From the monthly archives:

August 2007

I would never think that a big financial institution’s website would go down in this day and age but wellsfargo.com was inaccessible for a couple hours on Friday August 24, 2007. I remember that I wanted to make sure I had enough money in my checking account before I authorize payment on my credit [...]

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This is a quick reminder that the Microsoft Money Deluxe 2007 Giveaway ends today. The rules are simple so head on over to the the link above for details on how to enter. I will be announcing the winner on Saturday September 1, 2007 so good luck!
On another note, the RSS subscriber count [...]

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Have you ever felt like something was more important to you after you couldn’t have it anymore? On Tuesday, I watch CNBC’s one hour special on the rise of McDonalds and it made me really want to go there for dinner since I grew up loving this particular fast food restaurant. I waited [...]

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I’m sure many of us are familiar with rent increases and I understand that this is necessary because the maintenance, cost of land go up through time. However, I got a letter a letter that has similar language as the following 3 times in the last 13 months.
… As a result, this letter [...]

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US News has a very interesting article that shows various interesting statistics on account balances Americans hold in his/her 401k accounts. If you are one of those people that always wonder how your 401k nest egg compares to others in the country, this article is for you.
First, here’s the median account balance separated by [...]

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I am one of those people that go everywhere to get my haircut done. Instead of going to a salon and staying with the same hair stylist that I am comfortable with, I choose where I get my haircut because of promotions, coupons, availability.
Over the weekend, I went to get a haircut from Sport [...]

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Another week has passed and it’s safe to say that I have blown by the 300 subscriber count! Thank you for all your continual support and I will definitely work on bringing you better content and more giveaways! (For those that missed it, remember to enter the Microsoft Money 2007 Deluxe Giveaway!)  Another [...]

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As promised, the next giveaway is going to be a free copy of Microsoft Money 2007 Deluxe. I’m not going to talk about what this personal finance software does since everyone knows what it is. Those that want more information can read up on it over at Amazon here.
How to Enter – Subscribe [...]

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I’ve read countless advices (in fact I’ve written some myself) that tells us not to panic and when the market comes down.  The articles usually discusses the benefits of actually buying more when it’s down, telling us that we should think of it as something going on sale.  Although these are great advices, it’s quite [...]

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I just want to let everyone that is frustrated know that the Wells Fargo Online Website is Down right now.  I know it doesn’t give anyone comfort in knowing this but at least we know it’s not our connection that is at fault.  No one knows exactly what is wrong yet (not even Wells Fargo) [...]

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My fiancée and I talked about the fact that we can probably use each other’s credit cards to purchase things without getting caught. We realized that many times than not, we aren’t asked to show our IDs when we use our credit cards. We decided to brainstorm where we have bought something using [...]

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Yesterday, I talked about buying newspapers because of the coupons. Today, I want to take the other side of the argument because coupons can sometimes backfire! I received two email offers today from Borders and Golfsmith and using either of them will not save me money! Sometimes I feel like people think [...]

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Over the weekend, my fiancee bought newspapers home and my first reaction was.. “Why”? I can find all the material that newspaper offers online and it is all free. Most of my memories for newspapers were developed when I was forced to read it at a young age. Although it probably helped [...]

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I just read this article at bankrate.com dated 7/23/2007 and titled “Top 10 money drains“. This just proves that personal finance articles are timeless because we can still learn so much from it after 29 days of it being online!
1. “We spend $360 with coffee per year” – We can make it ourselves and save [...]

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