Archive for July, 2007
Friday, July 13th, 2007
Debit Card Rip Off
I wrote this post back in January explaining why I don’t use Mastercard/Visa branded debit cards for purchases. At the time, I wrote that I felt this was nothing but a play by banks to extract enormous fees from consumers and this report pretty much proves the point. Here’s an excerpt: Our new research report, [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in Money Management,Watch Out by RichSlick
Thursday, July 12th, 2007
No More Chinese Products For Me
I’ve made a conscious decision to avoid anything made in China but especially food products. Red Hot Resources has a nice summary of all the problems found with various Chinese products over the past few months and I’ve copied an excerpt below: According to the BBC, here is a list of just some of the [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Watch Out by RichSlick
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
Greater Transparency in the Blogging World
I’ve been wresting with how to add better transparency to my blog. I’ve considered publishing my Quicken financials but I’m not sure if that would improve anything. For example, MM over at PFBlog.org frequently publishes Money Financials and it’s interesting to see how his cash is allocated but I’m wondering if that really helps anyone. [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Misc by RichSlick
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
www.GetRichSlick.com is a blog for high(er) income individuals
I think I’m going to have to post a disclaimer on this site that reads something like, “This Blog Is Intended for Higher Income Individuals Earning at Least 100k or More.” This rant by a reader Luke has inspired this post and I’ll consider adding the disclaimer to the the bottom of this blog on [...]
15 Comments » - Posted in MMO,Rants by RichSlick
Monday, July 9th, 2007
Getting Rich Isn’t For Everyone
It’s become abundantly obvious based on comments over the past few months on my blog that some people simply don’t want to be rich. Keep in mind that only 1 out of 100 or so readers will likely write a comment on a blog so when a person writes about not wanting to do what [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Money Management by RichSlick
Thursday, July 5th, 2007
Words of Warning For Mutual Fund Lovers
Last Friday, I asked if anyone was getting rich with mutual funds and went on to suggest alternative (and aggressive) investment strategies only to get the usual hostility toward anything that goes against mutual funds or index funds. What really irritates me though is the continued use of “historical” performance as near proof of future [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in Money Management,Watch Out by RichSlick
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
Happy Fourth of July
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No Comments » - Posted in Misc by RichSlick
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
How Rain Drops in Texas Shutdown US Airports
You’ve heard of the Butterfly effect right? If a butterfly in Africa flutters its wings, it impacts weather systems all around the world…. My posting has been a bit erratic because I’ve been traveling for business and pleasure a bit lately and I’ve suffered tremendously for it. My flights have ALL been repeatedly delayed because [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Rants by RichSlick
Monday, July 2nd, 2007
Passport Fiasco = Overbooked Disney?
We were planning on taking our kids to Disneyland or Disneyworld next year during spring break (in March 08) so we decided to try to book a package and were shocked to find that EVERYTHING for March 08 in Disneyland and Disneyworld is BOOKED! I’m not sure exactly how far in advance you’re supposed to [...]