Category: shopping

Create A Shopping List To Stop You From Buying Anything.

It may sound counter-intuitive, but one of the best ways I have seen to prevent you from buying stuff you don’t need is to keep a list of things you think you need and to review it every 30 days. Why does this work? Because chances are that whatever you think you need, you actually don’t – you just want it. And by creating a list of things you see that you want, it gives you time to cool off, step away, and to really contemplate what you are spending your money on.

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An Open Letter To Major League Baseball, Fox And Advertisers.

I just wanted to let you all know that because of the incessant advertising throughout the World Series, you actually encouraged me to watch the games much faster than their broadcast time. How? I own a Tivo.

This is the first year I have watched the World Series where there are more ads than baseball action and I am tired of it. I can accept the ads on the Green Monster at Fenway and the superimposed ones behind the batter on the wall. I can sort of deal with the ads between innings and I understand why they are on. But every 2 minutes or so, when the play by play guys even start reading ads and promoting a Hybrid Tahoe (are you joking?), that is the last straw for me.

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Radiohead’s ‘Pay What You Want’ Album Available Today.

Just a friendly reminder to you Radiohead fans, today is the day that their new album has been released as a download only from In Rainbows. The site is under heavy loads today, so you might want to wait until later. Pay what you want for the album, but please…be fair and pay what you think it is worth.