It’s a Deal: 20 Free Birth Announcements from Kodak Gallery

The folks at Kodak Gallery have a gift for new parents: free photo-card birth announcements. Well, at least two sets of the cards (20 cards in total) are free. Shipping costs extra, as do additional sets of cards.

Banks Reduce Overdraft Charges: Smaller Fees Better Than No Fees At All

Instead of forking over $35 or more each time you use your debit card and don’t have enough money in the account to cover the bill, you might only get hit with a fee of $10 or $19.

Word of the Day: ‘Returnaholic’

The term doesn’t necessarily apply to consumers who frequently return items they’ve purchased. Instead, the word generally refers to customers who partake in extreme and borderline criminal behavior, by returning items they never bought in the first place, or by returning stuff that they’ve used. And “returnaholics” may be ruining return policies for the rest [...]

It’s a Deal: Free Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream Today

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Haagen-Dazs ice cream shops are dishing out one free scoop per customer today, May 18, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. (thanks FatWallet). Find the nearest shop here.

Post-LeBron, NBA Playoff Tickets Are Half-Price

If LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers had made it to the Eastern Conference Finals, ticket prices sold on the black market would have averaged $349 for the Cavs home games. But now that it’s a match-up of the Orlando Magic and the Boston Celtics, tickets are expected to be resold for a bit under [...]

New “Business Models”: Entrepreneurial Lessons from Preachers, Prostitutes, and Cockroaches

Whether you’re actually starting up a business or not, everyone can and should take a more entrepreneurial approach as to how business is conducted nowadays. And you can take entrepreneurial cues from creatures that have managed to survive, prosper, and multiply for centuries under incredibly difficult circumstances. There are some lessons to be learned from [...]

New Debit Card, Credit Card Laws Will Save Consumers $5 Billion This Year

Holy moly! Thanks to restrictions put into place in 2009 and 2010 that limit how and when fees can be assessed on debit and credit card accounts, banks are expecting to collect $5 billion less in fees this year. For consumers, this should mean money in the bank—and what do you know, the money is [...]

It’s a Deal: Free Wine Tuesday Evening at P.F. Chang’s

To celebrate its new house wine, Vineyard 518 (a number than supposedly means “I will prosper”), restaurant chain P.F. Chang’s is giving a free glass to every customer of age on May 18 (or 5/18) at 5:18 p.m.

Cheapskate Wisdom from … Thomas Jefferson

“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find that the harder I work, the more I have of it.”

Unemployment by the Numbers

Here are some stats of interest to people who are without jobs, who live or know people who are without jobs, or who could be without jobs in the near future. Does that cover everybody?

Cell-Phone News: Prepaid Phones Are Hot, Actual Calls on Cell Phones Are Not

Whether or not the FCC winds up requiring wireless companies to alert customers about to get hit with overage charges, there’s one simple cost-effective way any cell-phone user can avoid fees for going over their data and minute limits. The solution—opting for a prepaid phone plan—is getting more and more popular everyday.