I talked to a friend recently who was surprised how popular get-out-of-debt stories are. He pays all his bills every month on time and can’t imagine not doing that. Lucky is he. And perhaps a bit naive. Not only do roughly half of credit card carry a balance, but plenty [Keep reading]
(Kevin Hurley, Global Brand Ambassador for Teeling Whiskey, stopped by Peter Dillon’s in NYC last night to help me explain why the history of whiskey is the history of Ireland. Teeling, a new entrant, is meant to be sipped, not gulped, like Jameson. But it’s not quite as expensive as [Keep reading]
How often do I get to combine my favorite topics — consumer behavior, beer, hockey, and ripoffs — in the same story! Hockey fans (of course, hockey fans) in Idaho have sued a minor league team for using differently-shaped but equal volume plastic cups for their small ($4) and large [Keep reading]
Amazon Prime can be a pretty good deal for users. Heck, if all you do is stream a Ken Burns documentary series rather than buy it, you’ll come out ahead, even at the new $99 price point. So the usual consumer reporter “how dare they” response to Amazon’s price hike [Keep reading]
I was going to call this “Tips for Surviving a Layoff”…sounded like a good title right, but maybe that’s only because it’s all I seem to Google these days! I’m tired of being an ostrich. I’m finally taking my head out of the sand to acknowledge that YES, THIS REALLY DID [Keep reading]
Yea!!! Warren Buffett has offered $1 billion for the sports fan equivalent of getting hit by lightning, an asteroid, and a Robinson Cano home run at the same time. But whoops: Everyone who falls for his trick is going to get pestered to take out a new loan until the [Keep reading]
Here comes an 18-year-old suing her parents to compel them to pay for her college education and other living expenses. The details are in this story from the Daily Record in New Jersey. The teen is living with another family, which is paying her legal expenses ($13,000 so far). [Keep reading]
Over-limit fees. Retroactive interest rate hikes. Floating due dates and missing bills. Not long ago, millions of credit card users found themselves in a constant arm-wrestling match with credit card issuers, fighting off surprise fees and booby-trapped agreements. But times have changed. Complaints about late fees now make up only [Keep reading]
Very proud to be quoted in a Reuters story today about changes in frequent flier programs. Even prouder (more proud?) that I’m quoted using the word “stinks.” As in: “Many middle-class Americans travel like crazy for work right now, taking red-eyes across the country – or the Atlantic – so [Keep reading]
In honor of yesterday’s news that the Feds are calling for free credit scores for everyone, and in recognition that it’s probably a bit of a pipe dream, I’ve arranged with my pals at Credit.com to give you a tool that will guesstimate your credit score for free. It’s very [Keep reading]
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