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Zillow launches Mortgage Marketplace
2008-04-03 21:48:00 When I saw this news today I had no other words but: “This is going to be big!” It is a bargain hunters paradise for everyone in a market looking for a loan to buy a new house or refinance an existing one. Let me explain why. Zillow is a service that offers real estate valuation ... More About: Mortgage , Marketplace
Amazon coupon codes for April 2008
2008-04-01 21:32:00 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 April 30, 2008 . If you like these Amazon coupons, I also recommend you to check ... More About: Amazon , Coupon , Codes
Google moves into deals & coupons business
2008-04-01 18:12:00 In unprecedented move Google announced today on their blog that they will integrate the recently acquired affiliate network with their Product Search functionality to offer financially strapped US consumers with context relevant coupon codes and discounts as they shop online. This comes as no surprise to me. The recent acquisition of Performics has demonstrated the ... More About: Business , Coupons , Moves
Price Comparison Site - TheFind.com Review
2008-04-01 05:31:00 Wanting to pick a site to review, I referred to the latest revision of Yan’s Popular Price Comparison Site s series and found that ugenie.com went up in traffic by 59%. But on going to the website, I could not find anything about price comparison, but about IRead (totally not about shopping), their Facebook application. Googling ... More About: Review
Thank you to my sponsors
2008-03-31 20:39:00 I don’t have this kind of posts very often but once in a while I do try to show how grateful I am to the people and companies who support me and my blog. Financial Web FinancialWeb is an independent financial portal full of personal finance related educational resources. The kind of information you will find there ... More About: Sponsors
BabiesRUs $5 off $25 printable coupon
2008-03-29 19:52:00 Alright, this is hot enough to break my pledge of not posting any more individual deals on this blog. This is a pretty rare promotion from BabiesRUs, get $5 off any purchase of $25 or more, on-line or in the store. For online use, apply code 921088 at checkout. For off-line, go to this page ... More About: Coupon , Printable
Weekly hot deals roundup - March 28, 2008
2008-03-28 22:29:00 This week hasn’t not been as productive as the last one, also many good deals that we posted this week have already expired, yet there are a few that made it to the weekend. Here are some of those that caught my eye: Dell Vostro 200 Mini Tower w/ 19” LCD - for $349 shipped. An ... More About: Roundup , March , Weekly , 2008
Merchant categories on Chase Freedom statement
2008-03-27 23:25:00 I have been keeping an eye on the activity on my Chase Freedom Plus card and I noticed that many popular merchants get to the “Other” category implying these transaction will not result to the bonus cash back (2% on top of the normal 1%). I understand this is up to the merchants to properly ... More About: Categories , Merchant , Statement
Are favorite deal site poll results rigged?
2008-03-27 21:19:00 Exactly 5 months ago I asked all of you to vote for your favorite deal site, and 375 of you did. The top 5 results now stand like this: Deal Site Votes fatwallet.com 82 dealtaker.com 82 dealnews.com 59 slickdeals.net 39 markdownmonkey.com 38 The poll was set so that each vote is bound to a unique IP meaning if you used your IP once you can’t vote again. This ... More About: Results , Poll , Favorite
Preserving Savings: Stocks, CD?s, or Precious Metals?
2008-03-26 05:57:00 Economic recession, declining dollar, rising gas prices, growing budget deficit… In the times like these I wish I was a small child and didn’t have to worry about anything. But I am not and this is why I am spending this night trying to figure out what my investment strategy should be for the next ... More About: Stocks , Savings , Precious
Coupon Site - RetailMeNot Review
2008-03-24 13:20:00 Last week Yan had written about RetailMeNot?s launch of a shopping community quoting from this TechCrunch story. After reading those stories and various comments at TechCrunch, I wanted to review RetailMeNot (RMN). RMN is the first coupon site I am reviewing. RMN certainly does not have a typical coupon website look (cluttered design) but a ... More About: Review , Site , Coupon
Free access to The Wall Street Journal
2008-03-23 19:39:00 While most news sources have adopted the modern realities of open informational exchange and freely offer news online, The Wall Street Journal is on of the few remaining newspapers still holding on to the traditional subscription model. Well, not for much longer… It has puzzled me for a long time why some of WSJ articles are ... More About: Free
Weekly hot deals roundup
2008-03-21 20:51:00 This week has brought a lot of great bargains. In fact the number we submitted daily almost doubled our usual rate of 10 deals per day. Here are just a few that caught my eye. Printable games for kids to play in the car - Do you have kids? Do they get bored during long car ... More About: Roundup , Weekly
Get $50 if you bought HD DVD player from Best Buy
2008-03-19 15:47:00 This is a very good example of how a company cares for its customers. Best Buy has just announced it will give a $50 gift card to everyone who bought an HD DVD player from them before February 23, 2008. Why are they doing it? This could be somewhat compared to Steve Jobs giving credit to ... More About: Player
Secret History of the Credit Card (tonight on PBS)
2008-03-19 00:32:00 My recent $39 late fee from Chase has sparkled a small investigation on my part. Do you have a credit card? Are you a “dead beat” or a “revolver”? Do you know how long it would take to pay your credit card balance if you only made minimum payments? Do you know why your Citibank (and ... More About: History , Card , Credit , Secret , Credit Card
