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Repair or Replace Part 1–Televisions

Most of us are savvy shoppers, we’ve heard of (or at times even taken advantage of) pre and post holiday sales where you can find DVD players for $50, TV/VCRs for $89.99 or computers for $99. Let’s face it, in the fluid world of high tech gadgets, it seems if you wait long enough the price on high-end electronics will eventually dip into an affordable range. That’s why whenever my computer, printer or TV breaks I am always faced with the question: “Do I repair it or replace it?” I was faced with this question about six months ago when … Continue reading →

Trouble with the Cable Company: Part I

Okay, so I know that we all have troubles with services that are provided to us by mass corporations every once in a while. I have had trouble with my current cable company from the day that we were supposed to have the service installed. I repeat, supposed to have the service installed. I am not even the current user of the service and I already feel like switching to satellite! Here is my story. My husband got a job that required us to move to Maryland. Because we had not yet been able to set up our entire move, … Continue reading →

Trouble with the Cable Company: Part II

So far, you know that we had massive trouble just with having the cable installed. Here is what has happened since then. See also Trouble with the Cable Company: Part I. After my husband received the first bill, he called me with the account information so that I could set up the online bill pay service. I set up the service with our checking account information and set the automated pay to recur on each day the bill is due. Well, no one told us that it takes up to two billing cycles for the information to go through! I … Continue reading →

Avoid Prepaid Debit Card Fraud

Reloadable debit cards like the Green Dot MoneyPak can be a convenient way to pay bills or fund your PayPal account. Unfortunately, criminal minds have been hard at work lately creating a variety of scams whereby they obtain MoneyPak card numbers and then use whatever balance is left on the card. If you have a MoneyPak card or other prepaid debit card, protect yourself from fraud with the following tips. Many of the current scams involving MoneyPak cards closely resemble scams that have been around for some time, where wire transfers of funds are requested. Since smart consumers have caught … Continue reading →

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois Will Pay $25 Million Settlement For Fraud

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, which happens to be the largest health insurance company in Illinois, will be paying $25 million in a court settlement. The insurance company denied coverage to sick kids that needed nursing care, and instead “fraudulently” shifted those claims to the Illinois Medicaid program. This lawsuit was filed after several years of complaints from people who had their claims denied by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois. In particular, the insurance company was refusing to cover the cost of private -duty nurses for sick kids, and for other severely ill patients. The families of these … Continue reading →

Dancing With Disney Stars

Grab your dancing shoes. Disney is giving you and your kids the chance to get your groove on with the crew from “High School Musical 2.” It’s been a solid week since the Disney Channel’s made-for-TV movie exploded onto the small screen and sent millions of Zac Efron fans into overdrive. In previous blogs I told you about Disney’s attempts to speed up production on the big screen version of “High School Musical 3” in an effort to ride the wave of popularity generated by the phenomenal success of “High School Musical 2.” Can you blame them? Last week “High … Continue reading →

Jaime Says Goodbye to Families.com

Yes, I wrote about Greg Page saying goodbye to The Wiggles. However, I must say a goodbye also. Yes, I am leaving Families.com — at least for a while. I took a job as an event coordinator for a company that works with children’s charities. I think it is a good career move for me. Maybe I will be able to come back in the future when I get the hang of my new job, but for now I must go. I remember when I took the job at Families.com in November of last year. I was hoping to write … Continue reading →