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Well, it finally happened. I was at my dermatologist today and they said 3% charge for credit cards or you can use a debit card. They had not told me in advance before I came to the office but I keep a debit card in my wallet that's linked to a checking account that has less than $500 in it for...

S3 is coming next month.

Not the person you asked but I've known a few restaurant owners and they always told me they preferred cash for this reason.

As someone who once managed a retail store for a large well-know chain, handling cash is a big deal. It requires two people to count it, when the person with a gun comes in they go for the cash (not the credit card payments), and it tends to disappear (credit cards don't, they are "captured" by...

If that happened to me, I'd just say, "Send me a bill then and I'll send you a check." Make them wait for it.

This loss of knowledge has been going on for a while. The news item below is over 25yr old. (I recalled seeing it, but I didn't know it has been that long.) Study: Most new doctors can't use stethoscope

I see my dermatologist every six months as I have had basal cell carcinoma in the past. Last year, in between visits, I got bump on my neck that I thought was a boil at first. When it didn't go away I called the dermatology office and they said they could get me in in two weeks to see the...

They do. My AZ refund was direct deposited last month a week after I filed (e-file).

It wouldn't surprise me if some of those in this thread signalling their virtue proclaiming how little they drink and how much they dislike alcoholic beverages are not as "dry" as they would like others to believe.

They only will sell it at addresses where they have excess capacity. The home internet actually had bottom level prioritization (below even MVNOs on the T-Mobile network) but in an area with enough capacity, it is rarely necessary to deprioritize anyone.

Sounds good but I'd worry the the "getting rich" on the part of the companies is already baked into the price of their stock. If for some reason (political or otherwise) they start getting less "rich" those who bought the stock will take a hit.

I read (can't recall where) that it is sent to arrive on Monday at all the banks. Some choose to make it available early and some "hide" it and earn a bit on the cash for two days. I imagine the amount of that float is huge at a bank like Chase (where I send mine; they don't show it until Wed...

You probably tried this but in case you didn't: Did you reboot your router? A few years ago I had that problem with a tablet. Even did a factory reset and it didn't resolve it. All of my other devices were working fine so I didn't suspect the router. I finally rebooted the router and the...

As I am sure everyone here knows, correlation ≠ causation. Here are some humorous examples: Spurious Correlations

The title of this thread is, "Examples of current inflation - add yours!" So I don't see what the problem is with the poster's comments about prices in this thread.

Is the quality the same? Just because it has the same model number doesn't mean it's identical.

I have used TurboTax for 20 years. This week I decided to try FreeTaxUSA. I found it to be easier than TurboTax; much less expensive too.

I like it. When my Apple friends start sending messages I'd rather ignore for a while they have no idea whether or not I even saw their message so they don't know that I am ignoring them for the moment. Regarding the grainy video thing: I just tell them if you want to send me a video, send it...

I use Kirkland Sleep Aid occasionally. I take 1/4 of a pill. I can't imagine what would happen if I took a whole pill.

That reminded me of something I heard on the old Johnny Carson show: Someone hits a parked car gets out and starts writing on a piece of paper, "I just hit your car. There is a big crowd gathered around and everyone thinks I am leaving my name and address on this note ... but I'm not."

I use "rabbit ears" that I purchased for $6.99 ten years ago.

How Much Are We “Taxed” by Surprise Inflation? -- Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Don't know if you're susceptible or not but I have heard that people who protest the loudest that they're not susceptible are usually the most susceptible

I agree, inflation was basically a non-issue before the pandemic. Just shows how 12yr of mostly responsible management can be undone by a few years of mismanagement, high spending, and monetary diarrhea.

CPI Jan 2009 = 211.143 CPI Jan 2024 = 308.417 (308.417/211.143)^(1/15)=1.02558 or 2.56% for the last 15yr. When depending on facts of this nature, the starting and ending points matter. What a difference 3yr makes.