Archive for the ‘online shopping’ Category

No sales tax for shopping online

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Sometimes I am a little slow. Mrs. Rocket agrees with that statement - as long as I remove the word sometimes. I recently made a purchase through my Ebates account and I just realized that online shopping is tax-free! Yesterday, Ebates sent out a survey of their membership to find out about ...

$10 Ebates referral good through December 31

Friday, December 28th, 2007

Only three more days to sign up for an Ebates account and earn the $10 bonus! One of the best ways to take advantage of after-Christmas sales is by shopping online. If you shop through Ebates, you will also earn cash back from every store on their site - they have over ...

This Seems Overblown

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

I panned an article by MBH in my last post, but the hype around so-called "Cyber Monday" seems to make his point. I am a big fan of ebates, but a countdown to Cyber Monday seems a little forced. Ebates is not the only online store that is making a big deal ...

Ebates Big Fat Checks

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

My wife and I just recieved "big fat checks" from Ebates. Mine was $34.40, my wife's was $8.25. Not a huge amount, but it will just about cover a date night, including babysitting and meal. All from purchasing items that we needed, from stores we like, at discount prices - ...

All Kinds of Laptops

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

Hustler has posted the most exhaustive list of laptop deals anywhere on the net. If you are even remotely considering a new laptop computer, you must check out his post. Two more tips to get your laptop even for even less: 1) Use a cash back credit card like 5% from Blue ...