Archive for January, 2007

EG is hosting Festival of Under 30 Finances on Feb 9th.

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

I'm hosting the Festival of Under 30 Finances on Feb 9th. This time the festival will have the question of "If you could turn back time, what would you change financially". Please submit posts that answer that question. You can still submit posts related to under 30 finances in general ...

Bargain Discount Shopping on Amazon.com

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

I've been searching the discount/clearance aisles at Amazon.com using www.findthatdiscount.com. Check it out. You can browse for things in different categories tagged 90% off, 80% off, etc.

Cheaper Netflix Subscriptions

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

January is the generally the best time to pickup gift cards and apparently gift subscriptions to services such as Netflix. I think the reasoning is that tons of people get gift cards and subscriptions they don't want and hawk it on ebay.I was a bit skeptical about buying a gift ...

Step 1, tracking your expenses

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

Recently I decided I'm going to track all my expenses. I believe the first step of managing your money is . It lets you see where your money goes and allows you to cut costs easier. Here's how I plan to do it.1. Use a small notepad (the size of ...

Surviving and thriving, or just scraping by?

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007

Surviving and thriving on $12,000 a yearInteresting article I found on MSN by Donna Freedman leaving her husband, going back to school, and living on $1,000/month.Scraping by on $150,000 a yearThis article details the complete opposite in which a family scrapes by on $150,000/year.

Carnival of the Capitalists

Monday, January 15th, 2007

Welcome to the January 15th edition of the Carnival of the Capitalists.Criteria for inclusion in this carnival are posts that are relevant and. Here's the wording taken from the CotC page:"Posts on business, management, marketing, accounting, finance, economics, sales, capitalism; anything of that nature that logically fits something called "Carnival ...

CotC will be up at 6:30 pm EST.

Monday, January 15th, 2007

Jay, who runs the CotC said it's okay to delay the start of the CotC if monday happens to fall on a holiday. Since MLK is a holiday (hey, if the markets are closed, it's a holiday), the carnival will be up at 6:30 pm today.

EG is hosting Carnival of the Capitalists

Sunday, January 14th, 2007

Sorry for the late notice but I'm hosting the carnival of the capitalists on January 15th.For information on submitting a post, refer to this page.

Californ-i-a

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007

I'm glad that we're staying with my sister, no hotel fees or bills to pay whatsoever. Free food and since she's older sibling, her and her husband usually treat us out for lunch, dinner, etc. I get to use her car so we don't have to rent one. It's a ...

Yet another comment on the Matthew Shinnick post.

Monday, January 8th, 2007

There's another post on my commentary about Matthew Shinnick's story:Sorry, bud, this seems a lot like the rantings of youth. As a 19 year old you're probably much more versed in online scams and fraud than the average middle-aged person. Shinnick is a middle aged shirt salesman and had never ...