Reader’s Digest (eBay) had an article in its May, 2007, issue entitled New Ways to Make a Bundle. I’m a big fan of supplementing one’s income in one’s “spare time” because a good way to save more, and thus get on more financially sound footing, is to earn more. Earning more on a side business … Read more
I was IMing with a fellow blogger last night and he was asking me for hot mutual fund picks. (Obviously he was very delusional, since he was asking ME!) He was looking for a good $1,000 investment through traditional channels, like the stock market and the bond market. After suggesting what I thought, I asked … Read more
I was saddened when our local discount grocery store went out of business. After nearly a year, though, it’s back in business with a new twist. It’s no longer just “scratch and dent” groceries for sale. About half of the shelf space is groceries as it was before — canned goods, household chemicals, pet food, … Read more
This is the first post in (what I hope to be) a series on clearing out your excess stuff and making a little extra cash on the side. My first computer was a Commodore VIC-20. It had a whopping 3,583 bytes of RAM (0.003 MB) and cost $300 when I got it for my 10th … Read more
And not just to make sure that the cashier gave you the right amount back for your purchase! It doesn’t happen very often, but the change you get back could be worth more than face value — sometimes a little, sometimes a lot — because the last person who spent the money didn’t recognize its … Read more
This week saw the release of the first Presidential $1 coin. (I haven’t seen one yet because my credit union didn’t get them for the initial release. Waaah.) And, not surprisingly, there are lots of auctions for mint coin rolls on eBay. Flexo over at Consumerism Commentary got a couple of the new coin rolls … Read more
I signed up for ReviewMe a while back. The first review I turned down because it wasn’t really on topic for this blog. This list of 118 ways to save money in college, though, is right on topic for a personal finance blog, and it’s quite good, so I’m more than happy to do this … Read more
A bit of an exchange on a couple of great financial blogs. Make Love, Not Debt questions whether it’s worth it to hire out a laundry service (at $648 per year) to save 54 hours of laundry-doing during that year, rather than spend $360 less but spend the 54 hours. Blueprint for Financial Prosperity pipes … Read more