by Dennis Beaver | consumer
May 28, 2011 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “I have been receiving calls from an unpleasant bill collector about a department store account that is almost 4 years old. What should I say? What if I do owe the money, or might owe the money – but...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, technology
April 14, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “Our church recently formed a disaster preparedness and safety panel. We assemble emergency kits for home, office and automobile. I was asked to look into emergency lighting — specifically flashlights — which...
by Dennis Beaver | charity, customer service, customers, management, retail
November 24, 2025 • By Dennis Beaver When was the last time that you were paying for your groceries or other items, and the cashier asked, “Would you like to round up your total for charity?” Perhaps they didn’t tell you which charity. Or maybe they...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, doctor, insurance, lawyers, medicine
October 15, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver
Today’s story will be of special interest to both chiropractors and personal injury lawyers who have recently started their own practice and are tempted to accept just about anyone who has been in an auto accident. “This can be a...
by Dennis Beaver | advertising, auto insurance, auto repair, business
September 13, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver Who hasn’t heard these two proverbs? “You’ve made your bed, now lie in it.” “Experience is the best teacher.” For parents, they are important teaching tools, appropriate to state when our kids have done something that merits an...
by Dennis Beaver | investment
May 19, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “Can you tell me about the legal responsibility an accountant and broker have for steering clients into a real estate investment that made no sense at all in terms of the risks involved? My parents —...
by Dennis Beaver | consumer, employment, workplace
June 28, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver “My sister and I live in Central California and were recently hired as Food Demonstrators at Costco,” Sara’s e-mail stated. “Several years ago, civil war broke out in our country, and we thank the U.S. government for allowing...
by Dennis Beaver | business, government, leadership
January 2, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver If you have ever had a manager–perhaps your CEO–who was not only incompetent, but dishonest, manipulative, narcissistic–a first-class jerk–and wondered how such a person could have attained their position, you are not...
by Dennis Beaver | divorce, lawyers
November 04, 2010 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver At times, a question about a bill – where something just doesn’t seem right – opens a door revealing information, which, if known years earlier, would have prevented us from losing a great...
by Dennis Beaver | retirement, senior care
February 25, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver There’s nothing like a fight over money to deeply scar wonderful memories of growing up on a dairy farm in California’s Central Valley in the 1960s. Aida, her sister, Daniela, and their two brothers grew up...
