Jeff Blyskal
Consumer Reports
San Francisco, CA, United States
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Gift Card Scam: Crooks Can Drain the Money Off Your Cards
Giving or getting gift cards this Christmas? In this look at gift card scams, Consumer Reports warns that thieves can steal the value off those cards. → Read More
Is Equifax's Free ID Protection Service Good Enough?
How good is Equifax's free ID protection service? Consumer Reports says there are better services. → Read More
Yes, You Can Avoid Those Bank Fees
Everybody complains about bank fees. Consumer Reports tells you how to beat them. → Read More
A Credit Freeze Won't Help With All Equifax Breach Threats
Taken the first steps to protect yourself from the Equifax breach? Consumer Reports explains what to do next. → Read More
How to Lock Down Your Money After the Equifax Breach
Worried about the Equifax data breach? Consumer Reports explains how to put an iron wall around your money. → Read More
How to Break Up With Your Bank
Ready to switch to a new bank or credit union? Consumer Reports explains 7 easy steps to get it done. → Read More
Travel Insurance and Terrorism: Are You Covered in the Event of an Attack?
The risk of terrorism is prompting more consumer interest in travel insurance. Consumer Reports explains what you need to know. → Read More
Will Your Health Insurance Cover You Overseas?
Make sure you have international health insurance when traveling overseas this summer. Consumer Reports explains why and how to get it. → Read More
Get Better CD Rates Right Now
With interest rates rising gradually, Consumer Reports shows you how to maximize your CD rates faster on your certificates of deposit. → Read More
How to Give Yourself a Home Insurance Checkup
Chances are good that you don't have enough homeowners insurance. Consumer Reports says now's the time to fix that, in 7 steps. → Read More
How Health Savings Accounts Work
Your health savings account may not be the best. Consumer Reports explains how to assess and find a better HSA. → Read More
A better way to search for Netflix and Amazon Prime videos
Amazon Prime Instant Video and Netflix both provide a wide variety of movies and television shows on their video streaming services. But finding the show you want to watch can be frustrating. Why? Both services suffer from inept TV-screen interfaces that make it hard to search their video catalogs. And for both you must use your streaming video player's remote to hunt and peck each letter of the… → Read More
Netflix vs. Amazon Prime video streaming
When you subscribe to one of the leading video-streaming services—Amazon Prime Instant Video and Netflix—you’re buying something of a pig in a poke. This review is based on an evaluation by the Consumer Reports Money team, using a 1-to-5 scale, where 1 is the lowest possible score and 5 is the highest. It’s so difficult to browse for movies on Amazon and Netflix that we turned to… → Read More