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DON'T Buy It Now on eBay without using Live.com cashback

Posted May 8, 2009 - 20:19 by Torley Wong

Shopping

You've been saving money with your online purchases thanks to Wise Bread, but wanna save even more? I know that got your attention.

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Beware of Pretty Things: 4 Reasons I’m Keeping My Ugly, Old Stuff

Posted March 2, 2009 - 12:12 by Linsey Knerl

Personal Finance, Frugal Living, Shopping, Lifestyle, Budgeting

I hadn’t been out shopping at a furniture mega-store in over 6 months. I just didn’t have the money to buy anything, and to be honest, I was way too busy to shop. Last night, however, I strolled through the furniture showroom with my jaw unhinged and my heart thumping: “Look at all this good-looking stuff!”

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What your house is really worth

Posted September 15, 2008 - 19:14 by Philip Brewer

Real Estate and Housing

A nice house

There are several things you can do with a house that you own. During the housing boom, most of the attention was focused on two of those things: You could sell it, or you could borrow money against it. Now that the bust has arrived, it's easy to see the limitations of that particular model. Happily, there's a more stable, more useful way to value your house.

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Renting is cheaper

Posted September 4, 2007 - 12:38 by Philip Brewer

Frugal Living, Real Estate and Housing

Framed house

Everybody has seen a rent-versus-buy analysis. On one side you add up the mortgage, taxes, insurance, and maintenance costs (being sure to adjust for the tax write-off of the mortgage interest). On the other side you add up, well, just the rent, really. Then, at the end of 30 years the homeowner has a house and the renter has... nothing. Here's a different way to look at it.

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Bad, bad China: a round-up

Posted June 28, 2007 - 17:12 by Andrea Dickson

Lifestyle

messy toothpaste cap

I've pretty much come to the conclusion that I need to stop buying Chinese goods. This is a tough one for me, mostly because so much of the cheap stuff I love to buy comes from China, and I really like China and would like to see the country succeed. However, one headline after another is screaming to me that I need to seriously consider the source of what I am buying before I buy it. You too should consider keeping an eye out for the following:

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Resisting the impulse beauty buy

Posted 2 years ago by Andrea Dickson

Filed Under: Health and Beauty

Are you an impulse beauty shopper? Do you find yourself buying stuff in a desperate attempt to look and feel better, only to find yourself crushed under the weight of your credit card bills?

It doesn't have to be that way.

It's been said that luck favors the prepared. What that essentially means is, the prepared are merely better equipped to deal with life. And being prepared is the ultimate weapon in the battle against the impusle buy, especially those purchases pertaining to personal appearance.

Here are two problems and two solutions that I have come up with to help me save money and save my sanity when it comes to beauty.

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Sell handmade goods, buy cheap handmade goodies.

Posted 2 years ago by Paul Michael

Filed Under: Shopping, Art and Leisure

Geisha stamp

In these days of mass-production and Wal-Mart's low prices and lower standards, it's great to see handmade artifacts making a comeback. Today, my wife introduced me to a site that is a meeting-place for buying and selling wonderful handmade items. Everything from jewelry and ties to paintings and teddy bears. And it's all 100% hand crafted.

ETSY.COM - your place to buy and sell all things handmade

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