“Basically, everything in America is 40% overpriced.”
Ah, the much-welcomed flip side of Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems: After a year when people were forced to get by with less, Americans paid the lowest tax rates in six decades.
Rich people tend to buy—and soon thereafter give away—lots of clothing. And where do they donate them? Most likely to nearby thrift stores, where shoppers have their pick of cheap, high-quality, barely-used merchandise.
On Tuesday, May 11, participating Dunkin Donuts stores are giving away free small (16 oz.) iced coffees to customers, no purchase necessary. Note: The freebie is only available in 13 markets around the country—including Baltimore, Md., Charlottesville, Va., and Phoenix, Ariz.—so check first before demanding your free refreshment.
After you lost your “job-job,” you’ve been “decruited” more than once—maybe that “job stopper” on your neck had something to do with it—and because your financial outlook is somewhere between “blark” and “Full Walton” lately, you’ve been alternating between “Wonderbreading” and the “Peanut Butter Challenge” and need to get “approval from corporate” before you buy [...]
As is usually the case, I’ve got more questions than answers. Luckily, somebody has answers — to these and other puzzling questions.
Those flowers you were so proud to give yesterday seem pretty chintzy right about now. If a stay-at-home mom was compensated properly for what amounts to a 99-hour work week, on average, her annual salary would be $117K.
Underwater homeowners explain why they’re walking away from their mortgages, even though they can afford the payments.
Use the coupon code CHUCKS17 (thanks dealnews) to get 20% off purchases at Converse.com, including items already discounted by up to 40% in the sale section.
“As your parents always said, money doesn’t buy happiness. Well, an economist might reply, at least not by itself.”
I’m a sucker for experiments—from the guy who didn’t get into a car for a year, to the blogger who asked for at least one discount daily, to the women who aren’t buying clothes for 365 days. Here, two more money-related experiments that caught my attention.
