Category: Credit Cards

Debunking The 25 Most Outrageous Money Myths (part 4 of 4)

In continuing the series on debunking these most popular and 12+ pages being too much for one post – here is part 4 of 4 on the series Debunking The 25 Most Outrageous Money Myths.  Part 1 can be found HERE.  Part 2 can be found HERE.  Part 3 can be found HERE.

Debunking The 25 Most Outrageous Money Myths (part 3 of 4)

In continuing the series on debunking these most popular and 12+ pages being too much for one post – here is part 3 of 4 on the series Debunking The 25 Most Outrageous Money Myths.  Part 1 can be found HERE.  Part 2 can be found HERE.

Debunking The 25 Most Outrageous Money Myths (part 2 of 4)

In continuing the series on debunking these most popular and 12+ pages being too much for one post – here is part 2 of 4 on the series Debunking The 25 Most Outrageous Money Myths.  Part 1 can be read HERE.

Debunking The 25 Most Outrageous Money Myths (part 1 of 4)

Debunking The 25 Most Outrageous Money Myths (part 1 of 4)

I thought I’d take WriterDad’s advice in cooking this one up thinking that [My] Baby’s Born in the Rough Draft. You raise it in the Rewrite“.  I’ve been working on this post for cumulatively about a month.  A change here, a new post here, realization here, but I’m done.  I could come up with [...]

It Worked! A Loophole In The Fine Print

So several months back I wrote about how I Figured Out A Way To Use ANY Credit Card At Costco and was pleasantly surprised by the way it worked.  I hate having to use my debit card for anything as I like the Alaska Air Platinum Plus card to get the air miles on the [...]

How Do You Save Your Money? (revised repost)

I’ve been posed this question off and on over the past few years, so I figured it best to say the order I put my cash away. If you’ve realized that you DO need to save it, you’ve already jumped the first snag; now the question is WHERE to put the money? There are [...]

What Do You Do If You Can’t Afford It?

What Do You Do If You Can’t Afford It?

So I had a pretty good laugh from this today; and makes a lot of sense. I remember back in the day when my parents would DREAD credit cards. We’d have one for a purchase we needed to finance and then it was on the phone and cutting up the card IMMEDIATELY afterwards. [...]

An Interesting Loophole In The Credit World To Make A Few Bucks – But Is It Worth It?

An Interesting Loophole In The Credit World To Make A Few Bucks – But Is It Worth It?

In stumbling around the internet this week I ran across a Chicago Tribune article that mentioned renting out your credit to people with weaker scores.  I thought to myself, “Is this even possible?  And if so, why the h*** would you want someone else using your credit?”  The answer then dawned on me; money.  Everyone [...]

Net Worth Update July 16, 2008 [$102,416.87(-9.57%)

Net Worth Update July 16, 2008 [$102,416.87(-9.57%)

Welp, the landscaping and deck building this past week dug deep into the e-fund and overall numbers so they’re not really as bad as they show up because they should both pay off more than the 8k-ish spent on them.

Money Hacks Carnival #18 — The History Of Money!

So I did some deep undercover investigation for this weeks carnival digging back in time to bring you The History of Money! Did you know that China was the first to use paper money around the year 1000. It was made from the bar of mulberry trees. Leaves from these trees, you may recall, [...]