Author Archives: Roland - Page 2
Are You a Money Stasher?
While surfing (the kind that only exercises the fingers) I ran across this article: Money hiders risk a wealth of woes. Seems that due to the economy more people are…
Retailer Hide And Seek: Fostering Impulse Purchases
But does it occasionally backfire? Retailer Hide and Seek is a nice way of describing how merchants have a tendency to constantly re-arrange their stores layouts or move maybe even…
Pay Cuts And Furloughs…
Nothing totally coherent today just some rambling thoughts that I'd like to hear your responses to! Everyone I'm sure has been reading about how many governments and businesses are cutting…
Save Money… Carry A Thermos
Has your employer, perhaps done like mine did a couple of months ago, decided that the tanking economy was a good excuse to stop supplying Free Coffee for everyone (except…
End Run Around “Do Not Call” and “CAN-Spam” Acts…
...or at least that's what I thought when I opened my credit card statement from Chase and out fell (along with all the annoying advertising flyers) another "Change in Terms"…
Are You Willing To Pay For Someone Else’s Health Insurance?
Are you like one of the reasons I went back to work after retiring was to acquire health insurance. I'm a long way from Medicare. Or do you work at…
Death Of An Emergency Fund…
and some thoughts on extended warranties and insurance. Well my emergency fund has just been luckily, somehow, I wasn't! Background: On the way home from work Sunday morning, May 31st…
Will You Pay To Keep Up Your FICO Score?
Well, President Obama signed into law the CARD Act, reforming the Credit Card Industries practices. What he signed is amazing, but it still didn't go far enough to corral some…
Can We Hire The Norwegian Government To Run The United States?
Why?? Because they've gotten it right. Despite the collapse of the world's economy they haven't been hurt very much at all. Despite being a high tax country they live within…
Does Women’s Trusting Culture Help Identity Thieves?
What brought this train of thought on? Well, I had read an article on Identity Theft earlier in the day where along with the fact that such theft is committed…