Monthly Archives: March 2010

Paradigm Shifts with Money

Blast From the Past
Over at Debt Free Adventure, I read a post recently on how Matt sold his motorcycle on Craigslist and how he'd jumped on the first offer for the bike, only to find that a couple calls later someone was offering twice the amount he'd listed it for.   Awwwwwww, bummer.  Since he'd already call the person with the first offer, and said they could have the bike, he was kind of in a spot, but he did the right thing. Reading… Read the rest

Emergency Fund – Your Take?

plan of action
Abigail from I Pick Up Pennies and Brad from Enemy of Debt had a huge discussion in the comments section of a post by Brad called When You're Tired of Being Broke, You'll Start Saving. Abigail followed up with a post at her site called Controversy or just quibbling? and then Emergency Funds Yea or Nay? The discussion was great and brought up a lot of good points, and of course my own two cents turned into a quarter so… Read the rest
How to Write a Check Correctly

Write Your Checks Correctly

My Two Cents
More and more people prefer to use online payment options or debit cards.  But the vast majority of Mr. A's customers still use their checking accounts in the old fashioned way, and prefer to write a physical check. We have only had one person ask to pay by credit card, and she ended up using a check in the end. Recently we had a customer write a check and in the area where you insert the numbers she wrote the… Read the rest

Friday Finds

Friday Finds
Hello to all my lovely readers, how are you doing today? It's bright and sunny in Arizona, warm but not hot yet.  We'll have about one month of blissful weather and then it'll be time to roast like we're Thanksgiving turkeys. Here are some great links I found around the blogosphere: Elle from Couple Money is giving away a Netbook at her blog and she also had a guest post on Problogger – Tips for Doing the 31 Days to… Read the rest