“There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.”
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More Stuff Your Grandparents Would Never Pay For
Adding to our Grandparents Rule, a list of things that your forebears never paid for—and that therefore you really don’t need:
Q&A with Consumer Queen Melissa Garcia
Coupons are hot. No one knows this more than the Melissa Garcia, a.k.a the Consumer Queen, who runs the money-saving website of the same name. Garcia and her small staff of co-queen bloggers round up frugal tips, along with the week’s best coupons and deals at supermarkets, electronics stores, home furnishing outlets, and more. Garcia is …
Confessions of a Best Buy salesperson
Among the revelations in a CNET story are: Staffers have no expertise (or even basic knowledge) about the electronics they’re selling; accessories like HDMI cables are where they make their real money (like alcohol in restaurants, or soda and fries at fast food joints); and the Geek Squad is a total rip-off.
It’s a Deal: Extra 25 Percent Off, Free Shipping at Sierra Trading Post
Today only, you’ll get free shipping on footwear that’s an extra 25 percent off at Sierra Trading Post, where everything is already marked down 35 to 70 percent off the retail price.
Who is Screwed the Worst?
Very few workers feel safe nowadays. If they haven’t been laid off, they know they could be let go at any moment. Or perhaps they’ll have to accept mandatory furloughs, or their benefits will be slashed. Health benefits, vacation time, even free beer allotments (no joke) are being taken away. Retirements are being postponed. Recent grads …
The Recession Will End in September
Then again, maybe it won’t, especially not if another major financial institution collapses. And if the economy does rebound, the recovery will be mild. USA Today sums up the clear-as-mud results of its economic outlook index, which factor in things like the stock market’s current bull market status. Another predictor says that home …
Cheapskate Wisdom from … a recent New Yorker cartoon
“Have you ever tried buying lots of stuff?”
(The question is asked by a concerned-looking therapist, addressing a patient lying on a couch.)
It’s a Deal: Fly to Australia for $229 One Way
Round trip flights to Sydney cost $458 from Los Angeles or San Francisco, $578 from New York, via Qantas. Book by Tuesday, June 16.
Cheap Dates … and Cheaper Lap Dances?
My wife and I are long-time fans of IKEA. We have bookshelves, dressers, and toys from IKEA, and though I’ve been burned a few times—holes that don’t line up with the right bolts, that sort of thing—my overall impression is that you get what you pay for. Actually, at IKEA, you get more than what you pay for, compared to other places. …
More Healthcare Head Scratchers
President Obama will be in Green Bay, Wisconsin, today, apparently to talk about how super awesome Brett Favre is, before begging him not to retire. Oh wait, no. Obama is instead presenting Green Bay as an efficient healthcare model the rest of the country should emulate. Green Bay supposedly does healthcare right, offering excellent …
Doctors Say: No Healthcare for You!
President Obama is expected to address the American Medical Association next week in Chicago, but before he has a chance to, the powerful doctors’ lobbyist group with some 250,000 members already came out and said it opposes a government-funded healthcare plan. Why? They say they’re worried about you, the taxpayer.