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Stories for Monday, August 27, 2007
Beware of note-buying scams
Clark owns a mortgage that he collects payments on much like a bank would. Recently he's noticed that he is getting mail and phone calls from note buyers. These are people who are involved in the latest dare to be rich scheme. They've heard a pitch in a hotel ballroom ...
New checking account options from Fidelity and Charles Schwab
People have about a trillion dollars sitting in lousy checking accounts at banks. They're being hit with a lot of arbitrary fees for transactions and they're not getting a lot in return. The typical bank pays about .1 percent interest on such accounts -- that's one tenth of one percent. ...
Why debit cards are such a rip-off
Clark despises debit cards -- or what he calls "piece of trash fake Visa and fake Mastercards." The banks love debit cards because they make huge profits on them. Most of us have had the experience of making a purchase with a debit card and being asked if we want ...
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Do comparison shopping for college textbooks online
Clark recently took his oldest child to college for the first time and came away with some musings about how much things have changed since he was in school. Back in the day, he went to campus with one trunk full of belongings. At his daughter's school, students showed up ...
