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Tightening that belt…

I was reading the LA Times on Sunday morning and came across the article “Our daily bread? It costs more” by Jerry Hirsch. In the article, Hirsch talks about how the increase in the price of wheat worldwide has caused an increase in basic wheat-based staples around the world. Pizza is more expensive. Breads are […]

My Top 5 Budget Busters

I have been tracking my spending again recently and I was surprised to see what my Top 5 Budget Busters were. Over the past two years, I had done a great job cutting back my daily expenses, but then I switched jobs and all the conveniences I was used to at my previous job disappeared […]

Ways To Save: Call to Complain

Over the course of the past six weeks, my cable service has been abysmal. Six to ten times every thirty minutes, the picture tiles out, freezes, and then blacks out completely. Regardless of how much or how little television I watch, the fact remains that I am paying for a service that, I expect, to […]

HSBC Online Security Warning

As I was surfing through the blogosphere, I saw this security warning for HSBC customers at A Penny Saved.
Not that I have a bias (okay, I do), but ING just recently updated their login features to increase their site’s security.
(I fully realize that I have invoked The Gods of High Yielding Online Accounts to smite […]

Online Savings Accounts: Higher Interest

It seems like online savings accounts are the only thing on my mind lately. In almost every recent conversation I’ve had with family or my closest friends, I ask them if they’ve moved their money from their brick-and-mortar savings account to a higher interest online savings account.Use bankrate.com to compare the different rates for the […]

Gift Cards: Use ‘em, Trade ‘em, Sell ‘em

Ever wondered if you could sell or trade your gift cards to redeem them for cash? Did you get a gift certificate to Crate & Barrel, but the wine glasses you really want are at the Pottery Barn? You can trade it. Or did you get a gift card to Romance Novels R’ Us and […]

Found Money: Customer Service Reps

The squeaky wheel definitely gets the grease. I know that Mo’Nique had a recent run-in with United Airlines. The previous week before her incident, I too had an unhappy situation. Fortunately, my disaster trip didn’t hit all the gossip rags. (In this case, the squeakier wheel got the grease.) I did, however, let my frustration […]