Mary Schwager
Mary Schwager
Consumer Watchdog
About the Author
Mary Schwager, AKA Galtime's "WatchDogMary" is a journalist with more than 17 years experience. She's won more than two-dozen local, regional, national and international journalism awards for investigative, consumer, feature reporting and writing including 11 Emmy Awards and 7 Edward R. Murrow Awards and numerous Associated Press honors. She worked as a television reporter, investigative reporter and investigative producer at network affiliated stations across the country including Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Milwaukee, WI, Indianapolis, Indiana and in Boston, Massachusetts. After graduating from Marquette University in Milwaukee, she also conducted criminal and insurance fraud investigations as a state licensed detective. Mary is a national consumer columnist for The Examiner. Do you have something you want Mary to check out? Do you have a story idea? Please email her at maryschwager@galtime.com You can also follow her on Twitter @WatchDogMary and "like" her on Facebook.
From this Author
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Ten Questions to Ask Before Joining a GymYa, Ya, Ya, I know. You're going to get to the gym more this year. Losing weight is by far one of the most common pledges we hear every January... |
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IRS Looking To Return $164 Million In UNCLAIMED $$$!Could Uncle Sam be holding onto YOUR money? Before you start to gather all your tax documents for yet another year of painful organizing, calculating... |
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Secrets to Skiing without Breaking the Budget |
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Extended Warranties: You Can Now Buy Them AFTER You Leave the StoreWhen you buy a big ticket item at an electronics store, you have about 10 seconds at the checkout counter to answer a big question: “Do you... |
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How to Snag a Ski BargainMary Schwager is a journalist with more than 17 years experience. She's won more than two-dozen local, regional, national and... |
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Relieve That Last Minute Holiday Stress'Tis the season to be AHHHHH! STRESSED OUT !!! Jolly? Who's jolly? I'm not jolly, I'm wondering how the month of December went by so... |
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Creative Ways to Save AND Give Great GiftsWho out there is on a tight budget right now? The holiday panic that sets in figuring out how you're going to pull off gift giving for your... |
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Millions To Go Prepaid Wireless.Will You?Imagine being in an open relationship with your cell phone provider. That's right: No commitments. No ball and chain. You get the gadgets... |
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7 Money Saving Tax Credit Purchases Before 12/31Tick tock. Tick tock. Holiday shopping countdown days aside, the clock is also running on federal tax credits that could save you money on energy-... |
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National Free Shipping Day- 12/17!If you've procrastinated on your holiday shopping, like yours truly, it may pay off ! Check out Free Shipping Day. This year it's... |
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