The website FoolProof uses videos and straightforward messages to warn young people (and everyone else, really) about the hazards of debt, interest, bouncing checks, and more. Read more about the website at this story, which includes the site’s top financial myths: –I don’t have to worry about credit at my age. –Bad credit can’t keep [...]
Buy one regularly priced suit from Jos. A. Bank and you’ll get two more suits for free. It’s a special three-day promotion that ends on Wednesday, September 23. More details here.
Because debit cards deduct money directly from the cardholder’s bank account, it’s not possible to pile up debt like you can with a credit card. But debit cards are not without risk: Overdraft fees, which card issuers assess when customers spend more than the balance in an account, routinely cost $35 a pop, in some [...]
When you lose your job, why not take a hike? When your economy tanks, why not embrace the deals at Wal-Mart?
A 53-year-old man who used to cover the health insurance industry as a journalist purposefully decides that health insurance isn’t worth the money, and so he goes without it. He negotiates with doctors, haggles over the costs of services, and asks for discounts because he’s paying in cash. Over the course of a year, he’ll [...]
Food & Family, a magazine put out by Kraft Foods that features Kraft products and is mailed to 10 million Kraft Food consumers, used to sent out for free. Not anymore. Subscribers are now being asked to fork over $14 a year for what many folks consider little more than a marketing tool to sell [...]
Where’s the beef? If you have to ask, you haven’t been to a fast food establishment recently.
A simply hilarious and insightful quote: “It is commonly said that buying a house is the biggest purchase most Americans will ever make. Having a baby is like buying six houses. Except that they don’t increase in value, you can’t sell them and after 16 years they’ll probably say they hate you.”
Virgin America has sale fares starting at $39 each way on routes such as San Francisco to Las Vegas and $99 on routes such as Boston to Los Angeles. Tickets must be purchased by September 21. More details here.
Bank of America is introducing the Bankamericard Basic Visa, due in part to consumer requests for “products that offer simple and straightforward solutions,” according to a BofA exec.
