Stephmo commented on GM Extends Satisfaction Guarantee Deal After Only 15 People Return Their Cars

"@huadpe: If you read through the details, you'll see that an "administrator" handles your case of dissatisfaction. There are all sorts of things in there regarding fraud."

Stephmo commented on GM Extends Satisfaction Guarantee Deal After Only 15 People Return Their Cars

"@karmaghost: It's really this: you get a $500 cash incentive for opting out I actually just bought a GM car - and took the 500 bucks."

Stephmo commented on Some Ford Cars Are Reliable, Actually Worth Buying

"@tbax929 is rooting for a Phillies repeat: They have that 0% financing too..."

Stephmo commented on How A Disputed Item On Your Credit Report Can Screw Up Your Home Loan

"@hi: If you paid it off in less than 2 years, that's not good. Your credit bureau and score are meant to determine your credit worthiness - your likelihood of repayment."

Stephmo commented on Some Ford Cars Are Reliable, Actually Worth Buying

"@giggitygoo: I dunno, I'm shortlisting cars right now and it's looking like this: Ford Fusion Chevrolet Malibu Honda Accord Volkswagon Jetta Disel The Camry got booted from the shortlist for basically not making the value for the price and current deals."

Stephmo commented on Brooke Shields Has Hypotrichosis

"There are medically legitimate uses for this - if you lost your lashes to chemotherapy and they never grew back."

Stephmo commented on Free Groceries Outweigh Coupon Shame

"@pecan 3.14159265: If you read the article, they knew what Catalinas they'd get from their purchase, so it looked like this: Grocery Purchase #1 - Coupon, Payment, Etc. Catalinas Print Grocery Purchase #2 - Made up of Catalinas Items - redeem Catalinas Basically, you have a divider between your primary purchase and your catalinas purchase on the checkout."

Stephmo commented on Free Groceries Outweigh Coupon Shame

"@MedicallyNeedy: The coupon printer restricts the number of coupons you print and ensures that you have a unique UPC for each coupon."

Stephmo commented on How A Disputed Item On Your Credit Report Can Screw Up Your Home Loan

"@repete7: No - if it's inaccurate and everything happens as it should, accounts are removed and everything's okay. Here's the scenario: If you dispute your AMEX as inaccurate, the bureau will show that you're disputing the account so the lender knows that you're saying, "hey, there's something wrong with this account." It could be in the middle of being resolved. In and of itself, one account is usually not a flag. Now, imagine 10 of these - it could be your whole bureau, it could be 50% - either way, it's odd. Let's say you're sure that they're inaccurate, but either the lender hasn't responded or they haven't updated their feed and they're still showing the account as it was on the bureau."

Stephmo commented on How A Disputed Item On Your Credit Report Can Screw Up Your Home Loan

"@Verucalise(countingcalories): KEY WORDS: Credit reporting agencies often don't do this, though, and the Washington Post notes that it can come back and interfere with your next home loan application. But the main reason this stuff is pulled for manual review is that this is the basic "credit repair" scam that those agencies pull."