Friday, April 24, 2009

Short Takes: Auto Trade-in Incentives and more

1. Canadian Financial DIY is calling for Canada to follow the UK lead by offering auto trade-in incentives. I like this as a replacement for just giving money to the car companies because the free market is more involved, but I don’t like it as additional public money flowing to doomed car companies.

2. Patrick at A Loonie Saved makes the financial case for renting rather than owning a home.

3. Preet has a story of someone who leased a car and the dealership tried to change the terms of the signed contract a few weeks later claiming that a mistake had been made. The amount of money at stake is $2100 over 4 years. I’d be interested in hearing how this ends up.

4. Clever Dude gets an amusing offer from a fitness club. See if you can spot what’s wrong.

3 comments:

  1. Thanks for the mention enjoy the summer temps!

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  2. I'll have a follow up post to let everyone know how it all turns out.

    Thanks for the plug (I'm tired of writing 'thanks for the link') :)

    Cheers!

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