Mansion: Impossible — great game

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Jim at Bargaineering made a post about this really cool and addicting Flash game called Mansion: Impossible. The object is to buy the £10 million mansion as quickly as possible. You start with £100,000. Houses pop on to the market — literally, as in whack-a-mole style — and you proceed to “flip” your way to … Read more

Watch for online terms of service

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An MBH.com reader sent an interesting message that may affect you if you buy things online. Apparently, the reader reserved, and purchased, a hotel room stay online for an event, and later had to cancel. During the original payment process there was apparently a pop-up window that informed the purchaser that there were no refunds. … Read more

50 Ways to Leave you Richer — Part II

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iz Pulliam Weston posts an article on 50 Ways to Trim your Budget. The points in this series of posts will be taken from her list in this article. This installment will round out the “utilities” section in the article. I hope you enjoy this series! Part I is here. 9) Investigate whether bundled service … Read more

50 Ways to Leave you Richer — Part I

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iz Pulliam Weston posts an article on 50 Ways to Trim your Budget. The points in this series of posts will be taken from her list in this article. I’ll offer my two cents on each item. Some of the comments will be “Yes, and …” Others will be “Yes, but …” A few will … Read more

What kind of snowball do you want?

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Chances are good that you’ve heard of the “Snowball Method” of debt reduction. It works like this. Say you have several debts to pay off. You add up the minimum payments on those cards, add in an extra “acceleration” amount to one or more of the cards, and pay down the debts. When one card … Read more