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contests
Tell The Best Personal Finance Horror Story To Mint, Have Your Credit Card Balance Paid Off
Do you enjoy confessing embarrassing details? Mint, the personal finance new kid on the Internet block, is offering up to $5,000 (paid directly to your credit card bill) to two people with the most horrifying personal finance disasters. The winners get free financial counseling as well. You can submit text—"sob stories"—up to 1000 words, or a video—"trainwrecks"—up to four minutes or 20 MB, whichever comes first. If you were paid to do any writing over the past year, you're ineligible (we already checked).
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billing
"Premium Texting" By Disabled Daughter Results In $10,000 Sprint Bill
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Watch your cellphone bill for sneaky "premium text message" charges, which sometimes get applied to your account when you sign up for services through your phone or respond to unknown text messages, but sometimes simply appear even if you've done nothing at all. A Verizon spokeswoman is on record as saying, "If you're getting unwanted (text messages), we want to hear from you and we'll credit you." [SeattlePI.com]
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Verizon Reverses Policy On Pro-Choice Text Messages
Verizon recently rejected a request from Naral Pro-Choice America, an abortion rights group, to make Verizon's network available for their opt-in text message program. More » -
complaints
Cingular Foils Reader's Attempt To Break Contract
Reader Corey wants to break out of his Cingular cellphone contract without fee, but is having trouble. More »
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