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List Of 5 Baby Items You Do Not Need

{ Posted on Nov 10 2010 by Casey Slide }
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Categories : All, baby gear, Consumer News, Family & Home, Frugality, Kids, Lifestyle, Money Crashers, money saving tips, saving money, saving money on baby, saving money on baby gear, Shopping
There is a lot of really cool baby gear out there on the market these days. I love stationary gyms, grocery cart covers, baby wraps, and especially video monitors. Most of the products out there are practical and well thought out. ...Read More »

Be Careful When It Comes To Using Your ATM Card

{ Posted on Oct 08 2010 by David Bakke }
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Categories : All, Consumer News, Financial Advice, how to protect myself at atm machine, is using my atm card safe, Money Crashers, protecting my identity with my atm card, safety at atm machines, Scam Alert, use atm card safely
The best piece of advice that I can give you when it comes to the use of ATM/debit cards is this: be careful.Personally, I own a debit card and I do carry it with me, but mainly for emergency purposes ...Read More »

ING Direct Electric Orange Debit Card – Earn 1% Cash Back

{ Posted on Sep 29 2010 by Erik Folgate }
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Categories : All, Banking, cash back debit card, checking account, Consumer News, ING Direct 1% cash back, ING Direct cash back, ING Direct checking account, ING Direct electric orange, Money Crashers, Money Management
If you’ve read my posts in the past, you know I’m a big fan of ING Direct. One of the best decisions I ever made was to open an Electric Orange checking account from ING Direct to complement my ING ...Read More »

How To Opt Out And Get Less Junk Mail

{ Posted on Sep 14 2010 by Kira Botkin }
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Categories : All, Consumer News, Credit and Debt, Credit Cards, Go Green, junk mail, junk mail opt out, Lifestyle, Money Crashers, Personal Finance, stop junk mail
I personally really like getting things in the mail. What I don’t like is getting random offers for credit cards, mortgage refinancing, and other junk. Not only are these wasteful and annoying, they’re a big source of identity theft problems. ...Read More »

How To Respond To Unauthorized Transactions In Your Bank Account

{ Posted on Sep 02 2010 by Erik Folgate }
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Categories : All, Bank of America, Consumer News, fraud alert, identity theft, Money Crashers, Scam Alert, stolen debit card, unauthorized transactions
This past weekend, for the first time in my adult life, I was the victim of identity theft.  We were talking into the movie theater about to sit down for a movie, and I got a phone call from a ...Read More »

Review of DirecTV vs. Dish Network

{ Posted on Aug 17 2010 by Mark Riddix }
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Categories : All, best satellite company, Consumer News, DirecTV, DirecTV or Dish Network, DirecTV review, Dish Network, Dish Network review, Money Crashers, Personal Finance, Reviews
Have you been considering making the switch to satellite TV? The two major satellite companies are begging for your business. They are trashing each other’s reputations to win you as a customer. If you watch a DirecTV commercial, then you ...Read More »