RetailMeNot launches shopping network
2008-03-17 23:38:00 RetailMeNot, an Australian based coupon site that launched in October of 2006 has just officially announced that they are adding a social network portal to support the main site. Adding a full blown network is a logical step for RetailMeNot who already largely rely on community to submit and rank coupons. The new functionality allows registered ... More About: Shopping , Network
$100 gas credit for new checking at Flagstar bank
2008-03-17 20:58:00 Following on this promotion is a bit more headache than the usual banking/credit card deal I sign up to but still overall sounds like a sweet deal. Open a new checking account at Flagstar bank and set up a $250 a month direct deposit to receive $100 in gas credit. Use promo code GC100 for this ... More About: Credit , Bank
Price Comparison Site - Shopper.cnet.com review
2008-03-17 14:10:00 This week I am reviewing shopper.cnet.com and is the second price comparison site being reviewed by me. This review will be similar to the review of Price grabber.com to make it fair. The homepage is clean with nice categorized menu options. Major part of the top of the main page content is for popular products, which lists ... More About: Review , Site , Comparison , Shopper
Popular coupon sites - February 2008
2008-03-16 17:11:00 This is February 2008 revision of the Popular Coupon sites list. You can find the last month revision of the list here. The change in rating shows the difference compared to January results. This list currently has 27 sites which is two less than last month. naughtycodes.com and couponsurfer.com are out since their Alexa rank fell ... More About: Sites
Weekly hot deals roundup
2008-03-14 23:38:00 First of all, check out this Dell Vostro 200 slim tower + 20” monitor for $350 shipped (Dell just updated the price to $499). It is $140 cheaper than it was last week. The monitor itself is around $200 on eBay which leaves you with a dual processor system for just $150. Here are some ... More About: Roundup , Weekly
Speedlinking, news that caught my eye
2008-03-13 04:45:00 SEO services from Google You might already heard the big news, Google just completed Performics acquisition after they finally obtained the EU approval. What you might not have heard yet is that now along with Performics the affiliate network Google also owns Performics the SEO consulting company which offers various services to improve your website search ... More About: News , Caught
Popular price comparison sites - February 2008
2008-03-12 07:09:00 This is February 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 January results. The list has a total of 33 web sites and there are 17 more sites in my database that don?t meet ... More About: Sites
Upside down on a mortgage
2008-03-11 00:03:00 Real estate market is getting uglier each time I listen to the business news and personal financial disaster stories are floating up more and more frequently. I am sure this is not the last and not the worst yet a very educational first-hand experience from someone in an mortgage crisis situation (which I ran across ... More About: Mortgage , Upside
Daily Deal Website - TechBargains Review
2008-03-10 17:30:00 This week?s review is about TechBargains.com, which is one of the top ten deal websites in Yan?s popular website series. I should here note that, except for AnandTech which is a not really a dedicated deal website, every other website above TechBargains.com has been reviewed in the past. Here is my first impression on visiting ... More About: Daily , Website , Review , Deal
Chase Freedom Plus - received first statement
2008-03-10 07:34:00 I recently signed up to Chase Freedom Plus, a new credit card from Chase which seems to be a pretty good all around rewards card (at least judging from what I currently know). Last Friday I received my first statement and can now take a closer look at what this card is really worth. First of ... More About: Statement
Weekly hot deals roundup
2008-03-07 18:18:00 There were a few interesting deals this week. First of all I took a short survey at this link and got a $1.99 movie rental coupon from Blockbuster. Next, the Coffee-Mate free Coffee Creamer coupon arrived in mail that I signed up for a couple weeks back. I also couldn’t resist and purchased some of ... More About: Roundup , Weekly
Do expensive drugs treat better?
2008-03-06 23:14:00 Oh, the power of perception! It is amazing how complex human nature is and how little we know about the inner-workings of our brains. I was driving home last night and this short report got my attention as I was listening to Public Radio on my car stereo. The scientists from American Medical Association have ... More About: Drugs , Treat
Affiliate Summit West - my impressions
2008-03-06 04:09:00 Mike Glozman is my friend and partner. He runs a popular deal site, Cheap Stingy Bargains, and logs some overtime at our joint venture, Buxr.com. He recently came back from the Affiliate Summit West in Las Vegas and I asked him to share his impressions. I had the privilege of attending the Affiliate Summit West ... More About: Impressions
Popular deal sites - February 2008
2008-03-05 08:20:00 This is February 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 January results. The list has a total of 29 web sites which is 3 less than the last month. There are 52 more in my ...
Media General to buy DealTaker
More articles from this author:2008-03-04 01:16:00 Yesterday Paul reviewed DealTaker and while we are on the subject I would like to make a quick update that last week Media General , a company that owns several newspapers and TV stations in Southeast (see the map below), announced that they signed an agreement with NARAE Enterprises, Inc to acquire DealTaker and the related ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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