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Harry Gross

Amazon has a lot of questions, then doesn't make good on offer

Debit card worth $100 never materialized as promised.

Nearing 62, they're trying to decide when to start Social Security

They each have IRAs that are largely rollovers from previous employers’ pension plans.

What's in a title? Condo buyers thought they knew

New owners are getting notices of unpaid taxes dating to 2008, and title-insurance company says it’s not responsible.

A retirement home dilemma

Should this widow be a whistle-blower that might sabotage a charitable donation?

Harry Gross: Teacher schools friend in 5-year investment bet

DEAR HARRY: I am not a financial person. I teach in the Philadelphia school system and I invest very carefully. I have a friend who works for a broker and sells all kinds of securities. Five years ago, we made a small bet ($100) on whether his company's selections would prove a better investment than my personal selection of index funds over a five-year period.

Harry Gross: Looking for ways to sock away more for retirement?

DEAR HARRY: We are both in our late 40s, and our kids are on their own. Now that those costs are gone, we're thinking more seriously about retirement.

Daughter and her husband want to move in

House is worth about $600,000, and the daughter has financial power of attorney.

Harry has a word of advice concerning time-shares

Reader and siblings are concerned that they’ll be saddled with costs after parents are gone.

IRA could help fund master's degree - but what about tax penalty?

Reader just left a government job and wants to get a degree in social work.

An investment that was not exactly golden

Scam artist promoted 1-ounce gold coins to retirees.

Mulling a mortgage to make house disabled-friendly

Another alternative is to use IRA rollover money to cover the cost.

Promise of tuition refund gets a failing grade

The college’s literature said a full refund would be given if it was determined within six weeks that a student could not handle the work.

Overdraft protection gave customer more trouble than help

Bank put $1,000 in account and treated it as a loan with a 24 percent annual rate, then didn’t care about its loyal customer’s objection.

IRS wants to see evidence of charitable contributions

Should the taxpayer show anything other than what’s requested?

Bank, kids want uncle's estate money

She also has her late husband’s pension, Social Security.

OK to bill the owners of dog we found, cared for?

A surprise development raises a question about expenses.

Omission by waitress leads to a questionable solution

Diners wonder if they made the right decision.

Delores Alston touching the Wanamaker´s nameplate for the last time in 1995, before the store became a Hecht´s.

Gross: What to do about old bill from Wanamaker's?

Agent pushes 10-year renewable, convertible term-life policy

With no dependents or immediate marriage plans, reader doesn’t think he needs it.

They're thinking about paying off their son's student loans

Harry’s often has written of the importance of education.

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