Regrets … have you had a few? If yes, you’ve probably been suckered into plenty of can’t-pass-up daily deals sold online.
Also, tips on getting both your cable bill and holiday shopping under control, and a resource for locating that ever-elusive perfect place to raise your kids—safe, affordable, good schools, the works.
A freshly laid-off personal finance blogger demonstrates how to deal with the situation like a pro—because the last thing you want to do is make a bad situation worse by burning bridges. Tip one: Suppress the urge to punch anyone in the face.
On Saturday, December 18, Old Navy is trying to attract the crowds (and will probably succeed in doing so) by selling Performance Fleece Scarves for the stocking-stuffer-friendly price of just $1 apiece. The scarves normally cost as much as $7.50.
Man, they really pack these made-up holidays together: National Regifting Day yesterday, and now Free Shipping Day today, Friday, December 17, 2010. Luke Knowles created the faux holiday two years ago and has watched it grow like crazy, with more than 1,500 retailers participating—i.e., offering free shipping, and a guarantee items will arrive by December [...]
“Individuals who are unaware of the price do not derive more enjoyment from more expensive wine.”
Today only, you can buy a $100 Converse gift card for just $75. Shipping adds $4.50.
Join in the festivities by digging up something underwhelming you received last year and unloading it on somebody else. You’re less likely to be pegged as a regifter if the item isn’t opened. But then again, if you never even took the thing out of the box, that’s a pretty clear sign of how much [...]
Comparison shopping has never been easier. Forget about store circulars, let alone physically going to multiple stores to scope prices. With a smartphone and a price-comparison app, scouring the competition is as easy as entering a single store and punching in an item’s model number or scanning the bar code, then waiting a few moments [...]
At the same time banks are losing customers, their customer satisfaction ratings show clear improvement. Huh?
An uptick in shopping sprees seems to indicate that the era of modest consumerism, with increased saving and decreased spending, may have already ended. If so, this shift in consumer behavior only lasted for a couple years, so I suppose it doesn’t really qualify as an “era.”
