Wheaties for Your Wallet

Good reading for March 3rd:

• Nation & World | Consumers fight rising use of hidden fees | Seattle Times Newspaper - “For years, consumers ignored [fees] because they were relatively small and weren’t worth the hassle to fight. But multiply those small amounts by millions of customers and they become a multibillion-dollar corporate windfall.”
• Banking Fees Are Rising And Often Undisclosed - washingtonpost.com - “Banks are failing to provide consumers with information about fees on savings and checking accounts even though federal rules require such disclosures, according to a government report to be released tomorrow.”
• More Americans using credit cards to stay afloat - USATODAY.com - “Seven years in the credit-counseling business didn’t prepare Ann Estes for the alarming trend she began noticing last fall: As her clients’ mortgage bills became unaffordable, a growing number of them began paying their credit card bills before — and sometimes instead of — their mortgages.”
• I Will Teach You To Be Rich — Announcing the 2008 Tax Makeover Guide - “Today, I’m announcing a new eBook that covers all the basics of taxes. It’s called the 2008 Tax Makeover Guide.” Good timing…
• Tactics for the Frustrated Consumer (SmartMoney Magazine) | SmartMoney.com - “Consumers have had a lot to complain about these days. But where exactly do you go to get satisfaction? We looked at some tactics for the frustrated to employ.”