Category: What Would You Do?

How many leisurely things can you do without spending money? As a bored suburban kid, I spent a lot of time at malls (big ones and strip ones), either by myself or with other careless spenders, like friends and family. I’d use money I never earned to spend on crap- stuff like junk food, movies…

In this week’s “What Would You Do?” series, I thought I’d pose a question that many of us have to face at one time or another. If you don’t have a ready source for health insurance and/or you don’t have the cash to pay for a policy, would you go without? Health Benefits are one…

Yesterday MSN Money published an article on the results of a psychological study I found extremely interesting, “Does Money Make You Mean“? from Bankrate.com. Over the course of nine experiments, the study found that “folks with money on their minds are less helpful, less considerate and less willing to ask for assistance or engage with…

So how come you’ll never hear a talk-show host ask a movie star how much money she made on her latest film? Because money is still considered one of those taboo topics and it doesn’t play well on the circuit of celebrity chatter. But what if we bring the topic closer to home. If someone…

This week I get to do my first What Would You Do series, and I seriously want to know: What would you do if your job were getting in the way of your fitness? One of my cases at work is steamrolling towards a trial in March. The 12-hour days and work on the weekends…

A few weeks back, in a previous column in the What Would You Do Series, I wrote that my Dad had asked for a $3,000 loan in order to replace his aging means of transport. A few people commented that I should just go ahead and give him the money (not a loan), despite the…

This week’s question in our What Would You Do series borrows a dilemma from the rich. Case in point: Democracy Now recently reported, “The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation makes millions of dollars each year from companies blamed for many of the same social and health problems the Foundation seeks to address.” To bring the…

Today’s “What Will You Do” isn’t a direct money question, but money and fear is often the excuse people use for not doing what they commit to and not doing what they really want to do. So, let me set the stage… You committed to go out to dinner with your long time partner (or…

So here’s the deal: the other day Rob and I were at a major discount store, which shall remain nameless. The harried lady scanning our items at the checkout lane did not seem to have complete control of the scanner, so in rapid succession she scanned a corkboard/whiteboard combo; a wall clock; a shelving unit;…

In this week’s “What Would You Do” series, I thought we could tackle the topic of merchandise returns. We all probably received something over the holidays that we want to return or exchange. To start, here are some tips from Mark Huffman at ConsumerAffairs.com that you can keep in mind at any time of the…