Do you use Twitter? If no, why not? If you are not using Twitter, you may be missing out on one of the best ways to contact customer service that has ever been used. Sure, you can call a 1-800 number and sit on hold for 20 minutes…or you can find out what a company’s [...]
And if that doesn’t spell trouble for the old U. S. of A., then I don’t know what does. A massive retail giant that sells crappy goods that most of us don’t actually need, that don’t last the test of time and need to be replaced often, and that put a big portion of our [...]
Online shopping can be done for almost any market today and at a much cheaper price, due to the drastic decrease in overhead costs online retailers can generate. This commercial medium has paved the way for many new and innovative business opportunities, creating a healthy level of competition between businesses, and reaching a wider and [...]
As most of you know by now, I live in a small town.
A VERY small town. One of those places where everyone knows everyone else, so you cannot really give someone the finger for driving too slow or talk badly about someone for fear that the person you are talking to is related [...]
While I have written about wholesale clubs before, and am still not sold on the idea for my needs, BJ’s Wholesale Club is currently offering 60-day free passes to try out their membership club. Like Costco and Sam’s Club, BJ’s offers tons of stuff in bulk and some at discount; my mom swears by [...]
I no longer watch any television, if I can help it, in real time. LOST may be on at 8pm, but I rarely start watching it until about 8:20 or so. The reason? So I can skip every single commercial. I have my DVR remote programmed to skip 30 seconds ahead every [...]
Over at Smart Money, there is a pretty good article covering 10 things that your grocery store may not be letting you in on in these tough times. While I am sure some of these are true, we shop at a locally owned natural grocer who, in a small town like this, would be [...]
This is a good example of how the consuming habits of Americans have become a sick disease – someone actually DIED because these shoppers were so eager to get into Walmart and get a deal on some cheap plastic.
A Wal-Mart worker died after being trampled when hundreds of shoppers smashed through the doors of a [...]
As some of you may recall, a few weeks ago I wrote about how DirecTV pulled a bait and switch on the service at my house. After about 45 minutes on the phone with customer service I finally gave up trying to plead my case which was that the offer I had signed up [...]
Back in April, I wrote about MyPoints and how my account balance was high enough that I felt comfortable spending the points on something good. I ended up getting a $100 Barnes & Noble gift card, which isn’t bad for not doing much work! And now, in a very short 5 months, my [...]
Before you sign up with DirectTV, please stop and look for an alternative way to get your television fix. Even if you have to go sit in Circuit City at primetime to watch your favorite shows, do that instead of signing an agreement with DirectTV. Seriously.
We tried the “no TV route”. We tried the [...]
And the news keeps getting better.
U.S. consumers should brace for the biggest increase in food prices in nearly 20 years in 2008 and even more pain next year due to surging meat and produce prices, the Agriculture Department said on Wednesday.
Food prices are forecast to rise by 5 percent to 6 percent this [...]
If you are planning on doing some heavy back to school shopping or making a large purchase, it might be worthwhile for you to wait until the sales tax holiday for your state:
If you will be waiting, what you will be using the special day(s) to save money on?
As many of you know, my birthday was just a few weeks ago. And although I am 36 years old, I am still considered a baby in our extended family, as we have many people in their late 80’s and 90’s still chugging along. Because of this, I still get cards with money in [...]
Interesting stuff here…The government is quietly negotiating to help cell phone customers avoid expensive fees when they cancel contracts with wireless companies, as the Federal Communications Commission is considering a plan that would cap cancellation fees for cell phones. Finally!
Cell phone companies routinely charge customers $175 or more for quitting their service early. Under a [...]
