I can't help but wonder if the increase suddenly is due to people just trying to buy groceries and gas?  With unemployment so high for so long some folks might be at the end of their benefits and now are resorting to credit cards just to live.  I don't take the increase as a good sign especially since retail is so low-...more

"If stores keep bugging me to take out their credit card to save 10% on that days purchase, I always end up saying something like "I have an excellent credit rating because I don't take out every credit card available". That usually gets the clerk to stop pushing." I have NEVER had a clerk push me to sign up.  I s...more

With so many unemployed who is going on vacation?  Both husband and I are lucky to have our jobs still but the last thing I am thinking about is a frivolous vacation especially since there is no 100% guarantee our jobs will be there tomorrow.  Extra money is being saved for that "just in case" situation.  The airlines ...more

Personally I would NOT buy a foreclosed home.  There might be a very good reason it is in foreclosure that your average buyer might not be able to fix once in the home.  Besides the fact that the house could have been sitting empty for weeks, months or years you might get a great surprise at what could be living in the...more

Hmmm....  I am in Illinois with one of the highest unemployment counties in the State.  Customers are NOT buying at the store I am working at and our hours are cut more each week.  They can keep blowing this sunshine up our butts but it is not helping your average worker at all.  As our hours are cut my spending goes d...more

I think the real question is:  Will employers KEEP employees working until they reach 67?  Seems like the younger generations are losing patience with older folks and then if your dealing with someone in their upper 60's they could be starting to have health issues.  Add to that they will be on the company insurance pl...more

1.  They are always out of the most basic items. 2.  They are much more expensive than the grocery stores and/or drugstores.   3.  I have never seen such terrible customer service.  I don't even get a simple "hello" when I check out and forget ever hearing a "thanks or have a good day" cause that will never happen. 4. ...more

There may be thousands of honest sellers but one bad seller spoils the bunch.  I had a HORRIBLE experience recently on Ebay and it will be a long time before I buy from there again.  Having been a seller and buyer for many years on there I have seen some pretty big changes especially with some sellers trumping up shipp...more

Whoever wrote this obviously does not know their way around a grocery store.  My husband and I eat very well on less than $250 a month and that includes plenty of meat, veggies and fruit.  We also have a great variety of snack choices and even the occasional soda in the evening.  We are talking breakfast, lunch and din...more