in Rant

Another real world example of being careful with your money. I keep getting offers for free access to stock information and like a sucker I keep thinking this is the one that is going to give me the “drop dead” stock tip I hope for (yes, I should know better, but I have this dream of money raining down on me for no good reason).

The Motley Fool sent me one of these such offers (now this is not a shot at our amigoes at the Fool, they do a good job, just an example of what you get yourself into, if you aren’t diligent). I signed up for their “hidden gems” newsletter for 2 months for free, however, I had to give them my credit card. I thought I had cancelled this newsletter in PLENTY of time, but my credit card statement appeared and there was a $200 (US) charge on it, from the Motley Fool!

Now I had “fool-ishly” (pardon the bad pun) sent my cancellation e-mail to the wrong place, and after 2 phone calls, all was cleared up, but it showed me you have to be careful with this kind of stuff. If you give someone your credit card number:

ASSUME THEY WILL USE IT!

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