Fewer Parking Tickets, More Money to Park.

By Julie F., Parking Delinquent-turned-Savings Advocate. The parking authority in my town has a cheeky sense of Christmas spirit: Two days before the holiday, as I got into my car to make the long drive north, I found a little Santa-Come-Early gift. Make that gifts. Tucked beneath my windshield wiper sat not one, but TWO parking tickets. $36 a pop. So, I did
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Your 2010 security resolution? Help us fight online bad guys.

ING DIRECT goes the extra mile to protect you against all kinds of bad online stuff – fraud, ID theft, viruses, you name it. Help get your “Happy You Year” off on a secure note by partnering with us to make sure your money (not to mention your good name) stays just that – yours. You can start by reading this online security message from our CEO of Savings, Arkadi Kuhlmann. With the new year comes a renewed commitment to protect your money as we protect your good name. It’s something we take very seriously and something we can only do effectively with you on board. The truth is, online security’s a shared responsibility and we know sometimes it seems like a lot of work. It is. Most
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My Cash-Only Countdown.

Savings Advocate Christy B. is embarking on a Cash-Only Challenge. Click here to read her earlier post. It’s T minus one day until I start my life with no credit cards. I can’t lie: I’m a little terrified. It’s not like I put most of my purchases, or even half of my purchases, on the credit card. It’s more the impulse buys that really get me; without my credit card as an enabling device,
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From spending miss to wedded bliss.

I knew getting married would change my life. What I didn’t know was that it would change my spending habits. I’m an ‘80s child. We grew up on cell phones, PowerPoint presentations and debit cards. We also had Skip-It and Slap Bracelets—but that’s a story for another day. I had my first checking account at 15 and my
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Dreaming of sugar plums and Savers.

All of us here at We, the Savers wish all of you the merriest, happiest, rockingest holiday ever. Stay in your PJs, sip some egg nog and make sure to grab a little nap later. Us? We’re hunkered down for all 24 hours of that Ralphie movie marathon. (You’ll shoot your eye out, kid.) Enjoy the holidays and we’ll
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