Word: prepaid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with a new portable phone that has-you guessed it-a cord. But there are some nifty advantages. On the road, Imagitel's Millennium phone can be plugged in to avoid high hotel long-distance charges. Or you can turn one over to your away-from-home collegians with prepaid long-distance service in hopes they'll call. The catch? Imagitel is the provider, though its rates (9[cents] per min. at home, 19.9[cents] away) aren...
LAWYERS FOR ALL Is your company one of the increasing number that offer prepaid legal plans through payroll deductions? Set up like HMOs, the plans use networks of lawyers to handle estate planning, real estate transactions and other basics. (Divorce is extra.) Some examples: Hyatt Legal Plans, owned by MetLife, charges $13.50 a month; Legal Club of America provides free and discounted services for $8 a month...
...WINNINGS] Salary, car, computer, clothes, jewelry; everything from prepaid phone cards to an agent, plus a crown (with 729 real stones...
GRAVE GRIFTERS A third of Americans over 50 have prepaid part of their burial expenses. Yet many are victims of deceptive funeral-home practices, according to a new AARP report. Despite laws requiring written price lists, 32% of customers were not offered one, and 29% were misinformed about features, such as the claim that casket liners pre-serve a body. AARP is calling for stricter regulation and the creation of fraud-recovery funds...
...year's end, but odds are you won't win one. My advice: if you can't wait for the next Free-PC lottery, buy a $1,000 system from Gateway or Dell instead. You'll get a 400-MHz system with monitor, a year of prepaid Net access and a one- to three-year warranty. Financing plans can cut the up-front cost to just $36 a month. It's not free, but it's likely to be headache-free...