Archive for October, 2009

When is the right age to open a bank account for your kids?

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

No Credit Needed is taking his oldest daughter (ten years old) to open her first savings account.  He and his family have been free of consumer debt for over three and a half years now and this is a milestone in how he's educating his children in wise money management.  ...

Carnival of Debt Reduction, Columbus Day Edition

Monday, October 12th, 2009

Happy Columbus Day, everyone!  Here are the articles for this week's Carnival of Debt Reduction.  At the top are the posts by people who discuss areas of their personal debt reduction, which is what the carnival is all about: Modern Tightwad is deprioritizing her debt payoff in pursuit of some other ...

Friday Fiscals link love

Friday, October 9th, 2009

A few weeks ago, the Recaptcha at one site I visited was "Fiscals Friday."  So, I switched the order of the words, and there you are. ;) Here are a few links of interest for your viewing pleasure: Damon Day & Associates has some general advice for finding someone you can trust ...

Note from Restaurant.com clarifying some of its policies

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

In my last post announcing an 80% Off Restaurant.com coupon, I decided to highlight some things to bear in mind before buying a dining certificate package.  Jeff Conlin from Restaurant.com responded to that post in a message to me: Mighty Bargain Hunter, Thank you for your recent write-up about Restaurant.com. I appreciate ...