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Research a Company Before Paying Upfront
Continue reading… 0 CommentsSix months after Angelique Trammel ordered a new computer for her son earlier this year, she finally got it—but it was broken.
"They gave me a very hard time trying to get my money back," says Trammel, a hospital telephone operator who lives in Silver Spring, Md. She was so frustrated that she filed a complaint against the Baltimore-based distributor, BlueHippo, with the Better Business Bureau. She eventually got a refund of about $1,060, the amount she had paid after six months of $41 weekly payments.
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Credit Scores Grow in Importance
Continue reading… 1 CommentDo you know your credit score?
If you don't, you're not alone. Forty percent of Americans have never obtained their score, according to a survey commissioned by the Consumer Federation of America and Washington Mutual. That means a lot of consumers don't know anything about the number that affects their ability to get a mortgage, a low interest rate on a credit card, and even a job.
