During a special promotion with group-buying site BuyWithMe, a $75 voucher for the wine-selling service WineDreamer.com is available for only $35—a discount of more than 50%. Vouchers are available through February 3, and can be used for wine-club membership, shipping, or any other wine orders. Vouchers must be used by April 28, 2011.
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Watch and Learn How Supermarkets Play Shoppers for Suckers
The smartest shoppers are aware of the games being played at the supermarket. Higher-priced items tend to be stocked in aisles right at eye level, so that consumers must crane their necks or bend down to find deals. The milk and eggs are way at the back of the store, forcing consumers to walk past all sorts of enticing other goodies on …
Personal Finance Guru Q&A: ‘Psych Yourself Rich’ Author Farnoosh Torabi
Next up in our personal finance guru Q&A series is Farnoosh Torabi, who doles out financial advice regularly on all the major morning talk shows, writes MoneyWatch’s Your So Money blog, and has a new book out called Psych Yourself Rich: Get the Mindset and Discipline You Need to Build Your Financial Life.
Fewer Choices, More Savings: The New Way to Buy Groceries
The average American supermarket now measures over 46,000 square feet—up from an average of around 35,000 square feet in the mid-90s. While most grocery store operations continue to focus on the super-mega-ginormous category, two value-focused chains—Aldi and Save-A-Lot—are going the opposite way, with stores typically under 20,000 …
150 Tips: Cash-Back Credit Card Fine Print, Mental Tricks to Save More, Stuff Broke People Say (That Keep Them Broke), and More
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Buying in Bulk: Trimming Food Bills Beyond the Warehouse Stores
With prepackaged food, somebody’s got to pay for the packaging—and that somebody is the consumer. But shoppers can bypass the packaging and marketing costs built into most food items by hitting bulk food dispensers—which now not only sell staples like coffee, beans, pasta, and grains, but also goods you wouldn’t think to buy without …
Seattle Stadium Beer Scandal: Same Amount of Brew Whether You Pay $7.25 or $8.50
OK, we all know that fans pay through the nose for beer, hot dogs, and everything else served at sporting events. But some snacks and frosty beverages are more of a rip-off than others. A YouTube video making the rounds shows that at Seattle’s Qwest Field, the “large” beer that costs $8.50 holds the exact same amount as the small draught …
Talk About Dirt Cheap: 3 Extreme Foods Found for Free in the Ground
So you want to save money on food? It may be time to readjust your taste buds, get your hands dirty, and eat something you might normally want to shoo out of your house or rip out of your pristine lawn.
Wait, You Mean There Actually Are Retailers That Treat Customers Well?
Which retailers get the customer experience right? Here are nine nominees.
Pushing Fast Food Like Never Before
The beginning of the year is a tough time for the fast-food restaurant business, when there’s something of a post-holiday lull, if not a mini backlash. Overeating and overspending among consumers is common during the holidays—and so dieting, scaling back spending, and avoiding fast food is common in the period afterward. Or at least …
Take It from the Wine Experts: Skip Sommelier Suggestions and Wine Store Markups
To avoid overpaying for wine, start by ignoring the restaurant sommelier trying to make you look like a tightwad for not falling for his upselling techniques.