Fees
Garmin Offers Map Updates for Lifetime and Free One-Time Update
One of my biggest complaints with my Garmin device has always been the cost of updating the maps, well, that and it occasionally sucking. With the cost of updating maps nearly costing the price of the Garmin device itself, it hard to swallow the shelling out the money for the update (that’s not what she [...]
Realtors Profit Even When Home Buyers do All the Work
Remember when investors almost completely relied on brokers? Remember when there were no mutual funds or low cost ETFs? Remember when employees relied on pension funds alone for retirement? Remember when a dealership was really the only place you would go to look for cars?
Thanks to the internet and innovative financial products, consumers no longer [...]
How to Avoid Maryland’s E-ZPass Monthly Fee
Recently, Maryland started charging a monthly “maintenance” fee to hold an E-ZPass of $1.50/month. I know, $1.50 per month isn’t that much, but consider this fee for the commuter who rarely even uses the E-ZPass. For a total of $18 year, many E-ZPass holders find themselves barely even paying $18 in actual tolls for the [...]
Payback: List of Fees Customers should be able to Charge Businesses
MYM Fee: If I go to the ATM and it’s out of order, the bank owes me $2.75
MYM Fee: If I choose to print a ticket from my computer with my paper and ink, then Ticketmaster owes me a $5.00 processing fee.
MYM Fee: If I bring my own carry on luggage on a flight, put all of [...]
Use Your Cell Phone to Make Unlimited Free Calls
I know that the regularity of this site has been somewhat “light,” but would like to ensure our readers that we are still alive, just reorganizing. With that said, here is your latest tip on how to milk the most with what you have…
Louis C.K.’s Humorous Look into Bank Fees
Comedian Louis C.K. takes a hilarious look into the world of senseless bank fees.
Warning: Contains explicit lyrics and probably not suitable for the office.
Paying for GPS Map Updates is Absurd
I love our Shirley, the woman that lives inside our GPS, even though she has an attitude when I miss turns, often is completely wrong, and struggles to get a signal at start up. I do get annoyed at our GPS, but when it comes down to it, I don’t know what I would do [...]
ATM Fees Increase From Last Year
I get excited whenever I see one of my ATM’s or banks and automatically think that I should take some cash out, whether I need it or not. This is what ridiculous ATM fees have done to me. Nothing pains me more than taking out cash and getting charged a crazy amount just to get [...]
8 Tips to Save on Car Rentals
Renting a car is generally a cheaper option to hailing multiple cabs when your traveling, but is often overlooked as an option. If the situation allows, consider renting a car and use following tips to save on the rental.
Search for Coupons. Most major car rental companies have a variety of free online coupons floating around [...]
8 Tips For Your Cell Phone Bill
Sunday was the wonderful obligatory day of watching football all day with friends and a few beers and the conversation turned towards our cell phones. The most common feeling is that no one is terribly happy with what they have; there is always something better. One thing that we would all like to see though [...]
Invest in Your Companies Stock Carefully
The fall of stocks such as Bear Stearns and Fannie/Freddie, have taught us not to overlook one of the most common elements of sound investing—diversification. Unlike traditional pensions and 401(k) match programs, some publicly traded companies will offer shares to employees as part of their retirement plan. Participating in such a program has many benefits, [...]
How Much Are Your State Taxes?
Lately, as we get closer and closer to becoming homeowners, I have become obsessed with all the little taxes, fees and surcharges that go along with it. While I could probably sit down and start writing about all the little details I have found out so far, I would no longer have time to do [...]
Do Variable Annuities Pose a Systemic Risk?
Variable annuities have grown in popularity over the past couple of years and the downturn in our economy has only intensified retiree’s interest in such products. Variable annuities are essentially an insurance product against down markets by guaranteeing minimum payments (income) to the policy holder regardless if a bear market exists. Usually, a variable annuity [...]
Milk Your Money Tools
As the internet doubles in size, power, and reach at such an exponential pace, we are evolving our websites to not only display “content,” “opinions,” “news,” and who knows what else. Now we are pointing our links to pure data. The internet does not sleep, its always on, and it loves to crunch data.
So MilkYourMoney.com [...]
MilkYourMoney.com Comments On Proposed Credit Card Rules
Federal banking regulators (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of Thrift Supervision, and the National Credit Union Administration) recently proposed rules that would curb abusive credit card practices that we have long been against. For a detailed summary of all of the proposed rules, click here. Today, August 4, 2008, was [...]
