This weekend, my husband and I went to Las Vegas and encountered the most ridiculous resort fee ever. My only previous encounter with a resort fee occurred at an actual resort and included “resort” items like two free bottles of water per day (useful at a Disney resort), towel service at the pool, and similar …
In case you haven’t heard, a consumer group and financial services group requested that credit card issuers be allowed to forgive some of the debt of credit card holders, it is called Credit Card Debt Forgiveness. What? Are you kidding me? I could maybe get behind the new foreclosure plan that doesn’t actually forgive principal balances …
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I saw an interesting story on CNNMoney about the recent trend toward taxing the rich to pay for government programs, both major and minor. I was already a bit stabby about the “tax them if they make more than $250,000″ mantra, and now I’m even stabbier. If you want to see me “defend the rich,” keep reading. If not, …
I haven’t been stabby for a few weeks, but here we go! As I said last week, I am not a fan of Black Friday. I also found it interesting to discover this morning that Black Friday wasn’t that big a deal as little as 10 years ago. Now thanks to greed, corporate and otherwise, it has become a …
Once again, the banking lobbyists are coming out against the new credit card rules passed by the Senate yesterday and likely to become law next week. These are only slight modifications of the new rules set to go into effect next year, but the banks and credit card issuers are once again trotting out their threats to …
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Recently I’ve been buying a lot of baby stuff online, which means I’ve been added to several email mailing lists. Some of them I asked to be added to. The rest added me without asking me when I bought something. Online Buyers Aren’t Always Your Target Market It drives me nuts. Ask me when I …
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My cousin recently went on her college tour and she looked at my old school. When I learned what they now charge for tuition, I was shocked and angry. In fact, I was stabby, for the first time in almost three months! I went to a good school, and enjoyed my time there, but it is …
As each holiday season rolls around, people start talking about gifts as expressions of love. To some extent, yes, you should try to buy thoughtful gifts for the people you love. I think choosing gifts carefully shows that you really know the person and their interests. However, I start to get stabby when I hear people, especially …
Yesterday, I received a medical bill that is a perfect example of what is wrong with health care costs in this country. Several weeks ago I had an ultrasound as part of prenatal testing. The ultrasound was performed in a perinatologist’s office on one of their high-tech ultrasound machines. The scan took about 20 minutes, …
When the economy was humming along, fashion magazines liked to tout high-priced accessories like shoes and handbags, or even whole outfits, as “investment pieces.” I don’t care how rare or expensive a piece of clothing is, it’s not an investment. It will likely not increase in value over time. The mere suggestion that it will …
