Restaurant.com is offering a whopping 90% off with the coupon code NINETY, resulting in a $25 "certificate" for $1. Starts midnight 9/9/09 and expires in 90 hours. I have never bought one of these certificates, due to all their restrictions and … [Read the rest]
Monthly Net Worth Update – September 2009
Posted on September 8, 2009 // 30 Comments
Credit Card Debt For newer readers, I have taken money from credit cards at 0% APR and placed it into online savings accounts, bank CDs, or savings bonds that earn 4-5% interest (much less recently), and keeping the difference as profit. I even put … [Read the rest]
Free Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwiches
Posted on September 7, 2009 // Leave a Comment
You can get a free Chick-fil-A Original Chicken sandwich today 9/7 if you show up wearing your team logo. You can also get a coupon by mail for a free Chick-fil-A Original Chicken Sandwich if you sign up for their newsletter (first 250,000). … [Read the rest]
How To Redeem California IOUs (Registered Warrants)
Posted on September 6, 2009 // 10 Comments
Back in July, the state of California started issuing what they called Registered Warrants, aka IOUs, to taxpayers, vendors, and local governments to whom they owed money. Due to a "cash-flow infusion" from JP Morgan Chase, the redemption date was … [Read the rest]
Price Targeting, Coffee Shops, and Supermarket Secrets
Posted on September 3, 2009 // 13 Comments
I recently started reading The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford. So far, it's a little like Freakonomics but a bit more economics and with slightly less controversial topics. One interesting concept explained was price-targeting. Let's say a … [Read the rest]
Budget Long-Term Travel: Explore Longer For Less
Posted on September 2, 2009 // 31 Comments
The following is a guest post from Matt from NomadicMatt, who as you might guess has a passion for travel and doesn't like to stay in one place for too long. He wrote this while running around Spain! If you like what you see, I encourage you to … [Read the rest]
Ask The Readers: Parents Losing Home To Foreclosure
Posted on August 31, 2009 // 70 Comments
I just got a rather difficult question in my inbox, and thought that it would be a good idea to get some perspective and advice from my thoughtful readers to help another reader. Be gentle! I think this could happen to many of us. Jonathan - … [Read the rest]
Should You Keep Your Emergency Fund In Your 401k?
Posted on August 28, 2009 // 26 Comments
Before you jump to an answer or nasty comment, please give me a chance to elaborate. :) Recently, I ran across an interesting article in the Bogleheads Wiki titled Placing Cash Needs in a Tax-Advantaged Account. Essentially, because of the way the … [Read the rest]
Zecco Promotion Code: 20 Free Trades w/ New Account
Posted on August 26, 2009 // 6 Comments
If you've been considering opening an account with Zecco Trading, they just e-mailed me a new promotion that offers 20 free trades for new customers. Use the promotion code "bonus1" in the application: Offer expires 9/13/09, and the trades are … [Read the rest]
Fidelity Offers Index Fund-Based Target Retirement Funds
Posted on August 25, 2009 // 14 Comments
Here's some good news for the many 401(k) participants with Fidelity as their plan provider. Fidelity announced that they plan to launch a series of Fidelity Freedom Index Funds to complement their current Freedom Funds as soon as September. … [Read the rest]
Free $5 in Amazon MP3 Downloads
Posted on August 24, 2009 // 17 Comments
Amazon.com is offering $5 in free MP3 downloads if you buy a qualifying video game. However, currently the game Big Kahuna Reef both qualifies and is also free itself. Connect the dots. ;) Go to the Big Kahuna Reef page and click on "Get … [Read the rest]
Chase / WaMu $20 Debit Card Promotion
Posted on August 24, 2009 // 8 Comments
Chase/WaMu is offering certain customers up to $20 for using their debit cards for automatic utility bill payments. You get $10 for setting up one bill and $20 for two. Visit chase.com/get20 and click on "Enroll Now" to see if you qualify. Thanks … [Read the rest]
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