USATODAY research indicates banks typically process checks in order of highest balance, maximizing overdraft fees charged to the customer, critics contend.
BLOGS
Leave Jordan And The Wu-Tang Alone, Corporate America
By 11.22.06
“Streets are talking and apparently they want to you to stop being like Mike and drinking your Ghostface flavored Wu-Juice,” says Don’t Believe the Hypebeast.
Best Site For Auto Insurance Quotes
By 11.22.06
Kiplinger’s recommends InsWeb for a quick way to snag a bunch auto insurance quotes.
Results Driven Complaining
By 11.21.06
It’s not really complaining, in the pejorative sense, if you get what you want. Here’s a quickie outline to getting your customer service problem solved.
Walmart Still Selling Nazi Shirts
By 11.20.06
Scattered reports indicates Walmart is still selling a tshirt bearing Nazi insignia, up to 10 days after Walmart promised their removal. [More]
Toys “R” Us Suspends Black Friday Price Matching
By 11.20.06
The gimlet eyed Mouseprint blog discovered Toys R Us will not be pricematching this Black Friday.
Dethroner’s Amazon Friday Sale Picks
By 11.17.06
Dethroner’s tagline may be, “where every man is king,” but their take on Amazon’s Friday sale can even be enjoyed by hermaphrodites. — BEN POPKEN
10 Most/Least Reliable Cars
By 11.17.06
According to the always controversial ConsumerReports, these are the 10 most and least reliable cars by class.
Florida AG Investigates FreeCreditReport.com
By 11.16.06
The Florida Attorney General’s office has opened an investigation into FreeCreditReport.com for, “failure to adequately disclose negative option enrollment … deceptive advertising, misleading domain name, and failure to honor cancellations.”
Department of Duh: Multi-Level Marketing Is A Scam
By 11.15.06
Ramit has a neat post on how Network Marketing and Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) are nothing more than a pyramid scheme in a cheap suit.
CNN Reports On Walmart’s Nazi Shirt
By 11.14.06
Photocopy Your Wallet Before You Lose It
By 11.14.06
Sometime this year, you may lose your pocketbook, so prepare against this dilemma by cloning the coin purse. After scanning or photocopying your wallet, you’ve got:
Beat Chase’s New 32.4% Default APR
By 11.13.06
If you’re a Chase credit card holder and you received a “Change of Terms” notice in your recently mail, congratulations.
So You’ve Been Served By A Debt Collector
By 11.10.06
Not all people whose accounts are sold to debt collectors are cheats and scalawags. Sometimes they’re just people who made a mistake somewhere… or sometimes the debt isn’t even valid
100 Bucks Back With New CitiAMEX Card
By 11.8.06
If you’re looking for a new credit card, take a peek at the new Citi AMEX Diamond Preferred Rewards Card.
