It’s a consumer financial technique I recommend all the time on my blog and in my weekly newsletter: compare prices. The importance of continually doing it showed up when I was shopping with my daughter the day after Christmas at The Rack. I didn’t find any boots that fit, so... Read more →
It’s been quite a year, 2024. So much has been happening in consumer and personal finance. I’ve been writing my blog since 2008, with 5,200 articles posted and nearly 1 million page views. Thank you for your readership during 2024. Here are the top articles on my blog that people... Read more →
Happy New Year. It's going to be a challenging year for consumers, but with continuing research and action, we'll make it through. ln addition to reading my blog regularly, you can get helpful information from my free, weekly newsletter, "Helpful Money Tips for You." It will arrive on Thursdays in... Read more →
It’s that time of year. Many people are familiar with after Christmas sales and January white sales. On Monday, I took my coupons that Macy’s keeps sending me to the store to see if I could find anything good on sale. Right away, I saw some red and green plaid... Read more →
Photo: Simon Law The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday banned all uses of the solvent trichloroethylene, or TCE, a toxin that can cause health issues such as cancer. The agency also banned all consumer and many commercial uses of perchloroethylene, or PCE, an industrial solvent which is used for... Read more →
These festive looking oven gloves aren’t what they seem. QVC is recalling about 1.1 million pairs of Temp-tations Oven Gloves because the gloves pose a burn risk. The company has received 162 reports of insufficient heat protection, including 92 reports of minor burns. The recall involves Temp-tations Oven Gloves imported... Read more →
Somehow, it’s Dec. 9 already and it seems like the holidays are coming in a rush. I’m researching buying a new camera, which is time consuming. Then, I got the idea that what I want for Christmas is a scanner that scans slides. More research when I should be getting... Read more →
Black Friday and Cyber Monday have come and gone, but the deals don’t stop in December. December has plenty of worthwhile deals especially if you can wait until after Christmas. In fact, you can snap up gifts for birthdays and other occasions in 2025 for great savings. Green Monday Green... Read more →
In an NPR interview, a woman who voted for Donald Trump said she was very happy that the country is going to get smaller government. What she doesn’t realize is that in many aspects of consumer life, governments have had to struggle against corporations to get any kind of regulations... Read more →
With 31 percent of American consumers planning to spend less during the 2024 holiday season compared to 2023, WalletHub, a personal-finance website, released a report Wednesday on the “Best Things to Buy on Black Friday in 2024.” WalletHub found that 41 percent of items offer no savings compared with their... Read more →