News Industry Suffering From Social Media
Are social networking sites hurting the news industry? Will you pay for news you don’t use and which news distribution sites do you consider valuable?
Category: Consumer
Is Your Prescription Drug on This List?
As a Wellness Facilitator, I encourage people to pay attention to their prescription and over-the-counter drugs. I get daily notices in my email from the National Institute of Health and the FDA about food & drug recalls, clinical trials, advances in scientific research, and other helpful information. When I come across something that might be [...]
To Scam or Not to Scam…It’s No Longer a Question!
Why is it everything that passes before your eyes or through your hands must be checked for validity in the world today? It is truly a disheartening revelation. Two pieces of mail we received in the past week were put aside for closer scrutiny. They both looked promising; College Financial Advisory for college financial aid, [...]
Excuse me; I thought these were on sale.
I’m sure many of you have run into this little scenario! The store you happen to be in has a sale on, let’s say candles today. You find the candles on the shelf right above the big SALE sign tacked there. It is a great savings so you pick up a couple of them along [...]
I didn’t apply for that loan….did you?
Have you checked your credit report lately? The law says you get one report from each of the three reporting agencies – FREE – once a year. So request ONE report every 4 months and you are covered year round. January = Experian, May = TransUnion, and September = Equifax. Get on top of your [...]
Pre-paid Credit Cards
Did you remember to ask about the fees or read the small print? THIS JUST IN FROM MY BROTHER: On a recent trip out of the country, he put $500 on a Visa Pre-Paid Credit Card. After the card was activated he purchased a couple sodas. He used the card while out of the country [...]
Online Banking with Quicken
A few years ago I had a number of accounts at a local Financial Institution (not to be named because I don’t really think the name is specific to the situation.) When I relocated to another state I opened new accounts at the local bank and signed up for online banking with Quicken (for a [...]
This # is Worth the Price of Your Car!
I probably wouldn’t have worried my head off about this one, however, now that it’s spreading around the internet, if thieves didn’t know it before they’ll be sure to know it now! Here is the gist of an email I received. Car thieves peer through the windshield of your car or truck, write down the [...]
Consumer Gotcha!
Ok, so it seems we should all learn from our mistakes, and most of us do learn something. We learned that hot really means HOT, wet means WET, cold means COLD, and so on, but those are the easy lessons. Those are lessons everyone learns just growing up. But what about those other little lessons [...]