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Jul 03 2008, 01:06 PM
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Karen Datko
This post comes from Joe Benton at partner blog ConsumerAffairs.com. The July Fourth holiday will see $4 gasoline throughout most of the country. Consumers will spend more money per gallon on gasoline celebrating the national holiday weekend than they have ever spent in the history of the nation.
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Jul 03 2008, 10:21 AM
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Karen Datko
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This guest post comes from Randall at Credit Withdrawal. If you work in a major metropolitan area, your daily commute probably eats up a significant part of your day. A half-hour commute (typically about 25 to 30 miles) can easily turn into an hour or more with traffic jams and congestion. if you travel farther, the frustration level just goes up from there. Now that gas has topped $4 a gallon, it's moving from frustration to major hurdle for many people. The combined cost in time and money is causing many people to reconsider their jobs. Add to this the cost of office space, and you would think it would be easy to convince most companies to allow telecommuting as a widespread practice. Not so.
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May 09 2008, 03:29 PM
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Karen Datko
A USA Today/Gallup poll released today says 60% of Americans are cutting spending "significantly" elsewhere in their budgets to compensate for higher gas prices. The Gallup Web site says that "only 38% said this when gas prices were shooting up three years ago." Gallup surveyed 1,017 people in early May about 10 possible ways to deal with record-high gas prices, and got some remarkable results. "It seems a tipping point has been reached," says an article at Gallup by Lydia Saad.
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May 07 2008, 10:07 AM
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Karen Datko
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Buying a large SUV or pickup truck for twice-a-year trips to Home Depot or ski weekends makes little financial sense. Poster Doc Ricketts offers his take on what drivers really need when they buy their next vehicle:
First, adequate seating. This is the number of seats needed for regular use.
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Apr 28 2008, 05:11 PM
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Karen Datko
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In case you didn't know, the Hummer was invented in the 1980s to fight Nazi zombies, we learned from Nick at Punny Money. "This vehicle, known as the 'Humvee' or 'Human-crushing Vehicle,' was so successful at repelling the zombie invasion that Hummer decided to modify it and sell it for general civilian use," he writes. Somehow we missed this invasion. But, thus the poster vehicle for gas-guzzling, environment-wrecking behemoths was born.
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Apr 28 2008, 11:01 AM
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Karen Datko
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Higher gas prices are assuredly hurting people with incomes near or at minimum wage. But how about many of the rest of us? Has the price done as much damage to our standard of living as some people claim? Not hardly, said Seb at Pinching Copper. This blogger often approaches problems from a fresh point of view, and this time he analyzed what higher gas prices are costing many drivers.
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Apr 17 2008, 01:43 PM
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Karen Datko
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In these days of near-record flight delays, no food, baggage charges -- not to mention passengers stranded on delayed flights for hours at a time or last week's 3,000 canceled American Airlines flights -- the government is throwing airline passengers a bone.
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Apr 10 2008, 11:56 AM
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Karen Datko
This post comes from Lisa Wade McCormick at partner blog ConsumerAffairs.com. Undocumented workers in Nebraska are the latest targets of a driver's license scheme that falsely promises immigrants they can legally drive, buy and sell cars, and buy insurance with these documents. Nebraska officials warned this week that a company called Centro de Identificaciones Inc. placed newspaper ads in Lincoln, Omaha and Grand Rapids for these so-called international licenses, which sold for $225 each. The company also distributed fliers in Latino businesses throughout those cities. "These people are paying for something that is worthless," said Angel Freytez, public information officer for the Mexican-American Commission. That agency serves as a voice for Hispanics in Nebraska. "The premise behind this is you pay for these documents and you can rent an apartment, buy and sell a car, register a car, and get insurance," he said, adding that the company also claims the licenses can be used as photo identification in the United States.
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Apr 10 2008, 05:48 AM
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Karen Datko
This post comes from Nora Dunn at partner blog Wise Bread. As a traveler, very little irks me more than walking into a store and paying $7 to $12 for passport pictures. You need them not only for passports, but also visas, international driver's licenses, and other miscellaneous pieces of photo ID. At about 10 bucks a pop, this cost of traveling can add up. And ultimately, all they do is sit you in front of a white background, take your picture with a digital camera, then crop and print out a few copies. Ta-da: $10, please. The good news is that with a digital camera, you can take your own passport photos and print them out for pennies on the dollar. Literally.
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Apr 07 2008, 07:17 PM
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Karen Datko
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"Lazy Man" at Lazy Man and Money took a cruise on his honeymoon last year and figured it would be a bargain. He and the lucky woman who is now Mrs. Lazy Man, aka "Energy Gal," booked a seven-day trip in the Caribbean for $542 a person. "I could eat $400 or more of food alone in seven days at a restaurant," Lazy Man writes. Plus, he says, "Seeing Bowzer from Sha Na Na was worth the price alone." But was it really that cheap? Heck, no. Once you add in the cost of day excursions to the islands, Lazy Man's addiction to diet soda (which wasn't included in the price), plus the alcohol, you're paying a lot more. And don't think about sneaking hooch onto the boat. He writes: "The cruise's policy is extremely strict. They are happy to drop you off at the next port if you violate it." Lazy Man also noticed that the TV in his cabin featured a cruise ship shopping channel that urged passengers to spend, spend, spend.
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