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New Year’s To Do List #5 – Get a 0% Balance Transfer Card
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New Year’s To Do List #4 – Update Your Snatch File
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New Year’s To Do List #3: Truly Free Credit Reports
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New Year’s To Do List #2 – Don’t Go Dormant
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New Year’s To Do List: #1 – Putting “FUN” in Unclaimed Funds!
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Get Cash For Your Unwanted Gift Cards
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2018 Year-End To-Do List
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Folks, It’s “Giving Tuesday”
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Ol’ Tax Dodge Donation Double-Dip
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Shoppers: Use Your 5% Cashback Cards
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Clarence Odbody Said It Best…
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