We love Amazon Prime. Prime day is just another reason to love it. I admit I was wondering why Amazon was hyping up Prime Day, which is today, July 12th 2016. We’ve had our Amazon Prime subscription for years (at least back to 2008!) We’ve come to love the all-you-can-eat two-day shipping that’s the cornerstone of … Read more
Do you notice how some stores seem to have 50%-off sales a lot of the time? Does this make you think that the regular prices are about 100% too high? Walmart and Amazon.com aren’t like this at all. These two retailers are perhaps best known for their low prices. To offer low prices every day, … Read more
A few weeks ago, my PC of a number of years began warning me to replace my hard disk drive soon. That in itself is pretty cool. (Not that my disk drive was failing, but that the operating system warned me before it actually did!) Rather than replace the hard drive, I opted for an … Read more
We do a lot of shopping through Amazon. We love the convenience of our Amazon Prime membership, and even made the decision to get an Amazon rewards card. Amazon is a great place to save some money, easily. Amazon more or less singlehandedly gave rise to the term showrooming. We save even more on some … Read more
The pillar of responsible personal finance is to spend less than you earn. If you’ve heard that once, you’ve heard it thousands of times. There are three ways to work towards spending less than you earn: One area that discourages people with finding ways to spend less is that “spending less” often translates to “doing … Read more
In yesterday’s post on bargains and baselines, I talked about some of the reasons we got an Amazon rewards card, even though we had another one. This prompted a great question from The Wallet Doctor: I like your strategy on the Amazon card versus your usually 1% cash back card. I’ve thought about going for … Read more
We really, really like us some Amazon. For convenience, time savings, speed — and most of all cost — Amazon has a ton to offer. Some of the groceries we get are a bit pricey because common ingredients don’t agree with some family members. Often, Amazon comes through with the right products at a good … Read more