Published by golbguru August 10th, 2007
in money, students and consumerism.
Did I say “academic success”? Sorry, I meant “shoving consumerist lifestyles down the already-choked-by-debt throats of Americans.”
I was visiting a local Best Buy store to pick up some blank CDs, when I saw this “Back to School Tech List” displayed near the customer service desk. It starts with a nice Lifehacker-style title: “Top 15 […]
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Money, Matter, and More Musings will be featuring some guest bloggers while I am on vacation for the next few days. This is the first of such guest posts by PT @ Prime Time Money. More information on PT and his blog is available towards the end of this post.
My brother-in-law is graduating […]
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I was reading up some articles at CBS News, and came up on this interesting one: Meet “Generation Plastic”. It’s about students who get caught up with credit card debt. Apart from some sad stuff about credit card marketing strategies, there is something else to notice in the article. Read this:
“I had Visa, Visa […]
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News about this student loan settlement was reported yesterday by CBS (click here to read the full article). The report follows a nationwide investigation into an alleged kickback scheme perpetrated by schools and lenders. The investigation was spearheaded by New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Below, I will highlight some important excerpts from […]
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Published by golbguru February 5th, 2007
in hardware, students and consumerism.
I recently ordered a Dell OptiPlex desktop for my office desk. Though the computer came through a higher education “preferred pricing account” that my university has with Dell, it turned out to be the most expensive computer we ever bought. I tried a similar desktop configuration with Dell Dimension available in Dell Home section […]
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