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Savng on gas with electric commuter bike
2008-05-11 01:46:00 I have long speculated the idea of riding a bicycle to work. Not only it saves money, it is also an excellent way to force yourself to exercise in the morning. I can’t stand the boredom of a treadmill and morning ride to work looks like an appealing alternative. Some of my friends do ... More About: Bike , Electric
Weekly hot deals roundup - Last Edition
2008-05-09 19:46:00 This will be the last issue of my hot deals roundup. Ever since we launched deal ranking and daily cash prizes at Buxr it became very easy to spot the best daily deals. We are still working out kinks and the official launch announcement is upcoming, but the prizes are real and if you want ... More About: Roundup , Weekly , Edition
Chase Freedom Plus - received third statement
2008-05-08 22:45:00 Ever since I switch to Chase Freedom Plus as my primary credit card, I have been trying to keep an eye on my spending and accumulated rewards. Last week I received my third statement and can share some more details on the benefits the Plus upgrade offers compared to the regular Chase Freedom card. First of ... More About: Statement
News that caught my eye, stuff that matters
2008-05-05 10:13:00 I-Bond fixed rate goes to zero This is sort of significant news in financial world. US Treasury has just announced new rate for the fixed portion of I-Bond treasury bond, something they do every 6 months. For the first time in the life of the program (since 1998) the rate went down to zero which to ... More About: News , Stuff , Caught , Matters
Weekly hot deals roundup - May 2, 2008
2008-05-02 18:39:00 There was quite a few interesting coupons this week. Here are a couple of my favorites along with some hot deals. If you have a deal to share, please do so using this link. You will need an account at Buxr.com, but signing up is free and only takes a minute. FREE bottle of COFFEE-MATE! - ... More About: Roundup , Weekly , 2008
Amazon coupon codes for May 2008
2008-05-01 14:49:00 Amazon has just released a new set of coupon codes for this month and as usual I post them in a list sorted by amount so it is more convenient to pick those with the best value. Most coupons below expire May 31, 2008 . If you like these Amazon coupons, I also recommend you to check ... More About: Amazon , Coupon , Codes
ReviewGist - we read reviews so you don?t have to
2008-04-30 19:28:00 Not too long ago I wrote about SmartRatings, a product review site that aggregates expert reviews for a wide range of consumer products. To calculate the aggregated product rank SmartRatings uses the fact that many expert reviewers themselves give the product they review a numerical rank, which SmartRatings then brings to a common denominator and ... More About: Reviews , Read
Free museums for Bank of America customers
2008-04-30 01:30:00 Bank of America has extended their program from the last year. Now instead of one month you get free admission to over 70 museums nationwide on the first weekend of every month all year long. Bring your your photo ID and a Bank of America credit card, ATM card, or check card, and you will ... More About: Customers , Free , Bank
Philips pulls out of US TV market, offers huge sale
2008-04-28 21:40:00 CNet reported last week that Philips will stop selling TV’s in the US and earlier today people started to report huge discounts offered at Philips Outlet on refurbished TV’s. Here is for example an 47” LCD HDTV for $750. Some more TV bargains: LCD TVs 47” 1080p LCD flat HDTV (47PFL7422D/37B) $750 42” 1080p LCD flat HDTV (42PFL7422D/37B) ... More About: Market , Sale , Offers , Huge
Save 10% on gas with BP Visa card
2008-04-28 07:10:00 As gas prices approach $4 per gallon in our area I am scrambling looking for for new ways to save at the pump. Replacing my Honda Accord with something more fuel efficient is not yet an option and hypermiling while sounds interesting is not very practical taking into account my hectic lifestyle. So what other ... More About: Card , Visa , Save
Weekly hot deals roundup - April 25, 2008
2008-04-26 04:53:00 There was quite a few interesting coupons this week. Here are a couple of my favorites along with some hot deals. If you have a deal to share, please do so using this link. You will need an account at Buxr.com, but signing up is free and only takes a minute. 70% Off Restaurant.com Certificates - ... More About: April , Roundup , Weekly , 2008
Free access to Encyclopedia Britannica
2008-04-25 04:53:00 If you have a blog, you can get an annual online subscription to Encyclopedia Britannica ($70 value) for free. No credit card is needed. Just fill out this form and if you qualify you will receive an invitation code that you can use to enroll. I did so last week and just received my free ... More About: Free , Access
Cheap check printing from Walmart
2008-04-24 00:20:00 I don’t use many checks, most of my payments are done online so one box lasts a few months. I am also usually very good at avoiding the numerous fees the banks try to slap on me. Once every few months however my bank screws me on $25 which is around how much a box ... More About: Check , Cheap , Printing , Walmart
Aggregating deals with Combyo
2008-04-23 07:39:00 This is a long overdue review of a new kid on the block of deal aggregators, Combyo. I have briefly mentioned it in one of my news roundups in the past but until today I really had no time to give it the attention it deserves. By style and look Combyo resembles another deal aggregator, Boddit. ...
The best of ProBargainHunter
2008-04-22 02:04:00 Over a year back I started this blog with really one goal in mind - share what I know about saving money. This round-up summarizes the best money saving tips from the past. All of these are quality write-ups, many requiring long hours of research. Please enjoy this brief glance at the past and let ...
