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OF WEST VIRGINIA
STATE
UNIVERSITY...YOU'R
E WATCHING
NEWSLINE.
((FORREST))
HELLO AND
WELCOME TO WVSU
NEWSLINE AS WE
TURN THE
CALENDAR TO
NOVEMBER WE ARE
BEGINNING TO
THINK ABOUT
HOLIDAY SHOPPING
AND MONEY
MANAGEMENT
REPORTER JORDAN
BROCK HAS MORE.
((JORDAN))
MONEY
MANAGEMENT IS A
THORN IN MOST
EVERYONES SIDE.
DR. CYRUS
ALESEYED, WVSU
PROFESSOR OF
FINANCE AND
ECONOMICS, GIVES
THIS ADVICE.
((DR. ALESEYED))
NUMBER ONE, BE
SURE THAT YOU
BUDGET BEFORE
YOU SPEND. BE
SURE THAT YOU
KNOW THAT YOU
HAVE THAT DOLLAR
THAT YOU
SPENDING IS
COMING TO YOU
LATER. IF YOU
DONT HAVE A
DOLLAR COMING TO
YOU LATER YOURE
SPENDING THIS
MEAN YOU ARE
ACCUMULATING
DEBT. THAT DEBT
THAT YOU HAVE IS
GONNA, YOURE
GONNA PAY HIGH
INTEREST ON IT.
MOST CREDIT CARD
COMPANY
CHARGING YOU
INTEREST RATE
AND INTEREST IS
COMPOUNDING
DAILY BASIS. SO
YOU END UP REST
OF THE LIFE, OR
REST OF THE YEAR
TO PAY THE DEBT
YOU HAVE
ACCUMULATED
USING YOUR
CREDIT CARDS.
((JORDAN))
MAKING A LIST IS
ONE OF THE BEST
WAYS TO KEEP
OURSELVES ON THE
RIGHT TRACK ANY
TIME OF THE YEAR,
BUT MORE PEOPLE
TEND TO MAKE
LISTS DURING THE
HOLIDAY SEASON.
((DR. ALESEYED))
MAKE A LIST. THE
AMOUNT OF GIFT
YOU ARE GONNA
BUY, HOW MUCH IS
GONNA COST YOU,
HOW MUCH YOU
CAN AFFORD THAT.
THEN LOOK AT THE
TOTAL, THEN LOOK
AT YOUR PAYCHECK
AFTER THAT, CAN
YOU AFFORD TO
PAY THAT IF YOU
ARE USING YOUR
CREDIT CARD? OR
CAN YOU START
SAVING A FEW
MONTHS IN
ADVANCE SO YOU
HAVE ENOUGH
SAVING THAT YOU
CAN PAY FOR THE
GIFT YOU BUY NOW.
((JORDAN))
IF YOUR SPENDING
HAS GOTTEN OUT
OF HAND THERE
ARE RESOURCES
TO HELP YOU GET
YOUR DEBT UNDER
CONTROL.
((DR. ALESEYED))
CONSUMERS
CREDIT
COUNSELING IS
ONE. THEY NEED TO
GET ADVICE; THEY
NEED HELP FROM
SOMEONE TO HELP
THEM TO BUDGET
BEFORE IT GETS
WORSE.
((JORDAN))
THERE ARE MANY
WEBSITES THAT
ADVERTISE
SOLUTIONS TO
GETTING YOURSELF
OUT OF DEBT, BUT
NOT ALL ARE FREE
OR EVEN ON THE UP
AND UP. THE
WEBSITE FOR THE
NATIONAL
FOUNDATION FOR
CREDIT
COUNSELING IS
WWW.NFCC.ORG
AND IT COVERS
MONEY
MANAGEMENT,
CREDIT
COUNSELING,
BUDGETING AND
JUST ABOUT
EVERYTHING
FINANCE. IM
JORDAN BROCK
REPORTING, FOR
WVSU NEWSLINE.
((FORREST))
THANKS JORDAN.
BLACK FRIDAY IS
CERTAINLY THE
BIGGEST SHOPPING
DAY OF THE YEAR.
JOHN CANTEES HAS
THE STORY.
((JOHN))
NOVEMBER 29TH
2013 WILL BE THIS
YEAR'S BLACK
FRIDAY AND
RETAILERS ARE
ALREADY
BEGINNING
PREPARATIONS.
