Fadi El-Eter

Sometimes, I wonder why not all merchants use PayPal to process their payments. I believe the reason is that they think that PayPal's discount rate is higher than other payment gateways. In fact it is lower - much lower. Here's why: The cheapest...

Yes - I know - I am writing a lot about lines of credit, but it seems that my readers are enjoying my posts about it. In today's post, I am going to discuss how to cancel a line of credit. The easiest way to cancel your line of credit is to simply call...

While shopping for a laptop, I noticed a trend in many companies: they are using small-sized hard disks on their high end machines. These companies include Sony, Lenovo, Toshiba, and the likes... Samsung even has 128 GB hard disks on its high end...

I have explained early this year how to get an unsecured line of credit in Canada - since then, I got several people asking me on the difference between an unsecured line of credit and a home equity line of credit so I have decided to clarify the...

Many Canadians think that when a product is labeled as "Made in Canada", then this means that every single component of that product is Canadian. This cannot be further from the truth. In fact, a product labeled as "Made in Canada" can have all of its...

The best laptop that I have used, by far, is the Vaio Z. That laptop tolerates shocks resulting from 6-feet drops, is very fast, is very reliable, and, is one of the few laptops out there that are made in Japan (and trust me, there is a huge difference in...

Canadian banks have been rushing to invent new fees since 2008. This strategy is important to maintain their growth and inflate their stock value. One of the recently added fees is the dormant account fee. That fee was added a few years ago by one bank...

A few years ago - I applied for MBA candidacy at Concordia - twice. I even published my statement of purpose on this blog. The first time I was accepted, I didn't have the time to attend even the first session, so I opted out. The second time I was...

I have purchased some shoes for my wife from Puma's online shop (they do have a nice collection). The total order came down to about $124 and I was told that taxes will be calculated at checkout. I paid with PayPal and I wasn't charged any taxes. That was...

Many who owe credit card companies balance on their bill do not even know how the interest on that balance is calculated - they pay it without asking a question, and they are always skeptical about the amount of interest charged (in other words, they...