I don't know about you, but I find a lot of things in life that often make me stop and just shake my head in pure bewilderment. For example, why do tourists go to the top of tall buildings and then put quarters in telescopes so they can see things on ...
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Sneaky Price Tricks Your Grocer Doesn’t Want You to Know
I spent my teenage years working in a supermarket, initially as a box boy. Within six months of being hired, however, I was promoted to checker. Eventually, I got to work almost every job in the store including working the deli counter, and helping ...
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A Few Fun Statistics About the Average Coupon User
How often do you use coupons when you are shopping online or in local stores? One of the best ways to save money is by using coupons. It's no secret that more people are looking for smart ways to reduce costs – and coupons are one of the easiest and ...
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An Avid Rag Reader Confesses: Magazines Make Me Want to Spend More!
I have a confession. Normally I spend a lot of time emphasizing the importance of cultivating habits that reduce your desire to spend.
But I have one habit that makes me want to spend more money. It's a practice -- something I do almost daily -- ...
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6 Ways to Avoid a Holiday Debt Hangover
The holidays come with a host of stressors, the most Xanax-inducing of which is perhaps overspending. Sure, we make our lists and check them twice, but we're still human. Sales, discounts and deals are flashed furiously before your eyes while you're ...
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Holiday Gift Ideas Under $40
I've already presented a list of holiday gifts for under $25. If your budget is a little bigger, but you're still at odds with your decisiveness on what to get some people on your holiday gift list, then consider this collection of even more ideal ...
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18 Black Friday Facts You Probably Wish You Never Knew
What's not to love about Friday?
I mean, really... if Saturday didn't exist, Friday would be the best day of the week, bar none.
Let's face it, on any given Friday, it's hard to find anyone in a bad mood; especially after lunch time.
My only ...
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Outrageous Pizza Delivery Fees Are Here to Stay (and It’s Your Fault)
I love sleight of hand tricks.
Occasionally, a coworker of mine named Fred will stop by my office and regale me with some truly amazing acts of prestidigitation.
I'm always left in awe every time he seemingly pulls a coin out of thin air – or ...
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How to Buy and Sell Precious Metals Legally in the United States
Owning gold, silver, and other precious metals is one of the oldest ways Americans have protected their wealth. But in today’s world, if you want to buy and sell precious metals like gold and silver, there are laws and rules that you need to ...
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Don’t Be a Wimp! Here Are 22 Things You Should Always Haggle For
Last weekend I was at a barbecue with a buddy who shared with me a good-news bad-news story from several years ago regarding a deal he got from DIRECTV for the extremely popular NFL Sunday Ticket service that allowed him to watch every out-of-market ...
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Be Careful, Priceline Users! Name a Wrong Price and You May Go To Jail
I bet you didn't know Priceline had a jail.
I didn't either until I got tossed into their web-based hoosegow for 24 hours. Heh.
What was my "crime" you ask?
This is kind of embarrassing to admit, but I recently made an offer on a rental car ...
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What is the ‘Pink Tax’?
Ladies: Watch out for the Pink Tax. What is the pink tax? You probably won't see any news about it in the papers, as it's nothing Congress has passed or proposed. If you're a woman, though, chances are you've experienced it or maybe even noticed it ...
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Dirty Harry Teaches Us a Lesson on Opportunity Cost
I was in heaven last week. That's because one of my favorite movie channels ran all five Dirty Harry movies in succession.
In Dirty Harry, during that famous bank robbery scene where Inspector Harry Callahan ends up spouting off his "Do ya feel ...
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My 17th Annual Cost Survey of 10 Popular Brown Bag Sandwiches
If you're like most people, it's been hard not to notice the increase in your monthly grocery bill over the past four years. After a huge run-up in prices for everything from gasoline to food - and despite the latest consumer price index showing that ...
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Is Coinstar’s Conversion Fee Worth the Price?
I think grocery store self-check stands are both a blessing and a curse.
When multiple shoppers, loaded up with enough groceries to, say, sustain a family of four through a nuclear winter are queued up in front of a human cashier, self-check ...
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Are Extended Warranties Worth It? 4 Questions to Ask Before Buying
As many guys will tell you, after countless cookouts and parties we tend to get attached to our barbecue grills the same way we get attached to our dogs.
Let's face it, a good barbecue grill, like a good dog, is something to be revered, which is ...
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14 Things You Shouldn’t Buy When Traveling
Travel is often fun, but almost always expensive. That's especially true if your trip is for an extended amount of time. The good news is you may be surprised how far your vacation money can go by avoiding certain things travelers often buy. Here are ...
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Is It Okay to Eat Food Past Its Expiration Date?
This weekend, I was pouring a little half-and-half into my cup of coffee (not Folgers) when I saw something extremely disturbing: The creamer was 34 days beyond its expiration date.
Yes, 34 days.
Of course, the first thought that immediately ...
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The 5 Most Misleading Grocery Products Shoppers Waste Money On
If there's one thing I spend way too much time on in life, its the process of grocery shopping. As someone who blogs about personal finance all day long, it's probably predictable that I waste a bunch of time obsessing over which stores qualify for ...
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The 10 Best Things I Ever Bought
The other day my son Matthew was extolling the virtues of the laptop computer that he recently bought with his own money. "This is the best thing I ever bought, Dad!"
I just nodded my head and smiled.
The truth is, if I took a moment to ...
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