Posted November 19, 2008 - 10:25 by Paul Michael
Frugal Living, Life Hacks, Making Extra Cash, Cars and Transportation
I love stories like this. It gives me hope that one day, something “worthless” sitting in my garage will instantly fill up my daughters’ college funds. In this case, the seemingly worthless item was a rusty bucket of bolts called a 1963 Pontiac Le Mans Tempest. When I saw the pictures, I was surprised at the high starting bid of $500. Imagine how the owner felt when it netted him almost a quarter of a million dollars.
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Posted October 1, 2007 - 02:20 by Philip Brewer
Personal Finance
Everybody enjoys getting a windfall. One of the attractions of the lottery (besides the infinitesimal chance that you might win a life-changingly huge amount) is that the smaller winning tickets produce little, irregularly spaced windfalls. In fact, some lotteries are deliberately set up to work like this.
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Posted September 26, 2007 - 15:02 by Philip Brewer
Personal Finance, Budgeting
Sometimes you get a windfall--a bonus, an award or reward, a gift, a long-forgotten loan unexpectedly repaid. When that happens to you, do you use the money to make a special purchase? Let me suggest an alternate way of thinking about it: It's all your money.
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