23 May, 2011
What is an “Overlimit Fee”?
In the last few years, many (but not all) banks with credit card businesses in the Philippines have introduced “overlimit” fees. Basically, banks set a “credit limit” which is by definition SUPPOSED to be the maximum amount of credit a customer is allowed to avail of, THEN the bank…
19 May, 2011
Cherries PHP800-1,500 a kilo!
Definitely not a common fruit choice. But every once in a while, I get a hankering for cherries, say once or twice a year, and feel the urge to splurge. So at Divisoria a few days ago (yes, I was there in the sweltering heat buying packaging materials), I…
15 May, 2011
The vast majority of the readers of Marketmanila.com have at least one credit card in their wallets. The objectives of the following series of posts on credit cards in the Philippines are simple. To help readers, acquaintances and the public in general understand the local credit card industry a little better. To…
06 May, 2011
The vast majority of the readers of Marketmanila.com have at least one credit card in their wallets. The objectives of the following series of posts on credit cards in the Philippines are simple. To help readers, acquaintances and the public in general understand the local credit card industry a little better. To…
07 Dec, 2010
I occasionally treat the crew to some fast food… for a change of pace, for convenience, for a treat with MSG :) and all kinds of hard to pronounce ingredients. While we are more likely to opt for fried chicken, spicy at that, we do occasionally go for burgers or even pizza. …
30 Sep, 2010
Okay, based on roughly 80 responses from the previous post asking what Top 10 produce items you purchase at the market/grocery, here is a list of Top 12 items. I stretched the list to 12 as the last two items were reasonably close to #10 and a natural “fall-off” in votes was evident…
25 Aug, 2010
Okay, so this isn’t “major, major” like losing the Ms. Universe pageant, a possible reality the other day, what with Ms. Philippines’ idiotic answer that the vast majority of Filipinos may think was simply cute rather than a condemnation of the deteriorating state of education in the archipelago. Gosh, are beauty and brains…
20 Oct, 2009
It always amazes me how erratic, variable and unstable the prices of some groceries are at supermarkets and stores within walking distance of each other in Metro-Manila. I realize in a free market, there are absolutely no price controls; however, in a competitive market, prices should naturally reach a justifiable/equilibrium level where supply…
