Archive for the ‘Saving’ Category
Spend Less and Give More at Restaurants
Restaurant.com is website that sells discounted gift certificates to local restaurants. The website uses an ingenious idea where small restaurants advertise on their site by offering gift certificates for 40% of the face value. So if you want a $25 gift certificate you pay only $10. The best part of this is that you can [...]
Getting Razor Burnt
Anyone who uses a standard razor for shaving spends a good bit of money to continually replace the blades or, if you use disposables, the entire razor. Most people will replace their razors once or twice a month (some more some less). The truth that all the manufacturers do not want you to know is [...]
Buying an HDTV — What you want
I know what you are thinking. You looked at the title above and said, “I want a REALLY BIG TELEVISION.” Don’t we all, but there are certain features and specifications that you want to make sure are present whey you purchase and HDTV. One of the most important features you want in an hdtv is [...]
Buying an HDTV– When and Where
The television world has been turned upside down by the emergence of HDTV (High Definition TeleVision). The rush for lcd and plasma television has been almost unstoppable since they dipped under $2000. The amazing thing is that women (yes I said women) have been the largest contributing factor to the purchase of these televisions. How [...]
FREE STUFF! and get rid of your junk?
Have you ever heard of recycling? Well there is a whole culture on the internet that believes whole heartedly in doing just that. No I don’t mean those tree hugging hippies who collect cans and give up their SUVs for Yugos. I am talking about Freecyclers! Freecycle is an amazing concept where people post items [...]
Phone Service — Pt.3 VOIP
VOIP has been around a little more than ten years now. It started out as a service you could only use through a computer. As times have changed so has voip. Now you can get the service and use it pretty much anywhere in the world. A standalone voip router can be connected anywhere you [...]
Phone Service — Pt. 2 How many minutes do I have?
The biggest joke about cell phones is that no one understands the plan they are on. The truth is that a huge number of people just pay their bill each month and do not really understand what they are looking at. Ultimately this leads to a large number of people with poor plans that do [...]
Phone Service — Pt.1 Understanding the Options
Phone service for your home can be extremely expensive, especially if you live in a rural area like I do. On top of that the monopoly telephone companies make it extremely hard to know what you are paying (in state, out of state, out of you mind!). Now, some people have dropped their home phone [...]
Frozen Pizza — Just Say NO!
Have you ever gone down the frozen foods isle and looked at the amazing number of frozen pizza brands? There has to be at least 20. The reason there are so many is the food companies make a fortune off of frozen pizza and half of them taste only a little better than cardboard. Frozen pizza [...]
