Pay for gas with a debit card without entering your PIN, and the station may put a hold of $75 on your account for several days — without your knowledge or permission — resulting possibly in bounced checks or refused charges: Hosed at the Gas Pump — By Your Debit Card (Christopher Solomon) The main … Read more
Lots of personal finance experts recommend tracking everything you spend for a certain period of time — usually a month — as a way of benchmarking your spending habits. One thing that can derail this exercise is making things too complicated or detailed every day. If it isn’t easy, you won’t do it. I certainly … Read more
A friend at work scouts Best Buy, Office Depot, Staples, etc. for deals on consumer electronics. These deals often have rebates attached to them. For high-dollar rebates, he always keeps records of his submissions. He has fought back and won at least once. The amount of the rebate was $60. “You’d better believe I’d call … Read more
John got himself a blog — that’s what happened. We’ll see where this goes. In the meantime, I hope that you get something out of the posts to the MightyBargainHunter.com blog! Some of them will be site updates. Some of them will be neat links I’ve run across. Some of them will be me getting … Read more