Archive for the ‘advice’ Category
Have You Checked Your Credit Lately?
The government has actually done one good thing for consumers lately and that was allowing you to check your credit report once a year per credit bureau for free. This allows you to monitor your own credit once every four months for no charge. This is how you do it: Go to AnnualCreditReport.com and sign [...]
Store Brand Option for Alcohol
I am not a big fan of store brand products. Don’t get me wrong they are useful in a pinch but I can usually get a better deal on name brand items using the techniques over at GroceryFreak.com. This does not apply to alcohol. There are almost never really good deals on name brand alcohol. [...]
Finally! A Human Being
I hate calling into customer no-service and getting a recorded voice taking me into multiple menus of frustration. So I had to find a solution. That solution popped up in the form of the Dial a Human website. You can search for direct to human phone numbers with different companies in an alphabetical index or [...]
Great Workshop!
I had a great time last night with the first online SavingFreak Workshop. Thank you to everyone who attended and for those who gave great feedback I really appreciate your kind words. We will be holding another workshop on March 16th. So if you want to attend you can register here. With questions at the [...]
When Someone Does Not Provide Service
My buddy Joe Sangl reminded me yesterday of a premise that so many people forget, “If someone is providing you a service and they fail to live up to reasonable expectaions under the circumstance you should get a deal.” We were flying back from Kansas City and were in the Atlanta, Ga airport. Our final [...]
Bloom Still Doing Triple Coupons
Bloom is still doing triple coupons in select areas through Tuesday of this week. They will triple any manufacturers coupons up to 99¢. Here is an example of my savings from my most recent trip: Total Retail Price: $67.72 Bloom Specials Savings: $23.09 Regular Coupon Savings: $7.70 Savings From Tripling: $11.40 Total: [...]
Weekend Deals and Coupon Codes 5/15
Restaurant.com has 70% of it already discounted gift certificates using code “TASTY”. That makes a $25 gift certificate $3. Gamefly has 50% off of its pre-played games with prices starting at $5.99 on xbox360, Wii, PS3, PS2, and DS games. (click on link for gamefly store on right hand side). Amazon.com has up to 80% [...]
Saving Freak Now on Twitter
After being asked over and over again I have finally caved and set up a Twitter account. Of course you can follow me under the name SavingFreak. There is even a lovely picture of my wife and I with one of our dogs. I will be posting deals I find as I do my daily [...]
Do Not Buy a Television for the Big Game
If you are out shopping right now for a tv and you get this on your blackberry you need to put the phone in your pocket and walk quickly out of the store. Yes times are bad and deals abound but people are still buying and the Super Bowl always causes an uptick in the [...]
Price Meltdown?
We have all experienced the rise in prices on what seems like everything. Though most people realize gasoline has dropped dramatically they do not realize that the prices of most consumer goods are also dropping. A few of these are the result of outside influence (like LCD screens) but most of our goods are going [...]
