I don’t remember what prompted me to poke around on eBay to check for gift cards. I do remember that there had been some restrictions placed on gift card sales on eBay because of rising occurrence of fraudulent activity. However, I did find a new practice that I found a little hard to believe. It … Read more
My wife knows how to do so many things well. One of her (and my daughter’s) favorite activities is drawing and coloring. For a five-year-old she colors quite well. (Ariel is her favorite subject.) She called me at work to ask if she could splurge on some Prismacolor art pencils. (She’s also very good at … Read more
AOL and I will never, ever be BFF. They even told me so. Here’s my story, going way back to 2000. This was a time when every American’s mailbox was absolutely stuffed to the gills with AOL discs. One fine mid-Atlantic day I wanted some internet access on my computer. I knew NetZero still had … Read more
Once in a great while we really internalize something about managing money. Auctions and yard sales used to be a weakness of mine. I’d go stark-raving crazy buying up all of these bargains for (a) things I had an immediate use for, (b) things I didn’t have an immediate use for, but were such a … Read more
Lowe’s puts out scratch-and-dent appliances regularly. These are display models, appliances that got slightly damaged by a forklift, or customer returns. They’ll knock down the price for someone who doesn’t mind a little blemish on the appliance, or one that’s slightly used. We’ve gotten a few good deals with scratch and dent appliances, but for … Read more
(This guest post is by Ann Smarty, a search engine geek, social media enthusiast and a passionate blogger. She has recently started a community of guest bloggers, so if you have a blog and want to promote it for absolutely free, go help Ann build the valuable tool for that by joining and participating.) Bargain … Read more
My wife and I have recently discovered the wonders of raw organic agave nectar for sweetening tea and other things. (It’s low-glycemic index, and it doesn’t overpower the taste of what we’re sweetening the way honey or maple syrup does.) We tried a small bottle from the grocery store, and like it enough that we … Read more
I visited my parents this past weekend. My mother was telling me about what happened at a recent garage sale she went to. Someone was selling a Corning Ware cornflower piggy bank. These were made in England, and they’re very hard to find now. The lady had marked the pig with a price of $5. … Read more