G. Avoid Credit Repair Clinics

You’ve probably seen ads for companies that claim they can fix your credit, qualify you for a loan or get you a credit card. Their pitches are tempting, especially if your credit is bad and you desperately want to buy a new car or house. Avoid these outfits. Many of their practices are fraudulent, deceptive and even illegal. Some have been caught stealing the credit files or Social Security numbers of people who are under 18, have died or live in out-of-the-way places like Guam or the U.S. [more...]

Date: 2009-07-23 09:02:39

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The credit card sized tool

Keep this in your wallet and you will be the toast of party whenever there are any problems with machinery or just about anything, that needs to be fixed. All you have to do is whip out your tool and fix the problem. Features: Convenient credit card sized multi-function Pocket Survival Tool Made of high quality Stainless [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:04:56

FIXING AMERICAN ECONOMY

Like all of us, I’ve been listening for weeks now of how the presidential candidates are proposing to fix our economy ... (mortgage and credit cards alike) - that can be brought under control by government intervention and better ... . I would be glad to see that any credit is substantiated by income tax returns and is based [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 21:01:03

Falling Out Of A Bed That Gets Higher Every Day

The Herald Tribune reports from Florida. “Mark Brivik, a real estate investor who made a living buying, fixing up and selling houses on Longboat Key and other parts of Southwest Florida, has filed ... off her credit cards and ripped them up.” Still, even without credit card debt, Lesso is struggling [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 14:34:43

Methi Paratha~Just For You

Marriage as i said previously, is a strange alliance of two totally different personalities ... with hubby might be a wonderful past time for you (obviously because of his credit cards) , it could ... fixing leaky taps ,carrying shopping bags,driving ,withdrawing money from ATMs are few things [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:58:29

It’s worth the hell

Apple continues to amaze. I’ve never seen a company have a technical meltdown in front of the eyes of the world the way Apple did today ... you more than other devices. Make you wait hours in line. Take hours to get your credit card approved ... fixing all the bugs that caused today’s debacle. That said, no other company in the world has so much [more...]

Date: 2008-07-12 01:49:26

Don’t Be Taken By Debt Consolidation or Credit Counseling Scams

Your credit cards are maxed out.  Your mortgage is spiraling out of control.  You have fallen behind on your car payments ... is that there is no “magical solution” to credit repair.  Even those companies which decide to report negative ... your debt by 50% and they will fix your credit overnight.  You call them, looking [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 23:25:22

How Women Can Fix Their Credit Before Applying for a Job: Part 1 — Credit Scores and Credit Reports

a guest post by Michelle Dunn credit debit card charge (www.bizchicksrule.com) ... a job interview because of some bad credit they may have. More and more employers are checking ... of the 3 credit bureaus to provide you with a free copy of your credit report annually at your request. Don’ [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 10:18:26

Price-fixing won't help gas retailers cope with higher fees Steve Bartlett, president and CEO, Financial Services Roundtable - Washington USA TODAY's article "Credit card fees eat up gas ... fees on credit card transactions. The proposed solution described in the article is misguided on many [more...]

Date: 2008-07-21 05:36:36

Pawlenty on the Bailouts

Pawlenty on the Bailouts Jennifer Rubin - 12.08.2008 - 7: ... , the federal government of the United States is broke. They’re using credit card debt to pay off credit ... from reforming and fixing the problem because structurally it’s unsustainable. Those are the kinds [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 12:53:34

When you should use a credit repair agency.

Credit has become a very important part of peoples live in todays age. If you have bad credit you are familiar with having closed doors to loans, bank cards, credit cards, car financing and mortgages. Now all is not lost and you have the option to start fixing your credit. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 18:23:10

When you should use a credit repair agency.

Credit has become a very important part of peoples live in todays age. If you have bad credit you are familiar with having closed doors to loans, bank cards, credit cards, car financing and mortgages. Now all is not lost and you have the option to start fixing your credit. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 18:23:10

Good Morning America, how are you?

It's hard to be surprised by any of it really. 8 years of the worst government in American history, an unfounded war, ... we can't afford and our kid is sick. There's no safety net so we've got to use our credit cards ... , America, and no amount of lipstick will fix it. We didn't get here easy and fixing it won't be either [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 23:45:43

Five Things To Do This Weekend

Don't lie in all weekend -- improve your life and your geek quotient with these ideas from the past week on Lifehacker: Work it if you can get a better deal for your money by comparing your current credit card and loan options at Mozo Try fixing up your photos with the mysteriously-named Qtpfsgui If that doesn't [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 06:30:29

SystemSuite 9 Professional

SystemSuite 9 Professional - Award-winning PC Security, Repair & Tune-Up Utility. Detects & Removes Spyware & Viruses. Runs 100+ tests to Diagnose & Fix Computer Problems. Make Credit Card transactions Securely Online. One-Step Tune-Up Wizards for Easy Maintenance. With SystemSuite anyone can maintain, repair [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 03:09:35

Credit industry needs reining in Ed Born - Ocala, Fla. Credit industry needs reining in USA TODAY's article "Rate cuts? Not on credit cards" was a big disappointment. With the hue and cry about fixing the economic crisis, one would expect that some attention would be paid to the credit card mess (Money, Oct. 24 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 05:28:40

Fixing Your Messed Up Finances this 2009

If you enjoyed the holidays as much as everyone else, then like them, ... -up budget. List all payables. How much credit card debt do you have? Get all your receipts ... your credit card statements so you can see if your bank is increasing its rates. Explore ways on how [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 10:18:05

The 13 Commandments of Savvy Consumers

The 13 Commandments of Savvy Consumers Thursday, 12th June 2008 (by J.D.) ... it. Say no to credit insurance offers. Often offered with credit cards, car loans, and home ... good to be true usually is. Offers that often fall into this category are promises to fix your credit [more...]

