Upon contemplating a purchase, the first question a consumer must ask is: Should I buy? If the answer to that is yes, the next question is: When? (Contrary to the behavior of many consumers, you don’t have to buy right away, you know.) Here’s some help answering both of these questions in terms of everything [...]
When you pay more, you get better quality, right?
Follow this link (thanks Buxr) to print out a coupon for one free bagel with cream cheese at participating Bruegger’s locations (in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Texas, and Washington). The coupon is valid through Thursday, March 24.
A few days after the announcement that the NY Times would begin charging $3.75 to $8.75 a week for unlimited digital access to its content, a promotion is offering free subscriptions to some 200,000 readers. Why would the Times introduce a fee only to remove it a few days later for a huge chunk of [...]
The thrill may be gone. After months of bingeing on daily deals and flash site coupons, there’s some indication that interest in Groupon and its competitors is waning. Why? The initial excitement has worn off, and consumers seem to feel both overwhelmed and bored by the constant onslaught of deals—which, folks are finally realizing, are [...]
Book a JetBlue flight today (Tuesday, March 22) and tickets cost as little as $29 each way (between Long Beach to Las Vegas). Other routes start at $49 (Baltimore-Boston, Sacramento-Long Beach), $94 (Buffalo-Fort Lauderdale, New York-New Orleans), and $129 for cross-country flights such as Los Angeles-New York and Washington-Oakland. Travel is valid between April 5 [...]
Plenty of people survive on a monthly budget of $1,000 or less. But when you’re accustomed to spending $4,000 or $5,000 a month without thinking too much about it, abruptly switching to a $1,000-a-month budget requires some serious lifestyle adjustments.
“If you were running any other business, you would say this is ridiculous.”
If a self-admitted cheapskate will pay top dollar for something, that something’s got to be worthwhile.
Monday, March 21, is Perkins Free Pancakes Day, when participating locations are giving away free short stacks of buttermilk pancakes to guests—who can consider making a donation to the non-profit Give Kids the World.
