Many people may wonder whether it would be a good idea to cancel a credit card they aren’t using regularly. In most cases, keeping a credit card account open will help your credit score. However, there are still a few situations where you may want to cancel an unused credit card.
Here are the do’s and don’ts if you are thinking about closing that old credit card.
After opening a new Amex Business Cash credit card recently, I noticed American Express took the credit from one of my other cards for the new card’s credit limit. While you can always request a credit increase, maybe you are like me and don’t need more credit.
Luckily, you can easily reallocate credit lines between your Amex cards. Here is how to do it online or by phone.
If you’ve bought a new or used car from a dealership, you’ve probably experienced this. After spending an hour or four haggling over the price of the car you finally come to a deal. Next, they hustle you into a little office where they try to sell you even more stuff, one of which is an extended car warranty.
Is buying that extended car warranty a good idea? Should you buy an extended warranty for a used car?
A couple of weeks ago our rice cooker stopped working so I made a trip to Walmart to pick up a new one. When I go to check out, the associate asks if I wanted an extended warranty for my $25 rice cooker.
This brings up a dilemma facing many shoppers after they spent months saving up to make a big purchase. Should one spend the extra money on an extended warranty to protect their purchase?
When a shoe starts falling apart, you might think that it’s time to buy a new pair. That is entirely not the case. There is no need to toss your perfectly good shoes into the trash if your shoes are coming apart or midsole detaches from the upper.
Save some money and fix your shoe quickly and permanently using a handy product called Shoe Goo.
Some people might be wondering, are there any drawbacks or problems to parking a car for a longer period of time beyond a few weeks? Maybe you putting your car in storage for a few months because you are going away on a long vacation backpacking across Europe or you have a second car you are not using as often.
Here is what you need to do or watch out for if you are not going to use a car or vehicle for several months.
We like to think there is plenty of time to get our financial ducks in a row. However, with all the things requiring your attention now that you are older, before you know it, you’ll wake up at forty and wonder where your thirties went.
Here are some financial pitfalls to watch out for and avoid in your thirties as you build the foundation for your forties and beyond to ensure that you are on track for a happy and successful life.
During emergencies, there are always particular products that people always stock up on. For example, when a snowstorm is coming, people buy milk, bread, and eggs. Maybe everyone’s making French toast while snowed in.
But the most interesting item people are panic buying during the coronavirus pandemic? Toilet paper.
Starting a blog seems easy enough. All you need to know is how to write, right? Wrong! There is more to blogging besides being able to put words on the screen – a lot more.
Here are some mistakes you should pay attention to and how to fix or avoid them to get a head start on your journey to being a successful blogger.
The simple answer to high gas prices is to get a more fuel-efficient car such as a hybrid or even an electric car like a Tesla. But that’s not always possible and it’s easier said than done. Sometimes we’ve got to make do with what we got.
As someone who has owned SUVs for the past 15 years that did not get super great gas mileage, here are my tips and strategies on how to save money on gas besides buying another car.