I visit a lot of coupon forums, where almost everyone is a bargain shopping queen (or king). So it’s always something of a surprise when someone asks, “Is this a good deal?” And whether the item in question is laundry detergent or hot {read more}

Calling customer service can be a huge pain, but calling to ask for discounts and other benefits can save you lots of money. Here are some tips to make picking up the phone a little easier: Always have the necessary information in front of you. This {read more}

Over the last few months, we accumulated a large pile of toys and clothes to donate to charity. There was one pile in the upstairs hallway and another pile downstairs near the door to the garage, and nothing happened to either one because I never crossed {read more}

Sell your stuff. Hold a garage sale, list your stuff on Amazon.com, eBay, or Craigslist, or put an ad in a local newspaper. Never spend change. Instead, collect the coins in a jar. When the jar is full, deposit the coins. Cook more at home and take {read more}

  If the thought of paying off your debts is simultaneously appealing and overwhelming, these five tips may help you get started or keep you going: If you have one debt that’s significantly smaller than the others, tackle it first, even if {read more}

I am one of the lucky women who doesn’t have trouble losing pregnancy weight.  I was down to my pre-pregnancy weight in just a few months after both births (no doubt nursing helped). But I was overweight to start, and earlier this summer, I was {read more}

Back in 2003, when my husband and I bought our first car together, we divided the responsibilities as follows: he did the technical research, deciding what kind of car we should get and what a reasonable price was; I handled the financing research. I {read more}

A few months ago, in the case of In re Trans Union Corporation Privacy Litigation, it was alleged that Trans Union LLC and Acxiom Corporation violated the law by selling lists containing personal and financial consumer information to third parties for {read more}