Archive for February, 2009

I can’t really get mad at Experian

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Experian still does credit scoring, but you aren't allowed to see them anymore, and that's got some people ticked off.  Experian alleges that its hand was forced a little bit by "unreasonable" demands from Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) in contract talks, leading to its change in service. I don't see this ...

Get-rich-quick schemes are great!

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

A few days ago I got an e-mail from a visitor with the subject: "How do you sleep at night?"  The message: Your site advertises get-rich schemes!  How can you do this and sleep?  You write on a frugal site for God's sake!  Have you no shame? (I corrected some spelling errors ...

Free sub at Quiznos

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Got wind of this deal at Money Crashers.  Quiznos is giving away a million free subs just for registering in their e-mail network.  Here's the deal: After registering they'll send you an e-mail with a confirmation link.  (Mine got sent to spam so check there if you don't see it in ...

80% off at Restaurant.com again

Friday, February 20th, 2009

** This coupon has expired, but check my coupon code page to see if there's a fresh one! ** This time the coupon code for Restaurant.com is DINE.  Good all the way until the end of February! I've mentioned this before but getting 80% off Restaurant.com gift certificates means that you're getting ...