squeaky wheel

squeaky wheel: mortgage edition

May 12, 2009

As I was going over the budget this weekend, I realized that our mortgage would be auto-deducted the day BEFORE our 1st paycheck next month.

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squeaky wheel: Chase Credit Cards edition

January 30, 2009

Remember my post about Chase raising our rates? I decided to try to fight back. This is one of our oldest accounts, so closing it wouldn’t be optimal especially given that we are still waiting on a refi for our mortgage.  I sent several e-mails on their online system. I would get a near identical [...]

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squeaky wheel: Lego edition

January 27, 2009

How much time would you offer if someone would give you $40-$50? I spent 3 minutes on a well crafted email to on of our favorite toy companies, Lego, and received 2 tee shirts, and 2 registrations to a Lego Club Event at our local store. I value it at about $40. Totally worth it! [...]

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