From February 4 to February 7, all CVS brand products are discounted by 30% when purchased through the store website. Get an additional 20% off by using the coupon code FEB20 at checkout. Free shipping on orders of $49 or more. More details here.
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 …
Drink Like a College Student: Bottom-Shelf Booze on the Rise
Sign of the times: Liquor sales rose moderately in 2009, with the biggest growth among cheap brands like Popov vodka.
Five Million Homeowners Underwater. How Many Will Walk Away?
It is estimated that by June, about 10% of all homeowners with mortgages will owe more than their homes are worth. With strategic defaults on the rise, many homeowners who actually do keep paying the mortgage each month are increasingly feeling like suckers. Are we headed for a mass default?
It’s a Deal: Flat $5 Shipping on all Wine Orders
Today only (Wed., February 3) at Wine.com, enter the coupon code SWEETHEART and shipping costs a flat $5 for your entire purchase.
Look Who’s Beating The S&P 500
As we look back on the 2009 stock market we’ll likely long for more inflection points–those moments when the dark clouds let a ray of sunshine peek through and stocks take off. Some investors capitalized on this turn more than others. To see who played the back-from-the-brink rally best, take a look at the table below provided by Zacks …
Measuring the economy one credit-card swipe at a time
Q&A: The Year of No Clothing Purchases
Since last September, a group of women have been on a fashion fast, refusing to buy any article of clothing for 12 months. What have they learned so far from The Great American Apparel Diet, as the experiment’s called? For one thing, giving up clothes shopping is much easier than giving up wine.
How Going to a Chiropractor Can Increase Your Health Insurance Premiums
Visiting a chiropractor for a routine adjustment might be viewed by your insurer as a sign of some “underlying medical condition,” and give justification for jacking up your rates by as much as 25%.
It’s a Deal: 10 Pairs of Sunglasses for $10
Over at Graveyard Mall (thanks to Deal News), 10 pairs of women’s sunglasses are being sold for $9.99, plus $5.99 for shipping. No brand names can be mentioned in the deal, but the retail value of the glasses was originally $220.
A Year Into Citi’s Confused Breakup
Back in October, I wrote that Citi was basically a big garage sale, willing to sell any part of the bank that wasn’t nailed down (they had already gotten rid of the nailed down stuff). At the time, the PR folk denied that most of Citi was up for sale. They said the bank had made a detailed and logical plan of what was for sale and what …
Why You Buy What You Buy and Do What You Do: Because It’s Easy
“Cognitive fluency,” in psychologist phraseology, is the human tendency to prefer things that are familiar and easy to understand. This tendency plays into just about every decision you make—what you deem beautiful, what political messages resonate, what products earn your loyalty (and dollars), and so on. It’s even been shown that the …