((MIKE TENNER))
YOU KNOW YOU
GOT A LOT OF
CONSUMERS THAT
HOLD OFF ON
DOING BUSINESS
WITH YOU TILL
THAT DATE
BECAUSE THEY
KNOW OF THE
SPECIALS SO YOU,
YOU KNOW, HAVE
TO ANTICIPATE UM
PROBABLY YOUR
BUSIEST DAY OUT
OF THE YEAR AND
OBVIOUSLY YOU
WANT TO STAFF
FOR THAT TOO SO
YOU HAVE TO HIRE
IN A LOT OF PEOPLE
JUST TO HANDLE
THE BUSINESS OF
THAT ONE DAY. AND
ALLOWING
SHOPPING SPACE
TOO, SMALL
STORES OBVIOUSLY
GAMESTOP STORES
ARE REALLY SMALL
SO YOU HAVE TO
MAKE SURE YOU
HAVE ADEQUATE
SPACE FOR
EVERYBODY THATS
GOING TO BE IN
LINE AND THEN
HAVE ENOUGH
SPACE THERE FOR
THE WALLS TO
STILL BE SHOPPED
IN.
((JOHN))
WHAT ARE SOME
DO'S AND DON'TS
THAT RETAILERS
WANT CUSTOMERS
TO REMEMBER?
((MIKE TENNER))
WELL YOU KNOW I
THINK THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING
FOR CUSTOMERS IS
YOU KNOW, BE
VERY REACTIONARY
YOU KNOW WE UM,
JUST ANY OTHER
BUSINESS WE WILL
RELEASE FLYERS
AHEAD OF TIME SO
THAT YOU KNOW
THAT WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE ON SALE
SO MY BEST ADVICE
WOULD BE TO JUST
MAKE SURE THAT
YOU HAVE A GOOD
PLAN OF WHAT
YOU'RE GOING TO
GET BEFORE YOU
COME INTO THE
STORE BECAUSE I
THINK YOU KNOW
AT TIMES IT CAN BE
CHAOTIC AND IF
YOU HAVE AN IDEA
OF WHAT YOU'RE
LOOKING FOR
ALREADY UH THE
STAFF HERE CAN
AUTOMATICALLY
TAKE CARE OF YOU.
((KRISTEN:
ASSISSTANT STORE
MANAGER))
WELL FIRST OF ALL
WE WANT THEM TO
KNOW THAT WE
ALWAYS WANT TO
HELP THEM SO, WE
WILL ALWAYS ASK,
BUT THEY NEED TO
KNOW THAT, IF, FOR
SOME REASON
THEY DIDN'T ASK
OR IF THEY SAID
THAT THEY'RE JUST
LOOKING THEY CAN
ALWAYS COME
BACK TO US AND BE
LIKE HEY WE WANT
TO HELP THEM WE
WANT TO
WARDROBE THEM,
WE WANT THEM TO
KNOW THAT WHEN
THEY COME IN OUR
STORE WE WILL
TAKE CARE OF
THEM. JUST AVOID
NOT ASKING
QUESTIONS
BECAUSE WE ARE
HERE TO HELP.
DON'T BE SHY..
YEAH.
((MIKE TENNER))
AND YOU
OBVIOUSLY BE
COURTEOUS TO
OTHER CUSTOMERS
TOO I MEAN THATS
A GIVEN BUT, YOU
KNOW,
EVERYBODY'S
AGGRESSIVELY
SHOPPING THAT
DAY SO THE BEST
ADVICE I CAN GIVE
IS JUST TO MAKE
SURE THAT YOU'RE
RESPECTFUL TO
OTHER CUSTOMERS
AND IN TURN YOU
WILL BE TAKEN
CARE OF NO
MATTER WHAT.
WHATEVER ITEM
YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR WE'RE GOING
TO FIND IT.
((JOHN))
REPORTING FOR
WVSU NEWSLINE,
I'M JOHN CANTEES.
((FORREST))
THANKS JOHN.
CYBER MONDAY IS
THE NEW BLACK
FRIDAY. JUSTIN
SEACRIST TELLS US
MORE.
((JUSTIN SEACRIST))
ONLINE SHOPPING
IS MORE POPULAR
THAN EVER BEFORE
AND ONLINE
RETAILERS ARE
BEGINNING TO
NOTICE. MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE
FLOODED THE
INTERNET LAST
YEAR ON ONE OF
THE BIGGEST
ONLINE SALE DAYS,
CYBER MONDAY.
DATA TRACKING
SHOWS THAT EACH
YEAR MORE AND
MORE SHOPPERS
VISIT MAJOR
RETAILER SITES IN
HOPE OF FINDING
THAT ONCE-IN-A-
LIFETIME DEAL.
