At a time when families who have already been rocked by financial upset face even harder times because of the resent and unnecessary government shutdown, this feel-good story by CBS Evening News is worth sharing. Tip your hat to Bill Bartmann, a debt collector who practices consumer advocacy. He believes in helping people through his company, CFS II. Hmm... a debt collector who helps those he is charged with collecting from. How often does that happen?!
Showing posts with label Money. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Money. Show all posts
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April 23, 2009
Competitive Pole Dancing
Just when you think you've heard it all, someone comes up with competitive pole dancing. According to Inside Edition, it's being considered as an addition to the Olympic games. A quick Google search of the phrase turns up link after link to blogs about the new "sport" complete with pictures and videos. Check out the Facebook petition aimed at getting pole dancing into the 2012 Olympics. Hey, it takes skill to balance one's self on a pole! And do you see how thin those women are? Pole dancing is entertaining, a financial vehicle for performers and a heck of a fitness program to boot! Go for it, girls! If I could do it, I'd swing from a pole, too. Hell, yeah!!
Aw, come on! What kind of blogger would I be if I didn't provide pics and video footage when available? Before you decide not to watch, ladies it's impressive. You might be saying "Dayum! I gotta get me one of those!" It was my first thought. I'm just sayin'...
Aw, come on! What kind of blogger would I be if I didn't provide pics and video footage when available? Before you decide not to watch, ladies it's impressive. You might be saying "Dayum! I gotta get me one of those!" It was my first thought. I'm just sayin'...
April 3, 2009
Suze Orman's Recession Survival Strategies on Oprah
If you missed Thursday's Oprah, you missed Suze Orman's new financial strategies for surviving the current economic downturn that's sure to get worse before it gets better. Families are having to cut their budgets to the bare bones all across the country. Orman's most surprising nugget of wisdom was to pay only the minimum payment on credit card bills until finances flow freely again. Visit www.Oprah.com to view video clips and read text from the segment for great advice on what to do if you've been laid off (COBRA is more affordable, information on unemployment benefits and possible extensions you may qualify for), refinancing or modifying your mortgage (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac clients), and stashing your cash. Find out how the Stimulus Plan can help you!
February 24, 2008
Infomercial Ratings (dot com)
There are infomercials that sell everything... books, cures, exercise equipment. You name it, and someone is selling it via an infomercial. Some infomercials last only a minute or two. Some of them last as long as thirty minutes.
No matter the product being offered, it's always taunted as something you just cannot buy anywhere else with the same quality for such a low price.
I must admit, I've bought into the infomercials a few times and ordered the book or exercise equipment. It didn't take long to realize that I had been mislead. The exercise equipment that seemed so easy to use and so portable was large, extremely heavy, required some assembly which I was unable to do and it did not easily fit into a corner or under my bed. I only ever met one other person who had paid as much as I had for the equipment. Everyone else thought that I was a liar or crazy when I talked about the price. Well, I am neither. I did feel quite silly for being so gullible. I wasn't about to try to ship it back for a refund. It weighed entirely too much and I would have been gouged again on the shipping charge.
The book that I bought was supposed to have the cures for fibromyalgia, diabetes and a myriad of other illnesses. Of course, doctors did not want you to know about these cures but the author was bucking the system to help all of us who suffer from chronic illness (said the author). I was very skeptical but had been urged repeatedly to at least give the book a try by some well-meaning folks. The book wasn't worth the paper it contained. It held no useful information whatsoever. It only contained teaser lines that were designed to make you want to go to the author's website to get the actual information(if indeed any exists), for a monthly subscription fee. Did I mention that he charged nearly $22.00 just for shipping and handling? So, the book cost more than $40.00 at that point. He is on a new infomercial offering cures for our debts.
Being the curious person that I am, I decided to Google a product a few months ago. Up popped a link to a website called Infomercial Ratings. I love this site! Ordinary people like you and I who have bought a product that they saw on TV infomercials give their opinions on the products. Those who bought the current book on curing debt felt the same as I did about the book on curing illness... it's worthless. However, they give their opinions in much more passionate and sometimes colorful language (nothing really bad).
Before you buy anything, take a minute to go to www.infomercialratings.com to see what others are saying about the product. Ultimately, the final decision to buy or not is yours. However, it doesn't hurt to arm yourself with a little information first.
Shop smart!
No matter the product being offered, it's always taunted as something you just cannot buy anywhere else with the same quality for such a low price.
I must admit, I've bought into the infomercials a few times and ordered the book or exercise equipment. It didn't take long to realize that I had been mislead. The exercise equipment that seemed so easy to use and so portable was large, extremely heavy, required some assembly which I was unable to do and it did not easily fit into a corner or under my bed. I only ever met one other person who had paid as much as I had for the equipment. Everyone else thought that I was a liar or crazy when I talked about the price. Well, I am neither. I did feel quite silly for being so gullible. I wasn't about to try to ship it back for a refund. It weighed entirely too much and I would have been gouged again on the shipping charge.
The book that I bought was supposed to have the cures for fibromyalgia, diabetes and a myriad of other illnesses. Of course, doctors did not want you to know about these cures but the author was bucking the system to help all of us who suffer from chronic illness (said the author). I was very skeptical but had been urged repeatedly to at least give the book a try by some well-meaning folks. The book wasn't worth the paper it contained. It held no useful information whatsoever. It only contained teaser lines that were designed to make you want to go to the author's website to get the actual information(if indeed any exists), for a monthly subscription fee. Did I mention that he charged nearly $22.00 just for shipping and handling? So, the book cost more than $40.00 at that point. He is on a new infomercial offering cures for our debts.
Being the curious person that I am, I decided to Google a product a few months ago. Up popped a link to a website called Infomercial Ratings. I love this site! Ordinary people like you and I who have bought a product that they saw on TV infomercials give their opinions on the products. Those who bought the current book on curing debt felt the same as I did about the book on curing illness... it's worthless. However, they give their opinions in much more passionate and sometimes colorful language (nothing really bad).
Before you buy anything, take a minute to go to www.infomercialratings.com to see what others are saying about the product. Ultimately, the final decision to buy or not is yours. However, it doesn't hurt to arm yourself with a little information first.
Shop smart!
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