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Throwing Money Away

How do you avoid overdraft fees?

by jolyn on July 21, 2010

Logging into my USAA accounts recently, I noticed a poll on the sidebar with this question: How many overdraft fees did the average household pay in 2009? 1 4 9 13 Would you be surprised to learn the answer was 13? “…. the average U.S. household with a banking account incurred nearly 13 overdraft fees [...]

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I swear, sometimes I just don’t know what’s wrong with me. The library is free, right? Unless, of course, you don’t return your books on time? (Or at all?) And yes, I do get email notices telling me that I have some items that are coming due. And are overdue. And This is the Final [...]

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I Hate It When I Do That

by jolyn on December 10, 2009

Some of you all might recall that I have a habit of sometimes forgetting to pay a bill? I like to refer to myself as The Reluctant Nerd. Those of you who follow Dave Ramsey should get a chuckle out of that. Imagine my surprise when I got the AT&T bill and it was double [...]

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I have a problem. And the first step to solving any problem is to recognize that you have one. I dragged myself to the library the other day and was completely upfront. “I’m having a problem with overdue books.” It would be one thing if my problem were simply getting the books to the library [...]

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