Whether or not the FCC winds up requiring wireless companies to alert customers about to get hit with overage charges, there’s one simple cost-effective way any cell-phone user can avoid fees for going over their data and minute limits. The solution—opting for a prepaid phone plan—is getting more and more popular everyday.
It’s a Deal: Up to 70% Off Vera Bradley Bags
Courtesy of dealnews: During a Last Chance sale at Vera Bradley, merchandise is being offered at discounts as high as 70%. For instance, handbags that normally sell for $30 are available for $12.
5 Weird Ways to Save
Corporate sponsorship for weddings, fake (but effective) medications, savvy business advice from prostitutes, and more.
Group-Buying Deals: When to Sign Up and When to Say No
There’s a big USA Today story that covers the online group-buying trend, which is undoubtedly a trend and not just something we journalists are pumping up in “next great” whatever fashion.
Reading the Jobs Report Tea Leaves
The U.S. economy continues to improve, yet it is so tentative that we look for reassurances in all the tea leaves. Thursday brought us the weekly jobless report; Friday it will rain tea leaves when we get retail sales, industrial production, consumer sentiment and business inventories. Not much in any of this will make or break the …
Fast Food News: $2 Meal Deals and Snacks on the Attack
The number of fast-food menu items featuring the word “snack” has tripled since 2007.
Cuomo Enters the Mortgage Fray, Finally
Andrew Cuomo really hasn’t had a good financial crisis. This is when prosecutors are supposed to shine. Just ask Spitzer. Cuomo came out swinging at the beginning of the financial crisis against Merrill and Bank of America on bonuses. He did a good job of calling Bank of America chief Ken Lewis last year on what most likely were lies in …
It’s a Deal: 35% Off Photo Gifts at Snapfish
Use the coupon code 2010GRAD (thanks Bargainist) to get 35% off graduation gifts at digital-photo site Snapfish. The code is valid for orders made by May 31.
Do You ‘Need a Freakin’ Job’?
Lots of people do in Buffalo, where the President is discussing job creation programs today—and where a billboard has been put up to promote the “I Need a Freakin’ Job” movement.
Cheapskate Wisdom … about Main Street Anger over Wall Street Bailouts
“It’s like watching the emergency room doctors save the life of the drunk driver who just plowed into the car in which your family was riding.”
How bad off are the PIIGS?
The crisis in Europe was sparked by the widespread belief among investors that Greece’s financial woes were just the tip of a much bigger debt iceberg in the Eurozone. The fear has been that other member nations – Portugal, Ireland, Italy and Spain, which, along with Greece, are called the PIIGS – were also buried in debt and could …
$100 Concert Tickets … Soon to Be $400 Concert Tickets
Who would have guessed such a thing would happen when ticket-selling giant Ticketmaster and concert promoting giant Live Nation merged to form one giant live entertainment, profit-hungry monopoly?