other health care provider now, you have to show your identification. I went to two offices that I have gone to for 30 years, and I had to show the receptionist my driver’s license.
Apparently, it’s a new Federal Trade Commission regulation. The reason for the requirement, I was told, is that so someone else doesn’t use your insurance card.
It seems like more Homeland Security nonsense to me. You would think that the doctor’s offices I have been going to for 30 years would know me.
