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December 28th, 2006

Draft Your Money Saving Resolutions for 2007

New year’s just a few winks away. How are your savings accounts, if any? Dented or still in tact?
Have your credit card debts ballooned due to Holiday gift shopping? What about your grocery budget? Destroyed, too?
Don’t fret. New year is for new beginnings and if you have lost some good amount of moolah this yearend, […]

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December 28th, 2006

Post-Holiday Bargains for Techies

Smart buyers know that after Christmas is one of the best times to avail of bargains since stores are getting rid of their pre-Christmas inventories. Here’s some cool deals you can take advantage of after the Yuletide season:
- Nikon D-50 SLR digital camera for $405
- Car 150 watt power inverter for $8
- ECS motherboard for […]

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December 27th, 2006

Do-It-Yourself Radio Controlled Dust Mops

It’s not yet too late for any new creations. Just before this year ends you can make yourself a new home cleaning helper in the form of a radio-controlled dust mop.
Ingenuity really makes lives easier. With a little creativity, you could easily improvise for modern house equipment.
Through the years, parents have always exerted efforts on […]

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December 17th, 2006

Credit Cards that Help Save

 No that’s not an oxymoron.
More and more credit card companies are adding features to help people jumpstart their savings. Debit cards allow you to save while spending. IF you are careful, that is.
Here is a list of credit card companies that offer these cards: 

American Express
Chase
Citi Bank
MBNA
Bank of America

The trick is to research first whether these […]

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December 16th, 2006

Is Saving More Your New Year Resolution?

Then, you might want to know these money saving tips from Michael Fischer, author of Savings and Investing.
1. Use Government Tax Incentives
The government wants us to save. If we save money in a pension plan like a 401k and we are in a 25% tax bracket, $75 immediately turn into $100 in the plan and […]

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December 15th, 2006

Call to Save on Shopping

If you have been living too much on the Internet and it’s just so automatic of you to think of how much is an item if you bought it from the Internet instead of off that appliance shop or grocery, one service might be of great help - Frucall
To call Frucall, 1-888-DO-FRUCALL.
It does not only […]

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December 14th, 2006

Less Than $100 Christmas Gifts

The Christmas holiday season is one of the most pressuring season for consumers. That is because people are often pressured to spend not just on basic goods but also on gifts for friends are relatives.
However, the season is also characterized by increasing prices and the launch of new attractive products. That is why gift-giving during […]

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December 13th, 2006

Eco-Friendly Christmas Tree

I hope this is not too late for an advice.
During the Holiday season, nothing can be more environmentally-responsible than treating your home and your family with the use of eco-friendly Christmas decors. If, like many of us, you can’t afford these expensive handmade Christmas decors, you can try to create your own items for decking the halls, right?
Now […]

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December 10th, 2006

Ofcom Opens Eyes of Telco Consumers

Ofcom, the independent regulator and competition authority for UK’s communication industries, has launched a way to accredit services offering communication products price comparison to consumers.
Telcos, all around the world, have been competing neck-to-neck against each other in coming up with a wide array of products. It is just timely that Ofcom provides this method of giving […]

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December 8th, 2006

Human Powered Laundry Spinner

I’ve created a post at unpluggedliving.com (human powered laundry spinner) about Dave and his DIY Human Powered Laundry Spinner.  I said to myself, “I need to cross-post this at simplythrifty because this is a nice and thrifty way to spin dry your clothes.   And you don’t need electricity to run it.  Just plain old pedal […]

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