Archive for the ‘Shopping’ Category

Is an Amazon Kindle for you?

Monday, August 16th, 2010

The Amazon Kindle is getting a whole lot smaller, faster, and cheaper:  $139 with free Super Saver shipping.  That's quite a bit less than what it began at. Money Beagle, though, isn't moved at all by the ongoing e-book reader price war: His library is right around the corner and well-stocked. Most of ...

Swagbucks back to school promotion

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Tonight my wife and daughter were coloring with some of the Prismacolor art pencils that we had gotten really cheaply thanks to about $40 worth of Amazon gift certificates we had won through Swagbucks.com. If you haven't yet signed up for Swagbucks.com, then you can snag a little bit more if ...

How not to buy gift cards on eBay

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

I don't remember what prompted me to poke around on eBay to check for gift cards.  I do remember that there had been some restrictions placed on gift card sales on eBay because of rising occurrence of fraudulent activity. However, I did find a new practice that I found a little ...

A quick lesson in Guitar Center-ese

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

I recently purchased a keyboard at Guitar Center:  an open-box Yamaha DGX-230 Portable Grand.  I've been working with a trumpet player who has a need for a keyboard player that can back him in a performance all by himself; a keyboard like this can do the trick.  I played it ...