Cutting Food Costs: Saving Time vs. Money
by Rachael Paxton
You may think that if you make everything from scratch that you will save a lot of money at the grocery store every month. In a lot of cases, this may be true. When you prepare your own meals you will often see an immediate cost savings per portion, and perhaps an overall increase in nutritional value as an added bonus. So what if you don't have the time to cook?
Debt Negotiation
by Scott Bilker
I need to know if this will really work. It makes me very nervous in not paying my bills so they can be negotiated. I talked to DEBTCO and I got very excited that I could be out of debt in 3 years but when I got the papers (contract) I felt a little uneasy. Should I be uneasy? Should I think more about consolidation? Please help me make the right choice. I really need help with my debt.
Seasonal Sales Shopping List
by Sandy Shields
Been saving up for that 'something special'? Want to know when you will get the best deal? Are you curious to know when your favorite foods will be going on sale? Let this seasonal shopping guide help you make those strategic shopping decisions!
Time and Money
by Doris Dobkins
Time is a limited resource. We have 24 hours in a day, 7 days in a week and 52 weeks each year. Who and what determine how we spend our time? How can we maximize the time we have? Money as well is a limited resource. What do we do with the money that we take home? How do we spend it and how can we maximize it? Tough questions or easy questions?
Household Math™: Choosing a Selling Price
by Scott Bilker
How much can Jack and Jill sell their house for now and keep the monthly payment as affordable as it was when they originally put the house for sale?
DebtSmart Email Newsletter: 3/27/02
by DebtSmart Email Newsletter
Cool Quote; Letter from the Publisher; Debt Negotiation; Time and Money; Household Math(tm); Reducing Your Mortgage; Personal Loans as Low as 10.9%; March Madness Sale at Inkjets123; Ask Your Lemon Law and Auto Questions; Cutting Food Costs: Saving Time vs. Money; Seasonal Sales Shopping List; DebtSmart Resources; Subscribe/Disclaimer Information
Household Math™: Shopping Sale
by Scott Bilker
This is a situation we run into everyday. Stores are always sales, specials, etc. and thirfty people will try to take advantage of these sales. But how can you tell which discount is the better discount?
Handling Frustration
by Michael Angier
I'm sooo frustrated! These words--or something perhaps even more colorful---are things we've all said at one time or another. Several times over the past few days, I said them myself--at least in my head.
TLPJ Files National Credit Cardholder Class Action Against Chevy Chase Bank
by Trial Lawyers For Public Justice
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (TLPJ) has filed a national class action lawsuit against Chevy Chase Bank charging that the bank breached its contracts with cardholders by raising their interest rates in excess of a promised 24 percent ceiling. After years of promising in its agreement that "your annual percentage rate will never exceed 24 percent," the bank tried to amend the agreement without the legally required notice -- and then began charging up to 27 percent.
BATTLE WITH CHEVY CHASE BANK
by Trial Lawyers For Public Justice
Maryland's highest court ruled unanimously on March 8 that the plaintiffs in TLPJ's national class action lawsuit against Chevy Chase Bank cannot be deprived of their constitutional right to a jury trial and their right to bring a class action.
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