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Friday Round-up Featuring Huge Money Pitfalls, Retail Loyalty Lures, and Tips to Reduce Food Waste
Also: the sickest things people have done to save money, including wolfing down a Quarter Pounder that sat forgotten on a shelf—for five days.
Department of Duh: Way Obvious, Totally Simple, Yet Still Solid Money-Saving Advice
When it comes to saving money, there’s no need to complicate things. Mostly, it’s a matter of being aware of how and when you spend—and then figuring out a way to scale back or avoid spending entirely. The solutions are usually quite simple, but because they involve sacrifice, a little more time, or little more effort, simple doesn’t …
Shout Out: Buxr’s Birthday Freebies
The deal-finding specialty site has created a Wiki page, on which anyone can list restaurants, stores, and services that offer you something for free on your birthday.
Online User Reviews: Use Them to Buy Wisely, Vent, and Get Free Stuff
User reviews on sites like Yelp, CitySearch, and Amazon have changed the way consumers decide what to buy, what to read, where to eat, where to get their hair done, and so on. Before trying a place or product out, you can read about the experiences of dozens, sometimes hundreds of other consumers. While the information doesn’t always …
Cheaper Coffins and Happier Hours
In a tough economy, the casket-making business is getting buried, and the restaurant business is trying to get more appetizing.
Avoiding “America’s Biggest Rip-offs”
CNNMoney put together a list of “America’s Biggest Rip-offs,” which include things like text messages (marked up 6500% with some cell plans), college textbooks (which cost the average student $900 a year), and popcorn at the movies (no surprise here, they charge nine times what it costs to make it). But for every rip-off, there’s usually …
Who Are You Kidding? New Year’s Money Resolutions You Just Won’t Keep
It’s the time of year to make resolutions, or at least it’s the time for journalists to write stories about making resolutions. This year especially, these resolutions involve better money management. But come on: If you didn’t figure out how to take care of your money this year—a year when everybody was scrimping and saving—you may …
Attention Diners: You Too Are Being Profiled
Just as retailers are keeping close tabs on shoppers, monitoring purchases and adapting to the “new frugality” among consumers, restaurateurs are stepping up the use of “Menu Psychology” to get diners to spend as much as possible.
Attention Consumers: You Are Being Profiled
To some extent, the “new frugality” of consumers seems like it is here to stay. That doesn’t bode well for businesses that rely on the liberal spending of disposable income, or for the economy as a whole. So, in the hopes of getting Americans back in the buying mood, researchers and marketers are donning their lab coats to examine this …
Lessons on How to Save, from China
Why are Chinese households so much better at saving money than their American counterparts?
How a Michelin Restaurant Reviewer Doles Out Stars
We’ve learned that wine ratings and medals awarded in wine competitions are arguably meaningless. What about the similarly snobby world of restaurant reviews?
