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...many hassles of moving is notifying credit-card companies, frequent-flyer programs and publishers of your new address. For $15 you can automate the process online at changemyaddress.com Simply fill out a form with your old and new addresses, then browse a well-organized list of hundreds of companies (everything from insurance companies to alumni clubs) and select the ones you want to notify...
...HANDSOME, THIS IS MONICA... WHAT'S YOUR CREDIT-CARD NUMBER...
...Credit-card holders who let their monthly bills collect dust are paying a high price for tardiness. That's the conclusion of a new Consumer Action study, which shows that banks have increased late fees 75% since 1995, to $21 on average. To avoid stiff penalties, according to Bank Rate Monitor, try a local credit union or a low-fee national lender like Cleveland's Metropolitan Savings Bank or Chicago's Pullman Bank & Trust...
...instead of going to a restaurant, and buying some clothes at thrift shops, says Marc Eisenson, co-author of the new financial-management guide Invest in Yourself (John Wiley & Sons; $22.95). This also means cutting back on debt by paying off mortgages, winding down car payments and paying off credit-card bills. "The less debt you have, the more freedom you have," Eisenson says. "You don't have to earn the maximum amount of money if your overall expenses have been lowered...
...also plays its own disks. Divx decks plug into the TV, just like DVD drives. But they plug into the phone line too. When you first set up your deck, you must establish an account with Divx central--your machine calls a toll-free number, and you key in credit-card information. (The player automatically calls headquarters once or twice a month in the middle of the night, which I find creepy.) You see, rather than simply renting Divx disks, you buy them outright, for $4.50, and never return them to the store. You don't have to view them...