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Check City Helps College Students Save!

Published by Don M. on August 26th, 2011

The new school year is right around the corner and college students are yet again asking how they are going to survive on a ramen noodle diet. With tuition hikes, rent, textbook fees, student loans, basketball tickets, and the occasional dinner out, college just gets expensive. Some college kids have turned to extreme couponing while others are working three or four jobs to pay the bills. But there are other ways to help keep the costs of college a little bit lower this year and the stress levels a little lower. Check City offers financial services that can help  make

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College Finances 101

Published by Melissa L on August 25th, 2011

Millions of college kids are heading back to school this week and next as Fall Semester kicks off for them. While college can be full of fun parties, new friends, exciting and interesting classes, and amazing opportunities, it can also be a time of a lot of uncertainty and financial stress. The average college student these days will graduate with $20,000 worth of debt, which can be daunting and scary. But managing your finances in college doesn’t have to be all grey skies and doom. We here at Check City have thrown together some of our best advice for how

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Life Is Getting More Expensive: How To Beat Price Hikes

Published by Melissa L on August 19th, 2011

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Ways To Keep Kid Costs Less Steep

Published by Walter D on August 19th, 2011

Did you know that these days it costs $160,000 on average to raise a child from birth to the age of 17? That’s a lot of money and can seem really intimidating to a new parent. But there are ways to keep kid costs down. It just takes some motivation and commitment. To start with, having a budget can make kid costs a lot easier. Budgeting can help you be prepared for surprising kid-related costs (like a trip to the ER after a stair accident) or field trip fees in school. Budgets also make decisions like whether to buy a

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Save Money On Laundry!

Published by Walter D on August 16th, 2011

The best things to save money on are things you have to do. You know, the tasks that you have to spend money on whether it’s a tight week or a good week. Laundry is one of them. Unless you plan on buying new clothes every few weeks, you’ll be doing laundry for the rest of your life, so you might as well learn how to do it for a little bit cheaper. Want to save money on the washing, drying, stain removal, and laundry loads? Easy.  Just read these simple tips to keep your costs down and help start

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Why We Buy Useless Things And How To Stop

Published by Walter D on August 3rd, 2011

You know you have been guilty here and there. Buying something that, while it seemed like a good idea at the time, ended up never opened, barely used, or in the give-away pile in months. In a world where we have so many conveniences, it’s hard to determine which are necessary and which are just there and barely useful. In the last week alone, I bought a kitchen appliance I will probably never use because the sales promoter made the product look so appealing in the sales pitch. I bought food while I was out running errands instead of eating

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Tax Free Shopping For Back To School!

Published by Walter D on July 27th, 2011

It does feel like too early to start thinking about back to school shopping or shopping for the fall in general. The heat is still blazing, pools are still fill, and popsicles are everyone’s dessert of choice. But as crazy at it sounds, it could really pay off if you plan ahead for your back to school shopping. Did you know that many states are now offering Sales Tax Holidays just for back to school shopping? And they aren’t just for children’s clothes. While most states have a max on the price of each item (usually less than $100) the

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