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Circuit Cents: The cost of cutting corners

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For this week's Circuit Cents, Los Angeles Times Consumer Columnist David Lazarus joins us to discuss the cost of cutting corners.

A popular pre-paid money card lets people transfer and spend money without using a regular bank, but people could be opening themselves up to fraud. And, while predatory lending for homes sales has received a lot of attention, some scams have moved to the car sales lot.