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How US tax system works
2008-02-22 04:06:00 Together with How markets work this is one of the funniest things I have stumbled upon online lately. Enjoy! Bar Stool Economics (via WiseBread) Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go ... More About: System , Works
What happened to Sharper Image?
2008-02-21 18:16:00 My favorite leisure time store and the place where I redeem all my Discover Card rewards announced on Tuesday that it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and will close 60 of its 183 stores nationwide. CNN Money has re-published a great story of success and decline at Sharper Image , a must read for every ... More About: Sharper Image
HD DVD is not a bargain
2008-02-20 02:21:00 It is all over the news today, Toshiba announced it will stop producing and marketing HD DVD players which essentially means the end of DVD-format war between Blu-ray and HD DVD. It is good for Sony and its investors, the Sony stock was up 4.73% today on the news. What does it mean for the ... More About: Bargain
Daily Deal Site - Deals2Buy Review
2008-02-18 15:19:00 Having decided to review any heavily popular deal site, I used Yan’s recent update of popular deal sites to find the website I want to review. Wanting to review site among the top 10 in the list, a quick peruse of the list showed a weird number there, Deal s2Buy which is in the 4th position ... More About: Daily , Review , Site
Popular coupon sites - January 2008
2008-02-17 02:39:00 This is January 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 December results. This list currently has 29 sites which is two more than last month. I moved flamingoworld.com out of deal sites and into coupon ... More About: Sites , January 2008
Weekly hot deals roundup and a small contest
2008-02-15 05:14:00 You might have noticed that I stopped posting shopping deals as of lately. One of the reasons is that most of the deals I find now go to Buxr since it is a much more convenient place for bargain hunting than my blog. Instead, starting today I will start making short weekly round-ups of the ... More About: Contest , Roundup , Small , Weekly
Six Flags Promotion - 2008 Play Pass for $49.99
2008-02-14 05:38:00 Any Six Flags fans out there? Never mind the winter weather. Now is the time to buy your annual pass for 2008 because the price will probably not get any lower. In fact the general admission is $49.99 for an adult when you pay at the gate so your pass will pay for itself in ... More About: Promotion , Play , Pass
Cell phone contracts - Who?s got the best fine print?
2008-02-12 22:38:00 One of the few magazines I still subscribe to is Popular Mechanics. The latest issue had a very interesting comparison of contracts that cell phone companies make you sign when you subscribe to the service. What they compared is not the minutes or rates - things you typically pay attention to. Instead they looked at ... More About: Phone , Cell Phone , Cell , Print , Fine
Price Comparison Site - Pricegrabber Reviewed
2008-02-11 15:30:00 Having decided to review online deal sites, picking the first site was a bit puzzling. There were numerous questions like should it be a new site, should it be a infamous site, should it be one of the leading sites, should it be a daily deal site or a price comparison site and so on. And while just browsing through several deal sites, I noticed that they were either a price comparison site or a daily deal site with little links called ?Price Comparison ? next to each deal. Most (not all) of the daily deal sites seem to partner with PriceGrabber and thus these ?Price Comparison? links take you to a slightly different looking version of PriceGrabber.com with the header and footer edited to look like the site you came from (the daily deal site). To the best of my estimates, this trend of including a ?Price Comparison? link next to each deal in a daily deal site started about a year ago and has slowly but steadily spread. This makes PriceGrabber a website visited by pretty much anyone de... More About: Site
Please welcome Paul - a new contributor at PBH
2008-02-11 07:09:00 I have started ProBargainHunter as a personal blog in 2006 and so far I have stayed the sole contributor to it, with the exception of a few occasional guest posts. This is about to change thanks to Paul - a PHP programmer passionate about bargain hunting who I recently met online. Paul will be writing weekly ...
Popular price comparison sites - January 2008
2008-02-11 05:56:00 This is January 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 December results. The list has a total of 33 web sites and there are 16 more sites in my database that don?t meet ... More About: Sites
Life without eBay. The survival kit
2008-02-10 05:54:00 If you go to the Seller Central at eBay forums, it is hard not to notice the very long and active discussion titled “SIGN THE PLEDGE - NO SALES FEB 18-25!”. After all it gathered over 5000 replies! The sellers are threatening to boycott the auction site in response to the higher fees and other ... More About: Life , Ebay , Survival
Two dozen roses and vase for $30 at ProFlowers
2008-02-06 06:44:00 Update: the red roses just went in price to $40, assorted kind is still $30 Valentine’s Day is coming close and I am in search of a good deal on flowers delivery. After spending some time looking around, this is the best offer I have found (and from a business I used before). Here are the ... More About: Roses
Amazon coupon codes for February 2008
2008-02-01 23:31:00 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 February 29, 2008. If you like these Amazon coupons, I also recommend you to check ... More About: Amazon , Coupon , February 2008 , Codes
Morton Stake House promotion - two eat for $99
2008-01-31 20:47:00 It is either a sign of looming economic crisis or just a seasonal event. Morton is running their popular “two eat for $99” promotion again. Now through June 30, 2008 you can get the following in all participating Morton Stake House locations (find closest to you here): 2 Single Cut Filets Choice of Two: Colossal Shrimp ... More About: Promotion
