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Save Money on Men’s Dress Shirts by Paying More
It does actually pain me a little bit to write an article about spending more as an attempt to actually save yourself money in the long run. Usually, I will fight this notion, but when it comes to men’s dress shirts, I have found through experience, that it really does make much more sense to [...]
How to Avoid Maryland’s E-ZPass Monthly Fee
Recently, Maryland started charging a monthly “maintenance” fee to hold an E-ZPass of $1.50/month. I know, $1.50 per month isn’t that much, but consider this fee for the commuter who rarely even uses the E-ZPass. For a total of $18 year, many E-ZPass holders find themselves barely even paying $18 in actual tolls for the [...]
Payback: List of Fees Customers should be able to Charge Businesses
MYM Fee: If I go to the ATM and it’s out of order, the bank owes me $2.75
MYM Fee: If I choose to print a ticket from my computer with my paper and ink, then Ticketmaster owes me a $5.00 processing fee.
MYM Fee: If I bring my own carry on luggage on a flight, put all of [...]
Free Ways and Applications to Get the Most from Your BlackBerry
Do you own a BlackBerry and feel like you should be milking it for more than just sending text messages/emails and making phone calls? Well if you don’t, then what are you lugging around that clunker for anyways?
The first thing I would recommend for BlackBerry users is to purchase a Flash memory card (micro SDHC). The [...]
Shop Online for Sports Memorabilia Gifts
As a big Minnesota sports fan, I often get presents from friends and family of logo filled memorabilia and as lame is it sounds, I love it. It seems like now, most sports memorabilia can really set you back financially. For example, a jersey can cost well over $100 and mug or shot glass at the [...]
Do You Know How Much Your Friends Make?
I think it is natural to pretend you don’t care how much your friends make, but really find your self curious to find out. I have never fully understood why people treat their salaries like a secret vote on a hotly polarizing issue. While I do understand why some people are just not comfortable letting [...]
Ways to Increase Your Savings Account
It wasn’t long ago when we were writing about the horrible savings habits of U.S. households. Only a few years ago, the personal savings rate bottomed at less than 1%, meaning that Americans were saving less than 1% of what their take home pay was. Now, the personal savings rate is higher than it has [...]
Redbox Now Does Blue-ray Hooray!
Everyone has heard (read) us rave about Redbox for their cheap rentals and numerous kiosks, but they have gotten better. Why? Because they will now be carrying Blu-ray disks for a whopping $1.50. That’s a pretty sweet deal and maybe enough to get people on the fence about buying a Blue-ray player to actually get [...]
Swaptree.com Offers a Cost-Effective Swap Site with a Conscience
Millions of Books, CDs, DVDs, and Video Games Available
While bartering for goods has occurred since the beginning of time, a new consumer trend is emerging as people look to save money and reduce their environmental footprint (to make yourself feel better)- by swapping their stuff online.
Leading the way in the online swap movement is Swaptree.com, [...]
Attention Runners and Bikers, Save Money by Using Your Phones GPS
I recently finished my first marathon and spent about 5 months training and around $200 on a GPS watch to help me track my progress. For anyone serious about biking or running and you have yet to try a GPS training gadget, you have got to give it a try. Knowing exactly how far you [...]
How to Connect Your TV to your Computer
And Avoid Buying Unnecessary Media Equipment
There seems to be more and more devices coming out similar to a Roku players, which allow users to stream media, like Netflix, to their TVs. None of these players are all that cheap and they all seem to be limited in what they can do. Essentially, all the different [...]
DIY: How to Add Refrigerant to a Homes Heat Pump
To follow up on a recent post describing how to recharge your car’s air conditioner, I’d like to take the issue further and describe the process of charging your home’s air conditioner. Specifically, if you have a heat pump unit, which is one unit that does both your homes heating and cooling. If you Google [...]
If Raises Means Spending More, You’ll Ultimately Have Less
I have recently been lucky enough to accept a new position that will reflect a significant increase to my yearly salary. Knowing the current job climate I am extraordinarily grateful for the new opportunity and I think it is with an organization that I will be with for some time. Having said that, I have [...]
Things that Make You Go Hmmm
A penny saved is a government oversight.
Birds of a feather flock together and crap on your car.
The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body and your fat have gotten to be really good friends.
The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a [...]
Frugality Hype Can Overshadow Meaningful Financial Discussions
I find it amazing that many of us go to bed earlier than we want, get up way earlier than we want, travel further than we would on a day off, all to get to get to some place we would generally choose not to be—work. We then spend the majority of our waking day [...]
