The Glidden National Paint Giveaway starts today. Check out the promotion here. Then select a color, and Glidden will send you a quart of eggshell finish in a few weeks. The offer is good through July 2, and there’s a limit of one quart per household.
Plug in the promotional code SUMMER2009 when placing an order of 12 or more bottles at Wine.com and you’ll receive $20 off. Valid on orders placed by Friday, June 26.
“Collective Buying Power” is the apt slogan of Groupon, a rapidly-expanding bulk-buying website in which members get big discounts on everything from yoga classes to pro baseball tickets to teeth-whitening services to live lobsters—so long as a certain number of members sign up for the offer.
“Sometimes it is better to accept less in a negotiation than to walk away a total loser.” Read more about Franzese’s book here.
Many restaurant franchise owners hate the deals their corporate parents force upon them–$5 sandwiches, two-for-one entrees, and the like. And so what do the restaurants do? In some cases, they ignore company policies.
“The end of Disney World”—the way one psychologist describes the recession’s impact on younger people—very well may teach kids some good lessons.
“The only reason a great many American families don’t own an elephant is that they have never been offered an elephant for a dollar down and easy weekly payments.”
JetBlue is having a sale with tickets starting at $29 each way from Fort Lauderdale to Nassau or Cancun. Tickets must be purchased by June 26. Check out the details here.
CNN has a photo gallery of folks who are making the most of the recession, starting up businesses or spending the time well, building decks in their backyards or just hanging out with their families. Check it out here.
As education costs skyrocket and the economy seems to be providing little opportunity for college grads to pay their loans back, maybe it’s time to question the assumption that every kid who can go to college should go to college.
Redbox is cheap and fast. Netflix has an enormous selection and great customer service. Blockbuster gives customers the most options. So which is the best value? The answer is: None of the above.
