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By: What a Difference Six Months Make « My Daily Dollars

What a Difference Six Months Make « My Daily Dollars — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:42:01 +0000

[...] I called one of my credit card companies to change to my married name. As you may recall, the last time I called companies, I was trying to lower my interest rate on the cards. My hands were all sweaty, my heart was [...]

By: Lotta Links and a Couple of Carnivals « My Daily Dollars

Lotta Links and a Couple of Carnivals « My Daily Dollars — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:53:11 +0000

[...] Card Blog’s list of 0% balance-transfer offers. Calls to my credit card companies helped me save $1,000! PennyJobs.com has a post that makes me happy: “PF Bloggers are Likely to Become the Next [...]

By: My Big Fat Mileage Mistake « My Daily Dollars

My Big Fat Mileage Mistake « My Daily Dollars — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:18:14 +0000

[...] Yesterday, I called and closed my United Mileage Plus Visa card. If you read my post “One Call — $1,000 Saved,” this was evil Card #3. I called to lower the interest rate and got nowhere, so I transferred the [...]

By: Living the Cheap Life » Blog Archive » Personal finance blog carnivals: my submissions & best-of

Thu, 01 May 2008 05:35:44 +0000

[...] One Phone Call - $1,000 Saved - This is about lowering credit card interest rates over the phone, and there are a couple of important lessons here. First: to receive, you have to ask. Also: don’t give up. There’s always somebody else you can nag. From My Daily Dollars (via the Carnival of Debt Reduction). [...]

By: Carnival of Debt Reduction » Blog Archive » Broke Grad Student has posted the Carnival

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:15:44 +0000

[...] My Daily Dollars tells about how one phone call to her credit card company saved her $1,000 [...]

By: Daily Accounting: Weekend Update + Carnivals « My Daily Dollars

Daily Accounting: Weekend Update + Carnivals « My Daily Dollars — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:01:05 +0000

[...] chance visit the “Carnival of Debt Reduction” at Broke Grad Student. My post, “One Phone Call — $1000 Saved” is an editor’s pick. I also liked the ideas for a cheap vacation at home at American [...]

By: Carnival of Debt Reduction #137 - Graduation Edition — Broke Grad Student

Carnival of Debt Reduction #137 - Graduation Edition — Broke Grad Student — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:06:27 +0000

[...] shares a great story in One Phone Call ? $1,000 Saved at My Daily Dollars. Sometimes reducing your debt is as simple as making a phone [...]

By: Prime

Prime — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:55:13 +0000

I don’t make the call because I’m pretty happy with my 10% interest rate on my biggest card… and like 7% on my secondary…

Other things I keep putting off include calling the dentist to get that cavity filled… (it hurts and I think about it often, but for some reason I just keep putting up with it)…
and after much delay I finally got around to calling the insurance company to schedule repairs from when I was hit 2 months ago… maybe it’s not so much being scared as being lazy… dunno…

I will however try your recipie for crackers…