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Update: Since the time I originally wrote this, Plastiq has raised their fee to 2.85%, which makes this maneuver much less profitable. The post below […]
Doug's Methods of Saving Money
Update: Since the time I originally wrote this, Plastiq has raised their fee to 2.85%, which makes this maneuver much less profitable. The post below […]
You’ve probably heard it’s good to “have a credit card in case of an emergency”. I often hear that. Maybe that’s true. If it means […]
A certain financial expert (you know, the one with a popular radio show) hates credit cards. I hate them too. But he hates them so […]
I was listening to the radio a few weeks ago and heard an advertisement for a credit-counseling service scam. Part of the ad’s narration covered […]
In the local free newspaper on the way to work a few weeks ago, I noticed a coupon for $5 off any $30 purchase to […]
Many people swear by the “snowball” method of paying off debt. It works — I won’t dispute it. But there’s a slight modification that can […]
Oftentimes, when it seems easier to do the wrong thing (like, it’s easier to spend some money now to get some immediate gratification) instead of […]
Credit-card churning. Is it for you? Many credit cards come with a sign-up bonus for just applying and getting approved and then using the card […]
Over the weekend my wife and I rented a wheelchair-accessible van so we could take her mother on a day trip to the big city. […]
A personal finance mea culpa: During the recent holiday season I forgot to pay the balance on my Amazon credit card. It was a store […]
Sometime last year, my wife got interested in a TV series, something about a woman who somehow was transported back in time to Scotland of the […]
I sorta like opening checking accounts (and setting up direct deposits and e-bill paying, maybe opening a savings account so as to avoid any monthly fee) […]
Data from the Federal Reserve show that Americans owe close to 1,000 billion dollars of revolving debt* (which I’ll refer to as credit-card debt). Dividing the […]
I don’t buy things from vending machines anyway, so what should I care if people who use a credit card get charged more? Vending machine […]
One of the fun things about live bluegrass music performances is that it seems to be standard practice for bluegrass musicians to include jokes and […]
I got my first credit card before the internet era began, before credit-card issuers had websites that could be used to check balances and make payments. […]