The Checkout Ep9 airs Thursday, 8pm on ABC1
May 22 2013, 12:45 pm | | 1 Comment
ABC TV will air the ninth episode of its new satirical show, The Checkout tomorrow (Thursday) at 8:00pm on ABC1 featuring Craig Reucassel and Julian Morrow (The Hamster Wheel, The Chaser’s War on Everything), Kirsten Drysdale (Hungry Beast) and Kate Browne from consumer group Choice.
If you’re sick of being misled, lied to, taken advantage of, or just plain confused when you buy, you have the right not to remain silent … and The Checkout team is at your service. For a limited time only.
In this week’s episode:
- Click “Accept” to Continue – Did you know that you have to agree not to develop nuclear weapons before Apple will let you use iTunes? Craig looks at the “terms and conditions” and all the objectionable contract rules we can’t object to.
- Chocolate & Weight Loss – is Cadbury really giving us “10% Extra Joy” by adding 20g to a block they reduced by 50g not so long ago?
- Tricks of the Trade Mags – Jules compares the way VB and American Express advertise to us with what they tell the people who sell their stuff to us.
- Energy Crisis – The worldwide energy-drink market is estimated to be worth $37 billion a year. Extreme Correspondent Ben Jenkins asks Dr Naren Gunja (Clinical Toxicologist from Westmead Hospital) why these drinks are so AWESOME!!!!!!
- Parallel Consumerverse – imagine a world where bread was sold like houses…..
- Snack Break: Trail Mix – Jules does the nutritional numbers on Trail Mix. You won’t believe how much exercise desk jockeys need to do to burn the calories from this healthy snack.
- If I Could Say One Thing – Fiona Guthrie, Executive Director for Financial Counselling Australia explains why it’s more important than ever to pay our debts on time – and how it could affect the interest rate you pay on loans for the rest of your life.
- Lipo Lunch-hour! – The face of Australia is changing…… maybe because we now spend $644.7 million on non-surgical cosmetics each year. Kate explores the poorly regulated world of lunchtime procedures – from botox, lipo, laser hair removal to teeth whitening, fraxel, LED light treatments, micro-dermabrasion and skin needling.
- F.U.Tube – Kirsten presents the latest viewer complaint videos … including all the ingredients in the apple juice that claims it’s “Nothing But Apples”.
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Choice a consumer group? I don’t think so. See how easy it is to become a member and ‘contribute’. Choice lost me many years ago when they ran a report damning Australia Post’s overnight interstate delivery service, but failed to mention the data was collected during an airline strike!