Quick Tips
Every Friday I post a new Quick Tip covering a wide range of topics, including ways to save money, travel tips, personal products/services I find interesting, and more.
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Why I’m Doing All of My Holiday Shopping Online
Look, I feel bad for brick and mortar stores — I really do. But there’s no denying that online shopping just makes more sense for completing my holiday shopping. Between the saved shipping costs, the availability of online coupons along with price comparison tools, and the added perks my reward credit cards offer, rest assured…
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PSA: Don’t Forget About Small Business Saturday
It’s here — at some point last night, the 2017 holiday shopping season officially arrived, sending deal seekers to malls, big box stores, and Internet-equipped devices everywhere. While I’d say that Black Friday is pretty overrated on the whole, it is understandable why so many consumers might get excited about the annual retail tradition. But did you…
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Earn Easy Cash Back as Dosh App Continues to Expand
A few months ago, I was alerted to an app called Dosh that allowed you to earn cash back on certain purchases. After signing up to join the beta, downloading the app, and gleefully linking my first card (an act for which I earned a bonus $5), I ran into a problem: there were no…
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How Does Opening a New Credit Card Affect Your Scores?
You’ve probably heard it said that applying for a new credit card can have some negative effects on your scores. In addition to the “hard pull” credit inquiry that will likely result in a small score penalty, the age of your credit can be dragged down by a new account. Well, this week, I got…
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Now That You’ve Frozen Your Credit, How Do You Thaw It?
Following the massive Equifax breach, many Americans are placing freezes on their credit to prevent hackers and identity thieves from opening new accounts in their names. Not only did I recently discuss the option of freezing your credit but also went ahead and did it myself. In my state, this process cost me a total…
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The New Uber Visa — Your Next Credit Card?
I’m not sure I need another credit card (it especially pains me to want a new card right after I froze my credit), but I’m being 100% honest in telling you I’m strongly considering this new Uber Visa. With impressive point categories, seemingly simple redemption, some added perks, and no foreign transaction fees all without…
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A Starbucks Bingo Strategy Guide
A few months ago, I shared how my love of Teavana helped me score several free drinks at Starbucks. Well, since then, the Seattle company has announced that they will be shuttering each and every one of their Teavana stores in the coming months. Through my tears, I’ve continued to search for a new free…
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What’s the Best Free Credit Score Site?
Just over a year ago, when I finally got around to checking my credit score for the first time, my initial destination for this information was Credit Karma. Why? Probably because they advertise on television so I knew exactly where to head. Since then, I’ve become aware of a couple of other free credit score…
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Manage Your Finance and Banking Needs From This One App
This week, Netflix announced that it was raising prices on two of its popular streaming plans. Imagine, if you will, that you were first alerted to this fact while scrolling through your recent transactions. Then pretend you were so upset that you decided to cancel your service right there on the spot. Well, with Clarity…
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Delta Makes In-Flight WiFi Messaging Free for All
Over the years, airline customers have certainly felt the pinch as fee after fee pushed up their total cost while legroom kept shrinking smaller and smaller. Well, finally travelers seem to have a rare win in the form of a previously paid amenity being provided gratis. Delta has just announced that, beginning October 1st, passengers…
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More Equifax Drama: Double Check the URL
While we can all hope that this is the end of Equifax putting us in danger for a while, this incident is actually a great reminder to be vigilant when entering sensitive information on the Internet and pay close attention to who you give this info out to. It’s a scary world out there —…
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Stop What You’re Doing and Check Your Credit Report
In case you somehow haven’t heard by now, Equifax — one of the three major credit bureaus — has announced that it was the victim of a cyber attack. As a result, a reported 143 million Equifax customers have had their data compromised. Of course, “customer” is used loosely in this sense as most Americans have…
