Get Out of FreeCreditReport.com’s “Triple Advantage”

FreeCreditReport.com is the heavily advertised company that offers “free” credit reports ( ... reminder to check your bank and credit card statements at least once a month so charges like this don ... if you sign up for a trial offer for their monitoring service with a monthly fee. They have huge [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 18:29:44

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Link Roundup: Quilt patterns edition

I’m really excited for my wife. She showed some of her quilt patterns to the owner of a local quilt store, ... in my reader: Mrs. Micah talks about anchoring as it applies to credit card minimum payments. Get Rich ... or bad. Five Cent Nickel reports on the 2009 tax brackets. Don’t Mess with Taxes celebrates three [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 04:35:29

Real Estate investing and bad credit reports

by Doc Schmyz In today’s world our credit score is everything. Creditors and bankers approve or disapprove loans based on your credit worthiness ... . You will be able to pay your bills on time. Having bad credit can reduce the opportunities of things. You may get approved for a loan or for a credit card but with a higher interest rate [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 15:40:09

The Cheap Credit Cards Review

The bad credit report is one thing that will stop you from being able to apply for a loan ... will help by serving you the free credit repair. This web site is providing a page in where ... problems and of course in a rush to get the cash fast. Therefore, you will have to enter the cheap [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 09:06:34

How to Keep Criminals away from Your Personal Information

by Michael Benifez Identity theft is becoming the fastest growing crime problem in the United States, ... and using the names, addresses, bank account information, credit card numbers, and Social Security ... when an insider, like an employee or a contractor, gets hold of credit reporting information [more...]

Date: 2008-08-10 20:49:04

There’s No Such Thing As A Free Credit Report

It is a basic law of economics: there’s no such thing as a free lunch ... free” credit report. Too often, those sites are merely a lure, intended to get people to paying money out of their credit card account on a monthly basis. Once again, before you sign up for any “free” [more...]

Date: 2008-09-14 08:24:30

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

Program Note

Program Note A few notes on the upcoming week at the site ... , just click on the "Donate" button on the top right of any page, and you can use a credit card or PayPal ... . I promise to report on everything I can get to while I'm in our Nation's Capital. Tune in Monday through [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 05:39:23

Time To Ask A Lot Of Questions About Obama’s Unreported Campaign Donations

Allahpundit is reporting: Via Andy McCarthy, who sets an example I’ll follow by keeping his own commentary short to get you to read the whole thing: ... back to a credit card. But the most recent report, filed on Sept. 20, showed a net cumulative balance ... In a letter dated June 25, 2008, the FEC asked the Obama campaign to verify a series of $25 [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 01:24:13

Episode 5007 (1/14/2009)

Hey, I don’t pay my taxes; why can’t I be treasury secretary? This is The Colbert Report! ... him his own ass.” Guest- Alan Khazei In closing: “Well, that’s it for The Report, everybody. Remember ... get not one, but two sets billed to your credit card. Goodnight everybody!” Video Highlight: P.K. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 03:20:16

Real Estate investing and bad credit reports

by Doc Schmyz Creditors and bankers approve or disapprove loans based on your credit worthiness ... . You will be able to pay your bills on time. Having bad credit reduces the opportunities of these things. You may get approved for a loan or for a credit card but with a higher interest rate [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 10:33:44

Scammer/Fraudster calling from 970-279-0100 (Basalt, CO)

David reported a Scammer/Fraudster (9702790100 from Basalt area, CO) . The following comments were posted: Received a text to dial this number. Phishing to get Credit Card details. Scam. "Schools CU Alert: Your CARD has been DEACTIVATED...Etc." Permalink: http://www.numberinvestigator.com/phone/970-279-0100.html [more...]

Date: 2009-09-17 23:17:11

Calm Your Visitors’ Privacy Jitters

I have a friend who gets totally freaked out from all the conspiracy theories, news of “earth changes” and political commentary posted on the web ... he doesn’t trust the Internet. Does this sound like an oxymoron? WebProNews published a report ... American surfer include: Concerns that credit card numbers will be stolen online Online activities [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 16:00:09

US Fails to Protect Against the Living Dead & Other Dangers

The week of August 7th, 2008 the amount of malicious spam a single computer user received finally overtook health and product spam. Meant to exploit holes in your operating system, get credit card information from you, or simply ... for American Progress and the Center for Democracy and Technology have released a report which shows [more...]

Date: 2008-08-13 18:56:59

Happy New Year!