DATA TRAFFIC
RECORDED BY DELL
OVER THE LAST
FEW YEARS HAS
REPORTED A
CONSISTENT
GROWTH IN ONLINE
SHOPPING THE
WEEK LEADING TO
THANKSGIVING, AND
EVEN HIGHER
ONLINE TRAFFIC
RATES THE DAY OF
CYBER MONDAY.
COULD WE SEE AN
END TO BLACK
FRIDAY AND ALL ITS
MADNESS? HERE
ARE MANY
ADVANTAGES TO
SHOPPING ONLINE
THAT SHOPPERS
SHOULD CONSIDER.
COMPARING PRICES
TO FIND THE BEST
DEAL IS EASY, YOU
AVOID THE
CROWDS, THERE
ARE NO LINES, NO
RISK OF BEING
TRAMPLED OVER,
AND THANKS TO
TECHNOLOGY YOU
CAN VIRTUALLY
SHOP FROM
ANYWHERE. NOW
FOR A QUICK LOOK
AT WHAT ONE
SHOPPER HAS TO
SAY ABOUT CYBER
MONDAY.
((EMILY ESKEW))
I DEFINITELY LIKE
THE FACT THAT THE
TECHNOLOGY HAS
INTEGRATED INTO
SOCIETY AND THAT
UM WE CAN JUST
SIT AT HOME AND
JUST DO
WHATEVER WE
WANT AND ITS
CONVENIENT AND I
GET WHAT I WANT
AND I DONT HAVE
TO JUST SIT THERE
IN LINE FOREVER
AND I DONT HAVE
TO FIGHT PEOPLE
FOR WHAT I WANT.
AFTER
EXPERIENCING LIKE
PAST BLACK
FRIDAYS ITS
BECOMING REALLY
TIRESOME AND I
REALLY DONT
UNDERSTAND WHY
PEOPLE WOULD
WANT TO JUST BE
OUT THAT LATE AND
NOW THAT THEYVE
LIKE INTEGRATED
TECHNOLOGY AND
YOU CAN DO STUFF
FROM ONLINE ITS
REALLY NICE AND
VERY CONVENIENT.
((JUSTIN SEACRIST))
FOR MORE
INFORMATION ON
CYBER MONDAY
AND A GREAT
PLACE TO CATCH
AWESOME DEALS
PLEASE VISIT,
WWW.CYBERMOND
AY2013.COM,
REPORTING FOR
WVSU NEWSLINE,
IM JUSTIN
SEACRIST.
((FORREST))
THANKS JUSTIN.
CONSIGNMENT
SHOPS ARE ONE OF
THE BEST PLACES
TO SAVE MONEY
BUT THEY CAN
ALSO BE A GOOD
WAY TO MAKE
MONEY. LESLEY
SATTES HAS MORE.
((LESLEY))
WITH THE
ECONOMIC
HARDSHIPS THAT
SOME OF US HAVE
BEEN AFFECTED BY,
PEOPLE ARE
FINDING DIFFERENT
WAYS TO ADD TO
THEIR HOUSEHOLD
INCOME. RECENTLY
THE KANAWHA
VALLEY HAS SEEN A
RISE IN
CONSIGNMENT
SHOPS. ONE
CONSIGNMENT
SHOP IN
PARTICULAR
CATERS
SPECIFICALLY TO
CHILDREN.
WEECYCLE IN SAINT
ALBANS IS OWNED
AND OPERATED BY
JESSICA MATTOX
AND FIANC DAN
ALVIS. THE STORE
OFFERS A VARIETY
OF ITEMS TO
CHOOSE FROM FOR
INFANTS UP TO
JUNIORS. I SPOKE
WITH MATTOXS
FIANC, MR. ALVIS,
ABOUT SOME OF
WHAT WEECYCLE
OFFERS.
((DAN ALVIS))
MY NAME IS DAN
AND, UH, JESSE AND
I OWN WEECYCLE
KIDS
CONSIGNMENT. WE
ARE LOCATED IN
SAINT ALBANS, 6908
MACCORKLE
AVENUE IN SAINT
ALBANS. WEECYCLE
SPECIALIZED IN
GENTLY USED
MERCHANDISE
SUCH AS CLOTHING,
SIZES PREEMIES TO
JUNIORS SIZE 5. WE
ACCEPT TOYS, UM,
BABY ITEMS, SUCH
AS STROLLERS,
PACK AND PLAYS.
BASICALLY
ANYTHING YOUR
CHILD WOULD
NEED, UH, WE
ACCEPT IT AND IT
OPERATES AS A
CONSIGNMENT
SHOP.
