Consumer-Shopping
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Sunday, July 6th, 2008“There were roughly 5 billion credit card offers mailed last year to about 200 million individuals in the U.S. This means the average person receives about 25 per year. The average household receives more than one per week.”
Stop the credit card offers from filling your mailbox, get your name off mailing lists, and prevent telemarketers [...]
America’s Cheapest Family Saving Money
Monday, June 9th, 2008Annette and Steve Economides are known as America’s Cheapest Family. They currently have a book out called America’s Cheapest Family, Gets You Right on the Money, which shows how they live, raised five kids, paid off their first house in nine years, and never had a car payment. You can find their website here and [...]
Food expenses around the world
Saturday, April 26th, 2008The cost of food has flooded the news media recently. Prices are hitting record highs and countries are halting food exports to retain their own supply. Time Magazine has an article on What the World Eats and is based on the book, Hungry Planet.
This book presents a photographic study of families from around the world, [...]
Lowering your cable bill
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008Here are a few alternatives for watching TV shows to avoid paying for high cable bills. I have started to turn the TV off and be more productive rather than being glued to the TV for hours everyday. Since we no longer watch as much TV, we are only subscribing to the basic cable package. [...]
Saving money on car insurance
Sunday, April 13th, 2008It can be hard to find areas to save substantial amounts of money. By spending a little time checking your current auto insurance policy or shopping for a new quote you can sometimes save as much as a few hundred dollars. Most websites for insurance agencies will give you an online quote instantly or [...]
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