Archive for the ‘Saving’ Category
Extended Warranties
With all the big ticket items that get purchased this time of year I get a lot of questions from friends and families about extended warranties, especially on electronics. If you have purchased any major ticket item at one of the electronics stores (Best Buy, Circuit City, etc.) then you have been approached about purchasing [...]
Protect your Purchase Price
So you’ve done all or most of your Christmas shopping and are confident that the prices you found are at least a good deal. But, what if you could save more on your gifts? Or any other purchase, for that matter. Most retailers now have a price protection guarantee, where if you find a better [...]
Avoiding the Spending Bug
This is definitely the time of year where people tend to overspend. In fact it is hard to not overspend at Christmas time. You really want to get everyone the best gift you can to show how much you care. But lets be realistic, your friends and family do not want you to go into [...]
Get a Real Opinion
Ever wonder if the item you are buying is worth the price? You search day and night through specs on this purchase or that but it is always hard to be sure what you are getting is a good product. The best way I have found to is to hit the consumer opinion sites. Using [...]
Getting the Best Travel Deals
The best deals on travel are never posted on any website and you cannot get them through direct contact with the companies themselves. The only way I have found to access the hidden deals is to bid using Priceline. There are a few other sites that let you bid on travel but none of them [...]
Travel Websites
There seems to be a million websites where you can book travel these days. When it comes to searching for travel deals I only use three. The first is Travelocity. I like Travelocity because it does list the details of the airline, hotel, time leaving, etc. with whom you are booking. They also have a [...]
Travel Troubles
Traveling long distances is never fun and rarely inexpensive. It used to be there was too little information for the common man to get a good deal, so he would employ the help of a travel agent. Now, with the internet, there is so much info weeding through it all is hard to comprehend. Which [...]
Festival of Frugality
I have been hounded by some friends to explain how I get such great travel deals. With so many people traveling in the next few weeks I think it is a good time to reveal my secrets, tomorrow. In the mean time, Lazy Man and Money was kind enough to include my post on Mattress [...]
The Grocery Game
The Grocery Game is a website set up to help people with buying groceries. For the last four weeks I have been trying it out to get a feel for how it works. At first glance this is one of the best ideas I have come across, however I came in completely unprepared so I [...]
Mattress Myths
The sale of premium mattresses in the U.S. is going through the roof! It seems Americans are sleeping less than they used to and to compensate they are spending a fortune on mattresses. To clarify a premium mattress is one that costs $2500 or more. $2500!!! Now I have searched and searched and found no [...]
