Archive for February 2007

Buying Odd-Sized, Non-Standard Furnace Filters?

Written by Nickel - 6 Comments

Weird topic, but shortly after we moved into our house, I noticed that we have two apparently non-standard air returns. The openings measure 5.5 x 13.5 inches, and so we need filters that are 5.375 x 13.375 inches. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find anything to fit these dimensions.
We’ve always used the cheap spun [...]

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Published on February 15th, 2007 - 6 Comments
Filed under: House & Home
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New Strategy for Blocking Comment Spam

Written by Nickel - 5 Comments

Just a quick note to let everyone know that I’m testing out a new strategy for blocking comment spam. It’s should be totally invisible to you, and it shouldn’t cause your comments to get trapped in a spam filter (that may still happen, but it won’t be the fault of the new measures). I just [...]

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Published on February 14th, 2007 - 5 Comments
Filed under: About/Admin
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Applying for a Business Credit Card

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Continuing along the path toward the separation of our business and personal finances, we have are now the proud new owners of a business credit card. I previously posted a list of business credit cards with signup bonuses, and that’s where we started. As a reminder, you don’t have to have an actual business to [...]

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Published on February 14th, 2007
Modified on February 6th, 2012 - 9 Comments
Filed under: Credit Cards, Self Employment
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Dave Ramsey is Good at Psychology

Written by Nickel - 65 Comments

Nearly two years ago I wrote an article that refuses to die. It was called “Dave Ramsey is Bad at Math,” and it took a critical look at various debt repayment strategies. Truth be told, I actually intended that article to be a critique of an undeniably dumb debt repayment scheme that was outlined in [...]

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Published on February 13th, 2007
Modified on April 19th, 2009 - 65 Comments
Filed under: Debt Reduction
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Always (Always!) Double-Check Your Medical Bills

Written by Nickel - 10 Comments

This past November, my wife had to see a doctor at our local Urgent Care. Unfortunately, when the bill showed up the claim had been denied. The reason? Out of network. The problem? It wasn’t out of network! It’s supposed to be a $20 co-pay with the rest going to insurance. So… I called the [...]

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Published on February 12th, 2007 - 10 Comments
Filed under: Insurance
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Money Poll #24: Bank Accounts

Written by Nickel - 23 Comments

As I was updating Quicken over the weekend, I got to thinking about how much more complex our finances are than they used to be. We now have multiple retirement accounts, a non-retirement investment account, and five different bank accounts. Yep, five. Our local checking account, our busines checking account, and three online savings accounts [...]

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Published on February 12th, 2007
Modified on September 15th, 2007 - 23 Comments
Filed under: Banking, Polls
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Full-Text RSS Feed Problems Solved

Written by Nickel - 5 Comments

Just over a month ago, I announced that I was switching over to full-text RSS feeds, so you can imagine my surprise when I received an e-mail from a reader this morning stating that he had subscribed, and then immediately unsubscribed when he saw that I was only offering a summary feed. First off, no, [...]

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Published on February 11th, 2007 - 5 Comments
Filed under: About/Admin
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One Year Ago This Week (February 4th – February 10th)

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Here are some my favorite FiveCentNickel (subscribe) posts from one year ago this past week:
» The Economics of Super Bowl Ads
» How Much Does a Million Dollars Weigh?
» Has PayPal Met its Match?
» Top Tax Scams, Part 1 (see also Part 2)
And this is what was happening over at Raising4Boys (subscribe) over the same period:
» [...]

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Published on February 11th, 2007 - Leave a Comment
Filed under: Best of...
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Recent Site Changes (Improvements?)

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In case you didn’t know, I love reading your comments. In fact, I love it so much that I’ve had a leader board over there in the right sidebar for quite some time. And until just recently, FMF of FreeMoneyFinance.com had a stranglehold on the all time lead. However, I just noticed that Blaine Moore [...]

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Published on February 11th, 2007
Modified on February 12th, 2007 - 15 Comments
Filed under: About/Admin
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Weekly Roundup – 02/09/07

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Here’s a quick look at some of the articles that caught my eye over the past week…

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Published on February 10th, 2007 - 2 Comments
Filed under: Link Love
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