April 19th Live Show Blog
Freshman Senator Jim Webb from Virginia could not have summed up our situation better.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009246To bad we didn't listen back then in 2006
Here's Senator Levin's testimony on unfair credit card practices
http://levin.senate.gov/newsroom/release.cfm?id=296314
The Credit Master Is Back !!!
Greetings to all !!
After a long hiatus, the Credit Master has returned to the airways. Stay tuned for all the latest schedule updates and show highlights.
You know have two opportunities to catch the Credit Master on the radio.
KWRD - 100.7 FM
WBAP 810 AM & Midnight Truckers Network - nationwide on 35 affiliates and XM -171
- Saturday Morning 4am - 5am
CFB_09/08/06 FTC - May be our only friends from Washington
Consumer Fight Back Report is on the AirAfter a brief 2-min Hiatus we are back on the air, and today we have a very special treat –
- Mr. David Griggs – Sr. Attorney for the FTC is in our studio and will be joining us on the air to answer your questions and learn how the Federal Government helps us with
ACCOUNTABILITY COMBAT!!!
Quick Facts for our friends at the FTC
What’s up with Gas Prices ?? The Shadow has a theory …
…’It’s the Election Stupid!!!!’The folks over at Left Business Observer have data to support their theory and the chart above that shows the gas price related Check this out!!!!!
http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/BushNGas.htmlLast Week Archive
CFB_08/26/06 More Consumer Troubles
Consumer Fight Back Report is On the AirQuestion of the Week, - What is latest health food –
Answer – Coffee – Thanks David in Gainesville,
A better question to consider –
- Why is the Tx-AttyGen going to cutting the Child Support Enforcement by 2/3?
or
- Why do the children have to suffer in Texas?
Mr. Abott are you listening? Are you brave enough to call the Next Generation of Talk and explain yourself?
Strange things are afoot at the IRS –
Fire the Estate Tax Auditors, and Hire Debt Collectors for the taxes the little people oweDon’t forget your free annual credit report is at
Annual Credit Report.com
CFB_08/19/06 Foreclosures are up drastically
Welcome back to the Consumer Fight Back ReportMr. D is back from sabbatical and is ready to bring Foreclosure news is not very good. From the Dallas Morning this morning comes the sobering report – Foreclosures soar in N. Texas - Up 30% from a year ago.
**New Sponsoring Advertiser** House-911 House 911 is your Stop Foreclosure specialists; they specialize in stopping the foreclosure process and saving your home.
http://www.house911.com/ 1-888-365-4077 Scams a plenty out there folks, so beware here are some of the latest.
- Residents in assisted living and long term care patients have been tricked into leaving their room, then stealing from their room.
- Free Gas for Year??? Car dealers promising free gas? This was actually a bait and switch swindle. The BBB has exposed this fraud and the car dealers are no longer swindling customers on false promises.
- Free Credit Report Scam – This one is still around with offers for your free credit report; it is actually a gimmick to get you sign up for a year of credit monitoring service with Experian.
- Your real free credit report with no strings attached is at http://www.Annualcreditreport.com.
CFB_05/27/06 - Surviving Bankruptcy
Memorial Day is here. Be sure to take a few moments this weekend to remember those who have fallen in service of this great country.
Our Question of the week. What is the richest nation in the world on a Per Capita basis?
And the answer is ….. Norway, beating out Luxenburg from the previous year.
While we wait for our Bankruptcy Expert
Aaron Keiter to join us, we are going to review some of the old scams, and new.
CFB_05/20/06 - Who's Keeping Score ?
Back from Hiatus, the consumer fight back BLOG is back! I’ll try to keep up today with the content, and keep the show on the air. This weeks Trivia Question:What major US Finiancial Institution celbrated it’s 214th Birthday this week?Give us a call with the correct answer, and you will win the Executive Debugger, a Unique Fly swatter with a high caliber impact. And the Answer is…..The New York Stock Exchange... Congratulations to Gary in Austin. This week’s trivia winner!!!Today’s Topics:- The Credit Bureaus have released their own scoring system –Vantage, as in “Now We gonna take some ad’Vantage of the consumers”.
- The real question is how long will FICO, the Fair Issac Company allow some competition on their Turf??
Last Weeks Topics:- Net Neutrality.
- The Big Internet providers want to create a two tier internet. Those who Have… and those who Have Not. –Does this really surprise us that those with GOLD are trying to make the rules that give them MORE GOLD!!!
- Check out the story for your self at http://www.savetheinternet.com/
- Be sure to support the Rep Ed Markey – D(Mass) legislation to guarantee Net Neutrality.
The Consumer Fight Back Report coming to you live on Tax Day. Well actually, you have until Monday, the 17th to file.Today’s Topics:- Accountability Combat
- Learn how to push back when you are abused as a consumer.
- Last Minute tax tips
- Do NOT!! Borrow your own money with a Refund Anticipation Loan.
- Still some time left to invest in an IRA and get credit for your ’05 Taxes – Learn some more here at Motley Fool
