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Would you end your marriage for $100,000?

Posted 24 weeks 2 days ago by Paul Michael

Personal Finance, Consumer Affairs

Divorce

How about $200k? Or $500k? Well, I guess it all depends on the state of your marriage, but the bigger question is this: what would you do for money? I ask because I’m getting a little disturbed at just how far people are willing to go these days for a large wad of cash. Case in point - The Moment Of Truth.

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Black Friday...black in more ways than one

Posted 40 weeks 6 days ago by Paul Michael

Consumer Affairs

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Today, November 23rd, is Black Friday. A day that as a Wisebread writer and bargain hunter I love. There are deals everywhere, we all get a chance to save a bit of dough before the Holidays, we all smile a bit more. At least, that's what I thought. But as I trudged around today in the sales, with lines of people looking more stressed than a factory farmed chicken, I realized that this day has increasingly become more of a black day on the calendar.

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When greed backfires - an iPhone story.

Posted 1 year ago by Paul Michael

Filed Under: Consumer Affairs

 

iphone store

As you all know, the iPhone launched recently to a flurry of press and TV news coverage. Eager geeks (sorry, but it seems applicable here) sat outside stores for hours and hours to buy the new phone, happy in the knowledge that they were about to get something that will help them feel a little bit cooler. Just a little.

Far, far worse than these iPhone nuts, though, are the vultures. The folks with enough money to swoop down on a store and buy up a whole bunch of product, only to recycle them on eBay for double the price. Hey, that's good ol' healthy capitalism at work, right?

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The seven deadly sins of consumerism (and the frugal redemption).

Posted 1 year ago by Paul Michael

Filed Under: Lifestyle

demon

Sit ye down, hold your loved ones tight, and get ready for the seven deadliest sins of the modern day consumer.

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