Car rental insurance: what should I get? [more inside]
posted by cgs on Nov 2, 2009 - 15 answers

"A recent merchant database compromise may have put your account at risk. A new card/account number has been issued." Is this common with credit cards? [more inside]
posted by dabug on Oct 7, 2009 - 13 answers

Someone stole my credit card. The fraudulent charges have been taken care of, but is there anything else I should be worried about? [more inside]
posted by AlisonM on Sep 17, 2009 - 12 answers

I am in debt to the tune of about 20,000 in credit card debt. However, I have great credit, (739) which I've finally cleaned up after a horrible year of ID theft. Most of my debt is on one credit card at 12% APR. I make about 35,000 a year, rent, and don't have any equity or a car. At the rate I can afford to pay at this point (450/month) I'll be in debt for about 8 more years. This seems unreasonable. Should I take out a personal loan, sign up for several low APR credit cards that offer no interest for a year, etc... I live off what I make at this point, and look forward to a credit card-free future. Thanks!
posted by letstrythis on Jul 4, 2009 - 23 answers

Both my daughter and I have fraudulent charges at the same online poker site on our credit cards. Is this happening to lots of people or is it a weird coincidence? [more inside]
posted by nelvana on May 24, 2009 - 21 answers

Me, being the family resident techie, has been asked to build an online shopping site for an in-law. EASY and FAST is the name of the game...what should I use? [more inside]
posted by arniec on Apr 28, 2009 - 21 answers

A company I do a bit of consulting for wants to test an infomercial for their hummingbird feeders. The infomercial directs viewers to a phone number that connects to our call center where they can place an order. How should we process that order? [more inside]
posted by stuboo on Mar 19, 2009 - 4 answers

I didn't enter my "Verified by Visa" password, but NewEgg charged and shipped my order anyway. Can I skip this part every time? [more inside]
posted by 0xFCAF on Feb 9, 2009 - 5 answers

In yesterday's mail there was a letter from a credit card company. It had my address with another person's name. What are the possible reasons for this and what actions (if any) should I take? [more inside]
posted by scubbadubba on Feb 6, 2009 - 10 answers

I'm in the Atlanta airport, penniless except for a memorized credit card number, expiration date and security code. Is there any way I can eat dinner? [more inside]
posted by umbú on Jan 10, 2009 - 23 answers

Logic board died on my friend's two-year-old MacBook (one year out of warranty). Should she pay for repair ($700 + labor), or sell the carcass for parts and buy, say, a used iBook? [more inside]
posted by sparrows on May 28, 2008 - 13 answers

Since my wallet was stolen, I've been trying to get a particular inaccuracy on my credit report corrected with no luck. I have written to the company that owns my report using their own online dispute form and via snail mail. It's been 6 months and I don't know what else to do to get them to respond. [more inside]
posted by melissa may on Apr 22, 2005 - 10 answers

I dissected my old VISA card. Underneath the hologram is a 4x4 matrix of rectangles. There are numbers or letters in each row, thus: blank, blank, '1', blank; blank, 'A', blank, blank;'C', blank, blank, blank; blank, blank, blank, '4'. Why are they there, and what do they mean?
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen on Apr 6, 2005 - 15 answers