Archive for September, 2009

Stockpiling food helps everyone

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Dawn over at Frugal For Life discusses some of the ethical implications of stockpiling foods.  She gets into a few rules of thumb for testing to see whether stockpiling has crossed into greed, or just plain inconsideration.  Talking to the store to have them do a special large-quantity order is ...

Four out of five people want to save money on their car insurance

Friday, September 11th, 2009

And the fifth person is really thinking hard about it.  He'll come around eventually. No, seriously: Who doesn't want to save money on their car insurance? I don't know of any good reason why you wouldn't, so here are some tips for knocking that expense down as much as possible.  Hopefully ...

Oh my: 90% off Restaurant.com dining certificates!

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

It's a first!  For 99 hours only, starting today, 9/9/09, and ending on September 13th, 2009, at 3:01 PST, Restaurant.com is offering an unprecedented 90% off its Dining Certificates and Dinner of the Month Club! The one-year Restaurant.com Dinner of the Month Club is only $12!  This gives you twelve $25 ...

It costs if you’re fat. Now it might cost even if you’re thin?

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

I tell you:  It just doesn't pay to be human anymore.  Big or small. I'm well aware of how being fat costs money.  But there are now rumblings on the possibility of the following:  If an individual, or family, can reasonably afford health insurance, but does not get it, they face ...