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Cost is All Relative

As I posted earlier, I was recently shopping for a clothes dryer after ours decided to quit working.  I have to say, it was not an enjoyable experience.  In the end, I managed to avoid the purchase and pick up a used one for nearly nothing from a neighbor, but the process that I went through to get to that point sucked. When I first

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Dryer Drama

It never fails.  We renew our commitment to build our savings to a higher level and things start breaking.  In this case, our dryer decided to stop working.  Knowing that you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to work on a dryer, I did some testing and discovered that the main control board in the dryer was shot.  I researched the price for the

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Being Satisfied With What You Have

I found myself over at Get Rich Slowly today reading his post called: “Bigger Isn’t Always Better: Remembering to Appreciate What I Already Have” and a number of things came to mind.  First the synopsis.  JD took the long route home yesterday which included walking past a number of large “mansion” type houses.  As he walked along, he found himself thinking about what it would

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The Summer of Not Spending Major Money

It’s finally summer around here and I’m thrilled.  The months of cold blustery weather seemed to go on forever and I can easily recall longing for the days of warmth.  While the weather hasn’t exactly been “epic” heat or anything so far (in fact it’s been uncharacteristically cooler in May and June in the Pacific Northwest), the weather is still much better than the typical

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Iphone Update

Well, now that it’s been a couple days, I’m happy to report that the Iphone has magically turned on!!!  I’m still going to give it a couple more days to dry out but it seems to mostly work.  (It seems to have a delay when placing calls). Just in case it doesn’t come back to life fully, I’ve wiped it clean so I can feel

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AT&T is Actually Incentivizing Me To Leave

As you know, we ran my Iphone through the clothes washer yesterday.  While that was traumatic, I think dealing with AT&T today has actually been worse.  While the customer service agents have been pleasant, they haven’t been helpful.  You see, I’ve run in to illogical business rules from AT&T. A friend of mine happened to offer me his old 1st generation Iphone to get me

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Financial Tip #364 Don’t Wash Your Iphone

UGGHHHHH.  I was sitting in the living room at home when I heard my wife’s voice from the laundry room.  “You’re not going to like this!” she yelled.  My first thought was that my shorts had turned a bright pink, or one of my new tshirts was a light blue.  I was absolutely shocked when she walked in the room holding my Iphone.  “Nooooo!”, I

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Massive Debt for a Mediocre College Education

I was just reading an article about Cortney Munna.  She has $97,000 in college debt and is struggling to pay it back and is questioning her decision to amass the debt in the first place.  The article talks a lot about who is responsible.  At one point in the article the author questions New York University’s actions and wonders why they didn’t tell Cortney to

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