Consumerist Roundup

Dude Busted For Running An Illegal Bank For Tax Evaders From His Suburban Home
Today’s lesson: don’t give your money to someone you don’t know who runs a “bank” out of his house. Oh, and you’ll get caught if you try evading taxes.

Shop Around for Student Loans
Summarizes a New York Times article: start with the feds, then go to banks your family already has a relationship with, and look into non-profits.

DHL Wins Package Race, UPS Still In Transit
The yearly Georgia Tech shipping contest proved DHL is the winner. I still ship just about everything via the US Postal Service, call me old-fashioned.

Best Hotels for Free WiFi
Consumerist points to this list, with Marriott on top.

Credit Cards To Feature Mutating Passcodes
This is similar to the technology that allows me to log in to my office desktop computer securely from anywhere with an Internet connection. We call them SecureID key fobs. I think building these into thin credit cards is a good more for technology, but it does make it easier to track people.

And now, something random, just to spread the word. 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63.

Scroll down to read one comment on “Consumerist Roundup.”

Add to: Facebook | Delicious | Reddit | Digg
Get the RSS feed or enter your email address:


Related Entries on Consumerism Commentary

One Comment on “Consumerist Roundup.” To add your own comment, scroll down.

  1. Comment #1 by Jackie (reply)
    May 4th, 2007 at 3:19 pm

    Flexo,
    Adding on to the student loan article: In addition to shopping around up front for student loans, it is also important to shop around when it come time to consolidate. For graduates students, a great organization to check out is Graduate Leverage, which I posted about on my blog SavingforWealth yesterday, if you’re interested in checking it out. They will actually do the shopping around for you and through collective bargaining, help students receive better rates and loan terms.

Leave a Comment

Enter your comments below. Please note: Use of a non-personal web site or blog in the field below and/or comments that are off-topic, personal attacks, or support requests will likely be removed at my discretion.

Copyright of comments belongs to the comment author, but I reserve the right to edit comments for formatting or content.

Add a photo or icon to your comment by creating an account on Gravatar.

Welcome to Consumerism Commentary

Consumerism Commentary is a blog for men and women who wish to make the most of their financial lives. Read more about Consumerism Commentary.


SmartyPig. The Social Side of Savings
TradeKing.com
Cash Loans

Advertise on Consumerism Commentary

Credit Card Offers

FNBO Direct

Recent Comments

Best of Consumerism Commentary

Recent Articles

Popular on pfblogs.org

Subscribe via E-mail

Click here to start saving with ING DIRECT!

Contributors

Disclaimer

The authors of Consumerism Commentary are not professional financial advisers and no text within this website should be considered financial advice. Any individual who makes financial decisions based solely on the information contained within does so at his or her own risk. Always consult a financial professional.

About Advertising

This website contains advertisements, usually listed as “sponsors.” Some links are for products or services for which Consumerism Commentary is an "affiliate." No articles within the blog are advertisements disguised as blog entries. Consumerism Commentary is not compensated for any content, except for advertising sold. This site contains no Pay-Per-Post (or similar) articles.

Privacy Policy

Carnival of Personal Finance