'Made in Italy' might still mean that it's made in a sweatshop

That designer bag you're carrying around that touts itself has being hand-made in Italy may have actually been made in SE Asia. It may have been made in China, but then shipped over to Italy for a buckle or something nominal to be added so they can claim that it was Made in Italy. This was reported originally by the L.A. Times; carried by The Consumerist.

Best Buy Busted

A little over a week ago, Best Buy admited to scamming in-store customers after buckling under pressure from Connecticut's State Attorney General who launched an investigation into their practices. The way the scam works is a customer sees an advertised price for an item online, which brings them into the store. Once they get there, they pick up the item and bring it to the counter with the quoted price in mind. They tell the salesperson, who then pulls up a hidden 'intranet' site (fraudulent to the consumer) which indicates a different and higher price than the one the customer found online. By this time, the customer is probably going to go ahead and buy the item at a higher price. What a dirty practice.