((LESLEY))
WITH CHRISTMAS
RIGHT AROUND THE
CORNER.
WEECYCLE IS JUST
ONE OF A FEW
CHILDRENS
CONSIGNMENT
SHOPS IN THE AREA
THAT WOULD BE A
GREAT PLACE TO
SHOP FOR THE
YOUNGSTERS ON
YOUR LIST. FOR
WVSU NEWSLINE,
IM LESLEY SATTES.
((FORREST))
THANKS LESLIE. IF
YOU'RE IN THE
MARKET FOR A BIG
TICKET SALE,
JOSEPH LUSK
ASKED A FEW
EXPERTS FOR
ADVICE ON WHAT
TO LOOK FOR TO
GET THE BEST
*** FOR YOUR
BUCK.
((JOSEPH LUSK))
FINANCES ARE
TIGHT FOR PRETTY
MUCH EVERYBODY
IN THIS DAY AND
AGE AND THE
THOUGHT OF
PURCHASING BIG
TICKET ITEMS SUCH
AS CARS
FURNITURE AND
BEDDING CAN BE
PRETTY DAUNTING
WHEN YOU'RE
FEELING THE
FINANCIAL
PRESSURE THAT
MOST OF US ARE
DEALING WITH
RIGHT NOW.
FORMER
AUTOMOBILE
SALESMAN
LAWRENCE MOLES
HAD SOME WORDS
OF WISDOM FOR
THOSE WHO MAY
BE LOOKING TO BUY
A USED OR NEW
VEHICLE
((LAWRENCE
MOLES))
THE BEST TIME TO
ACTUALLY BUY A
CAR IS WHEN THE
CAR LOTS ARE FULL
WHEN A CAR LOT
ACTUALLY NEEDS
TO MOVE SOME
PRODUCT WHEN
THEY HAVE
OVERSTOCK OR
SURPLUSES;
THEY'RE GOING TO
DO WHAT IT TAKES
TO GET THE DEAL
DONE. RESEARCH IS
THE NUMBER ONE
THING THAT I
COULD ACTUALLY
RECOMMEND
NOWADAYS IF YOU
DO AS MUCH
RESEARCH AS
POSSIBLE,
INTERNET LOOK AT
REVIEWS. USED
CAR WARRANTY'S
AREN'T BAD YOU
KNOW IN A SENSE
THEY'LL HELP
COVER IF YOU HAVE
A HIGHER MILEAGE
CAR MORE WEAR
AND TEAR ON A CAR
YEAH ID
RECOMMEND IT ON
A USED CAR, BUT
ON A NEW CAR,
NEVER.
((JOSEPH LUSK))
AND IF FURNITURE
IS WHAT YOU'RE IN
THE MARKET FOR
ADAM DALE A MAN
WITH MANY YEARS
OF FURNITURE
SALES EXPERIENCE
CAN GIVE YOU
SOME DIRECTION
AS TO WHAT TO
LOOK FOR WHEN
BUYING
((ADAM DALE))
THE BEST TIME TO
BUY FURNITURE ID
SAY IS HIT THE
DOUBLE BONUS,
YOU KNOW, LOOK
AT THE ADS ASK
THE SALES
ASSOCIATE WHEN
THE BEST TIME,
THEY'LL TELL YOU.
WARRANTY'S WHAT
YOU MAKE OF IT I
MEAN IF YOU PUT IN
FOR THE
WARRANTY IF YOU
FOLLOW UP AND
CALL ABOUT IT
YOU'RE GOING TO
GET *** FOR
YOUR BUCK IF YOU
JUST BUY
WARRANTY AND
NEVER DO
ANYTHING WITH IT
YOU LOSE OUT.
((JOSEPH LUSK))
EXPERTS SAY WE
SPEND A THIRD OF
OUR LIVES IN BED,
COSBY SPENCER
WHO IS A BEDDING
SPECIALIST GIVES
US SOME
GUIDELINES TO
FOLLOW WHEN ITS
TIME TO START
SEARCHING FOR A
NEW MATTRESS.
((COSBY SPENCER))
THERES SEVERAL
DIFFERENT TYPES
OF MATTRESSES
WHEN SHOPPING
THERES YOU
TRADITIONAL INNER
SPRING WHICH HAS
YOUR SPRING UNIT.
