Archive for November, 2006
Spending Tips to Keep You in the Green This Holiday Season
Christmas, Hannukah and Kwanzaa are upon us, and with the season come the sounds near and dear to retailers’ hearts. No, not silver bells, or jolly Old St Nick’s laughter, but the merry sounds of the cash register and the credit card terminal spitting out receipts! While that might make for a very merry season [...]
Introducing WOW: Website of the Week
The first “WOW” goes to: Get Human 500, a database of companies from AAA to Yahoo! (actually, Yellow Transportation but I thought Yahoo might be a little better known around these parts) that explains succinctly how to bypass the company’s voice mail menu and get a live human on the other end of the phone. [...]
My Experiences With Mock Trial
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of seeing some very hard-working and talented kids give their all to a Mock Trial competition, after spending the last several weeks coaching them in the finer points of trial advocacy. While Whittemore Park Middle School did not win the competition (that honor went, for the third straight [...]
SC Class Action Filed Against Manufactured Home Lender
Mobile and manufactured housing industry participants have gotten a bad rap, as a group. Is it deserved? While I’m loathe to draw parallels and sweeping condemnations, the fact remains, as this article 10 days ago from The Sun News shows, two class action suits have been filed against such a lender - Vanderbilt Mortgage and [...]
Whose Fault Is It Anyway? Two Posts at Credit Slips Examine Who’s to Blame For Bankruptcy
At Credit Slips, a blog devoted to “discussion[s] about credit and bankruptcy” (I subscribe to the RSS feed and read avidly - it’s a terrific forum for some very smart people to discuss complex issues), two posts by Bob Lawless have caught my attention.
First, a bit about Professor Lawless (what a great name [...]
Updates Completed
Welcome to the new and improved SC Bankruptcy & Consumer Blog! Thanks to the fine work of E. Webscapes, and Lisa Sabin, the Law Office of Sheryl Schelin now has the lovely Wordpress template you see before you (seen in a slightly reworked version here, at my SC Employment Law Blog). I think you’ll [...]
Upgrade in Progress - Please Stand By
The SC Bankruptcy & Consumer Blog is back online following a server transfer and template installation. I hope you’ll enjoy the new look and layout. I’ll be plugging old posts, links, and categories back in throughout the day, so please be patient!
SC Bar Announces Online Lawyer Referral Service
The South Carolina Bar’s Lawyer Referral Service is now online, according to this announcement. The LRS is an easy way for South Carolinians to get referrals to attorneys who charge only a minimum amount (up to $50 per half hour) for an initial consultation. Many SC attorneys across the state participate in this program.
Now [...]
Bogus Debts and Heavy Activity
As this article from ConsumerAffairs.com makes clear, debt collection companies across the country are aggressively pursuing illegitimate debts from consumers. I’ve posted about this before, and it continues to be a big problem. But thankfully, state attorneys general are beginning to take notice of the anticonsumer activities taking place inside their jurisdictions.
Example: West [...]
A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words
And this colorful flowchart showing the flow of a bankruptcy case from Doney & Associates PLC McDonald Law Offices might be worth a whole lot more to some consumers puzzled over all the talk about “CMI” and “the means test” and “chapter 13 plans.”
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