Buy any item at men’s apparel retailer Jos. A. Bank, and a second item of equal or lesser value is yours for just $1. The first item can be a regular, sale, or clearance purchase, and the offer is valid through Tuesday, January 25.
Banks have generally responded to credit card reforms instituted over the last two years by trying to milk customers with more fees and higher interest rates. But now, while interest rates remain high (averaging nearly 15%), some banks are dropping certain fees, including penalty-interest rates and foreign transaction fees. Now why might credit-card issuers eliminate [...]
Tune in starting Monday, January 24, for new It’s Your Money posts.
Here’s what this week’s scouring of the web for good (or at least amusing) personal finance advice has yielded:
“It’s not that we have less willpower than we used to, but rather that modern life immerses us daily in a set of temptations far more evolved than we are.”
Use the coupon code EXTRA50 to get an additional 50% off Levi’s items already on sale. All orders will also be shipped for free when customers select standard ground shipping. Valid for orders placed by January 17.
Spending on luxury goods during the peak holiday shopping weeks of 2010 rose 8.5% compared to the year before. Jewelry sales were up even higher, rising 10.4%.
With prepackaged food, somebody’s got to pay for the packaging—and that somebody is the consumer. But shoppers can bypass the packaging and marketing costs built into most food items by hitting bulk food dispensers—which now not only sell staples like coffee, beans, pasta, and grains, but also goods you wouldn’t think to buy without packaging, [...]
OK, we all know that fans pay through the nose for beer, hot dogs, and everything else served at sporting events. But some snacks and frosty beverages are more of a rip-off than others. A YouTube video making the rounds shows that at Seattle’s Qwest Field, the “large” beer that costs $8.50 holds the exact [...]
Turns out a stinky incense stick is useful for reasons other than masking the smell of marijuana.
Follow this link (thanks Buxr) and show it on your digital device to a Gap cashier to get 40% off your entire purchase on Friday, January 14, or Saturday, January 15. Alternately, print the offer out and bring it to the store. Valid for in-store discounts only. There are a few exclusions—notably, the discount doesn’t [...]
