On Friday, September 10, and Saturday, September 11, you can get an extra $10 off when you spend at least $25 on sale and clearance apparel and select home items at Macy’s. This is a deal for early birds only, valid only for purchases made before 1 p.m. on either day, and a coupon is required.
So Is It a Good Idea to Give Gift Cards Now?
Not really, even with new federal rules ensuring that cards won’t expire for at least five years, and that “dormancy fees” can’t take away from a card’s monetary value unless you haven’t used the card in a year.
Now Here’s What a Smartphone Really Costs You
I was just reading a CNNMoney story about “What smartphones really cost.” The piece details how much smartphones cost to manufacture, and how much they’ll cost the consumer buying one with or without a contract. But there’s one key expense that’s left out of the equation.
It’s a Deal: Drugstore.com’s Great Penny Sale
During Drugstore.com’s Great Penny Sale (thanks Bargainist), customers can get select items (like hand cream, body wash, and liquid soap) for just 1¢. Orders must be placed by September 13, and there’s a limit of one 1¢ item per account. Free shipping is available for return customers ordering at least $49 worth of merchandise, and for …
Saving Just Ain’t What It Used To Be
What with the rates of interest-bearing accounts dropping to their lowest levels in more than half a century, it’s nearly as productive to shove your money under a mattress as it is to deposit it at a bank.
China’s yen for yen
One of the most important questions facing currency markets these days is: What’s China up to? How Chinese policymakers decide to invest their staggering $2.5 trillion in reserves can have a huge impact on currency values worldwide. Making matters more perplexing, Beijing usually doesn’t let us in on what those decisions are, and the …
Stock Market Abandonment: Is the Shift to Conservative Investing Wise or Shortsighted?
A CNNMoney story says that there has been a dramatic decrease in the number of young investors willing to take on risk—meaning putting money into the stock market. In 2001, 30% of Americans younger than 35 said they were game for investments with substantial risks, with the idea that with great risk came great possibility of a bigger …
Packaging Rage
You know the annoying plastic clamshell packaging that comes with so many of today’s consumer goods? The packaging that typically requires some combination of a razor, scissors, teeth, fingernails, an MIT degree, and way too much sweat, shouting, and cursing to open? The packaging that has drawn blood in my house on more than one …
Obama’s $200 Billion Tax Cut Problem: What Will Companies Buy?
Cell phone tower builders could get a stimulus benefit
If you think a plan called, “Cash for Cell Phone Towers,” or “Cash for Internal Combustion Engines,” sounds kind of clunky, that may be the problem.
On Wednesday, President Obama in a speech in Cleveland, Ohio, officially announces a bonanza of a business tax cut that could …
Would You Rather Be Younger, Thinner, Richer, or Smarter?
Guess which answer was picked by nearly half of people in a recent survey. Also: four other pressing questions every smart consumer should ponder.
It’s a Deal: Flights to the Caribbean for $39, to Bermuda for $99
During a post-Labor Day sale from JetBlue Airways, discounted flights include one-way fares starting at $39 between Fort Lauderdale and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, $49 (Boston to Charlotte, Long Beach to Las Vegas), $69 (New York-JFK to Jacksonville), $79 (Long Beach to Portland, OR, New York-JFK to Orlando or West Palm Beach), …
Cheapskate Wisdom About … Dating, or Blowing Your Money on Strangers You’ll Never Talk to Again
“If a man goes out on two dates a week, and 50% of the women don’t want to see him again, he’s spending a lot of money on strangers.”