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Little League Baseball Comes with Some Not-So-Little Costs — Dollars and Sense

Danny Gallagher — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:03:02 +0000

Playing Little League baseball might be as American as hot dogs and apple pie, but it’s way more expensive. A new report proves it. According to The New York Times, the minimum cost for a bat, ball, glove and other basic necessities can go for more than $450. Of course, this is just for the [...]

Verizon Wireless Abandons Plan for $2 Monthly Fee After Customer Uproar

Shauna Wright — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:18:05 +0000

In a head-snapping about-face, Verizon Wireless has dropped the $2 monthly fee it planned to impose on some of its customers. Mere hours after the company announced it would begin charging the fee to customers making one-time bill payments using credit cards, the backlash began. But Verizon stood firm, saying there were plenty of other [...]

What Were 2011′s Stupidest Consumer Fees?

Shauna Wright — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 03:41:16 +0000

As consumers, we’re all used to being nickel-and-dimed to death with fees — from charges for checking a bag when we fly to charges to pay a bill online, we see them every day. They may be small, but they add up. And some were even more egregious than others in 2011.

Bank of America Will Not Charge Monthly Fee for Debit Card Usage

Shauna Wright — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:07:34 +0000

In September, Bank of America announced it would soon begin charging customers a $5 monthly fee for using their debit cards, saying it was recouping losses from new laws that limited how much it could charge merchants when debit cards were swiped during transactions.

But after a firestorm of negative publicity, BofA waved the white flag of surrender and scrapped the controversial plan.