Archive for the ‘Banking’ Category
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
I did my best today to clear away the stuff that was on my desk. (I can actually see the surface again!)
In the process I found a little pamphlet entitled "Teach Children About Money." It really is little -- a single tri-fold piece of paper that's smaller than a standard ...
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Managing a checking account isn't rocket science but it's not basket weaving either. (No offense meant to basket-weavers. I tried to weave a basket in eighth grade art class and it ended up looking more like a Frisbee.)
But managing a checking account boils down to one key skill:
You have to ...
Posted in Banking, Organization, Personal Finance | 1 Comment »
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. ...
Posted in Banking, Saving | 7 Comments »
Friday, June 19th, 2009
A fairly well-traveled post of mine, "Why PayPal makes it a chore to pay by credit card," needs an update.
I bought some replacement batteries for our wireless phones off of eBay last night (how I can get two of them from Hong Kong, shipped, for under $6, I'll never know) ...
Posted in Banking, EBay, Shopping | 2 Comments »
