Having just moved and changed jobs, I still have a few loose ends to tie up when it comes to things like my retirement plan. At my old job, I had a 403(b) held through Vanguard, and I received a double-match on contributions up to 5% of my annual salary (so when I contribute 5%, [...]
Archive for October 2006
Opening a Vanguard SEP-IRA and Executing a Direct Rollover
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Published on October 19th, 2006
Modified on February 19th, 2008 - 4 Comments
Filed under: Retirement, Saving & Investing
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Modified on February 19th, 2008 - 4 Comments
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Dish Network Technical Troubles Solved
Written by Nickel - 2 Comments
Well, yesterday went far better than I expected… The Dish Network tech showed up at 10AM, smack dab in the middle of the promised 8AM to noon window. He came into the house, ran a few diagnostics, and then decided that he needed to replace the ’switch’, which is the part of the dish assembly [...]
Published on October 19th, 2006 - 2 Comments
Filed under: Customer Service
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Buying Life Insurance (Again), Update #3
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My wife and I just heard (via e-mail) from Intelliquote that our new term life insurance policy applications have been approved by ING Reliastar Life Insurance Company. We’re supposed to receive the new policies within 1-2 weeks, at which point we’ll be free to cancel our old term life policies with Lincoln National Life. Thus [...]
Published on October 18th, 2006 - Leave a Comment
Filed under: Insurance
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Dish Network Technical Problems: This is Getting Ridiculous!
Written by Nickel - 58 Comments
For all the trouble that we’ve had with Dish Network, this is hardly surprising… Our service has been out since Sunday night. Actually, it started acting funky Sunday night and then pretty much went down on Monday. On Monday night, I called for technical service and explained to the guy that we were having problems [...]
Published on October 18th, 2006
Modified on March 31st, 2009 - 58 Comments
Filed under: Customer Service
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Modified on March 31st, 2009 - 58 Comments
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Is Ethanol the Answer?
Written by Nickel - 9 Comments
Is ethanol the solution to our oil dependency woes? The Bush administation seems to think so, but Consumer Reports isn’t so sure. In a recent article on flex-fuel vehicles that run on E85 (85% ethanol, 15% gasoline), CR reported that the fuel economy of their test vehicle (a flex-fuel Chevy Tahoe) dropped by 27%, from [...]
Published on October 17th, 2006 - 9 Comments
Filed under: Automotive
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The Best of FCN – Selections from 07/06
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Time to dig into the archives yet again… Here are some of my favorite posts from the month of July…
07/06/2006 — Cell Phone Overages – A Hidden Cost of Moving
07/07/2006 — Great Sprint PCS Service (and a 10% Discount)
07/10/2006 — Buying Home Depot 10% Discount Coupons on eBay
07/12/2006 — Bank of America’s “Out of State†[...]
Published on October 17th, 2006
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Withdrawing Funds From Upromise
Written by Nickel - 35 Comments
A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… I signed up for a Upromise account on a whim. I knew that it would never really make a dent in our college savings, but I’m a big fan of free money, so why not?
For the most part, I just ignore the fact that [...]
Published on October 16th, 2006
Modified on April 23rd, 2009 - 35 Comments
Filed under: Education, Saving & Investing
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Modified on April 23rd, 2009 - 35 Comments
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One Year Ago This Week (October 8th – October 14th)
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Here’s a quick look at some of my favorite posts from a year ago this past week:
• Crash Course in Estate Planning – Review of Michael Palermo’s “Crash Course in Estate Planning: The Essential Guide to Wills, Trusts, and Your Personal Legacy.â€
• Interesting Web Search – This one should be self-explanatory.
• Buying Term Life Insurance, [...]
Published on October 16th, 2006 - Leave a Comment
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Weekly Roundup – 10/13/06
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Here’s a quick rundown of some posts that caught my eye over the past week…
Published on October 14th, 2006 - One Comment
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Cashing in Our CDs (or Not)
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I just ran across a great little tool over at BankDeals… It’s a calculator that will help you decide whether or not you should break an older CD whose rate is no longer competitive.
Here’s some background as to why I’m interested in this topic: Back in January of 2004 we ran across a great deal [...]
Published on October 13th, 2006 - 5 Comments
Filed under: Banking, Saving & Investing
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