WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: Shopping, Technology, Bargain BabeWalmart is selling the Xbox 360 Arcade console for $199 this Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, but the package includes a $100 gift card -- shazam! "If you were thinking about purchasing an Xbox 360 this holiday season, this is the absolute best deal we've ever seen on the Xbox 360," BFA (Read More)
WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: Credit, Debt, Kids and Money, Saving Money, Health, Bankruptcy, Video, Credit cardsMy task each week on SOAPnet's Bank of Mom and Dad is to provide young women with solid advice that will improve their messy financial lives. In return I've received quite the education on some of the reasons we, as a society and (Read More)
WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: InsuranceThe best technique for selling life insurance is known in the trade as "driving the hearse up to the door." When the salesperson drives the hearse up to the door, he describes at length all the horrible things that can happen if the family hasn't bought enough life insurance and leaves widows and orph (Read More)
WalletPop Blog:
Michael Moloney, the prolific Extreme Makeover: Home Edition designer, recently contacted WalletPop by Skype to divulge a few choice tips for renovating your home on a budget. One of his essential suggestions: When you've got no money to transform your surroundings, you can achieve a dramatic effect by simply painting them. (Read More)
WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: Banks, Banking-checking-account, Banking-savings-accountMillions - possibly billions - of dollars are homeless, lacking a warm, dry bank account providing a roof over their heads. Although it might seem hard to imagine a day where we're stuffing mattresses with money instead of depositing paychecks in the bank, (Read More)
WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: Bargains, Food, Fantastic FreebiesIn honor of Veteran's Day, three restaurant chains are offering free meals to members of the military and veterans.McCormick & Schmick's is having its 11th Annual Veterans Appreciation Event on Sunday, Nov. 8. Veterans can receive a free lunch or dinner entree when they show th (Read More)
WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: Banks, InvestingMore than 100 banks have failed this year, and even the government acknowledges that many more will probably fold before 2009 draws to a close. In most cases, ordinary citizens who have accounts are protected by FDIC insurance. Yes, there's certainly a hassle involved, especially if you have bil (Read More)
WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: Credit, Debt, The Dolans, Video, Credit cardsKen and Daria Dolan, America's first family of personal finance, answer your questions every Friday.Click here to ask Ken and Daria your question Credit card companies are on a tear, raising rates, slashing credit lines, increasing minimum payments and closing accoun (Read More)
Cash Money Life:
If you have high interest credit card debt, balance transfers can be a great way to save some money and pay off your credit cards more quickly. Basically, a balance transfer is a way to consolidate your debt on a credit card at a lower interest rate than what you are currently paying. Instead of paying interest rates of 20% (Read More)
WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: Bargains, FoodOne long standing retail tradition is to offer gift card bonuses leading up to the holidays to give gift givers a little extra incentive to give a gift card. This year the trend continues, and we are seeing bigger bonus offers coming in from retailers beyond the restaurant industry.Retailers offer (Read More)
WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: Home, Real Estate, Mortgages, Taxes-adviceIt appears Uncle Sam will keep propping up the still shaky real estate market for months to come. The Senate last night voted to extend the $8,000 first-time home buyers tax credit, and the House followed suit today. The president is expected to soon sign it into law. B (Read More)
WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: Food, Saving Money, Shopping, EconomizerAuthor Christiane Jory has created a companion DVD to her cookbook the 99-cent Only Stores Cookbook just in time for the holidays. Fabulously Frugal Feasts will show you how to create a holiday buffet that will feed seasonal foods to a houseful of guests for the same cost (Read More)
The Wisdom Journal:
According to Credit Karma’s CEO, Ken Lin, 2009 has been a momentous year for credit issues – and I have to agree with him. Suddenly, frugality became cool, overspending was out, and consumers put more emphasis on savings and paying down their outstanding debt. Creditors hiked interest rates on credit cards, (Read More)
WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: Transportation, RelationshipsWhat began as a really, really bad day for Todd Jamison turned into a really, really good deal for him -- and for the carmaker Hyundai.The security camera at Extreme Fitness in Thornhill, a town near Toronto in Ontario, Canada caught a driver in its parking lot gunning when she shou (Read More)
WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: Borrowing, Credit, Debt, Saving Money, Recession, Credit cardsThere's no doubt that the current downturn has changed people's spending habits. Since the peak in housing wealth, homeowners lost more than $5 trillion in equity and 15 million homeowners own homes that are now underwater (worth less than they owe (Read More)