Date: 2008-06-12 17:31:29

Out of the Hospital and Back at Home

Well, it looks like I got a break. I will not be needing surgery to fix my gallblabber after all ... s a quick video I shot from my hospital room. This Post Was Brought To You By Best Credit Card Offers Get up to $250 or even FREE round-trip plane tickets by signing up for hot credit card offers [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 00:07:32

Secondary Sources: Jobs and Recession, CPI Defense, Britain

A roundup of economic news from around the Web. Jobs and Recession: Ahead of today’s jobs report, ... is that Britain is simply going to have to take it on the chin for a while. There is no easy fix, no return to the days of plucking credit cards and mortgages off trees. Sterling was overvalued [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 16:23:00

GOP And American Victory Over Oil

Boy, the democrats played the oil/energy card really badly ... ), they will get some credit for fixing the problem. That, my friends, is how to totally screw up an issue ... at the pump, which is going to fall.  So not only does the GOP get credit for representing the average [more...]

Date: 2008-08-12 13:58:44

Strangers On A Train

Had to take the train all the way out to the sticks again today so I could pick up my car ... s just not the same. “In business, do you take the person who screwed things up and put them in charge of fixing ... sweetly. “Now the original proposal includes foreign banks, credit card debt and school loans. That wasn’ [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 18:00:46

Why you should get out of debt

This is a reprint of an article I wrote for MinTheGap… This world is backwards. Everyone loves to talk about using OPM (other people’s money) ... do with our finances, yet because of a lack of discipline we don’t do it. So, what then needs fixing - the math ... that I would always have a car payment. Everyone has credit cards, so I just assumed if [more...]

Date: 2008-08-26 12:11:26

Debt consolidation service

Nowadays almost all adults in American society has credit cards in their wallets ... is, there are companies who are willing to help those people who are in bad credit situation in fixing [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 04:26:46

Will There Be A Second Stimulus Check? I Hope Not.

Man, do I hope not. The first stimulus check cost us $168 billion dollars, ... ; we are already doing that with the bailout. If they want to create a fund to pay for road repair or fixing ... spent - it was either saved or put on a credit card to pay down debt. It was not used to stimulate [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 13:00:23

Jim’s Mailbox

Marty’s thought for 2009 "Doing more than is expected is what makes the difference between the exhilaration of achievement, ... my credit card if things get bad. Gold, what’s that? Don’t worry, Washington will fix it. Driving ... is where you need to be for the long term. Just use an Index Fund. Housing always goes [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 19:15:09

Already Missing Sarah Palin?

Via Politico's Mike Allen, Newsweek has got your post-election Palin withdrawal fix: ... -level staffers to buy some of the clothes on their credit cards. The McCain campaign found ... much more of this sort of finger-pointing. A recent report by the New Yorker said that Bill [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 16:44:14

Hepzibah Tales

Talking about money management and budgets is not something I enjoy. I’d rather discuss dismemberment, or the landscape of Idaho ... of the condo, plus some child-related debt. I did pay off all my credit cards, from the home equity ... happen. I am bringing my lunch to work, which is really a savings. I was fixing my big spinach salad [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 03:33:40

Dave Ramsey, Common Sense Fix Rather Than Congressional Rescue

Financial counsellor and syndicated talk show host Dave Ramsey---where credit card debt goes to die---presents an alternative to the $700 billion ... all prepayment penalties to encourage refinancing or the sale of the property to pay off the bad loan ... Ramsey's plan: "Years of bad decisions and stupid mistakes have created an economic nightmare [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 13:11:41

Alitalia Situation Somehow Getting Worse

Things for Alitalia somehow look worse than they did earlier this week, ... has until Monday to fix the crisis--or it'll ground the carrier. Berlusconi--who made fixing Alitalia ... ? That's just €92 each way! But, uh, book with a credit card! Related Stories: · Berlusconi Given Deadline [more...]

Date: 2008-09-20 01:37:02

How Could You NOT Talk About It?

