Archive for October, 2006
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Best Buy Follow-Up
As I reported previously, I had a little trouble with Best Buy’s Geek Squad getting a computer fixed. I’d like to report that shortly after the post, I went back to get the result of the diagnosis and they found the error and agreed to do an exchange for a brand new one. Ka-ching – [...]
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It’s a Festival of Carnivals!
Before you get too excited there’s no cotton candy. A festival or carnival in the blogging world is a group of posts on a similar topic over a short span of time. This past week was the first time I submitted articles to be considered and I was accepted into three carnivals. My post on [...]
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Everybody Hates Prosper
That may be too strong a statement, but from what I’ve been readingsome lenders are experiencing extreme frustration. The biggest issue that I see again and again is that cash in your account earns no interest. Typically that’s not disasterous, however, Prosper is really slow in three ways. It isn’t quick about transfering money to [...]
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Best Buy Extended Warranty
About a year and a half ago, my fiancee bought a laptop and decided to protect it with the extended warranty. I know that usually they aren’t good investments, but when I did my research, getting one for a laptop seemed to be the right thing to do. When it failed to work in early [...]
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How Do Independent Couples Divide Up Expenses?
My fiancee and I have very independent personalities. When we met eachother, we each owned our own property. We each have fairly successful careers, though I must admit that her’s is taking off a bit more than mine. While we lived together in Boston, we split expenses more or less 50-50. When we moved cross [...]
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What to do about Hawaii trip
For those who haven’t heard the news yet, Hawaii was hit by a 6.3 or 6.6 earthquake today. This is an entirely selfish thought, but I can’t help but be concerned about my trip next month. I booked my flight a full 12 hours before quake as luck would have it. I’m going to take [...]
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Do It Yourself Mortgage Accelerator Plan
Joe of Bright Investing writes an article on mortgage accelerators. I didn’t realize such things existed. Apparently the business sets up extra electronic payments to aid you in pay off your mortgage early. Most banks allow you to do the same thing for free, so it’s a pretty bad idea for anyone except the accelators. [...]
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Blogging as a Stream of Income
I had been writing about my goal of getting my passive income to the point of covering my necessary expenses. I should have substituted “passive income” with “alternative income streams.” Blogging is really anything but passive. It’s a lot of work. The thing is that it’s fun work, so it doesn’t appear to be work [...]
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To Timeshare or Not To Timeshare?
Back some time ago, my fiancee and I were on vacation in Aruba, when we took in a timeshare tour for the Marriott. Over the years, timeshares have gotten terrible press. My parents and her parents laughed at the idea. Still, my very smart friends had purchased them, and a large publicly traded company like [...]
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Too Much Focus on Prosper
Five Cent Nickel has expressed some concerns with my reliance on Prosper.com – and he is right to do so. I’m a little surprised that I haven’t come across similar comments. I should clarify, by “passive income”, I’m not going to use the traditional dictionary definition. For the most part, I’m talking about all the [...]
