This is a bit of a shame, but it does illustrate that the best-laid plans can go awry. Ran across this post on digg (warning: coarse language in comments section) that was a link to a Canadian former eBay PowerSeller’s feedback page that trashed his feedback rating to steal a few thousand dollars from a … 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
We went to a pizzeria after church on Sunday with some friends. It’s a pizza buffet, so it’s all you can eat for one price, paid up front. We stood in line a few minutes before getting to the cashier. The other locations of this chain I had gone to before accepted credit cards, so … Read more
Just this weekend we bought a Garmin GPS receiver using Buy It Now on eBay. We saw one in the store and after checking online we found that we could get a much better deal there, and decided that we could wait to get one online. EBay is a great site to find fair market … Read more
I felt a little bit like a wet blanket earlier. My wife called up yesterday to ask me about GPS receivers (actually, if she could get one). She and her parents got into geocaching. I was really glad that she called me (we try to discuss any reasonably major purchases). There were a couple of … Read more
I’m in California right now on travel. If you get a per diem for meals (like I do) then you can “make” a little extra money by buying your own food for some of the meals. So if you’re in a place with a grocery store that has a “club discount” card you can spend … Read more
Costco has a winner for the holiday season this year. Man, I was drooling. (Maybe I picked that up from my daughter, but no matter.) One hundred original classic arcade games in an upright arcade-style display. These are old-school games — blast from the past. Tempest. Qix. Millipede. Defender. Missile Command. Asteroids. SPACE INVADERS for … Read more
Sometimes I get impatient with cashiers collecting marketing information. It’s really not that big a deal in the cosmic scheme of things, but I’ve come to be a little more protective of my address, phone number, and e-mail address. After getting $50 and $75 for targeting marketing surveys Borders has frequent drink cards (buy ten … Read more