Seems like nothing is free anymore or if something is free, there is always a catch. Here's a link to something that is FREE: www.annualcreditreport.com You can get a free credit report from each of the three credit reporting agencies once every 12 months. When I say free report, I mean the report itself-your credit history, [...]
Archive | May, 2009
Is a $1 monthly fee worth it?
This past March, management and the board of directors instituted a $1 monthly maintenance fee on share savings to help cover the rising costs of doing business. The cost of paper, processing, inserts and ever rising postage have pushed the cost of mailing statements upwards of $1.75 or higher, per statement, per month. Fortunately, due to [...]
“BTW”….“LOL!”…. “BFF”…. “PLZ”….”BTWN”….
I was compelled to write this blog after a conversation a co-worker and I had regarding our daughters. I will refer to my co-worker as “Susan”. Susan’s 15 year old daughter ran up a $300 cell phone bill because she was constantly texting her “BF”! I found her story interesting because I had just pried [...]
It's interesting how someone can impact your life…even paying bills online
Like many, I too resisted the invitation to pay bills on-line. “Why do it on-line when my current way of mailing checks in those little self-addressed bill envelopes served me so well for many years.” Even though many folks around me (usually younger) we’re saying how wonderful it was, I discounted it. Then a conversation [...]
When will the new building be ready?
In checkout lines all over the place and sporting my blue, I get this question probably more than any other. Reliable folks in the know say the branch at our Rivers II campus extension in North Charleston will open to the membership by the first quarter of 2010. What a great space it’s shaping up [...]
An error on my credit report…¿Qué?
Cleaning up your credit report is not as complicated as you think or as difficult as the credit repair agencies make it sound… FYI, stay away from credit repair agencies-they won’t do anything you can’t do on your own. Ok, back to cleaning up your credit report… First step: obtain your credit report-all three because [...]
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