In these times of low interest rates, those of us that actually save money are having a hard time with our not-so-high-anymore yield accounts.
I remember a year ago when some savings accounts were yielding 5%.
I used to chase them. I had an account at ING yielding somewhere around 4.65%. I chased a higher yield and [...]

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I found this in a message board.
Alledgedly, this is a letter a 98 yo lady in the UK sent to her bank. I can’t find any source, but regardless, it is quite amusing.
Dear Sir,
I am writing to thank you for bouncing my cheque with which I endeavoured to pay my plumber last month. By my [...]

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I’m not a big fan of payday loans. They can charge interests higher than credit cards, but I understand that sometimes, people are in a hole without a lot of options. So this could be really good news for these people.
Thanks to The Consumerist for reporting that the FDIC Launches Program Encouraging Banks To Offer Small [...]

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 I don’t know about you, but I love Craigslist. I’ve sold some used stuff and bought used stuff online. Craigslist can create an anonymous email so that you don’t have to post your real one.
 But in addition to that, did you know you can create a temporary anonymous number as well?
 Craigsnumber is a service that [...]

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 What do you hate more? Collection agencies, spammers or actually spammers-scammers (did I just invent a new word)?
 There’s a new scam out there. We all know the Nigerian ones where they can’t find the heir of a millionaire and ask your help to transfer that money. I’ve even started conversation with one of them, but [...]

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Savings tip
  You know those grocery club cards, right? For the few of you that don’t know what I’m talking about, several grocery store chains have a club card that entitles you to savings. Yeah yeah… I know there might be some privacy issues with them sharing the data with other parties, but all you have [...]

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 A couple of days ago I blogged regarding some issues with Dell.
 JohnP, from Dell, posted a comment. Not sure if he actually read my blog and commented on it. I feel like it was some automated bot that scanned the web for Dell posts (by searching for a specific trackback to Consumerist) and posted that comment.
 Regardless, I [...]

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I used to be a big Dell fan. We had Dell computers at work (we still do), and never had any trouble with them. They were quite reliable.
But lately, I haven’t been “feeling” them.
I have a Dell desktop at home, Dell laptops, a Dell PDA, a couple of Dell LCD TVs and even used to own [...]

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