Archive for November, 2007
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
So I recieve this e-mail from Amazon.com regarding a sale on boots and slippers.
Dear Amazon.com Customer,
Based on your previous purchases at Amazon.com, we thought you might be interested in getting $20 off select sheepskin and shearling boots and slippers. Spend $80 or more on select brands and you will automatically ...
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Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
As part of my promise, anyone who signs up for Zecco using my advertiser links, I'll donate $25 to Kiva and that money will keep rolling over until someone defaults. For those that don't know about Kiva, you donate interest-free loans to third world country entrepreneurs to help them lift ...
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Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
I just found out that the Amazon Customers Vote is back. I'm excited that they've changed some things around from previous years. In the past it was basically whoever clicked first won when the item was available for sale. Now it's more of a lottery in that you have a ...
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Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
Capital One has been sending me a credit card offer in the mail for their "No Hassle Cash Visa Platinum Card". They mixed up the numbers around to make the rewards seem more exciting than they really are.
The offer is "Earn 1% cash back AND an annual 25% cash bonus". ...
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Monday, November 19th, 2007
I just got this e-mail from Sharebuilder about being acquired by the ING group and will be added to their ING Direct division.
ShareBuilder has some important news. As of November 15, ShareBuilder has been acquired by ING DIRECT, the nation's largest direct bank with over 5.5 million customers and $75 ...
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
A cheap and fun hobby I've always wanted to get into is the DIY trend. The website Instructables has tons of user submitted guides on how to build various things yourself.
Here are a few of my favorites:
Invisible Book Shelf
Hungarian Shelves
Homemade Sun Jar
Save $200 in 2 minutes with the world's best ...
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
This blog article deals a lot with my gripe about the restaurant industry and "tipping". I don't find anything wrong at all with tipping for good service and I've worked at a restaurant or two in earlier years so I know how important tips are in getting by.
The whole system ...
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Monday, November 12th, 2007
I've never really gone into many details of my savings plan besides it surpassing the $1,500 mark and $30/week gets automatically transferred into it. Keep in mind that I'm a 20 year old student with a part-time job so what works for me might not work for you. Here's 3 ...
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
I recently found out my sister puts a lot of her money in mutual funds and calls it a day. Generally this is a horrible choice considering most mutual funds under-perform the market as a whole. What's worse is a lot of her funds basically track the market so they'll ...
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