THERES ALSO
GOING TO BE ALL
MEMORY FOAM
WHICH THERES A
WIDE VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT
COLLECTIONS AND
THEN YOU ALSO
HAVE YOUR HYBRID
BEDS WHICH IS
HALF SPRINGS AND
HALF MEMORY
FOAM SO YOU HAVE
THE BEST OF BOTH
WORLDS WITH THE
HYBRID. CHECK
YOUR SALES ADS,
MANUFACTURES
WILL DO ROLLBACK
PRICING FREE BOX
SPRING PRICING
ALWAYS WATCH
FOR THAT ITS A
GREAT TIME TO
BUY. WARRANTY
COMES WITH THE
MANUFACTURER
WITH, UM, WITH
EVERY BED THAT
YOU PURCHASE.
THE ADD-ONS
WOULD BE
PROTECTIONS AS
FAR AS STAINS,
BECAUSE STAINS
DO VOID
WARRANTIES ON
MATTRESSES. SO
YOU DEFINITELY
HAVE TO WATCH
THAT WHEN
PURCHASING YOUR
BED. SO IF YOUR
MATTRESS SAGS
DO NOT SETTLE
FOR IT, CHECK WITH
YOUR
MANUFACTURERS
WARRANTY.
((JOSEPH LUSK))
REPORTING FOR
WVSU NEWSLINE, I
AM JOSEPH LUSK.
((FORREST))
THANKS JOSEPH.
ONE GREAT WAY
TO GET A BARGAIN
IS TO VISIT FLEA
MARKETS AND YARD
SALES. ALYSSA
PERRY HAS MORE.
((ALYSSA))
ON THE WEEKENDS,
FLEA MARKETS AND
YARD SALES CAN BE
FOUND ALL
THROUGHOUT
SOUTHERN WV.
HEADING OUT
EARLY IS ONE SURE
WAY TO FIND ITEMS
YOU WANT AND AT
LOW PRICES.
((JUANITA MUNCY))
YOU HAVE TO
PREPARE, IT
ACTUALLY TAKES A
PROCESS YOU GOT
TO GATHER ITEMS
UP THAT YOURE
GOING TO GET RID
OF, AND YOU HAVE
TO PRICE THOSE
ITEMS, YOU HAVE
TO DECIDE WHAT
YOURE WILLING TO
TAKE ROOM UP IN
YOUR VEHICLE,
WHAT SALES WELL,
WHEN YOU PUT IT
OUT YOU HAVE TO
PUT IT IN A WAY
THAT YOU THINK IS
GOING TO GET
NOTICED WHAT
COLORS WILL HANG
WELL TOGETHER,
WE TRY TO HANG
THINGS THAT ARE
SIZE APPROPRIATE
TO EACH OTHER,
MENS SIZE WILL BE
ON ONE SIDE,
WOMENS WILL BE
ON THE OTHER SIDE
THEN WE WILL
HAVE CHILDRENS
PUT TOGETHER, WE
LIKE TO DO IT
NEATLY, FOLDED
NEATLY, IT SELLS
BETTER THAT WAY,
SHOES ARE A
GREAT ITEM THAT
GOES, BLUE JEANS
ARE GOOD ITEMS,
SO WE REALLY
ENJOY OURSELVES
HAVE FUN AND
MAKE A LITTLE
MONEY TOO.
((ALYSSA))
NOT ONLY CAN YOU
FIND CLOTHES,
ELECTRONICS, AND
YARD WORK
EQUIPMENT, THERE
ARE ALSO UNIQUE
CRAFTSMEN ITEMS
AT MANY
LOCATIONS.
((MONROE
CASSADY))
ITS JUST A HOBBY
OF MINE, I LOVE
DOING IT, THIS OLD
BARN LUMBER YOU
SEE WAS FROM A
BARN BUILT IN 1890
OVER IN MORGAN
COUNTY, WHICH
THE TORNADO
TOOK DOWN
MARCH 2012 MARCH
THE 2ND, I BOUGHT
THE LUMBER OFF
OF HIM, I JUST MAKE
FURNITURE OUT OF
IT OLD RUSTIC
FURNITURE, THIS
AND THAT TO KEEP
ME OFF THE WINE
AND NERVE PILLS,
ITS VERY
INTERESTING THING
AS LONG AS YOU
DO IT FOR A HOBBY
AND DONT TRY TO
MAKE A PROFIT OFF
OF IT BECAUSE
THERE IS NOT
MUCH MONEY IN IT, I
JUST ENJOY
GETTING OUT AND
TALKING TO
PEOPLE.
((ALYSSA))
THIS IS ALYSSA
PERRY REPORTING
FOR WVSU
NEWSLINE.
((FORREST))
THANKS ALYSSA.
THAT WRAPS UP
ANOTHER EPISODE
OF NEWSLINE. TUNE
IN NEXT TIME WITH
OUR SPECIAL
COOKING FOR THE