More Good News For Gift Card Fanatics
Posted on February 29, 2008 - Filed Under Friday Frugality, Shopping | Leave a Comment
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Last month I worte an article titled Maximizing Savings By Playing The Gift Card Market which has proven to be one of my most popular. Consider this a Friday Frugality Follow-up (man, I just loves me some alliteration 
).
According to a report from my local CBS affiliate, KPIX channel 5-
Since January 1st California merchants have to give you cash back for anything under $10 if you ask…
Maximizing Savings By Playing The Gift Card Market
Posted on January 11, 2008 - Filed Under Friday Frugality, Shopping | 3 Comments
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I thought I’d start the first installment of Friday Frugality with a confession: I’m a shopaholic. More accurately I’m a spendaholic. I love to spend money. What I’m spending it on doesn’t matter nearly as much as that I’m spending it. I even love spending money on the new pants I constantly have to buy to replace those with burned pockets 
That’s one of the reasons I’m…
Friday Frugality - A New Weekly Feature At Philaahzophy
Posted on January 10, 2008 - Filed Under Friday Frugality, Personal Finance | 2 Comments
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Given the rousing success of my Bathroom Full Of Cash post back in November, I’ve decided to start my first weekly feature here at Philaahzophy: Friday Frugality. In doing so I will try to keep the following definition (from Wikipedia) in mind-
Frugality (also known as thrift or thriftiness), often confused with cheapness or miserliness, is a traditional value, life style, or belief system, in which individuals practice both restraint in the acquiring…
Interest Rate Cuts Mean Metal Prices Are Rising Again
Posted on December 10, 2007 - Filed Under Personal Finance | Leave a Comment
The Federal reserve is expected to cut interest rates by 1/4% again tomorrow morning. This will be the third time The Fed has cut the interest rate this year causing more inflation in their attempts to further manipulate the supposedly free market in America. Last week the Bank of England also cut their interest rate. All these rate cuts are contributing to the weakening power of the dollar, but they could be good for you. That is, if you have…
PayPal Offers Huge 20% Christmas Shopping Rebates
Posted on November 27, 2007 - Filed Under Shopping | Leave a Comment
I never expected to see such a great offer from PayPal, but it seems foolish not to take advantage of it. Through Monday, December 10th they’re offering a full 20% rebate (deposited to your PayPal account) for shopping with some major online retailers. We’re not talking about little no-name sites, but the big boys like Barnes & Noble, HP, eBags
, and RitzCamera.com
. Here’s the most important small print-
1. Offer Description: Eligible customers defined in Section 3 below will receive 20% cash…
Smallest Room Gets A Bit Smaller… Again
Posted on November 20, 2007 - Filed Under Aahz | Leave a Comment
Y’all may recall my recent rant/how-to on saving money in the bathroom. Well, the smallest room in the house got a little smaller today as my roommate added not one, but two makeup mirrors. Apparently, this will allow him to not only shave closer, but to trim his own hair in the back. When I pointed out that he could do the same thing by simply leaning forward, opening the side-mounted medicine cabinet mirror at an angle and using the…
