Posts Tagged ‘shopping’

Lifehack Readers’ Last-Minute Gift Suggestions

Last week I asked for your best last-miute Christmas gift suggestion and once again you came through. Usually I give my response to the question first, but I’ve already done that with my Lifehack Last-Minute Gift List for Productive (and Potentially Productive) People last Wednesday.

There’s not a lot of time left for Christmas shopping, but there’s plenty here for someone still shopping, even today! Here’s… » Continue

December 24 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: christmas, gifts, giving, last-minute, shopping | 5 comments»

We Ask, You Answer: Last-Minute Christmas Suggestions

Every Monday, we pose a question for the lifehack.org community to answer. The following Monday, I post my answer along with a selection (depending on how many there are) of your responses. The idea is to give you a chance to share your knowledge with the rest of the lifehack.org community — and to give you the opportunity to see what your fellow lifehack.org readers are doing!

This… » Continue

December 17 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: christmas, gift, shopping | 15 comments»

How Not To Overspend On Your Christmas Shopping

Christmas - it’s the lovely time of the year again; the time for giving and sharing of gifts with family and friends. As much as we want to celebrate and be jolly during this festive season, we want to make sure that we are careful about spending so that we don’t spoil the festive mood.

From past years’ experiences, my challenge with Christmas shopping has always been overspending. Retailers are… » Continue

December 13 2007 | By Lawrence | Tagged: budget, christmas, finance, shopping | 29 comments»

Save Money With A Price Book

The idea behind the ‘price book’ is simple: you keep a book to write good prices for regular shopping items. This way keeping track of deals or rip-offs is easy, particularly for groups of people [like a sharehouse].

Our shopper can buy 8-ounce cans of tomato sauce for a regular supermarket price of 32 cents. Her warehouse store sells bulk cans of tomato sauce for a sharply lower unit price… » Continue

August 7 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: shopping | 2 comments»

A Basic Guide to Thrift Store Shopping

We live in expensive times. As prices go up and up and up (gas is hovering around $3.00 a gallon across the U.S., milk is expected to top $5.00 a gallon before the end of the year, and so on), even the normal discount stores are starting to feel a little pricey. For many of your basic household needs, you might well find a better deal at thrift stores… » Continue

August 1 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: budget, charityshops, frugal, guide, Money, shopping, thriftstore | 7 comments»

10 Grocery Store Secrets

Working at a supermarket for a few years I can attest to these tips. Many are quite obvious for most grocery shoppers, but still good to keep familiar with.

Dates are open to interpretation.
Except for baby formula and food, product expiration dates are not required by Federal regulations (some states, however, have their own rules requiring product dating). Labels that give a “Best if Used By” date are more of… » Continue

July 30 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: shopping | 1 comment»

20 Money Saving Firefox Extensions

Tina Parcell at SavingAdvice.com has put together a list of Firefox extensions that should save you some money. There are some great ideas there for those who shop online and want price comparisons and want to track time and expenses.

10. Send Tab URLs 0.4: Say you’ve searched using all the price comparison extensions above, and now you have umpteen different tabs with results that you want to roll together… » Continue

June 18 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: Money, saving, shopping | no comments»

How to Choose a Custom Closet Company

California Closets, Closets By Design, and a multitude of other closet companies are offering a simplified life and all of the wonderful benefits of new closets. Builders typically put in a simple rod and shelf, and these companies can make drastic improvements. If you are interested in having more efficient storage, how do you choose which one to work with?

First: Is This… » Continue

May 23 2007 | By Lorie | Tagged: business, closet, shopping | 7 comments»

Find clothes that fit and flatter your body

myShape.com is an online retail store that offers women (sorry, fellas) a chance to find clothing that “fits and flatters” their specific body type. myShape lets you enter a profile and a “body” type and myShape helps you find clothes that look good on your specific body type. The following is the description from the myShape.com press release:

Its patent-pending ShapeMatch™ system matches specific clothing to each woman’s… » Continue

March 16 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: clothing, Lifestyle, retail, shopping, women | 6 comments»

Turn Junk eMail Into Treasure

Your spam folder is probably filled with tonnes of promotional offers that promise all sorts of free gear. All you have to do in return is click through their promotions, complete a short survey, and/or participate in a free trial. Baloney right?

Actually, you can get that free stuff! CleverDude.com shows us how; and it’s no scam - probably.

1. I verify the site credentials as stated in the above section

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March 7 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: email, free, shopping, spam | 4 comments»

Confessions Of A Verizon Sales Rep

A former sales rep for phone compaby, Verizon, got in touch with The Consumerist to help deal shoppers get the edge whilst in the store.

It’s a handy 8 stepper just to make sure you’re on the same playing field as the reps.

Never get a 2-year contract.

Verizon reps get tons of money from new lines and certain accessories and text packages, take advantage of this.

Mention the lost or stolen program

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March 7 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: phone, shopping | no comments»

Cut Your Clutter Calories!

As Professional Organizers, we talk often with our clients about how getting organized is a lot like losing weight, since they both require a program of prevention, reduction, and maintenance. Preventing clutter from being created is the first step toward reducing your organizational “weight gain.” Here are a few tips to help you cut those clutter calories:

Control your “clutter cravings.”
People often seem to have an appetite for… » Continue

March 6 2007 | By Lorie | Tagged: clutter, gift, organization, prevention, selfimprovement, shopping | 5 comments»

10 Shopping Tricks That Stores Hate

Stores are here for revenue. After all they are business. There are things that they do to increase their profit. How to identify those overboard money suckers? Consumerist has a great article to help you save money. No fraud, plain cleverness. The article is focused into saving money from the consumer point of view, so stores may hate these tips when they are widely used:

Buying Loss Leaders and Leaving
Using

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January 31 2007 | By Leon | Tagged: Money, shopping | 3 comments»

The best places to buy stuff

US only: At thanksgiving holidays season, ConsumerReports.org has gathered some great places to buy stuff from their readers through their annual questionnaire. There are couple recommended stores to choose from, for home electronics, computers, small applicances, bargain items, and books:

Readers who bought electronics products online were happier than those who bought at stores. That was the case for every product category we have data about. It proved especially true… » Continue

November 22 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: shopping | no comments»

The Best Time to Buy Everything

You may want to find out when is the best time to buy a airplane ticket. Other times you may worry about you didn’t get the best deal on car purchase because you are in the wrong season. No more worries, Kelli Grant has collected some good suggestions from experts on when are the best time to buy things, ranges from appliances, airplane tickets - to cars, and wine… » Continue

September 18 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: shopping, tip | no comments»

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