Everywhere in the blogosphere you’ll see people writing about finances and couples. The advice is the same, to be honest, etc. Here’s the thing ... on some of my ideas for fixing stuff. Usually he’s got an idea of what stuff costs and his own ideas about what he’ ... about my credit card debt about 8 years ago. Even then, that boyfriend wheedled it out [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 14:33:33

5 Fixes for Financial Woes Get Out of Debt Fast

This year we are not in a good shape when we talk about financial status. We expect too much of our farm crop ... . Put “bad” debts, such as unpaid high-interest credit card balances and payday loans – cash loans ... . 3. Lose the Flab ***Consider how much you spend on mortgage, rent, car payment, insurance, groceries [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 04:04:12

Wealth - The Two Things That Matter

Here’s the simplest equation describing what we talk about everyday ... Enroll in your 401k Decreasing Your Spending Cut your credit card Don’t look at advertisements ... the web when something breaks to see if you can fix it before going out to buy a new one I bet [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 14:00:30

No Costs Are Fixed

My first year in business was bewildering. The various services necessary to run a business took some effort to figure out and pull off at the right time. Insurance, credit card processors, telephone and Internet, payroll and accounting, and even the almighty lease all had to be properly budgeted and planned. The following year, when I went [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 08:01:00

Overlooked Tidbits from the Biden/Palin Debate

There were a couple of things I saw in last night’s debate that were really interesting, and which weren’t covered much if at all today. ( ... . Let’s do what our parents told us before we probably even got that first credit card. Don’t live ... in Texas in 1998, when we had just had our second son, on an FHA 3% 30-year fixed mortgage. In 1995 [more...]

Date: 2008-10-04 02:41:44

Microsoft patches up Internet Explorer

Microsoft has released an emergency update designed to fix a security flaw in Internet Explorer, the world’s most widely used browser ... from its monthly cycle of updates and issued a repair as soon as it could. Security companies said that hackers were using the flaw in the browser to take control of PCs and hunt for credit card numbers and other [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 11:20:55

Instant Approval Loans: Quick Funds to Help You Fix Urgencies

Sometimes, it really gets tough to arrange funds within a short point of time, ... , credit card dues, school and college education fees, house and car repair etc. while, under normal ... , as these are short term loans. Moreover, the loan amount is sanctioned without any credit check [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 13:00:58

Apple throws wrench in iPod Mechanic's schemes

Let me put forth this modest proposal: if you plan on running a company that fixes iPod, ... advantage of Apple’s warranty service. The suit says that Woodhams got Apple to repair broken ... of his customers on the appropriate forms, receiving new replacement units, then denying credit card charges [more...]

Date: 2008-06-27 20:23:22

Finance - Books on Personal Loans

by Jorg Maurer Personal loans and all the terminology that goes with it can make your head spin after awhile ... issues including fixing up homes, then this book will give you calibre information in both areas. “ ... you information on how to pay off debt, including credit cards and personal loans. “Live Debt Free” (3rd Edition [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 11:31:03

Fixing Up Your Home And How To Finance It

When you have found your place in the world, making sure your home meets your needs and desires sounds reasonable and thus, often, ... , unsecured personal loans, URL=http://www.yourloanservices.com/bad-credit-home-mortgage-loan.html mortgage ... For Financing Home Improvements Credit cards are undoubtedly great financial tools due [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 23:46:02

Buyer Beware: ‘Tis the Season

Boy, you’re going to think I’m the Scrooge…and this article may not apply to most of you…but I want to reach out to those of us who rely on our credit cards to help finance the holidays.  You see, years past it was not uncommon for home ... s face when the open the gifts they’ve been longing for…but this year, you may not have the “fix” [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 01:48:42

Great News: JPMorgan Chase profit down 76%

Filed under: Earnings reports, JPMorgan Chase (JPM) ... financial institution can earn a profit. When we look forward to fixing the economic disaster left ... . Its $2.8 billion in losses came from its trading, corporate lending, credit card and mortgage lending [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 09:00:00

Up Again Fixing the Servers, Hating Life, Contemplating Colorado

Up Again Fixing the Servers, Hating Life, Contemplating Colorado 6 Days Ago | Posted to: ... ? What dream? I haven't made a penny in five years. The credit card companies call incessantly. I owe ... misery. And it keeps getting worse. Has been for years. My fault, bad decisions. One after another [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 07:08:26

Adventures In Home Ownership - Ice and Trees Don’t Mix

Late last night, continuing into this morning, we have had an ice storm here ... fixing broken parts of house caused by big tree limbs. I remember being up at night waiting ... as we head into the new year.  Keep the credit cards [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 15:17:00

Capital One Will Ruin This Guy's Credit One Way Or Another [Capital One]

Joseph is having problems paying his Capital One card, mainly because Capital One keeps making it hard for him to pay it, ... May when I called to ask them to fix my account once again, and they claimed I had a bad check ... credit, I don't see how this is possible seeing as I had been paying the minimum amount each month [more...]

Date: 2008-06-25 23:24:23

ChargeBerry- Do away with bulky Credit Card machines!

Life has become really fast-paced, where transactions are not complete without the use of your credit card. They are as valuable as other things. But just think of the situations where the credit card machines simply refuse to work, fixing it up, and again maintaining it! It can really be a task. Now it’s time to change with ChargeBerry. WHAT IT DOES? This intelligently designed application turns your BlackBerry device into a credit card virtual terminal! Exactly, that’s what you heard. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 08:06:12

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