Category Archives: Money

Bank Robbery Stats

By Jacob Allred | Published: March 24, 2011

I’ve been watching The Kill Point on Netflix. This is a short series about a bunch of military guys that take hostages in a bank. I’ve seen a bunch of these types of shows recently, and have started to wonder how often banks actually get robbed. I don’t get the news, and I never see [...]

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Netflix: Complain and Get an Account Credit

By Jacob Allred | Published: March 23, 2011

I watch a lot of TV and movies. According to FeedFliks, I watch about 75 titles per week on Netflix, and I probably watch another 5-10 titles on Hulu every week. Watching so much Netflix has given me the opportunity to experience all the pros and cons of a Netflix membership. Overall I’d say my [...]

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Saving Money on Prescriptions

By Jacob Allred | Published: September 25, 2010

My family has health insurance, but we opted out of prescription coverage because a) it is expensive, and b) we don’t have any prescriptions that we take daily. We figured we’d come out ahead by paying the full price for prescriptions when we rarely need them. So far this has worked out fine, but I’ve [...]

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Find out why your car insurance is so high

By Jacob Allred | Published: September 9, 2010

So I’m sure you are all aware of Comprehensive Loss Underwriting Exchange (C.L.U.E.), right? What?! You’ve never heard of it? Okay, me neither until today, but I’ll save you some time and give you the highlights of what I’ve learned. C.L.U.E. is sort of like your credit report, but instead of tracking your credit cards, [...]

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Saving for a Goal with SmartyPig

By Jacob Allred | Published: March 21, 2010

If you haven’t used SmartyPig before and are comfortable with online savings accounts (like ING Direct), I highly recommend checking it out. SmartyPig is an online savings account that currently pays 2.01% APY. That rate isn’t much different from most of the other online (well, nearly double ING Direct’s at the moment), but how the [...]

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