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Friday, 20 November 2009
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Dollarish Digest: T Minus 7 Days to Black Friday
It's Friday! Which means, more significantly, that Black Friday is only a week away. And, if we can manage to find time between tryptophan and football, we're going to spend it preparing—that means itineraries, shopping lists, and maybe a pair of steel-toed boots.
Between now and then, though, here's a list of our most popular posts of the week, in case you missed them:- Ten Ways to Pay for College, a controversial list that caused quite the comment frenzy.
- Phone Wars: AT&T Sues Verizon, featuring video-embedded awesomeness.
- Debit Card Don'ts For The Holidays. As in, don't forget to send us a present!
- Experts Discuss the College Question,which got a lot of us talking about the where's and why's of higher education.
- New Life for Old Gadgets. Maquariums. Enough said.
And now, to the steel-toed boots!
Do you have any Black Friday plans?
Let us know with a submission for Dollarish's front page, or just drop us a comment.
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Credit Unions: A Main Street Investment
I was reading another article by Nicholas Carroll (who taught us how to downgrade our resumes), and he mentioned credit unions, something I know very little about. But here goes:
Credit unions are not-for-profit institutions, and many of them give out debit cards, which make them a sort of friendly alternative to big banks and credit card providers, although they don't provide rewards. Credit unions tend to offer reasonable rates and loans, and might even be more understanding and forgiving of late payments. Nick also pointed out that credit unions tend to loan money to local businesses, so your money will help invest in Main Street, not Wall Street. More Here...Online Vendors Make $792 Million on Scam
Dan@xanga clued us in on a horrible online scam that occurs on the checkout pages of some suprisingly legit websites. Priceline, Fandango, Pizza Hut, Victoria's Secret, you name it—the scam involves 88 well-known companies, according to The Consumerist.
How it works is, after you buy movie tickets (or calzones, or boy shorts), a little window pops up offering you a $10 coupon if you enter your email address. But somehow, when you click "OK," you're actually allowing the main website to pass along your credit card information to an insidious partner site. From here, you'll be billed about $9 every month for a bogus "discount buyers club." The problem is, you might not even realize you signed up for anything until the charges start to show up on your credit card bill. And you probably won't get any $10 coupon. More Here...Let These College Dropouts Help You Pick a College
The New York Times' "You're The Boss" blog had an inspiring post about two former undergrads who dropped out to pursue their start-up website, MyFit.com, a service which—ironically—helps high school students find the perfect college for them. The site uses criteria that goes beyond such standards as the SATS, like looking at students' long-term goals and passions.
To be fair, the two students-turned-businessmen already had a promising website on their hands when they made the decision to drop. The service was a runner-up in two start-up competitions at Duke and North Carolina State, which won its creators about $60,000 in investments. More Here...Thursday, 19 November 2009
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Saving Money Online
The Associated Press recently released an article full of advice on holiday shopping, and many of the items dealt with frugal-friendly resources available online.
My favorite is RetailMeNot.com, a website that keeps track of tons of shopping coupons, which you can browse by retailer or item type (like shoes, jewelry). More Here...
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