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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 ...
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Monday, November 19th, 2007
Some of you may remember my post about how gift cards are a great deal for retailers. Nickel took an even more pessimistic view of gift cards recently.
I think gift cards are here to stay and even though it doesn't make sense, gift cash is tacky in our culture - ...
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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
Some of you may remember my post about how I was trying to keep our furnace inactive until the first of November. Some of the suggestions were a bit tongue-in-cheek, but many of them were practical. We really did not turn our furnace on until November 1st.
We just recieved our ...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
How can Warren Buffet be right on so many things, but how does he get taxes all wrong? If he wants to pay more tax, why doesn't he just get out his check book and write a check to the US Treasury? Who is he to say how much money ...
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Okay, so one of my guilty pleasures is watching Run's House on MTV2. Generally, I think Rev Run makes good decisions when dealing with his children and I identify with his sense of humor. In the episode I watched the other day, Run's youngest son, Russy had gotten so angry ...
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Sunday, October 28th, 2007
I was reading the November issue of Money Magazine today and happened on a page that reviewed the latest financial books. I was struck by the fact that we have thousands and thousands of books in this country that detail individual success stories. In fact, an Amazon search comes up ...
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Saturday, October 27th, 2007
If you are planning to acquire a GM vehicle in the near future, you may want to wait until you've applied for the GM Business World Mastercard. Cardholders will now receive a $500 statement credit each time they purchase or lease an eligible new GM vehicle through the GM Business ...
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007
My wife recently gave me a $1.00 coupon for a Compact Fluorescent Lightbulb that she had printed off, so I stopped by our local Ace Hardware to pick one up. I had heard that there were a lot of rebates flying around for CFL's, so I hoped to maybe "stack" the $1.00 coupon with ...
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007
The Carnival is up at The Dough Roller. His edition is scary as he recounts some of the worst days in stock market history. Great. Thanks, Dough. Just what we needed.
Anyway, my post entitled The Best Way to Get Out of Debt, In My Humble Opinion, was included. Hope you ...
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Sunday, October 21st, 2007
I have been tagged by Plonkee in the post If I Were Debt Free.
When I first found out that I had been tagged on this topic, I immediately thought, "That will be easy to write about." But as I began to consider the issue, I realized that I really hadn't ...
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