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Comcast Class Action Lawsuit: is it Worth $16?
Tuesday, 20 Apr, 2010 – 8:12 | 4 Comments
Comcast Class Action Lawsuit: is it Worth $16?

Details of the Comcast Class Action Lawsuit
In the mail yesterday, I received a notice regarding a Comcast class action lawsuit. Apparently Comcast had settled in the case of Hart vs. Comcast of Alameda. The lawsuit …

How to Get the Most Out of Auto Insurance Quotes
Monday, 19 Apr, 2010 – 8:19 | 6 Comments
How to Get the Most Out of Auto Insurance Quotes

Auto insurance is one of those ‘necessary-evil’ expenditures that I’m always trying to get a lower price on. In an hour’s worth of time, you can get quotes from a number of auto insurance companies …

Save on Groceries? Not if it Means Sacrificing these 6 Food Qualities
Sunday, 18 Apr, 2010 – 16:15 | 16 Comments
Save on Groceries? Not if it Means Sacrificing these 6 Food Qualities

In almost 2 and a half years of writing posts for 20somethingfinance, I just realized that I have never written a post on saving money on groceries. Seriously?? Shame on me!
Next to our mortgage, grocery …

How Much is your Time Worth? When Outsourcing your Life Makes Sense Financially
Tuesday, 13 Apr, 2010 – 20:48 | 15 Comments
How Much is your Time Worth? When Outsourcing your Life Makes Sense Financially

Ever sat there spending 3 hours cleaning your house or apartment on a beautiful sunny weekend day because you simply didn’t have any other time to do it? Or maybe you spent two hours mowing …

8 Personal Finance Spring Cleaning Ninja Moves
Monday, 12 Apr, 2010 – 8:09 | 12 Comments
8 Personal Finance Spring Cleaning Ninja Moves

Ahh…. Spring is in the air. Birds chirping, children frollicking in the park, opening day baseball, tax returns, my dog shedding clumps of hair, non-stop rain, sinus allergies…..focus, G.E., back to the positives…. flowers, ice …

Tax Filing Deadline is April 15 – What if I Need a Tax Extension?
Sunday, 11 Apr, 2010 – 12:48 | 5 Comments
Tax Filing Deadline is April 15 – What if I Need a Tax Extension?

I’ve had a few readers come to me with this question in the last few weeks. With taxes due this Thursday, it’s cram time for a lot of people. As you rush to complete your …

How to Check your Federal Income Tax Refund Status
Wednesday, 7 Apr, 2010 – 22:10 | 3 Comments
How to Check your Federal Income Tax Refund Status

Worried that your income tax refund hasn’t hit your mailbox or bank account yet? Or do you just have a lack of patience like I do?
Checking on your income tax return’s status is actually pretty …

iPad Review: Is it Worth Adding to your Apple Collection?
Monday, 5 Apr, 2010 – 22:41 | 25 Comments
iPad Review: Is it Worth Adding to your Apple Collection?

This is an attempt at a fair and honest review of the Apple iPad. I’m not an Apple fanatic, but I’m definitely not an Apple hater either. I just started using a MacBook Pro at …

Buyer Remorse Storytime: 3 Times I Felt it & How you can Avoid it
Sunday, 4 Apr, 2010 – 9:41 | 6 Comments
Buyer Remorse Storytime: 3 Times I Felt it & How you can Avoid it

Justifying the Purchase of Stuff we don’t Need Gets the Best of us
Ever bought something that you overpaid for? Or something that you were very geeked up for, only to realize later on that you …

Death of the Staycation & the Return of the Vacation?
Tuesday, 30 Mar, 2010 – 20:10 | 3 Comments
Death of the Staycation & the Return of the Vacation?

The ‘Staycation‘ has made its way into popular vocabulary for good reason. We were just in the biggest  economic recession since the Great Depression, and taking a vacation at home is incredibly cheap.
Are Staycations Falling …