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Drastic Credit Score Change, FINALLY
By ack154 / in Debt & Credit / October 13, 2010Probably a large percentage of posts on my site are about money and/or credit. Could be for many reasons... like that's all I have to talk about or maybe it's just one of the more important topics I f...
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Car Shopping: Decisions and Money
By ack154 / in Cars & Racing / July 22, 2010I still can't really say that I've made a decision on a new car. I've got a few thoughts about it, but just haven't really finalized them into an actual answer. I suppose this is a good thing. I me...
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Money Things and Other Things
By ack154 / in The Life of Me / June 9, 2010If you rob Peter to pay Paul... but Peter's interest rates are lower and his payment arrangement is more convenient, does that make it OK in the long run? This week my 401k loan check was deposited...
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More Money for Me! Sort Of
By ack154 / in The Life of Me / May 14, 2010Two years ago this June I took a small loan out of my 401k to pay down some bills (like $1300 I think). It felt much easier to pay that back via my paycheck on a schedule I choose than to pay whatever...
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Credit Report Changes, Good Ones!
By ack154 / in Debt & Credit / January 25, 2010Checking my Credit Karma today like normal. Finally saw a couple changes... well a couple more that I haven't seen in a while. My credit "score" went up 5 points. So that was nice. Using their simula...
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More Plans for the Future
By ack154 / in Debt & Credit / November 2, 2009This has happened a lot... but figured it's time again. The end of the year is approaching and more importantly a new year is approaching - which includes both tax refunds and Goalsharing bonus. What ...
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That's Not Helpful
By ack154 / in Debt & Credit, Random Thoughts / August 12, 2009Any of you watching TV in the last 5 years have no doubt seen all of the "free credit report" and "free credit score" commercials. Essentially offering PAID credit monitoring services with free access...
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This is Getting Ridiculous
By ack154 / in Debt & Credit, Random Thoughts / August 3, 2009My car insurance renewed today for 9/09-3/10. And to no real surprise to me, it has gone up again. Totally lost count how many times it has gone up in a row. It is absolutely retarded. And now that J...
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It's Going to Be a While
By ack154 / in Debt & Credit / July 11, 2009I've been watching my credit score for a while now on Credit Karma and it hasn't changed a single point. I think I might be at somewhat of a ceiling with regards to that... Using their little simulat...
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Turn it Around
By ack154 / in Debt & Credit / May 23, 2009I guess I'm going the wrong way with some of this debt stuff. I'm not 100% sure why... but I believe most of it is from various car needs (not necessarily parts). There was also a new digital camera i...
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