Posts for Suburban Dollar


Friday Finance Followers – Tennis Edition

From Suburban Dollar
March 12, 2010 at 9:05 am
College sports are awesome. I think college sports trump the pros any day of the week. College kids have a passion that can’t be bought, and if you think football and basketball ... (more)

A Lesson in Customer Service

From Suburban Dollar
March 11, 2010 at 10:00 am
Sadly I can say with absolute certainty that I am very seldom wowed by a business’ customer service. In most instances you are lucky to get someone to pick up the phone let ... (more)

Will the New Credit Card Act, 2010 be beneficial to consumers?

From Suburban Dollar
March 10, 2010 at 10:01 am
The New credit Card Act commenced on 22nd February, 2010 and brought with it a series of issues that will be affecting both the consumers and credit card companies. The whole process ... (more)

Wealthy Bloggers – March 2010

From Suburban Dollar
March 9, 2010 at 9:24 am
For some reason there always seems to be people hating on net worth calculations. I understand some of the issues with it, particularly related to the iliquidity of some of the ... (more)

Monday Meals – Crock Pot Chicken and Rice

From Suburban Dollar
March 8, 2010 at 10:01 am
I am convinced that every home has a couple of standby meals that they know they can throw together when they don’t want to worry too much about cooking. This is one of those ... (more)

MyFico Anniversary Sale – 30% Off

From
March 8, 2010 at 8:46 am

myFico is turning 9 years old and in honor of their anniversary they are offering a 30% discount on all of their products, excluding free trials, when you use coupon code “myFICOis9”
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Friday Finance Followers – Yakezie Style

From Suburban Dollar
March 5, 2010 at 9:01 am
For those of you who haven’t heard about it, the Yakezie challenge was started by Sam the Financial Samurai as a way to challenge his peers to improve their Alexa search ... (more)

March ‘10 Update

From
March 4, 2010 at 10:01 am

March is here finally and hopefully winter will finally stop. I am sick of snow and cold weather. I live in the south east, this isn’t supposed to happen. I have seen more

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Ally Checking Account Review

From Suburban Dollar
March 3, 2010 at 8:30 am
Ally bank who who prides themselves on being free of red tape and offering no nonsense savings accounts and CD’s is now offering an online checking account. I recently talked ... (more)

Kids and Money – It is Never too Early to Start

From Suburban Dollar
March 2, 2010 at 10:01 am
It is never too early to start saving for your kids, and it is never too early to start teaching them how to manage their money. The value of saving is something most people didn’t ... (more)

Friday Finance Followers – Who Needs Sleep Edition

From Suburban Dollar
February 26, 2010 at 9:39 am
So I guess sleep is optional right? Lately I have been running on caffeine and will power. I am trying to get a little bit of a side business running doing some web development ... (more)

When Opportunity Knocks, Open the Damn Door!

From Suburban Dollar
February 25, 2010 at 10:00 am
Seriously, if opportunity comes knocking open the door and quit trying to figure out why. That is what everyone tells you to do anyway. I am personally of the belief that opportunity ... (more)

Is Bulk Better?

From
February 22, 2010 at 10:02 am

I have always been leary of the Costco’s and Sam’s Clubs of the world. Something always seems off to me when you have to pay to get in the door and then pay to get

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iPhone App Review – iXpenseIt

From
February 22, 2010 at 9:30 am

iXpenseIt by FYI Mobilware, Inc. allows you to input daily expenses with your iPhone. The system handles budgets based on Type, Category, Subcategory and more. You can set your

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Friday Finance Followers – Finding Your Focus Edition

From Suburban Dollar
February 19, 2010 at 9:09 am
Wow, it is Friday already and I missed a post this week. I told myself I wasn’t going to let that happen, but it did. Sometimes we think we know what our focus is, and then ... (more)

When, If Ever, Should You Buy Gold?

From Suburban Dollar
February 17, 2010 at 10:35 am
This article is a guest post by Shaun Connell. One of the things that can consistently make investing a difficult practice is timing. If it was easy to time everything perfectly, ... (more)

Bank Accounts Aren’t Just About Great Rates

From Suburban Dollar
February 16, 2010 at 10:03 am
We all try to do our best to maximize the return we get on our money. It has driven an entire subsection of the banking industry to cut costs and offer online savings accounts. ... (more)

Frugal Monday Meals – Nachos

From
February 15, 2010 at 11:18 am

Unlike a lot of households out there I do a lot of the cooking in my family. It isn’t that my wife won’t, or can’t, it is just that I truly enjoy cooking. I have

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Friday Finance Followers – Happy Birthday Mr. Washington

From
February 12, 2010 at 9:02 am

On Monday I will be celebrating the birth of our first President under the United States Constitution, George Washington, by staying at home and not working. I don’t complain

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When the Price is Right – Buy Generic

From Suburban Dollar
February 11, 2010 at 10:01 am
If you’re old enough to remember the 1980’s, then you’re probably old enough to remember a time when the Pepsi challenge was a prevalent marketing strategy. The idea behind ... (more)

OptionsHouse Extends Their 100 Free Trade Offer

From Suburban Dollar
February 11, 2010 at 8:48 am
Online brokerage firm OptionsHouse.com has extended their offer of 100 free trades through April 30, 2010. OptionsHouse offers $2.95 flat-rate stock trades and $9.95 flat-rate ... (more)

How to Save on SMS Using GoogleVoice

From Suburban Dollar
February 10, 2010 at 10:01 am
A few weeks ago I touched on the fact I use Google Voice to save me money. I only briefly mentioned how I use it to provide alternative SMS service and I had some questions about ... (more)

Wealthy Bloggers – February 2010

From Suburban Dollar
February 9, 2010 at 10:02 am
And the list just keeps on growing. I am up to just about 30 blogs now on this list, while I don’t have good demographic information on everyone involved here you can learn ... (more)

Lending Club $25 Investor Bonus and Reduced Loan Rates

From Suburban Dollar
February 9, 2010 at 8:49 am
About LendingClub LendingClub is a peer-to-peer lending network where investors fund 3yr personal loans for borrowers. LendingClub rely’s on their investors to fully fund ... (more)

Keeping up with the Joneses, In a Good Way

From Suburban Dollar
February 8, 2010 at 9:51 am
People always talk about keeping up with the Joneses in a bad way, but a recent article in USA Today made me realize there are ways to keep up with the Joneses that are not only ... (more)