My personal-finance journal and idea clearinghouse.

Saturday, February 11, 2006

Paper Cuts

I got two paper cuts today, but the real reason I write is that the email alerts and statements are starting to trickle in. It's nice to not have to get a piece of snail mail for every correspondence. And it's nice to save a tree or two.

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My auto insurer charged me a $6 fee for accidentally not paying two cents on a recent bill. I'm going to see if I can get that reversed, because it was such a silly error and the process for assessing the fee is probably automated.

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For the second time in the past few months, my brokerage firm neglected to inform me of a tender offer until the very last minute. I need to get to the bottom of this.