Apparently a group of people in New York had quite a scam going. They had an army of waiters/waitresses who would run your credit card through an extra scanner while processing your transaction. After they had collected a chunk of numbers they would then be paid between $25 and $35 per card number. You can imagine how quickly that would help supplement their income. Once the
I used to live in that house. Pearl used to come around at the worst possible hours pounding on the door for the rent. Geez. I really don’t miss her:
Remember back when you were a kid and you used to open up the Sears catalog and look through the toy section? Man, I miss those days. I would spend hours thumbing through that catalog drooling over all the toys I wanted to buy. (okay, maybe as an 11 year old I browsed through the lingerie section once or twice, but there was really nothing to
I’m just recently starting to get excited about watching TV on the internet. There are a couple companies out there that are working on this technology, but I think one stands out more than the others. JOOST is being developed by the same guys that created Kazaa and Skype. They obviously get it. Skype has turned in to a killer app and it really didn’t take
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted “Links to Love”. Here are some of the better links floating around out there: Fight the urge to splurge @ Get Rich Slowly JD does a great job at pointing out how so many of us fall victim to useless spending. I especially like the idea he mentions to force yourself to put 10% of your purchases in
As I mentioned in a previous post, I finally pulled the trigger and set up a 529 college savings plan for our daughter. How did I choose the plan? Well, it all started with a visit to: http://www.savingforcollege.com This site is THE authoritative source for 529 plan information. I began by reading up on the basics here. Once I felt like I had a decent
Oh, how I wish I lived in an area where I could walk to work, or at least ride my bike. I had to fill the tank today and gas cost me over $3.00 per gallon. Since I drive a Toyota Tacoma, I only get about 19 miles to the gallon. I’ve been driving for work a bit and get paid mileage, which is helping
We’ve all heard the phrase, “Keeping up with the Jones’”. If you don’t know what that means, it’s really quite simple. Basically it is a phrase used when one person compares what they have to what someone they associate with has. That sounded a little confusing. Let me give you an example: Bob lives at 123 Main Street. From the outside, it looks like Bob
If you are a Personal Finance Blogger that has been around for at least 4 months and would like to be on my blogroll, please leave me a comment. In the comment, just put the name and url of your blog. I would only ask that you also link back to Everybody Loves Your Money. I know that there are some other blogs out there that have
My wife and I had a good laugh today. You see, we have been needing to buy new cellular phones for quite a while. Her’s is falling apart and doesn’t hold much of a charge and mine won’t allow you to charge it unless it’s in the car. We’ve been dealing with that for well over 7 months but haven’t wanted to pull the trigger