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Wachovia Fees Going Up Again

by Flexo

Last September, I posted about Wachovia adding a $50 annual fee to its individual investor discount brokerage account. I was disappointed I couldn’t get it waived, so I decided that I would transfer my funds out in 2005 before getting charged another annual fee in September. The account termination fee was $75, so I’d be ... Continue reading this article…

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New RSS Feed and Audio Feed

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I am now using FeedBurner to generate Consumerism Commentary’s RSS feed. If you already subscribe, you will see no change since the feeds are autoamtically redirected. I’ve also begun adding audio clips to some blog entries. They can be downloaded directly from this site or you can subscribe to them. They function as podcasts so ... Continue reading this article…

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You Would Think They Would Have Negotiated

by Flexo

Eric Schmidt, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the co-founders of Google, have agreed to take a pay cut. In 2004, they each had been earning a six-figure salary, but during the second quarter they decided to reduce their salaries to $1. The company’s compensation committee offered to give them raises this year, but the co-founders ... Continue reading this article…

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Regularly Scheduled Auto Maintenance

by Flexo

As I recently passed 20,000 miles on my 2004 Honda Civic, I decided it was time to take the car in for regular maintenance. The dealer suggests maintenance after every 7,500 miles, but I try to stretch it to every 10,000. I go to the dealer where I bought the car in order to have ... Continue reading this article…

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Apologies

by Flexo

Apparently Consumerism Commentary was hacked around nine o’clock this morning. If you were trying to access the site today and couldn’t, I apologize. Everything should be back to normal now.

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Income and Expenses, March 2005

by Flexo

This entry goes hand-in-hand with my March account balances. Continue reading this entry to see my chart and explanation.

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My Commuter Has a Code

by Flexo

In New York and New Jersey, more than one out of every 25 workers has a commute of 90 minutes or more. The Census Bureau released its report on commuting yesterday, and the New York Times picked up the story. The chart to the right shows the top commutation times by state, and inside the ... Continue reading this article…

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More on 401(k) Borrowing

by Flexo

Following up on the topic of 401(k) loans, which was discussed here, there is a new article on CNN Money by Walter Updegrave. This article compares a scenario for two options: borrowing $40,000 through a 401(k) loan and borrowing the same amount through a home equity line of credit. Assuming the two options are available ... Continue reading this article…

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