Posts Tagged ‘money’
Happy Holidays to all 308 million people in America except for Laurinda Swank
Laurinda Swank is the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of my former bank, First Internet Bank, aka First Internet Bank of Indiana. FIB served me well for seven years, until their customer service took an acute turn south in the past year or so. I was [Read More]
Ambien Symphony
Pawn Stars….decent entertainment….plays off that American ideal that I have…to find something odd you think you can make money off of and go for it…it almost always flops. All of my eBay lists of 10 years ago average about +2.00 at best. I never a [Read More]
38 versus 7500
That’s my federal refund for 2008 after an initial run-through with TaxACT, which I’m new to after many years of TaxCut and Turbo Tax. TaxAct is either free or very cheap if you want the Deluxe version, and, for my purposes, seems to have all the functionality [Read More]
JP Morgan Chase Hates Pets
Dear Valued PetSmart PetPerks Visa Cardholder, As you may know, certain assets held by Washington Mutual, our partner for the PetSmart® PetPerks® Visa®, were purchased by JP Morgan Chase. This transaction included all of the credit card accounts that were part of the [Read More]
Dear Knoxville, I still hate you, too…
I just saw my credit scores plunge, thanks to St. Mary’s Medical Center of Knoxville, Tennessee. While I worked in Tennessee back in 2003, my Year of Bliss, I wound up in the hospital for a couple of days due to a pesky kidney infection. Being an hourly contractor [Read More]
0.23%
That’s the percentage of my mortgage loan amount that I’ve paid off after three months. Ah, it’s great to be a homeowner! [Read More]
While you’re at it, freeze drug and gasoline prices
White House nears plan to freeze subprime rates – Dec. 5, 2007 Similar to my last post, I’m looking at the headline, not thinking about an individual family who may have been hoodwinked into taking out a mortgage they couldn’t afford… My gut reaction [Read More]
Friday night fun with Capital One
I have a Capital One credit card with a low limit, a high interest rate, and an annual fee. It’s a small annual fee, but considering there are no special benefits or rewards with this card, there’s no reason I need to tolerate this fee. I recently had a fee [Read More]
Dear Household Bank
One day I will no longer need your lousy, predatory credit cards. Your customer service sucks. Hypothetic email to HSBC customer support: Can you please look into this charge from styrofoamsquirrels.com? I didn’t actually have a completed transaction with them, but [Read More]
XpenseTracker.com
Just signed up to this service. I don’t have the discipline to keep up with MS Money or Quicken. This website, however, is quick and easy, and I hope it helps me change some habits. Online Expense Tracker and Budgeting tool – www.XpenseTracker.com [Read More]
