Archive for the ‘Bargains’ Category

A Black Friday special — on loans?!

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

I have to hand it to my credit union.  Their marketing is pretty good!  They advertised an unsecured loan special, good through today, at rates starting at 7.5% for up to 12 months for amounts between $500 and $2,500.  It ends today presumably so that people can have the money ...

Getting better deals by giving business

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

Our new (to us) car is now in our driveway.  Pretty much everything is settled with this vehicle, and we sold the old one that had the broken transmission.  We continued "money lessons for kids" with our daughter by showing her a few -- OK, two dozen -- $100 bills ...

$25 Restaurant.com dining certificate for $1.50 through 10/16/2011

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

Restaurant.com has an 80% coupon going on through October 16th, 2011. The code is TOUCHDOWN. $25 dining vouchers, good for qualifying* expenses at over 18,000 restaurants nationwide, are normally $10, but this coupon code knocks them down to $2. But wait! There's more! If you first sign ...

Live like the Duke and Duchess without the royal bank account

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011

You may not be able to drive off from your wedding day in an Aston Martin or have a shot at the British throne. So what?  Royalty does have its privileges, but many of the same luxuries that the new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have at their disposal are surprisingly ...