Get more cash back with Discover Card in February
2008-01-31 02:48:00 Do you have Discover More Card ? It is not too late to sing up for a promotion Discover is running in February. Go to this page, click on “Sign Up Today” and login to your account on the next page. This should sign you up for the extra rewards and you will see some sort ... More About: Back , Cash , Discover Card
Booking a hotel, the ProBargainHunter way
2008-01-30 07:40:00 When traveling, we all dream of staying in a 5-star hotel but rarely can afford one. Even if we have the money to spend, paying for the luxury is often the last thing in our list after such ever important items as paying off debt and saving kids for college. As they say however, where ... More About: Hotel , Booking
Free admission days at Chicago museums
2008-01-27 09:41:00 It is new year and Chicago museums have announced new schedule for free admission days in 2008. Be sure to take advantage of these savings. Admittedly many of these dates fall on weekdays and might not work for you, but the least you could do is check against the list below in case you have ... More About: Free , Days , Museums , Missi
Free Tickets to 2008 Chicago Auto Show
2008-01-27 09:15:00 I just love these auto shows! I try to go to every other one to keep up to date with the latest car models. The regular price for these tickets is $10 but some local dealerships will give away a limited quantity to visitors for free. Last time I got my tickets from Mazda, this ... More About: Chicago , Auto Show , Show , Free , Auto
Free trial size Clinique Happy for Valentine?s Day
2008-01-27 08:54:00 Everyone loves free stuff and I am no exception. Clinique is running a Valentine ’s Day promotion where they will send a trial size Clinique Happy fragrance to a person of your choice for the Valentine’s Day. You just need to fill out this form. I never bought Clinique Happy brand and have no idea how ... More About: Free , Trial , Size
Samsung DL DVD±R/RW Drive for $24.99 shipped
2008-01-24 22:44:00 Tell me I am not a cheapcake! My home PC still has a 2x speed Pioneer DVD-R drive I bought in 2002 (one of the first drives) and I have to wait 15-20 minutes to burn a home video, not to mention I can’t use DVD+R and DL-DVD media. Not any more, thanks to Mike ... More About: Samsung , Drive
Jiffy Lube oil change $5 off coupon
2008-01-24 19:04:00 I know many of you are true bargain hunters and save by changing oil yourself. But those who don’t dare to go under the car (like myself) could take advantage of this $5 off coupon from Jiffy Lube . Just fill out this form and wait. I just did and here is what they sent me: Click ... More About: Change , Coupon
$1 coffee and free refills in Seattle Starbucks
2008-01-24 01:15:00 This sounds like encouraging news for all coffee addicted bargain hunters out there, myself included. Reuters reported today that if all goes well, we might soon be able to get more coffee for less at Starbucks . Starbucks is experimenting with a smaller, “short” $1 cup as well as free refills for brewed coffee. Starbucks charges around ... More About: Seattle , Coffee , Free
Office Depot printable coupon, $5 off $25
2008-01-24 00:43:00 This coupon surfaced on SlickDeals forums here. It excludes technology items but some people on the discussion thread suggest to use it at a competitor store (like Office Max or Staples) which with some luck will get you the desired result. Here is an interesting comment: It usually is up to store manager’s initiative, or cashier’s ... More About: Coupon , Office Depot , Printable
TurboTax online deals
2008-01-23 01:52:00 Here is a roundup of current promotions on the online version of TurboTax tax preparation software, the kind of software I have used to prepare my taxes for several years now. Pick the type that fits your needs (Basic, Deluxe, Premier, or Home & Business), compare the prices below, and use the link to go to ... More About: Online
Cheap gift wrapping bags from PennylanePapers
2008-01-19 19:53:00 Gift wrapping is one thing that I keep arguing with my wife about. I understand the personal touch it adds to the gifts but I hate to spend $3-4 (a usual cost of a gift bag) for something that will probably go in garbage right away. One of my readers emailed me earlier this month with ... More About: Bags , Gift , Cheap
TurboTax Deluxe Federal & State for $20.99
2008-01-19 01:21:00 I doubt you will find a better deal on TurboTax software than this offer from Costco. Both Federal and State tax preparation software is included. Shipping if free. Note, a non-member fee of around $2 will be charged if you don’t have Costco membership. List price: $49.95 Discounted price: $35.99 Less instant coupon: -$10 Final price: $20.99 Not sure ... More About: Deluxe
Christmas is over, time to buy a Christmas tree
2008-01-18 05:47:00 I went to a few places over the weekend to check if any of the retailers are carrying Christmas overstock merchandise. Wal-Mart and Target already had nothing left. Home Depot, Menard’s and Lowe’s had very few select items on the shelves. The best selection that I found was in Michaels and Sears. In fact I ... More About: Time , Tree , Christmas tree
Free Amazon Prime for one month
2008-01-16 23:50:00 Amazon used to give away free Prime membership for 3 month but those times seem to be over. This offer is for one month. If you don’t plan to keep the membership — unsubscribe before the month is over to avoid $79 annual fee. Amazon Prime membership entitles you to free two-day and $3.99 overnight ... More About: Amazon , Free , Month , Mont
Free TurboTax Business software download
More articles from this author:2008-01-16 23:34:00 Small business owners rejoice! You worked hard through the year so get rewarded for your hard work! Diligent bargain hunters at SlickDeals forums have spotted Intuit targeting free TurboTax Business Software download to select visitors of the tax software home page and posted a a direct link to the offer. People report seeing the ... More About: Download , Free 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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