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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
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 ...
Forum Based Daily Deal Site - DealTaker Review
2008-03-03 15:19:00 This week?s review is about Deal Taker. Yan already featured DealTaker in an interview format which received a very high level of controversial discussions in the comments section there. DealTaker also is shown as the top deal site in the quick poll which is always there in the top right side of this blog?s home page, ... More About: Daily , Review , Site , Forum
Amazon coupon codes for March 2008
2008-03-01 17:58:00 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. All coupons below expire March 31, 2008. If you like these Amazon coupons, I also recommend you to check ... More About: Amazon , Coupon , March 2008 , Codes
Weekly hot deals roundup
2008-02-29 18:59:00 Today’s business news highlight looming economy downfall which might not be all that bad news for bargain hunters. As long as your job is not affected and you expect a steady income, the next few months promise a shopper’s paradise as the merchants fight with each other to keep defecting customers. Building your cash savings ... More About: Roundup , Weekly
Buzzillions reviews: aggregated, tagged and messy
2008-02-28 20:31:00 Ever since I wrote about PowerReviews in October 2006 I have not heard about the review-aggregating startup that much, until today when I discovered the fact that they did launch their promised shopping portal after all. Bazzillions is the name. As much as I liked the original idea of in-sourcing the product reviews from merchants in ... More About: Tagged
?Deal in a Can? from Sony Rewards
2008-02-27 14:23:00 Today I received a strange package in mail. It was a can, very much like a regular aluminum can for soda drinks but inside it had an offer from Sony Rewards program. This is the first time I receive a promotional material in a can so not surprisingly I got interested. In that “canned” offer ... More About: Deal
Shopzilla WordPress Plugin (version 1.0)
2008-02-26 10:07:00 Over the past month I have been playing with Shopzilla API on one of my pet projects and so far the results are impressive. I like the quality and number of product offers I am able to get using the API and also how fast the results are fetched. In fact I have been so ... More About: Wordpress , Plugin , Version
Major wireless carriers roll out unlimited plans
2008-02-25 20:17:00 Last week all four major wireless phone service providers almost simultaneously announced new service plans that include unlimited calls. This bit of news highlights the pricing war going between the companies and pressure from smaller local providers like this who have been able to undercut prices by lowering costs of operating their business (somewhat similar ... More About: Wireless , Carriers , Roll , Plans , Unlimited
Daily Deal Site - Dealoco.com Review
2008-02-25 16:32:00 This week I am reviewing dealoco.com on request. Deal oco is a new site, which to my guess was launched (may be unofficially) in October of 2007 and made an official launch in December 2007 (per the press release). Most references online and the press release mention advanced search engine, custom deal alerts, product reviews and ... More About: Daily , Review , Site
Weekly hot deals roundup
More articles from this author:2008-02-22 18:50:00 Just as I promised, I continue my weekly hot deals roundup series. This week was a lot of fun. Prices on hard drives and flash media keep falling. You can now get a 4GB SD card for $23 shipped and 500GB hard drives broke $100 level. These are some other deals that caught my eye ... More About: Roundup , Weekly 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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