Comments on: How Many of These Money Mistakes Have You Beat?

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 01:56:40 +0000

In reply to thepotatohead. Way to go my man! You're having a stellar few months there, eh?

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 01:55:16 +0000

In reply to Anna Newell Jones. I thought you'd like that ;)

By: thepotatohead

thepotatohead — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 01:34:24 +0000

I’ve recently beaten 6, 8, 9, and 10. I paid off my credit card debt, refinanced my mortgage, and bumped up my retirement account all within the past few months. 12 I’ve never really done. I always try to buy used if at all possible, great way to save money on things.

By: Anna Newell Jones

Anna Newell Jones — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 22:04:10 +0000

So glad the post on ATWS inspired this post and the big ol’ conversation! :) I swear it seems like we’ve all made crap loads of money mistakes, huh. To be able to learn from them is so huge to financial success. I think too that sometimes mistakes are needed to help cement them into our brains so we don’t make them again. I know I never want to get myself back into debt again bc getting out of it was such a massive undertaking! You better believe I don’t look at coffee, clothes, and material things in general in the same way after having to dig out of those decisions.

Great post as usual Jay!
p.s. you had me cracking up when you said your sis reads ATWS more than BAS. omg… too funny;)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 13:08:10 +0000

In reply to Mark Ross. Yeah, that's a toughie. Back when I was going overboard with this I did my best to just *not* go into any stores or those online shops (*ahem* Amazon) and that helped out immensely. I couldn't spend if I wasn't in a store :)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 14:35:45 +0000

The scores are separate from the reports unfortunately. If you get the free reports at AnnualCreditReport.com, you basically have to pay the $6 or $8 or whatever at the end to actually get your score. Which sucks, but it’s def. cheaper/easier than going to other places at least when I try it. Or you can get a free score at CreditSesame.com but it’s not the “official” one that most people look for. Just depends on what you’re going for.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 14:33:39 +0000

In reply to Aimee. Fighting for a promotion can def. be hard, esp at some place :( At least you're getting paid fairly now which is a nice step up from your last place it seems :)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 14:30:19 +0000

In reply to Crystal.

Woah! That’s a powerful statement right there – USAA should use it in their marketing, haha….

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 14:29:20 +0000

In reply to Aimee. HA! I want a CPA in our household too!!!!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 14:28:38 +0000

In reply to Shafi. Nice! And crazy how coffee used to only cost a quarter, jeez.... times sure have changed.