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The LA Times is reporting that Experian will stop selling FICO scores to individual consumers.  FICO is used by the majority of lenders to determine the credit-worthiness of customers.  Many financial advisors recommend getting your three FICO scores before negotiating loan terms for large items, such as a home or automobile.

Experian will continue to sell its propritary PLUS score, as well as VantageScore, …

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Customer loyalty cards have become a staple of nearly every thrifty shopper these days. The initial intent of these cards for stores was to gather information for sales and marketing. Recent difficulties, such as the peanut butter recall that resulted in 550 illnesses and 8 deaths, have made stores re-think how they can use consumer purchasing info.

The Columbus Dispatch reports that Cincinnati-based Kroger is …

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A family of four in Staten Island keeps an eye glued to the ground as they walk about New York City.  They are looking for coins that fall out of people’s pockets.  Other people simply step over these coins, the Humpherys pick up these coins and blog about it.  

So far this year, they have found $55.09.  In their first three years they …

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A followup on an earlier post on Dollartamer regarding Issue 5.  It’s still early in the evening, but Ohio has overwhelmingly voted for Issue 5.  This will cap payday loans to 28% APR and effectively run the payday loan industry out of Ohio.

If you want more details on the bill, check out our earlier post.

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It’s been plastered all over the television, run on crawlers during TV shows, and even mentioned on the evening news.  The conversion from analog to digital television is on February 17.  If you still have any older televisions that are not hooked up to satellite or cable, you may need a converter box.

The good news is that you can save $40 on a converter box (or $80 on two converter …

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