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Home Sales Continue to Plunge
October 24th, 2007According to housing market analysts, home sales have continued to drop well through the month of September. This marks 7 consecutive months in the decline of home sales. For the month of September, there was an 8% drop in home sales. This is 19% below the pace from a year ago. To make matters worse, prices of […]
Bogus Lawsuits on the Rise
October 4th, 2007I don’t know about you, but I am getting tired of hearing about all these new lawsuits against big and small businesses. It’s not the lawsuits that are bothering me, but the fact that so many of them are bogus.
Is this where our society has come to? People trying to make a quick buck by exploiting […]
Before you use “Bill Me Later,” Read This!
June 17th, 2007
You’ve probably seen the “Bill Me Later” payment method on various internet stores and shopping sites. By using this payment option, you can bypass inputting your credit card information at checkout. Instead you are sent an invoice through the mail.
What you may not know about this payment method is that it comes with a 19.99% APR if you are […]
Thumbs Down for CareCredit aka GE Money
March 12th, 2007Today, I received my monthly statement for CareCredit, and was surprised to see a finance charge of $1.50. I know what most of you may be thinking; $1.50 is not a lot of money, right? I agree, but my main problem with this charge is that I signed up under the terms of zero finance charges for […]
Beware: Sites that Sell Lists of Bad Credit Lenders
August 17th, 2006You see it all over the internet: Sites that claim to give you access to a large list of bad credit lenders. For a fee ($9.99 to $49.99), they’ll not only give you access to these so-called “hard to find” lenders, but also throw in some extra bonuses to entice you. If you ever come across these sites, my advice […]