2009 Happy New Year from all of us here at Ask Mr. Credit Card.com! ... to get your first free flight and how to dispute an item on your credit report. Wishing you a joyous ... the viability of a class action lawsuit against the credit card companies - they are lowering people’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 19:57:28

Your Credit Score Affects Your Reputation

Reputation is a measure that all of us have ... . This will ensure that you can get the payoff put on your credit report. What you should then do is to stop ... ; your financial reputation is what stands between you and loans, credit cards, apartments, rentals [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:45:30

soon, but not now.

Although I have no plan of getting another credit card after all the things that I’ve been through, I am still hoping that one day, ... report errors and all the boo boos in my name. Someday. ... for most. In my case anyways, I am still making my way to improve credit score since, I have lost most [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 17:28:10

Headline News - January 14, 2009

Wall St. Journal: Bank of America to Get Billions in U.S ... AIte Group Report: U.S. Credit Unions: Seize the Opportunity Note: Throughout the day, as Payments ... Services Acquires Private Label Credit Card Program of Canadian Luxury Jeweler Birks Bank Systems [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:26:41

How "card credit" and "you thank" appear as "credit card" and "thank you"

In an experiment reminiscent of French Connection's successful FCUK advertising campaign, ... briefly with familiar word pairs in the unfamiliar order, tend to report that the words appeared ... , and asked to report what they'd seen, they tended to get the order the wrong way around, believing [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 05:00:00

Wanna Get Away? Get Banks OK in UK

If you "wanna get away" and you live in the UK, make sure your bank nose..otherwise you'll have "slim pickin's" when it comes to payment options.. ... , when they go away, according to a recent report in the newspaper The Times.This is in the aim of combating credit card fraud, where several holiday goers found their debit or credit cards frozen [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 17:36:00

CPA Is Becoming Very Popular In The World Of Internet Marketing

Ecommerce-Journal: CPA is becoming popular nowadays in the world of internet marketing. CPA is cost per action ... of commissions, normally you need to get the visitors to give their credit card numbers or social security ... their details in order to receive freebies such as free report, coupon, etc rather than convince them [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 05:30:00

Adverganza's Monday morning picks, 06.30.08

Wherein I scan the Monday morning headlines so you don't have to. From Advertising Age: ( ... is in review. From Adweek: —Digital shops are sick and tired of not getting credit. —In case ... Only four out of 56 agencies who filled out Report Card questionnaires do paid search on their own [more...]

Date: 2008-06-30 15:33:33

Is Debt Necessary For Generating Income?

“Margie” writes in: My husband and I are pretty frugal, but we currently carry about $25,000 in credit card debt and a personal loan ... about $1,200 on each one of the the personal loan and two credit cards. This way we’ll be able to pay off ... ? First of all, it’s worthwhile to get a bead on how bad this debt actually is. Margie reports [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 20:00:49

Banks Supposedly Will Cut Consumer Credit Card Lines by $931 Billion if Reforms Mandated

There is a rather amusing story at the Financial Times tonight, "Credit card reforms ‘to cost banks billions’". Let's look at the particulars ... that banks will lose $10 billion in interest annually, reduce credit lines by $931 billion, and put ... not get anyone well known for banking expertise to put its name on a self-serving report [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 01:59:42

Princess Caroline Declines To Reveal Info About Personal Finances

The Caroline Kennedy for Senate story gets more and more interesting ... . Kennedy would have to file a 10-part, publicly available report disclosing her financial assets, credit card debts, mortgages, book deals and the sources of any payments greater than $5,000 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 15:38:33

Getting Real: Hope is not a Strategy

Reality hit our company, Logo Design Guru in the 4th quarter, and clearly, logos and websites are not immune to some recessional affects also ... cash, which is critical. Go through your P&L report item by item, and start eliminating any unnecessary expenses. Be sure to review your credit card statements. I can almost guarantee you’ll find [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 04:51:38

Getting Ready for Christmas This Sunday Roundup

You better hurry up if you still haven’t found that perfect gift this Christmas because it’s coming really soon! ... on @ Investing School! Clever Dude reports that American debt shrinks in the first time ever!  It’s great ... ! What should we do with our money?  My Two Dollars takes a look at whether we should pay off our credit card [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 16:45:02

How Not to Get Caught in a Phishing Net

Don’t get fooled. Today I got an e-mail message from American Express ... of this message, please click here or call the phone number on the back of your credit card. If you would like to learn more about e-mail security or want to report a suspicious e-mail, click here Note [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 21:35:47

