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Research a Company Before Paying Upfront
Tweet Share on Facebook July 31, 2007 CommentSix months after Angelique Trammel ordered a new computer for her son earlier this year, she finally got it—but it was broken.
"They gave me a very hard time trying to get my money back," says Trammel, a hospital telephone operator who lives in Silver Spring, Md. She was so frustrated that she filed a complaint against the Baltimore-based distributor, BlueHippo, with the Better Business Bureau. She eventually got a refund of about $1,060, the amount she had paid after six months of $41 weekly payments.
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Credit Scores Grow in Importance
Tweet Share on Facebook July 23, 2007 Comment (1)Do you know your credit score?
If you don't, you're not alone. Forty percent of Americans have never obtained their score, according to a survey commissioned by the Consumer Federation of America and Washington Mutual. That means a lot of consumers don't know anything about the number that affects their ability to get a mortgage, a low interest rate on a credit card, and even a job.