EverSave.com Review
2008-04-21 15:43:00 This week’s review is about Eversave.com, which is one of the top coupon sites in Yan’s listing. First impression on looking at this site is that, it is a nice & pleasantly designed site which is not just for coupons only, but includes a lot more content. Eversave.com features an extensive recipe section, which lets you ... More About: Review
Oil money and politics, in charts
2008-04-20 06:57:00 Did you know that George W. Bush received $2,649,725 in contributions from oil companies in his 2004 election campaign? Or that in Rudy Giuliani received $659,158 this year? Neither did I. Follow the Oil Money is a very interesting project that keeps track of petroleum industry campaign contributions and mashes them up in a cool visual ... More About: Politics , Charts
Weekly hot deals roundup - April 18, 2008
2008-04-18 18:02:00 This week was especially fruitful on coupons and promotions. I listed below a few that caught my eye. If you have a deal to share, please do so using this link. You will need an account at Buxr.com, but signing up is free and only takes a minute. Express Printable Coupon for $20 off $75 or ... More About: April , Roundup , Weekly , 2008
News that caught my eye, the important stuff
2008-04-18 02:11:00 Next I Bond inflation component is 4.83% The Labor Department released the March CPI numbers last week which allows us to compute the next I Bond inflation component which is added on to the I Bond fixed rate to derive the composite (or total) rate. Thanks to the high inflation, the number tuns out rather high. ... More About: News , Stuff , Caught
Stocks investment strategy - buying on weakness
2008-04-16 14:08:00 As I mentioned before I have been considering my options as far as preserving savings is concerned. The investment time frame is around 1-2 years but may potentially be much longer. This is so called emergency savings. Theoretically these should go into a cash account and some of it did, however since I consider the ... More About: Buying , Stocks , Strategy , Investment , Investment strategy
Daily Deals Site - BradsDeals.com Review
2008-04-14 14:10:00 This week?s review is about BradsDeals.com. Bradsdeals.com happens to be the last item in Yan’s this month revision of popular deal sites and is also the youngest site (Jun 2005) without a review. This is a really simple site with a handful of clear menu items on top, taking to various sections of the sites. Briefly, ... More About: Daily , Review , Site
Linen ?n Things may file for Chapter 11
2008-04-13 00:31:00 The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that the retailer considers bankruptcy as one of the options to solve the increasing debt problem and may file for Chapter 11 as early as Tuesday. The interesting detail is that Linens ‘n Things is a privately held company but they have to disclose financial information publicly because they ... More About: File
Weekly hot deals roundup - April 12, 2008
2008-04-12 19:26:00 There were several interesting promotions and rare coupons this week. I listed a few below with a couple of other deals that caught my eye. If you have a deal to share, you can do so at this link. You will need an account at Buxr.com, but signing up is free and only takes a ... More About: April , Roundup , Weekly , 2008
Popular price comparison sites - March 2008
2008-04-12 04:04:00 This is March 2008 revision of the Popular Price Comparison web sites list. You can find the last month revision of the list here. The change in rating shows the difference compared to February results. The list has a total of 34 web sites and there are 16 more sites in my database that don?t meet ... More About: Sites
Shopzilla WordPress Plugin (version 1.1)
2008-04-11 08:15:00 This is a minor update to the Shopzilla WordPress Plugin I released back in February. It adds a new column that shows merchant ratings according to BizRate, a Shopzilla company. It also incorporates a change to the domain name Shopzilla introduced with the latest overhaul of their XML feeds. To upgrade - just download this archive ... More About: Wordpress , Version
What makes people use deal sites?
2008-04-09 08:23:00 As I get more involved into the business of running a deal site, the topics like this one come more often to my mind. It is a seemingly simple question yet a very difficult one at the same time. If you get the answer right you will know what you need to change in your ... More About: People , Sites , Deal
Daily Deal & Coupon Site - Spoofee.com Review
2008-04-07 14:57:00 This week I am reviewing Spoofee.com. This site is at the 16th position in Yan?s latest revision of popular deal sites. Spoofee.com features a mix of deal sites typical features such as deals, coupons and forums. On the first look, Spoofee.com has a clean and uncluttered look and feel. This site uses variations of blue and ... More About: Daily , Review , Site , Deal , Coupon
Popular deal sites - March 2008
2008-04-06 02:22:00 This is March 2008 revision of the Popular Deal Sites list. You can find the last month revision of the list here. The change in rating shows the difference compared to February results. The list has a total of 25 web sites which is 4 less than the last month. There are 56 more in my ... More About: March 2008
Weekly hot deals roundup - April 4, 2008
2008-04-05 06:17:00 Sorry about the late release of this roundup. This week I was busy rolling out user submitted deals at Buxr and hasn’t had have much time for bargain hunting. Nonetheless there were a couple of really interesting offers that caught my eye. Here they go. Free blood glucose meter offer - do you or any of ... More About: April , Roundup , Weekly , 2008
Comparing Chase cards (replying a comment)
More articles from this author:2008-04-05 01:35:00 My regular readers know I advocate Chase Freedom Plus card, the best all around cash rewards card out there. One of the readers asked a great question on my original blog post about the card: I have looked into both these cards and my question is: Does anyone know how much you must spend per year ... More About: Comment , Cards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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