Saturday, May 9th, 2009 Discover has just released a new product into the marketplace. I don't have a huge problem with credit cards, however, I 'm not sure that I will be jumping on this band wagon. Let me explain.
The Current by Discover is a prepaid credit card that is intended for teenagers. The ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008 Just a quick post from the hotel - We are on a trip this weekend that will require us to drive close to 3,000 miles. Our mini-van averages approximately 20 miles per gallon. I don't want to think about this any more. You can figure out the rest at home ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 I rarely darken the door of the grocery store for several reasons:
I don't do much cooking.
I have no idea where anything is. Seriously, I often make several laps just to find one thing.
I always purchase the wrong item. I try really hard, but always seem to mess it up. I ...
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Sunday, June 8th, 2008 A year ago, Mrs. Rocket and I made almost $2,000 just from credit card bonuses alone. This year, the bonuses have been a little thin . . . I guess maybe we contributed to cc companies becoming a bit more stingy with free money from credit cards. Anyway, if you ...
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008 In March of this year, I shared how our credit score plummeted from 748 to 618 last year.
This last month, I paid off the three largest balance transfers that we made during our bank bonus, credit card bonus and stoozing spree. We had borrowed between $11,000 to $13,000 from each ...
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