Rather than buying an “all-in-one” system or spending tons of money on my home entertainment system, I’ve piece mealed a very modest HDTV with 6.1 Surround Sound system over the years. I’ve always been an electronics and audio nerd, and I enjoy building things like this from scratch, attemping to match speakers which will likely [...]

Anyone who’s accumulated any amount of money in their lifetime will likely tell you that you can’t make money by spending it all the time, and likely lives well beneath their means. One of the ways to save money (and who doesn’t like to save money?) is to avoid ridiculous fees and charges that corporate [...]

Now that Christmas is over, many people are out taking advantage of the many deals that retailers are offering. This reminded me of a link I came across earlier this year which offered advice on the best time to buy many products. Some of the items include: Airplane Tickets Appliances Cars Clothing .. and many [...]

Todd A Jensen outlines 16 tips for getting the best deal on a new car. Most dealerships I have dealt with over the years have acted as if they were doing me a huge favor by selling me a car. I tend to look at it the other way around. The dealership is there to [...]

Recently I found out that the USDA actually keeps track of Farmer’s Markets and offers them on the web here. While I wouldn’t consider this to be the ultimate source of Farmer’s Markets listings, it does provide a good overview of the popular ones. Luckily they are in the process of updating it to a [...]

One way to keep from throwing money away is to collect your change. I personally use old 1 liter bottles of soda (they have wide mouths) to keep change in, and then go redeem them when they are full. Most people associate change sorters with CoinStar, which charges over 9% just to sort your change! [...]

To save money on groceries, check out these coupon sites geared specifically towards groceries: boodle The Grocery Game Coupon Mom Of course another way to try and save money on groceries that most everyone already knows– don’t go shopping when you’re hungry.

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A website called iShip provides a way to compare shipping costs and give you various shipping options between carriers. Another site to check-out for the same purpose is Red Roller.