You move to a new state, get a new job, and thanks to banks gobbling each other up like candy, you don’t have to open a new bank account. But be careful when setting up your direct deposit.
consumerist kit
Contact CEOs Of Major Cellphone Companies
By 11.6.06
Inside, the phone number and mailing address for the CEOs of every major US cellphone carrier.
Cancel Recurring Charges, Even When They Won’t Let You
By 11.5.06
Recurring auto-biller won’t let you cancel your account online?
Verizon CEO’s Contact Info
By 11.3.06
If you would like to reach the head of Verizon and tell him what an awesome company he has, here’s his corporate contact info.
Reduce Credit Card APR: It Never Hurts To Ask
By 11.2.06
Acambras got her Citibank APR dropped from 13.99% to 2.99% just by asking.
DIY Title Search
By 11.1.06
The cost of acquiring a home can be ratcheted up significantly if the buyer doesn’t pick their own title-insurance company.
HOWTO: Avoid ID Theft
By 10.31.06
According a Gallup poll 19% of consumers report having their financial information stolen including a bank or credit card number.
Fix Your Credit Score Fast, For A Price
By 10.30.06
If it were Monopoly, the card would say, “Bank Error Not In Your Favor.”
RetailMeNot: New, Easy, Coupon Code Site
By 10.30.06
Bookmark this great new site for coupon code searches: RetailMeNot.com.
Sprint Reps Continue Lying To Avoid Letting You Cancel
By 10.27.06
Sprint’s retention process has gotten almost as bad as AOL’s.
Get Free Credit Reports By Mail Or Phone
By 10.26.06
In addition to filing online at AnnualCreditReport.com, there’s two more ways to get a free credit report.
Hack Sprint For Dropped Call Credit
By 10.25.06
This sounds like a nifty HowTo on getting Sprint to give you a few extra bucks off your cellphone bill.
Save On Insurance By Calling Around. Duh.
By 10.24.06
Spotted this at the often quite good I Will Teach You To Be Rich blog.
Build A Killer Cashback Deck
By 10.23.06
Blueprint For Financial prosperity has put together a list of the cards offering higher-than-normal cashback returns, and what transactions they’re best suited for.
You Deserve Better Than A 1% Cashback Card
By 10.20.06
Ok, so it’s pretty obvious that when picking a rewards card, you want one that gives you beer money, not free toasters. A toaster is a depreciating asset, which are for rappers, not smart persons like yourself.
