The Checkout: May 28

On The Checkout this week, Zoë Norton Lodge looks at skincare company Arbonne’s direct marketing and discovers it’s definitely not a pyramid scheme, but a multi-level marketing scheme.

Also this week:

Our new segment ‘Checkout Chumps’ looks at the consumer mistakes the presenters of a certain consumer show make… This week we investigate Premium SMS Charges, as Julian Morrow joins the Not Appy club.

Scott Abbot gives us the good oil on essential oils. Are they really that essential?

Can our team of crack experts “Justify That Fee”. This weeks’ fee is SMH Box Office’s $23 ticket purchasing service fee.

The burgers look better at Hungry Jacks… than they do in real life.

In F.U.Tube this week, Craig looks into NAB’s Traveller Card, Sony Xperia’s non-waterproof phone and pet insurance premiums that live on after your pet has departed.

8pm Thursday 28 May on ABC.