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LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP. If you jump to a new insurer for a cheaper policy, don't cancel your old one for 59 days. That's how long the new insurer has to deny you coverage. And never let your policy lapse before getting a new one. That's a sure way to buy yourself a substantial rate increase-and a headache...
KEEP YOUR CREDIT CLEAN. Insurers have determined that people who pay their bills on time are more likely to take care of their homes and cars. You can get your credit score for $12.95 at myfico.com To boost your score, cancel cards you're not using, and try to keep your balances at less than half your credit limits...
...DROP YOUR PLAN If you need your phone only for road emergencies, you may want to drop to a pre-paid refillable calling card or cancel your plan altogether. Calling cards, which expire on a fixed date, are sold in less expensive blocks of minutes. Phones without service can usually still get through...
...sign up for a plan and discover that the coverage isn't good enough where you need it, cancel immediately. In your new service contract, read the fine print of the buyer's remorse clause. Some carriers, such as VoiceStream, give you only 72 hours to decide whether to keep their service. Others give you 15 to 30 days. These deals usually have a string attached: you pay for the minutes you used before you canceled...
...boarded the Eins Soya ferry at Korsakov for the five-and-a-half-hour trip across the Sea of Okhotsk to Wakkanai, Japan. Chekhov, too, intended to take a boat to Japan from Sakhalin, but a raging cholera outbreak on the Japanese side caused the good doctor to cancel his trip. I soon passed out in a deck chair for the duration of the ferry ride?but not before musing that, one day, return journeys to Sakhalin might even be fashionable...