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I posted several months ago about a $200 bonus offer for opening a Chase business checking account. Well, the offer is back again, with the only change being a minimum deposit of $500 instead of $100. The offer is valid until March 15, 2008, and you can download your coupon at: http://www.chase.com/ccp/index.jsp?pg_name=ccpmapp/smallbusiness/shared/page/business_checking_offer3 To make the [...] I finally got our income tax return done! Yippee! Thankfully this year we are getting about a $4,200 refund, as opposed to paying about $5,000 last year. Here are a few highlights of the return: We were able to substantially reduce our taxes this year by bunching deductions in before year-end for items we normally [...] Things have slowed down a bit here at work, so I used some time this morning to follow up on overdue rebates. Rebates are great and I absolutely love them since they often allow me to get stuff at much better deals than I otherwise could find, but you have to keep on top of [...] Several months ago I posted about my brother-in-law’s refusal to shred his personal papers, including credit card statements. At the time I warned that he was just asking for trouble, and it looks like that trouble has finally hit. On one of the cards he rarely uses he suddenly noticed several charges on his account [...] Have a big project around the house? You can easily save 10% on your entire purchase at Lowes by requesting a new mover coupon at LowesMoving.com. In most cases they will email you a printable one-time use coupon good for 10% off your total purchase. But wait – there’s more! Home Depot’s policy is that [...] Unless you have been living in a cave, you are probably aware of the Federal Reserve’s recent interest rate cuts. While it doesn’t have a direct effect on mortgage rates, recent weeks have seen some of the lowest fixed interest rates on mortgages in years. When rates are this low, there isn’t much of a [...] Here’s a tip you probably didn’t know, which may surprise you considering all the different ways credit card companies try to trip you up so they can raise your interest rates and tack on fees. Most credit card companies will allow you to enroll in an automatic payment program. Of course they don’t heavily advertise [...] I posted a new batch of referral links for ING. By following these links, a new customer can earn a $25 bonus for opening either an Orange Savings or Electic Orange Checking account with an opening deposit of $250 or more. That’s an instant 10% return! By opening an account through these links, you also [...] Here is an interesting tidbit on how consumers use those teaser balance transfer rates offered by credit card companies. As cited in a study from this Marketwatch article, those who take advantage of these balance transfer rates fall into three nearly equal groups: About one-third transfered balances to the new card and paid the balance [...] A few months ago I wrote about my need to simplify my finances by closing old bank accounts. I got off to a decent start, closing four obviously unnecessary accounts, but never went past that. Why? My theory is that those were the only ones that were obviously unnecessary, while the others I could make some case [...] |
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