Clark Howard talks about Americans and their debt

clark_standing_250914 Some interesting articles from Clark Howard’s website:

Kroger’s checkout-based warning system for recalls

Food safety is now front and center in the public’s mind following the recent peanut scare.

Clark is a Costco Wholesale member and was recently alerted by the warehouse club that a box of Clif Bars he purchased had been recalled. Some people say there’s a creep-out factor to Costco knowing everything that every member ever bought, but in this case, it was a very good thing. Read the full story.

AutoNation is latest player in car market with layoff coverage

Several months ago, Hyundai announced their version of layoff coverage for new car purchasers. If you buy a new vehicle and lose your job during the first year of ownership, you can turn the car back in — no harm, no foul. Read the full story.

Debt slowly becoming manageable for many Americans

Good news about our spending habits from one of the 3 main credit bureaus. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that new figures from TransUnion show the average American credit card balance only increased by a negligible amount in 2008. Read the full story.

Clark’s tips for buying distressed property and foreclosures

CLARKONOMICS: There is just so much opportunity in buying foreclosures and other distressed real estate at this point. But a few words of caution are also necessary. Read the full story.

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One Response to “Clark Howard talks about Americans and their debt”

Mamie Kelly Says:
February 5th, 2010 at 7:01 pm
Hello Mr. Howard,
I am an avid listener of yours and I am in dire straits with my finances due to the fact that Bank of America hiked up my fees on my credit card account from 5.95% to 19% one year and a half ago and I was in good standing but, because of that, everything had a domino effect on all of my accounts.

I haven’t been able to find a job since I have moved here four years ago and therefore, I have drained all of my savings I have get no pension just social security, and depends on my husband for total support.

So I went into your site for debit resolutions and found a Referring Agent called Bass Settlement Services (Attorney Frank Loscalzo) and I have been communicating with a Mannie Hartley Senior Account Executive. (1-877-570-6737)

I want to know if you recommended this agent because I realize people can get on your site perhaps and pretend to be legit. I have a all my pertinent information ready to forward to them to act on my part in a debt settlement because they said,” I shouldn’t do a bankruptcy because I do qualify for a debt settlement and they could work it out in a 60 month plan….

Please get back to me A>S>A>P sir!

Respectfully yours,

Mamie R. Kelly