“There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.”
Adding to our Grandparents Rule, a list of things that your forebears never paid for—and that therefore you really don’t need:
Consumer Queen Melissa Garcia offers tips on using coupons like a pro.
Among the revelations in a CNET story are: Staffers have no expertise (or even basic knowledge) about the electronics they’re selling; accessories like HDMI cables are where they make their real money (like alcohol in restaurants, or soda and fries at fast food joints); and the Geek Squad is a total rip-off.
Today only, you’ll get free shipping on footwear that’s an extra 25 percent off at Sierra Trading Post, where everything is already marked down 35 to 70 percent off the retail price.
Nowadays, everybody from recent grads to hopeful retirees to union workers is being forced to make due with less. But who has it the worst?
Then again, maybe it won’t, especially not if another major financial institution collapses. And if the economy does rebound, the recovery will be mild. USA Today sums up the clear-as-mud results of its economic outlook index, which factor in things like the stock market’s current bull market status. Another predictor says that home prices are [...]
“Have you ever tried buying lots of stuff?” (The question is asked by a concerned-looking therapist, addressing a patient lying on a couch.)
Round trip flights to Sydney cost $458 from Los Angeles or San Francisco, $578 from New York, via Qantas. Book by Tuesday, June 16.
IKEA is the best cheap date going. Strip clubs, out of the goodness of their hearts, are welcoming in horndogs on a budget by dropping cover charges and lowering drink prices.
How in the world is it fair that large corporations pay less than small businesses to insure their employees? And why do corporations pay less to insure me, compared to me going out on the open market and getting coverage?
