Good Customer Service, Prosperous Retirement, Spending to Save a Pet's Life, Getting Rich is Easy, and Starting on $1 Million at 16

While I'm on vacation this week, I'll be highlighting some good posts from this week last year. Here are some posts worth sharing from one year ago today:

• Ten Tips to Getting Better Customer Service, Part 1 - The start of a good series on the basics of having stores take care of you.

• 10 Tips to a Prosperous Retirement - Just what it says.

• Comments: How Much Would You be Willing to Spend to Save Your Pet's Life?; A Lot - This person is spending $2,000 plus just to get a dog and set him up.

• Getting Rich is Simpler than You Think - Another of my all-time favorites. To quote: "Here is the single most important thing you will ever hear about investing: Getting rich is simple. And here is the second most important thing you will ever hear about investing: You have no excuse not to do it. Only three ingredients are needed: income, discipline and time."

• Start on Your First $1 Million at Age 16 - Here's a simple recipe to become a millionaire.