Monday, September 27th, 2010
You no longer have to drive to every store in town or check out every newspaper and mail circular to find the best price on something you’re shopping for. Between internet price comparison sites and phone apps that do the work for you, you can save yourself a lot of time and trouble before you even get up from the computer.
Online price comparison
Sites like PriceGrabber and NexTag are among the ...
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Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Newspaper and junk mail circulars are no longer the only place to find valuable coupons for shopping at your local grocery store. The internet is a great source for all sorts of coupons. You can find some for particular items, some for particular local stores, and some for manufacturers who will reward you for buying anything they sell.
How to find printable coupons
There are quite a few ways to locate printable ...
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Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
You visit a website, you like what you see and you sign up for their newsletter. You get lots of cool information, and you also get links to products you might want to buy. You start to click the link, and then you think: this is exactly how “phishing” and all that scary stuff works. Should you click? Is it safe, or is it just going to take you to ...
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Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
Shopping online was a little scary in the 1990s. The technology didn’t always work so well, and security was an issue. That’s all changed now: most websites are very secure and use software that doesn’t cause browser hiccups, leaving you to wonder if you’ve made a purchase or not.
That said, there are some small, cheap websites out there that aren’t up to date. Here’s how to tell when you’ve found ...
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Monday, October 12th, 2009
The internet is a great place to find wonderful deals on all sorts of items – sometimes much better deals than you can find in local retail stores. Thanks to search engines, almost anything you could want to buy is just a search string and some button pushes away. And you can comparison shop within minutes, without leaving your home or using any gas for transportation.
It’s also an amazing source ...
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