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HSBC OnlineSavings
I am in an account opening frenzy…I just applied for my HSBC OnlineSavings account which carries a $35 sign-up bonus for the rest of the month. I wasn’t going to do it because I am sort of swimming in accounts right now, but HSBC is also my mortgage holder and I am trying to investigate…
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Book Review: Back From the Land
Back from the Land: How young Americans went to Nature in the 1970’s and Why they came back. This book was a most interesting read, and everything I expected. Sometimes you can read the inside flap and get all excited, but it ends up being slightly different, however, this book was not that way for…
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22% Lower Cable/Phone/Internet
LaLa finally made the call last week to cancel our Digital Vision service from the cable portion of our telecomm service. This will save us about $12 a month going forward. This is on top of the $20 off each month for 12 months we got just for asking threatening to switch to a competitor.…
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Should I Dump RCN Digital Vision?
So now that I have been looking at every little charge on my telecomm bill and looking for charges to axe, I became very interested in exactly what channels are considered the “digital vision” service. Access to these 40+ channels cost us $11.95 a month (nearly $144 a year): Noggin Nick Games/Sports Nick TOO Boomerang…
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$240 Off Telecomm for 12 Months
“Just ask” indeed! Armed with the simple “how to” on MyMoneyBlog, inspired by several past posts (specifically at BudgetingBabe and StopBuyingCrap), and today’s carnival post about using competitive offers as leverage LaLa took the plunge (the account is in her name) and called our Cable service to ask for a reduced charge. We currently have…
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My Missing Money
A couple of months ago, I found myself on the MissingMoney site. It’s a searchable database of abandoned property throughout the US. On a lark, I searched on my name in every state I’ve ever lived and I actually found one item… …in the state I currently reside in! It turns out that after I…
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Teach a Woman to Fish
Today I had my first Rainbow Trout fish, broiled with lemon juice, salt and pepper. It was delicious! Surfgirl is a passionate fisherman and loves to catch trout to bring back and cook. She paid for a state wide park access, which has paid for itself many times over, and that makes the trout a…
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So…are we suckers?
Flexo drew my attention to Ted Rall’s article on Yahoo: Charities are for Suckers in which the author claims: Cutting a check to the Red Cross isn’t just a vote for irresponsible government. It’s a drop in the bucket compared to what you’ll end up paying for Katrina in increased taxes. I certainly agree it…
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On Giving, Abundance & Fear
FMF has a short but thought provoking post in which he states his agreement with author David Bach on giving and his observation that “giving people become wealthy”. I think about this concept often, and more so lately after Katrina. I know it may seem a little new agey, but I tend to notice the…
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Lowered Auto Insurance Cost
My auto policy renewal information showed up a few days ago, so I dug in looking for ways to reduce my cost. MA has fixed auto insurance rates and places like GEICO and Progressive don’t insure here so shopping around doesn’t net me much, but there are still ways to save. Background My 2000 VW…
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