Even in this day and age, with the advent of online shopping, online tech support, and online bill payments, you still end up having to speak with Customer Service Representatives. Even though half the “on hold” messages tell you to go to their website, you still need to call a rep to work out things…
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I prefer to use credit cards rather than a debit card or cash for a couple reasons. First off, it keeps my spending a little more organized. I can use one card for all my spending and then pay off the entire balance once a month. But another big bonus of using a credit card…
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First, let me start off by saying that I’m the worst personal finance role model after purchasing my second television in the last two years. What can I say? We recently moved into a new house and unfortunately there is a bit of lifestyle inflation that comes along with the bigger place. For years I…
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As I have been writing about for the last few months, my wife and I have been in the process of moving. We packed up our stuff, loaded it into a truck, and are now finally settling into our new place. When you get ready to leave a premise, you always have to remember to…
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As the cliche goes, your health is the most important thing you can have. And as someone who spends a lot of time looking at stuff, eyesight is definitely important to me. I suppose it’s important to you, too. Oh heck, it’s important to all of us. Everyone’s a winner! I recently lost a bunch…
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Let me say, right from the beginning of this post: Kindles, Kobos and other kinds of e-readers are pretty cool. I recently had the chance to play around with one, and I can understand the appeal behind getting one. The backlight technology makes for a pretty enjoyable reading experience. The unit is light, which is…
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Sometimes no matter what you do, you end up taking a big financial hit. My wife and I are (still) in the middle of moving. We ended up putting a bunch of our things in storage, traveling for a few weeks, and then headed to the city we knew we would end up in. We…
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