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Frugal living and saving advice: The Festival of Frugality #55 is up!

Many thanks to Binary Dollar for hosting the first Festival of Frugality of 2007. You can read all the posts over at:First Festival of Frugality Of 2007 #55: Happy New Year ยป Personal Finance – Save Money at Binary Dollar.
And thanks for including my post “How to save money during the days AFTER Christmas [...]

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The Best Money Saving Ideas of All Time.

So, many people think they know the best way to save money, whether it is by putting aside a few dollars a week under the mattress, staying out of credit card debt, investing in the stock market, owning a home for the tax write off, etc etc. In the search for the Holy Grail [...]

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The Carnival of Personal Finance #81 is up up and away!

Many thanks to Might Bargain Hunter for putting up the Carnival of Personal Finance #81, the first one for 2007! There are tons of great posts listed, and I was lucky enough to have my post titled ” The Art of the Complaint and how to Get What You Paid For” included in the [...]

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Favorite posts about money, insurance, customer service, debt and saving from 2006.

Well, it finally happened….2006 has ended and it’s time to begin again. Just as a recap for the beginning of the New Year, I looked back through my archives to when I began and picked out a few of my favorite posts for those of you who are just starting to read this site now [...]

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Happy New Year – Make it a prosperous, safe and happy one.

My thoughts are with all of those that had a rough go of it this year, especially my new family that lost someone very special last month. May 2007 bring peace and happiness to all of you.
And Happy New Year to everyone else..hope 2007 is YOUR year!
Best to all
My Two Dollars AKA David

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Video on what is new with Google Finance

I love Google finance, can I just tell you that? And I love it even more now that they have updated it with all sorts of new features. Google has been kind enough to post a kooky little video about the new features they have.

If you don’t have the time to [...]

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Two of my favorite personal finance posts from the past 2 weeks.

Each and every week I am amazed at the amount of personal finance posts that people come up with, so its hard to pick a few that really stand out for me. This past week, even though I was traveling quite a bit, I came across 2 posts that I really enjoyed and wanted to [...]

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Overpriced Crap o’ The Day – A Pen for $3,360.

Yep. A pen. You know, the ones that write. With ink and stuff. They do the same thing that pens you find on the street or in your office do, except these pens cost $3,360. Each. Not for a pack of 10,000, but each. If you seriously have enough money to start buying [...]

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Start the New Year Off Right – How to Organize Your Finances.

With 2007 coming at us fast and furious, I thought a quick post and link to info about organizing your finances could be of some use. In the past, we used to have our paperwork everywhere, and I could never find anything without spending hours digging through file cabinets, paper boxes, the desk, the bookcase…everywhere. [...]

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Money Quote Friday – End Of The Year Episode

In honor of the end of 2006, I wanted to put a quote up that most of us should take a minute to think about. Here is to a happy, healthy and prosperous 2007!
It’s good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it’s good, too, to check up once in a [...]