By Craig S. Mullins

Have you ever read those inserts that your bank, credit card providers, insurance company, mutual fund company, and others slip inside your statements and bills? We all get them. You know, those flimsy pieces of paper, printed in small type and written in convoluted English. I have started collecting them-sort of like baseball cards. But I doubt they'll ever be valuable. They are entertaining, though ... and disheartening.

Read more from Craig S. Mullins in the February E-Edition of DBTA.

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