Hey, now we can take those oil barrel prices and figure what that means at the gas pump! Today in the Wall Street Journal, they pegged the cost of crude to gas pump prices:
Many analysts consider $4-a-gallon retail gasoline across the U.S. a foregone conclusion this summer driving season, a period of typically peak demand, [...]
Entries from May 23rd, 2008
Want to Decrease Your Credit Card Payment? You May Be Tagged a Risk
May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Credit Bureaus and Scores, Credit Cards
Most financial institutions already are signed up for services from Experian, Equifax or TransUnion to know if you default on another credit card accounts. There have been numerous articles about how when you default on your Chase credit card account your name goes on the “credit card blacklist” and then Citibank [...]
Tags: Account Monitoring Service·Consumers Hurt·Credit Card Payments·Experian
MyFico.com issuing discount 30% to ScoreWatch Customers over Sallie Mae Debacle
May 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Credit Reports
Just received this email today from MyFico.com concerning the huge drop in consumer scores over the Sallie Mae glitch. Generous of them to extend this offer for so long…
Dear Valued Customer,
You may have received a recent Score Watch alert noting a large drop to your FICO® score due to a balance increase on your Sallie [...]
Tags: Credit Reports·Credit Scores·Discount Fees·myFICO·Sallie Mae·Scorewatch
Woman about to lose her home over unpaid dental bill!
May 21st, 2008 · 7 Comments · Debt Collection
Wow, you can actually learn something from TV News! This story at Channel 2 KUTV News tells of the story of how a woman might lose her home over an unpaid dental bill.
How does this happen? This bill went to collections, the collection agency sued and they got a court order [...]
Tags: collection agencies·debt collectors·dental bill·judgment·Mortgage
