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Fight for Your Money
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Published: March 6, 2009
Millions of Americans have already been hit hard in their homes, their pocketbooks, and their bank accounts by financial turmoil and recession. If they are homeowners, they likely have less equity in their homes. If they were already in debt, there's a good possibility that they now owe more. With unemployment rising, it's also possible that their income from their job or business is less secure today than it has been in decades.
Against this backdrop, a war is raging, one that pits ordinary Americans .against corporations and financial institutions struggling to remain .profitable and ready to use all available means to separate consumers from their hard-earned money.
In his extraordinarily timely new book FIGHT FOR YOUR MONEY: How to Stop Getting Ripped Off and Save a Fortune (March 3, 2009; Broadway Books), # 1 .bestselling author and financial coach David Bach arms ordinary Americans with the knowledge, tools, action steps, and inspiration needed to fight back and win despite all the techniques and tactics that companies have developed to "sneak" money from consumers and that cost individuals and families hundreds, and even thousands, of dollars a year!
A-Z list of items for which Americans are paying too much - .automobiles, banking, cell phones, cable, credit cards, heath care, home .mortgages, insurance, tax preparation, travel, and more .
How we are being taken advantage of by financial groups and by just how much in each major arena of financial life.
How to fight against hidden financial fees, obscure rules, late .charges, misleading come-ons, and sometimes outright fraud.
Skip car-loan insurance that only helps the dealer and save $7,500 .
Don't rent a car at the airport (take a cab to a nearby location
instead) and save $300 in a week
Use a credit card, not a debit card, and fraudulent charges will .cost you nothing instead of $500 .
Raise your credit score (you can do it yourself) and save $95,000 in interest on a 30-year mortgag .
Cut your life insurance premiums in half by making just one phone call .
Book your family's airline tickets one at a time instead of together .and save as much as $275 per ticket .
How to avoid huge rip-offs - Sneaky renewals of your cell phone .plan, 401(k) debit cards that make it too easy to drain your wealth, .bank-issued gift cards whose fees and expiration dates erode their value, etc .
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