AMEX and CIT get bailout funds

GMAC is not alone in converting itself into a bank holding company in order to qualify for federal bailout money. Bailout Sleuth reports that American Express (NYSE:AXP) and CIT Group (NYSE:CIT) have done ... $3.39 billion in preferred stock to the government. Although it is known primarily as a credit-card [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 15:17:32

Broken By Your Credit Card? Credit Repair Service Can Help

Negotiating Credit Card Debt Sure, we all love them but when misused, a credit card can break us ... , if they insist that you have to pay to get your own credit report, get up and leave ... is different from the credit report, you would typically be charged a small fee. Understanding [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 17:42:18

Headline News - January 7, 2009

Hypercom Appoints Stuart Taylor Vice President, Global Marketing New Mercator Advisory Group Report: Small Business Credit Card 2008 Update: ... in credit card terms Economix Blog - NYTimes.com: Crisis Comparisons: How Bad Might It Get? Laru ... from Credit Cards, Could Save Consumers $500 Million Annually Over Competing Prepaid Cards Get Rich Slowly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:30:03

If Your Kid Loses His Wallet...

A picture of a wallet. In addition to a driver's license, teens today carry many of the same things adults carry in their wallets: credit cards, ... Commission: Cancel your credit, debit and ATM cards immediately. Get new cards with new account numbers. Call the fraud departments of the major credit reporting agencies. Ask each agency to put out [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 05:45:56

Good Credit Report Score

Good Credit Report Score December 20th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed Bankruptcy is an option but the laws have changed and it is not always the ... establishments that promised to help you may have ended up hindering you. Bad Consolidation Credit loan personal Getting your credit card debt relief procedure started is the most important thing [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 06:19:18

Totally Free Credit Report

While we were out at the mall, I can’t seem to count how many credit card agents handed me their flyers and leaflets plus asking me if wanted to get ... on to pay! But what’s good in getting credit cards now are the additional perks that they offer to new clients like totally free credit report and the immediate response to one’s running credit score [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 23:11:25

Happy New Year Facebook - your employees think you’re lying about advertising. And they may have a point

A gremlin inside Facebook - or more likely a disgruntled employee - briefly hacked Facebook in the last few hours ... get you a 2:1″ and Bad credit? Get a credit card with 39.9% APR!’. Classy.” The thing is, social ... and business, then why do I get shown ads for Credit Rating Reports, as I did today? On thing’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 11:59:10

Buy Amway Products, Get Drink, Play Pool. And They Take Away Your Credit Cards.

Wired, reports that a credit card company has come under fire and FTC investigation for “behavioral scoring”: reducing credit limits for people who use a variety of services. These services included, “Direct ... counselors, automobile tire retreading and repair shops, bars and night clubs, pool and billiard [more...]

Date: 2008-06-23 16:12:59

Bad Credit Doesn’t Mean No Credit

by Chris A Smith Just because you need help with your credit report does not mean you are automatically excluded from getting a new line of credit. Each lending institution, be it a credit card company or a bank, has it’s on rules regarding the granting of credit and often times these can vary greatly from institution to institution. Usually, the company offering the best rates and terms is more conservative than others and will consider the entire credit history of an applicant. [more...]

Date: 2009-06-08 12:30:05

Credit Nexus : Get 3-in-1 Free Credit Report

Posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 No Comments Labels: affects my credit score, improve credit score, ... one website that teach you how to remove credit report errors? One thing is sure, first time I realize ... remove credit report errorsCredit Card - is a part of a system of payments named after the small [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 20:04:00

FICO Toolkit for 50% Off

We wanted to share with our readers a great deal on learning about your FICO score and helping to get out of debt. Not sure what your FICO score is? ... is some of what it offers: Action Plan personalized to your credit report and goals 3 Credit Reports (from all three ... which cards to pay off first, etc. Fairness - It checks the fairness of rates to [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:02:07

Is Your Credit Score Costing You Money?

Most of us want a good credit report to obtain automobile financing, credit cards, and to purchase a home ... you know that your credit history can keep you from getting utility connections, good telephone rates, the best auto ... owners’ insurance, auto, and life insurance companies set minimum credit standards for their policy [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 04:11:53

Credit Blemished Over Imaginary Credit Card [Debt Collectors]

The NES collection agency is coming after Nancy for a debt on an account number she's never owned ... the account and sold it to a collection agency, who somehow had no problem contacting me repeatedly ... by disputing it as invalid you may be able to get it taken off your credit report if the agency reporting [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 19:20:44

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