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FinallyRetired · 05-13-2007, 09:25 AM

Michelle Singletary discusses what she calls financial mega-mistakes. After reading her column, I doubt if many on this forum would make the mistakes she mentions, but there are others. In my case it was the 2% Vanguard redemption penalty.

GRRRR.

"I was watching Rachael Ray's talk show recently when she featured a young couple who spent $2,500 on four cooking pots.

Pots, I might add, they don't even use. They bought the pots in part because they were promised a free trip to Cancun. The couple was planning to use this trip for their honeymoon. But when they called to book the vacation, their claim was denied. It seems they hadn't registered for the trip within some 30-day window."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...051200125.html

05-13-2007, 09:25 AM	#1
FinallyRetired Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Virginia, and Caribbean snowbirds in winter Posts: 1,275	Michelle Singletary discusses what she calls financial mega-mistakes. After reading her column, I doubt if many on this forum would make the mistakes she mentions, but there are others. In my case it was the 2% Vanguard redemption penalty. GRRRR. "I was watching Rachael Ray's talk show recently when she featured a young couple who spent $2,500 on four cooking pots. Pots, I might add, they don't even use. They bought the pots in part because they were promised a free trip to Cancun. The couple was planning to use this trip for their honeymoon. But when they called to book the vacation, their claim was denied. It seems they hadn't registered for the trip within some 30-day window." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...051200125.html __________________ When the wind changes, change tacks. The Retiree Formerly Known as SoonToRetire (TRFKASTR)